Five members of a Georgia family died in a plane crash in upstate New York, state police said in a news release Monday. Roger Beggs, 76; Laura Van Epps, 43; Ryan Van Epps, 42; James R. Van Epps, 12; and Harrison Van Epps, 10, were all returning to Georgia from Cooperstown, New York, where the […]
A second Costco Wholesale store could be ahead for the Rochester area market – in Penfield. Penfield Town officials this week confirmed that the town received an application for a sketch plan review for a mixed-used development project on Route 250, near Sweets Corners Road, where Costco is named as the anchor tenant. Where would […]
Police fatally shot a 13-year-old after a chase in upstate New York after the teen displayed what appeared to be a handgun, the Utica Police Department said in a statement. Officers stopped two teenagers on Friday around 10 p.m. local time in Utica, a city of 64,000 people in upstate New York located about an hour’s […]
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) â An officer in upstate New York shot and killed a teen fleeing while pointing a replica gun, police said Saturday. The shooting happened Friday night after officers in Utica stopped two youths at around 10:18 p.m. One of them fled and pointed what appeared to be a handgun at the officers, […]
ALBANY, New York â The Associated Press has declared John Mannion the winner in the Democratic primary in a Syracuse-area congressional seat, setting him up for a November challenge against one of the countryâs most vulnerable House Republicans. With a majority of the votes tallied, Mannion had 62 percent in his race against DeWitt town […]
Escaping into nature has never been more fun than visiting the local state park. With wooded terrain rolling thousands of acres and mountaintop views reminding us of how expansive our world is, there is much beauty to appreciate and discover. When it comes to state parks worth venturing to in South Carolina, Tripadvisor readers gave […]
An Upstate New York staple known for its daily specials, âgiant, overstuffedâ sandwiches and huge subs is headed to Charlotte next month. Husband-and-wife duo Jane and Peter Kim will open Brooklyn Pickle in their former Just Salad space on Monday, July 1 inside Atrium Healthâs Levine Center Institute at 10 a.m. âBrooklyn Pickle is excited […]
Two off-duty firefighters died Thursday after falling into a manure tanker in upstate New York, authorities said. The incident happened late Thursday morning at Champion Farm in Clinton, just east of Syracuse, according to the Kirkland Police Department. The two male victims, later identified as 33-year-old Nathan Doody and 29-year-old Tyler Memory, were found unconscious […]
Could Americaâs next high-speed trains be manufactured in the Southern Tier after all? In May, Brightline West named Siemens Mobility the preferred bidder to construct a fleet of 10 âAmerican Pioneer 220â high-speed trainsets that will connect Las Vegas and southern California. Siemens won the bid over Alstom, which would have manufactured the trains in […]
One person died and another was injured in a Greenville County crash, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. Just before 7:30 a.m., a driver from Greenville was traveling west in a 2005 Dodge pickup truck on State Park Road, about 2 miles east of Travelers Rest, Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway said. The truck drove […]
NEW YORK (PIX11) â A 2.1-magnitude earthquake shook upstate New York on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake hit roughly 269 miles north of New York City, in the Adirondack Mountains, around 10:23 a.m. The epicenter of the earthquake was located around 7 miles from Elizabethtown, according to the USGS. Can […]
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating a shooting involving a police officer in the Upstate, the agency announced Friday. The Greenville County Sheriffâs Office and agents with the Department of Homeland Security were attempting to apprehend James Edgar Hopkins, 51, for outstanding warrants on Monday in Greenville County. Officers located Hopkins outside a […]