P.M. NEWS MONDAY 1-13-25
A Broome County Jury found 51 year old Antoine Loup of Endicott, guilty Friday for 2nd degree Murder and Tampering with Physical Evidence. On July 8, 2023, Loup went to to 4 Filmore Avenue in Endicott where the victim, Aaron LeGare, and others were playing cards, Loup’s asked LeGare to approach his vehicle, an argument ensued, Loup shot LeGare in the chest & fled the scene, and hid the murder weapon in his attic. Loup faces up to 25 years to life in state prison, when sentenced at a later date.
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Delaware County Sheriff’s Office is recruiting for Correction officers at the Sheriff’s Office in Delhi, anyone interested is asked to contact Corrections Lieutenant Alan Weaver at (607) 832-5607, Applications can be found online at delcony.us/departments
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The Chenango County Historical Society is accepting applications for the Elinor Robb Troicke Memorial Scholarship, named after a local woman who was involved in a number of organizations, including the the Historical Society, Executive Director Jessica Moquin explains:
(Jessica Moquin 1-13-25)
the Scholarship will be awarded to a Chenango County High School Senior, who must be enrolling in a two- or four-year college the semester following high school graduation, application materials and information is available at chenangohistorical.org.
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Officials in the village of Milford have lifted a boil water advisory today, it was put into effect Friday when a water main broke on West Main Street. After the repair, water samples were approved after testing, and the order was lifted this morning.
A.M. NEWS MONDAY 1-13-25
A total of 129,686 tickets were issued statewide, as part of the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” traffic enforcement period between Christmas and New Year’s Day. The initiative, which targeted impaired and reckless drivers, ran from Wednesday, December 11, 2024 through Wednesday, January 1, 2025. Over 23,000 were for speeding, over 4200 were for impaired driving and over 4200 for distracted driving,
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Chenango County Sheriff’s Office Detectives Division arrested 40 year old Benjamin Bishop of Otselic for Criminal Possession of Stolen Property, Tampering with Physical Evidence, and Criminal Mischief. On April 23rd, 2024, Road Patrol Division received a complaint from a victim that items were stolen from a property in the Town of Plymouth, Following the indictment by the grand jury, an arrest warrant was issued, On December 30th, County Detectives went to Otselic, Bishop attempted to evade a traffic stop, but was taken into custody without incident, he was arraigned in the Chenango County Court, and he is scheduled to appear in the Chenango County Court at a later date.
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Binghamton Police arrested 51 year old Terrell Heyward of Binghamton, for 2nd Degree Murder, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of stolen property. Saturday night, Police responded to 21 Exchange Street, they found 54-year-old Sarah Hauer unresponsive in the hallway from gunshot wounds to the head. Heyward was found at his apartment and taken into custody.
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Governor Kathy Hochul announced an initiative to ensure every one of New York’s over 2.7 million students can receive breakfast and lunch for free at school. The State 2025 Budget included $180 million to help incentivize eligible schools to participate in the federal Community Eligibility Provision, allowing all students in participating schools to eat breakfast and lunch at no charge regardless of their families’ income. This new State of the State initiative will cover the cost of free lunch and breakfast for every student, adding meals for an additional 300,000 additional students.
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The IRS announced January 27 as the official start date of the 2025 tax season. There’s expected to be more than 140 million tax returns to be filed by the April 15 tax deadline.
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