Though the riders in the Ride for Missing children will travel 105 miles on Friday their mission is something greater: To raise awareness about missing and exploited children, to honor missing children, to instruct children on how to stay safe and to raise money for posters to help bring missing children home.

It is unclear if the jury has decided to levy charges against a Farmington man after he struck and killed his niece while backing out of a driveway.

The Canisteo man police believe is responsible for a car chase across Steuben County Sunday was still sitting in jail this morning.

Some relief is in sight for Canisteo-Greenwood Central School District taxpayers.

After several years of tightening their belts on spending and taking other steps to bring Oswego County into strong financial standing, officials are worried that all the cost-saving measures may soon come undone.

Peregrine falcons Maria and Kaver are again starring in their own reality show, high atop the Kodak tower in downtown Rochester.

One of the New York State Division of Parole’s most wanted fugitives was apprehended in Little Falls.

The state’s I Love NY program will put $30,000 toward two programs that promote tourism in the Finger Lakes.

Alstom is calling its 2007-08 fiscal year “excellent,” according to its end of year report. The French firm operates three railcar plants in Hornell employing about 1,200, and has a power division facility in Wellsville.

A third suspect turned down a plea offer Wednesday in the March stabbing deaths of two men outside Denny's restaurant in Rome.

David and Kelly Dreidel of Oneida won an $800 cash prize and trophy when they came in fifth place at the American Poolplayers Association's National Jack & Jill 8-ball Tournament at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas last week.

Allergy sufferers should shut the windows and close screen doors: Forecasters predict pollen levels will climb as the week goes on.

Student James J. Ranaudo will spend the next one to three years in state prison for bringing a loaded handgun onto a school bus in November.

More than 100 people Tuesday attended the state Department of Transportation open house to review alternatives. DOT staff answered questions about the project, which would cost about $40 million.

If the proposed hotel-restaurant complex near the Turning Stone Resort and Casino falls through, the town would be negatively impacted by the loss of potential property and sales tax revenue, along with jobs, town officials said.