Monticello News

An upstate New York man has been sentenced to six months in jail for hiding his dead 98-year-old mother in a freezer and cashing her Social Security checks.

A Farmington man is facing attempted murder charges after police say he tried to beat a female co-worker to death.

Rochester, N.Y. a ' Juliet Searles, 54, of Rochester appeared in court Friday, accused of hitting her boyfriend with a baseball bat.

Share + Nov 6, 2009 1:35 pm US/Eastern MONTICELLO, N.Y. An upstate New York man who hid his dead 98-year-old mother in a freezer and cashed her Social Security checks has been sentenced to six months in jail.

Don't hang up the harnesses of the 14-year-olds just yet. According to Eric Warner, Monticello Raceway's Director of Racing, the Raceway will again offer a final race for the older veterans in late December, an event which has gone by the name of the Au Revoir Pace.

Sen. Chuck Schumer says the Obama administration will make a critical decision on off-reservation gaming policy "in the coming weeks." Schumer says he recently spoke with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who is reviewing what is essentially a blanket ban on off-reservation casinos of the type that have been proposed in Sullivan County.

MONTICELLO Police in Monticello have charged a Monticello man in connection with a scheme to defraud an area supermarket.

The Sullivan County Human Rights Commission and the local chapter of the NAACP are sponsoring a Meet the Candidates night for those seeking office of county sheriff, county district attorney and county treasurer.

MONTICELLO, New York -- "Hi, I'm Bob Lutz, and this is the Cadillac CTS-V Drive Challenge." Jonathan Schultz 'Maximum' Bob General Motors Corp.'s vice chairman dons his monogrammed helmet and puts Cadillac's 550-horsepower sedan through some warm-up laps at Monticello Motor Club, a gorgeously realized members-only track where, in what might've ...

A 31-year veteran of the gaming industry, James Rafferty has recently been named Vice President of Marketing for Empire Resorts' Monticello Casino and Raceway in Monticello, New York.

The recession is now a year old and our region's economy has been hit hard by it, as unemployment rates have risen steadily since last fall.

A complaint filed Monday outlines dozens of allegations of age discrimination at Walmart in Monticello.

As Sullivan County faces budget cuts and layoffs, seniors - one of the county's most vulnerable groups - are hoping to hold on to their services.

The Village of Monticello, in conjunction with the Sullivan County YMCA, will have its annual Halloween Parade on Oct.

A notorious Monticello street gangster is going to prison for a decade. Earnest "Bama" Edwards, 27, a reputed leader of the Bloods, pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree robbery.

On October 25 at their 51st annual awards banquet at Kutshers Country Club in Monticello, N.Y., the Monticello-Goshen Chapter of USHWA will honor Billy Parker, Jr.'s accomplishments and present him with their Lifetime Achievement Award.

A 47-year-old Monticello man with the street name "Dred" is facing drug charges in Ulster County and deportation after being arrested in Sullivan County on an unrelated drug charge and turned over to Ulster law enforcement.

A man stands outside the home where 22-year-old Ashley Osborne was murdered Saturday and said he was just keeping the snoopers out.

Edith Schop called out of work at her two jobs on Friday. But whether the longtime village and state employee will be suspended or fired remains cloudy following a felony indictment that accuses her of double- dipping.

Monticello Village Clerk Edith Schop was arraigned Thursday on felony charges of grand larceny and fraud in a case of double dipping.