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FLX WEEKLY: Festival season arrives along with June this weekend (podcast)

FLX WEEKLY: Festival season arrives along with June this weekend (podcast)
Festival season is officially underway with the summer of 2018 on-tap in the Finger Lakes as we turn the calendar to June this weekend. We’ll fill you in on the big weekends in Clifton Springs and Ithaca and let you know if this summer-like weather will continue into the new month. Also, our top local photos of the week, the... more

Cornell season ends in Maryland with 13-8 loss

Cornell season ends in Maryland with 13-8 loss
Defending national champion Maryland pulled away in the second half and advanced to its fifth consecutive championship weekend with a 13-8 win over Cornell on Sunday afternoon at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in the NCAA quarterfinals. The top-seeded Terrapins improved to 14-3, while the Big Red’s season came to an end after a 13-5 campaign. Maryland scored the game’s first... more

Svante Myrick wants Ithaca to be New York’s fifth pilot site for supervised injection facilities

Svante Myrick wants Ithaca to be New York’s fifth pilot site for supervised injection facilities
With talk of creating four pilot supervised injection facilities in New York City, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick has asked Gov. Andrew Cuomo to approve Ithaca to be the fifth pilot site. “Here in Tompkins County and Ithaca, the need to stem the tide of preventable overdose deaths is urgent,” Myrick wrote to Cuomo in a letter. Supervised injection facilities, or... more

Quick start carries Ithaca past Corning for Class A girls lacrosse crown

Quick start carries Ithaca past Corning for Class A girls lacrosse crown
Top-seeded Ithaca took control early Wednesday night on its way to an 18-13 victory over second-seeded Corning in the Section 4 Class A girls lacrosse championship game at Corning Memorial Stadium. The Little Red (13-4) led 11-3 at halftime. Freshman midfielder Mackenzie Rich led the way on the night with five goals and two assists. IthacaJournal.com: Read More more

Sposito lifts Ithaca to second straight Class A lacrosse title

Sposito lifts Ithaca to second straight Class A lacrosse title
Facing a team it lost to twice during the season and having just a surrendered a three-goal lead in 70 seconds, Ithaca turned to its go-to guy in overtime. Senior Ryan Sposito came through, scoring with 12.1 seconds left in the first overtime to lift the Little Red to an exciting, 10-9 victory over Corning in Thursday’s Section 4 Class... more

Syracuse-Cornell at the Dome in NCAA first round

Syracuse-Cornell at the Dome in NCAA first round
For the first time since 2015, the Cornell lacrosse team will be back in the NCAA Tournament. After clinching an automatic bid to the championships with an Ivy League Tournament title win over No. 1 Yale earlier on Sunday, the Big Red found out it will face No. 8 seed Syracuse in the first round in the Carrier Dome on... more

Serial flasher sentenced to 6 years in prison

Serial flasher sentenced to 6 years in prison
Brooktondale resident Floyd Slater Jr., 26, who has been accused of flashing and harassing women on multiple occasions, has been sentenced to six years in prison for burglary and public lewdness. Slater was convicted of second-degree attempted burglary and public lewdness. According to the district attorney’s office, in addition to serving six years in state prison, he will also have... more

Ithaca boys tennis wins 7th straight STAC title

Ithaca boys tennis wins 7th straight STAC title
Ithaca’s boys extended their winning streak to 91 matches and won their seventh straight Southern Tier Athletic Conference tennis title Monday with a 5-2 victory over visiting Maine-Endwell. The Little Red (10-0) clinched the match when its first doubles team of Jackson Falk and Dennis Kang defeated Spencer Terry and Brad Cook, 6-4, 6-4 on a sunny and breezy day... more

Several people bit by suspected rabid fox in Ithaca

Several people bit by suspected rabid fox in Ithaca
Several people were bitten by a fox suspected of being rabid this weekend in Ithaca, the Tompkins County Health Department says. A suspected rabid fox was reported Friday afternoon on Kendall Street near Ithaca College's campus. The health department confirmed that several people were bitten by the fox "on and near the Ithaca College campus between Friday afternoon and Saturday... more

SP: One Ithaca man faces rape, kidnapping charges; second accused of hindering prosecution

SP: One Ithaca man faces rape, kidnapping charges; second accused of hindering prosecution
Two Ithaca men face charges in connection to a kidnapping, rape and domestic assault case in Tompkins County, according to New York State Police. Troopers say Ezra N. Broadwell, 23, faces charges of first-degree kidnapping, first-degree rape, first-degree reckless endangerment, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and second-degree menacing. Those charges come after what troopers are calling a domestic assault... more

Cornell beats Brown to advance to Sunday’s Ivy Tournament final

Cornell beats Brown to advance to Sunday’s Ivy Tournament final
Senior Christian Knight set the Ivy League Men’s Lacrosse Tournament record, and matched a career-high with 19 saves and the Big Red defense stymied Brown all night in a 7-4 win in the second semifinal at the 2018 Ivy League Men’s Lacrosse Tournament at Columbia’s Wien Stadium. No. 10 Cornell will face top-ranked Yale on Sunday at noon in the... more

Gov. Cuomo announces $22 million makeover for Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport

Gov. Cuomo announces  million makeover for Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport
Gov. Andrew Cuomo visited the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport on Thursday to announce a $22 million expansion which would nearly double the facility’s size. Additions include a 5,000 square-foot federal customs facility to allow the airport to receive international flights, as well as six new gates at the airport, Cuomo said. The six new gates would more than double the... more

Cornell hammers Yale to claim Ivy title, NCAA bid

Cornell hammers Yale to claim Ivy title, NCAA bid
Christian Knight was again a wall, Jeff Teat orchestrated a buttoned-up offense and Jake Pulver’s longpole goal highlighted a 9-1 Cornell run as the Big Red won the 2018 Ivy League Men’s Lacrosse Tournament with a dominant 12-8 win over #1 ranked Yale on Sunday afternoon at Columbia’s Wien Stadium. The Big Red won its second Ivy Tournament title and... more

Ithaca man charged with rape after investigation

Ithaca man charged with rape after investigation
Police say a 20-year-old Ithaca man was arrested on a rape charge following an investigation into incidents involving a minor less-than 17 years old. On April 24th Sethik Howe was arrested by the Ithaca Police Department Criminal Investigations Division after an investigation into reports that he had forcible sexual intercourse more than one time with a female who is under... more
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