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There are calls for lockdown at one upstate New York prison and a reversal of state policy as record violence continues at facilities statewide.

The New York state Senate has voted to create new criminal penalties for "revenge porn."

The attorney for the Utica City School District, Don Gerace, was on First News with Keeler on Tuesday and said the State's civil rights claim against Proctor High School is like the 'State is suing itself." The claim charges that Utica's Proctor High School has violated the rights of refugees between the ages of 17 and 21 by not providing them with a sound education...

Monday night's Education Town Hall meeting with State Education Commissioner John B. King at Whitesboro High School drew a large crowd featuring many unhappy teachers and parents. The event, sponsored by Senator Joe Griffo, became heated over testing and the common core curriculum and that was reflected in the calls that came into First News with Keeler in the Morning on Tuesday...

Albany, NY (WIBX) - State Senator Joseph Griffo (R-C-IP, Rome) has written to the Republican leaders of Congress, asking that they go back and work together to approve an aid relief package for New York and the other communities ravaged by Superstorm Sandy...

Clinton, NY (WIBX) - The mild rain didn't take away from a special gathering in Clinton this morning, for the dedication ceremony of The Deputy Kurt Wyman Memorial Highway.

Albany, NY (WIBX) - A bill to make the killing of Emergency First Responders a first degree murder offense cleared the State Senate.