O'Rourke, who most recently worked for the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office, was fired just last week amid a separate investigation that did not rise the level of charges, officials said.
State environmental conservation officials have charged an upstate New York man with fatally shooting a bald eagle drawn to dead deer placed as bait for killing coyotes.
ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — A hardbound edition of "The Hobbit" is back on the shelves at a New York library nearly 40 years after it was checked out by a reader who traveled the world as a U.S. Marine.
DRYDEN, N.Y. (AP) — Mourners of an 11-year-old central New York girl who died after she was struck by a motorist last week had their cars broken into while attending a gathering following her funeral.
Two young children who were the subject of an Amber Alert on Christmas Eve are now in the custody of Tompkins County Social Services after they were found unharmed later in the day on Wednesday.