Troopers say "Click it or ticket"

Today is the last day to sign up for tomorrow's free boater safety course offered by the Yates County Sheriff's Department Marine Patrol.

The Marcus Whitman Central School District Board of Education has adopted a proposed 2013-14 budget that includes a 2.13 percent increase in the spending plan and no new major expenditures, said Superintendent of Schools Michael Chirco.

Yates County legislators are joining a chorus from around the state calling on state legislators to continue working on “meaningful mandate relief.”

Is New York really open for business like the TV commercials say?

Voters in the Penn Yan Central School District will decide the fate of a $32.6 million proposed budget for the 2013-14 school year in the annual election on May 21.

Police urge people to never send money or electronic wire transfers to someone they do not know, regardless of the promises made by the solicitor.

Local tourism officials laud the infusion of dollars into efforts to promote tourism in New York State.

A freeze warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation.

Yates County Sheriff's Deputies and Norfolk Southern Railroad officials are investigating a car vs. train accident that happened at about 9 p.m. Friday (May 10) evening at the crossing at Kings Road in the Town of Torrey.

For the umpteenth time in half a century, according to some of the older residents of Dresden, the question of what to do with the oil docks several hundred yards offshore from the Seneca Lake village was raised in a village meeting last week.Arrowhead Beach resident and village property owner Phil...

The Potter Planning Board opened a public hearing to hear residents' concerns over a proposed commercial dog breeding facility in their town, only there were none. No residents of Potter spoke against the kennel that will house up to 30 adult dogs for the purposes of breeding puppies for both retail and wholesale clients.

Trustee says the county needs to discuss ways to share sales and occupancy tax revenues with Penn Yan.

The Storm (13-3, 9-0 NEAC) will travel to face perennial power SUNY Cortland, the No. 4 team in the country, at 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon in an NCAA first-round matchup.

On Friday, May 31 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, June 1 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., shoppers will head for the Yates County Fairgrounds on Old Route 14A in Penn Yan for the biggest single yard sale in the county.

The Potter Planning Board will hold a public hearing on the matter May 2 at at 7:30 p.m. at the Potter Town Hall.

The Penn Yan Kiwanis Club will again sponsor Spring Fling featuring the Southern Tier All Star Jazz Band Sunday, May 5 from 2 to 5 at the Penn Yan Moose Lodge on E. Elm St.

Mixing rum, opiates and painkillers, Sally Jo Widmer took her own life in November, two days before her 64th birthday and one day before the Auburn teachers union she ran for 37 years discovered financial irregularities in its books.The Yates County Sheriff’s Office determined Widmer’s...

Penn Yan Central School District Representatives will be available to discuss the proposed 2013-14 school district budget at some community locations this week before next week's public hearing.

Yates County Sheriff Ron Spike reports that 81 people brought in 122 lbs. of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications for destruction.

Yates County led the state in both deer taken per square mile and bucks taken per square mile during the 2012 hunting seasons, according to an annual report released Friday by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.Each town below is listed with the number of adult bucks taken and the...