Vestal News

Children who frequent West Endicott Park will soon have a larger, safer and brighter playground to play on.

Vestal sophomore Kari Stromhaug finished in 14th place at 11 feet, 103 4 inches in the pole vault championship final at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals at Irwin Belk Track in Greensboro, N.C. In other championship finals on Saturday, Corning's John McCarthy finished sixth in the 2,000-meter steeplechase in 5 minutes, 57.95 seconds and Jacqueline ... (more)

Understandably sore and tired, especially considering what he had gone through the previous weekend, Cole Crosby was a gratified winner Saturday at the Vestal XX road race.

Four public workshops are scheduled in the Southern Tier to educate potential applicants on how to get a crack at $750 million in state economic development funds.

A Binghamton man is accused of possessing crack cocaine and a loaded handgun after a two-month narcotics investigation by state and local police agencies.

We're off to see the Wizard as we celebrate the end of the school year and the official start of our summer season.

As much as 3 inches of rain is possible in Broome and other Southern Tier counties by mid-day Friday that could cause some and flooding, possibly in Vestal and Conklin where the Susquehanna River is expected to rise above flood stages.

The 2013 Chenango Blues Fest will be held August 16 and 17 at the Chenango County Fairgrounds in Norwich, N.Y. The Royal Southern Brotherhood will headline this year's festival.

State troopers charged a 25-year-old Vestal man with felony driving while intoxicated after a Monday traffic stop on Route 17C in Owego.

Jeremy Eugene John, 41, was nabbed by the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force in connection with an alleged paving scam.

Vestal Dollars for Scholars' annual Captain and Crew Golf Classic is scheduled for Tuesday, June 25, at Genegantslet Golf Course in Greene.

Lourdes plans to open a new location in Vestal. The former headquarters of Newman Development Group near the corner of Shippers and Sycamore roads is being renovated to accommodate the health organization.

A local business is teaching kids how to build the blocks to success. Students at Clayton Avenue Elementary in Vestal spent the day building bookshelves.

A local insurance agency is helping to demonstrate the possible dangers of poor decisions on prom night.

Local police say they've launched an aggressive response to increasing gang violence and gang-related shootings in our area.

The Broome County Sheriff's Office arrested a Vestal man on Sunday morning for driving while intoxicated after a passerby noticed the man was passed out in his car.

Vestal Healthcare LLC has filed an application with the state Department of Health to open the Freedom Center of Buffalo, an extension clinic to be housed in leased space at 52 South Union Road.

The Summer festival season is officially underway with the opening of the 40th annual Grecian Festival at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church off O'Hara Drive in Vestal.

Day-care centers outside New York City had about 7,000 violations over the past two years with limited enforcement from the state, a review today by the Senate Independent Democratic Conference charged.