Jim Ehmke

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(WIVT/WBGH) – Lockheed Martin in Owego is getting a significant contract to make modifications to a Naval helicopter. Congressman Nick Langworthy announced that Lockheed’s Rotary and Mission Systems division has been awarded a $9.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to perform the modifications on 60 Naval Hawk helicopters. The work will be conducted at the Owego facility and the contract is expected to continue through March of 2029.

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BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – A group of clergy and Catholic parishioners made a solemn walk through the Westside of Binghamton Thursday morning. A Eucharistic Procession lead by the Reverend Joseph Ryan and the Reverend Cornelius Deep made the walk from Saint Patrick’s Church Leroy Street to Rec Park with a stop at Seton Catholic Central along the way.

2 days ago | binghamtonhomepage.com | Jim Ehmke

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – The Binghamton City School District is losing two of its veteran administrators at the end of this school year. Roosevelt principal Dave Chilson and Horace Mann principal Peter Stewart are both retiring. We caught up with Chilson recently as he works to smooth the transition for the students and staff who have come to depend on him.

2 days ago | binghamtonhomepage.com | Jim Ehmke

(WIVT/WBGH) – Some Upstate Democrats in the New York State Assembly are pushing back on a proposal that would limit the size of dairy farms. Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, who is chair of the Agriculture Committee, and three of her Democratic colleagues issued a news release this week in opposition to a proposal by downstate Democrats to end the authorization of dairy farms with more than 700 milking cows.

2 days ago | binghamtonhomepage.com | Jim Ehmke

(WIVT/WBGH) – A Walton man is headed to state prison for secretly videotaping children while they were showering. 35-year-old Duane Kinne was sentenced to 12 years for criminal sex act and six counts of unlawful surveillance. Delaware County District Attorney Shawn Smith says Kinne installed a secret digital recording device in the shower of a private home to record naked children for his own sexual gratification. Kinne recorded six different children in this manner.