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Polls open at noon today for residents of the Mohawk and Ilion Central School districts.

A local business owner who was right next door to the scene of one of the horrific shootings that claimed four lives in Herkimer County is raising money for the victims of the Valley Shooting Spree.

The Mohawk and Ilion Teachers Associations are sponsoring a "Meet the Candidates Night" at Herkimer County Community College.

The former boss of the man behind this week's Valley Shooting Spree murders says he thought of the name Kurt Myers (image) before the suspect's name was publicly released.

No one is quite sure why he did what he did, but the wounds caused by 64 year-old Kurt Myers are still very real and very raw.

**NOTE** This story is being constantly updated.  (The last update was 19 March 2013.)  Please see below for the latest information. Herkimer, Mohawk, and Utica schools are on modified lockdown at this hour.

Ilion Police say a man taken into custody earlier this morning is being treated for minor injuries and receiving a mental health evaluation.

The finale' season of Mohawk's last-ever boys basketball team came to an exciting close on Sunday at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse at the Section III Class C Final.  Despite trailing Beaver River by as much as 17 in the fourth period, Mohawk, led by Carson Murphy, was able to bring it down to one possession at the buzzer...

The Mohawk Valley is well represented at today's Section III Boy's Basketball finals at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse.  A full day of high school hoops is on tap starting with the Class C Championship game at 11 a.m. that pits Mohawk against Beaver River...

Ilion Superintendent Cos Tangorra joined WIBX First News with Keeler in the Morning on Wednesday to talk about the Ilion-Mohawk merger approval the night before: Tangorra says the approval of the merger is important for the students because the Ilion district would have had to close a gap in the budget that would amount to about 20% of their workforce ... Read More ...