Tractor-trailer travels off road, overturns along Rt. 38 (photo)

Published: 10/16/2018 @ 08:00 am

First responders say one person was transported to an area hospital after a tractor-trailer accident in Locke late-Monday. The accident happened around 8 pm and was reported to Cayuga County 911 around 8:06 pm. The tractor-trailer reportedly went off the road on Route 38 and down an embankment. Cayuga County sheriff’s deputies, Locke and Moravia volunteer firefighters, Four Town Ambulance... more

First responders clean up from Locke accident

Published: 10/09/2018 @ 08:00 am

First responders were called to the scene of a one-car accident on State Route 38 in the Town of Locke on Tuesday. Locke Rescue and Four Town Ambulance were called to the scene, where two patients suffered apparent injuries, but refused treatment. Law enforcement was on-scene investigating the incident as of 4:30 pm. This story will be updated as more... more

Sales tax revenues up in Auburn, down in Cayuga County’s towns and villages

Published: 09/27/2018 @ 08:00 am

Sales tax collection is trending upward in the city of Auburn through the third quarter of 2018 and holding relatively steady in Cayuga County. According to the latest monthly sales tax report from the Cayuga County Treasurer’s Office, the city of Auburn has collected more sales tax this year compared to last year, while the county has seen a very... more

LATEST: Multiple barns destroyed in Locke blaze (photos & video)

Published: 09/14/2018 @ 08:00 am

Multiple departments were called to a multi-barn fire in Locke on Thursday. The call came in to first responders around 3:30 pm and prompted a response from Locke, Moravia, Scipio, Aurora, Groton, Lansing, Cortlandville, McLean, Genoa, Sempronius, Long Hill, and Poplar Ridge fire departments. Owasco RIT and Four Town Ambulance also responded to the scene, which was located on Bird... more

SUNDAY CONVERSATION: Running unopposed, Brian Schenck looks to build community in Cayuga Co.

Published: 09/16/2018 @ 08:00 am

Who will be the next sheriff in Cayuga County? Lt. Brian Schenck believes it should be him; and after Sheriff David Gould announced that he would not seek re-election – Schenck stepped up to the plate. On Wednesday, he visited the FingerLakes1.com studio where he discussed his campaign, local issues around policing, and how he aims to continue improving community... more

Cortland man charged in Cayuga County stabbing

Published: 07/07/2018 @ 08:00 am

Sheriff David Gould says that on Saturday around 3:32 am the 911 Center received a report of an assault that had just occurred outside a residence on Tollgate Hill Road in the Town of Locke. First responders were dispatched to the scene where they found a 29-year-old male victim the thad been stabbed multiple times. The victim was transported to... more

Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office seeks information on string of burglaries in Locke

Published: 06/06/2018 @ 08:00 am

The Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office is interested in any information the community may have for a string of residential burglaries that took place in the town of Locke on Monday. According to a news release, the sheriff’s office and other police agencies received multiple reports of break-ins occurring between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. in the area of Route 38... more

REPORTS: Vehicle strikes buggy in Locke, leaves scene of accident

Published: 02/15/2018 @ 10:00 am

First responders in Cayuga County were called to the area of Route 90 at the intersection with Locke Summerhill Town Line Road for a reported car vs. buggy accident. Locke Rescue and Four Town Ambulance were called to the scene, and scanner traffic indicates that there were no reported injuries after a vehicle struck a horse-and-buggy traveling on the roadway.... more

High-speed internet on its way to some rural Cayuga County towns

Published: 11/22/2017 @ 05:00 am

By the end of 2018, about 4,000 residents in seven rural Cayuga County municipalities will have access to high-speed broadband internet through 400 miles of fiber network from New Visions Communications. The $14.1 million project covers parts of the towns of Sterling, Victory, Montezuma, Moravia, Summherill, Locke and Genoa. About $11.3 million is funded through the state’s Broadband Program. Carmen... more

Locke mobile home park plagued by health violations sold, county fines paid

Published: 11/16/2017 @ 05:00 am

A Locke mobile home park cited for multiple public health violations over the last decade has been sold and county fines have been paid, the Cayuga County Health Department said. The new owners of the former Walnut Grove Mobile Home Park on Tucker Hill Road plan to keep the property a mobile home park and current tenants are expected to... more

INSIDE THE FLX: Batman talks budget process, infrastructure spending, and local disasters (podcast)

Published: 11/16/2017 @ 05:00 am

On Thursday’s edition of Inside the FLX the individual tasked with leading Cayuga County’s largest governing body – is in-studio talking about elections, the budget process, infrastructure, environmental issues, as well as the prospect of being excluded in a ‘disaster declaration’ by the White House. Keith Batman, Chairman of the Cayuga County Legislature, who recently won re-election to continue serving... more

ELECTION NIGHT LIVE 2017 (webcast replay)

Published: 11/04/2017 @ 04:00 am

Josh Durso, Jackie Augustine & Jim Sinicropi were live inside the all-new FingerLakes1.com Studio on Election Night for results, reaction, interviews and analysis from Tuesday’s vote in Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Tompkins, Wayne and Yates Counties. Hear from Seneca Falls Town Supervisor Greg Lazzaro, successful Seneca Falls Town Council candidate Doug Avery, Geneva City Supervisor candidates Lou Guard & Dom... more

ELECTION GUIDE 2017: Looking at all of the candidates, issues in Cayuga County

Published: 10/30/2017 @ 04:00 am

With five contested legislature races, two available seats on Auburn City Council, and a number of other Town Council races taking place in Cayuga County — voters will have a lot to decide on in less a little over a week. Candidates are in their final preparations, talking with voters, and getting to know their possible-constituents. What issues are the... more

Roadside ditches in Owasco Lake watershed need work

Published: 10/18/2017 @ 04:00 am

The Owasco Lake Watershed Inspection Program assessed more than 100 town and county roadside ditches in the watershed totaling just under 10 miles. More than five miles, the program determined, are high priority to be stabilized. Ditches, especially when not properly maintained, are one of the culprits for transporting sediment and nutrients into water bodies. Kathryn Vellone, an assistant watershed inspector,... more

Locke mobile home park owner cited by Cayuga County files for bankruptcy

Published: 08/15/2017 @ 04:00 am

The owner of a Locke mobile home park that has been cited for multiple public health violations has filed for bankruptcy protection. Thelma Slater-Chapman, owner of Walnut Grove Mobile Home Park on Tucker Hill Road in Locke, filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy on Aug. 9, the day before Cayuga County was to auction off the property. Slater-Chapman owes the county... more

Friday’s rain brings more flood damage to southern Cayuga County & Ithaca (full coverage)

Published: 07/14/2017 @ 04:00 am

More rain on Friday caused a deluge of calls into Cayuga County 911 for flooded roads and basements in the southern part of Cayuga County. County emergency dispatchers reported flooding conditions in Moravia, Genoa, Locke, Sempronious, King Ferry and Scipio. The Moravia Volunteer Fire Department called all available personnel to report to its department at about 3:40 p.m. and also... more

Newly relocated Cayuga County Fair approaches

Published: 06/17/2017 @ 04:00 am

This summer, the Cayuga County Fair will be held in a new location: The Ward W. O’Hara Agricultural & Country Living Museum and Dr. Joseph F. Karpinski Sr. Educational Center at Emerson Park in Owasco. Fair hours will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 8, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 9. The Citizen: Read More more

Driver ID’d in fatal Locke crash

Published: 05/25/2017 @ 04:00 am

In an update Thursday night, police say the driver of the medical supply van involved in today’s serious accident in Locke on Thursday afternoon has died. The accident happened on West Hill Rd., and was reported around 2:40 pm. It took firefighters 45 minutes to free the driver, who was identified as Zacherie C. Allen, of Ithaca. The Lincare medical supply van... more

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