Natalie Abruzzo

1 week ago | wskg.org | Natalie Abruzzo

Corning Town Supervisor Jennifer Mullen faces three felony charges, including grand larceny. Mullen is one of the Republican candidates vying for the party's nomination for the Steuben County Legislature seat for District 13 in the primary elections. Mullen was arrested on June 3 and charged with offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree, falsifying business records in the first degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree—all are class E felonies.

1 week ago | wskg.org | Natalie Abruzzo

The town of Cameron in Steuben County became the second town in New York to ban the practice of landspreading using sewage sludge.The town board adopted the law at its monthly board meeting on June 11. The town worked with the environmental legal firm Earthjustice to ban the use of sewage sludge—also known as biosolids—on land applications for more than a year. The town of Thurston, also in Steuben County, was the first in the state to ban the use of sewage sludge in land applications in 2023.

1 week ago | wskg.org | Natalie Abruzzo

Revised school budgets passed for three districts in Steuben and Chemung counties on Tuesday. For the second time in a month, the Corning-Painted Post area school district (C-PP), Prattsburgh central school district (PCSD) and Horseheads central school district (HCSD) asked voters to decide on their 2025-26 budgets. After voters rejected their initial school budgets in May, all three districts lowered their proposed spending plans and tax levies.

1 week ago | wskg.org | Natalie Abruzzo |Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

“No Kings” demonstrations took place across the Southern Tier Saturday, joining nationwide rallies in protest of the Trump administration. The protests were organized nationally by groups including Indivisible and 50501. National organizers estimated over 5 million people participated in more than 2,000 protests.

2 weeks ago | wskg.org | Natalie Abruzzo

Protesters throughout the Southern Tier will participate in a national day of action on June 14 called “No Kings.” Multiple organizers in the region are coordinating events. The protests are a response to what some national organizations are calling “authoritarian actions” by the Trump administration since taking office for a second term in January.