Tioga Downs gives $1.5m to 100 area non-profit organizations

Tioga Downs gives $1.5m to 100 area non-profit organizations

$1.5 million was given to organizations that serve Chemung, Tioga, Broome, and Bradford Counties. 

Nick Quattrini
Spreading holiday cheer: Corning Collegiate Recovery Center toy drive

Spreading holiday cheer: Corning Collegiate Recovery Center toy drive

The holidays are not always an easy time for kids who have parents in addiction recovery. This year, the Corning Collegiate Recovery Center is hosting a toy drive to make sure there are toys under every Christmas tree.

Max Coven
Arctic League Selects Christmas Tree for its Annual Broadcast

Arctic League Selects Christmas Tree for its Annual Broadcast

Five Chemung County residents submitted an application for their tree to be chosen for the Arctic League's Annual Broadcast Fundraiser. This year's tree came from the Watts Family in Golden Glow.

Linsey Madison
How to volunteer for the Salvation Army's annual Red Kettle fundraiser

How to volunteer for the Salvation Army's annual Red Kettle fundraiser

It is the season of giving and the Salvation Army of Corning need a little help with giving back this holiday season. The organization is seeking out hundreds of volunteers to help with this year’s annual Red Kettle fundraiser.

Alexandra Deryn
360-degree holiday dome show returns to Corning Community College

360-degree holiday dome show returns to Corning Community College

CORNING, N.Y. (WENY) -- Corning Community College's Digital Dome Theater will be showing an immersive, holiday-themed dome show this weekend and the weekend after next. The show titled, 'Let It Snow' takes a variety of classic Christmas songs by artists l

Kurt Martone
Police: Thousands in cash stolen from motorcycle dealer in Potter County

Police: Thousands in cash stolen from motorcycle dealer in Potter County

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a reported theft of thousands of dollars in cash from a motorcycle, a-t-v and snowmobile dealer in Potter County.

Benjamin C. Klein
Victims in Niagara Falls border bridge crash identified as Western New York couple

Victims in Niagara Falls border bridge crash identified as Western New York couple

The two people killed when their car crashed into a border checkpoint in Niagara Falls have been identified as a western New York couple whose family owns a lumber business and several hardware stores.

November 24th, 11:35 AM EST
Sources: Deadly crash at US-Canadian border bridge involved husband and wife in a Bentley, investigators believe

Sources: Deadly crash at US-Canadian border bridge involved husband and wife in a Bentley, investigators believe

By Celina Tebor, John Miller, Evan Perez and Ray Sanchez, CNN

November 22nd, 1:35 PM EST
Heat-related deaths will dramatically rise by the middle of the century

Heat-related deaths will dramatically rise by the middle of the century

Winter might be around the corner, but the new Lancet report is sounding the alarm that heat-related deaths in the elderly age group are set to increase by 370% in 2050.

De Shaun Robinson
Ohio interstate crash involving busload of high school students leaves 6 dead, 18 injured

Ohio interstate crash involving busload of high school students leaves 6 dead, 18 injured

An emergency official says a charter bus carrying students from a high school was rear-ended by a semi-truck on an Ohio highway, leaving three people dead and 15 others injured.

November 14th, 10:54 AM EST
What's Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023? Hint: Be true to yourself

What's Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023? Hint: Be true to yourself

Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023 is “authentic.”.

November 27th, 12:12 AM EST
Charlie Munger, who helped Warren Buffett build investment powerhouse Berkshire Hathaway, dies at 99

Charlie Munger, who helped Warren Buffett build investment powerhouse Berkshire Hathaway, dies at 99

Charlie Munger, who helped Warren Buffett build Berkshire Hathaway into an investment powerhouse, has died.

13 hrs 59 mins ago
Rosalynn Carter honored by family, friends, first ladies and presidents, including husband Jimmy

Rosalynn Carter honored by family, friends, first ladies and presidents, including husband Jimmy

Rosalynn Carter will be memorialized with classical music and beloved hymns, some of her favorite Biblical passages, and a rare gathering of all living U.S. first ladies and multiple presidents, including her 99-year-old husband Jimmy Carter.

22 hrs 19 mins ago
Freed Israeli hostage describes deteriorating conditions while being held by Hamas

Freed Israeli hostage describes deteriorating conditions while being held by Hamas

An Israeli hostage freed by Hamas has said in an interview that she was initially fed well in captivity until conditions worsened and captives became hungry.

23 hrs 19 mins ago
Russian court extends detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich until end of January

Russian court extends detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich until end of January

Russian media say a court in Moscow has extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, until Jan. 30.

23 hrs 18 mins ago