Southern Tier

Coronavirus cases have continued to increase across the Southern Tier region of New York in recent days.

Binghamton University professor and author Elizabeth Tucker is up for a "spriited" conversation of local ghost stories and folklore on Southern Tier Close Up."

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus is put at 204,118 as of 11:12 GMT September 21 while New York shows success in controlling the spread of COVID-19.

66 businesses, educational facilities and organizations are getting money to develop the workforce for the post-COVID economy in New York.

Some residents to the east of Binghamton are getting a first sign of the change of the seasons.

Dozens of schools in the Southern Tier are resuming classes in some form this week.

Law enforcement agencies in the region are getting a jump on the Labor Day weekend by adding patrols now to look for drunk and dangerous drivers.

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a Heat Advisory from 11 a.m.. to 7 p.m. August 11 for parts of New York.

New cases of the coronavirus continue to be reported all around the Southern Tier.

New York is poised to pass the 400,000-mark for coronavirus infections since the start of the pandemic in March.