Three empty seats in Albany now have an election date. Governor Kathy Hochul scheduled special elections for Feb. 3 to fill ...

A 39-year-old Ithaca man is marking the new year smoke-free after quitting cigarettes with help from the New York State ...

The Buffalo Sabres saw their league-leading 10-game win streak come to an end with a 5-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on ...

The top-ranked Hobart hockey team continued its dominant start to the season with a 7-0 nonconference victory over Middlebury ...

Millions of Americans are getting bigger Social Security checks in 2026 thanks to a 2.8% COLA. See the full payment schedule, SSI changes, and double-payment months.

After nearly two decades on the bench, Cayuga County Court Judge Thomas Leone says he’s ready to step aside, according to The Citizen. Leone announced he will not run for a third 10-year term this ...

Student loan debt weighs heaviest on Americans nearing retirement, not recent grads, according to new federal data. Borrowers ages 50 to 61 now hold the highest average student loan balance at about ...

Gardeners can log in, not load up, as a free Master Gardener webinar series kicks off mid-January in Ontario County. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County will host the Zoom programs ...

Fresh off a dramatic military operation, President Donald Trump warned foreign leaders that they could face the same fate as Venezuela’s ousted president, according to Associated Press reports. Trump ...

Signs reading “No war with Venezuela” filled Rochester streets Saturday as locals pushed back against U.S. military action overseas, according to RochesterFirst. Dozens of demonstrators gathered in ...

A sharp sales slump knocked Tesla off its long-held perch as the world’s top electric vehicle maker, according to the Associated Press. Tesla delivered 1.64 million vehicles in 2025, a 9% drop from ...

President Donald Trump opened 2026 with a small but noticeable bump in approval after a turbulent first year of his second term, according to recent national polls. Multiple surveys show Trump’s ...