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Friday evening at about 9:10 p.m., deputies were dispatched to the New York Pennsylvania State line on State Route 328, in the Town of Southport, to assist the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) who were engaged in an active high-speed vehicle pursuit heading toward New York State. While responding to the state-line, deputies received updated information from dispatch, that the vehicle had turned onto a side road (in PA) and was believed to be heading in the direction of Sagetown Rd. in the Town of Southport. Deputies re-routed to that area to assist should the vehicle come into NY. A short time later, dispatch advised that the PSP were on Kelly Hill Rd., in Steuben County, and were terminating the pursuit. Shortly after that information was received, deputies located the suspect vehicle on Kinner Hill Rd. in the Town of Southport. At that time, Deputy Sheriff Crystal Kennison, picked up the pursuit which continued to Widger Hill Rd. until such time the suspect vehicle tumed on to Sagetown Rd. and then lost control sliding off the roadway into a ditch rendering the suspect vehicle inoperable. Additional Deputies, and PSP Troopers, arrived and assisted with taking the driver, identified as 43 year old Jessica M. Neally of Lindley and her passenger, 22 year old Nicholas A. Lowry of from Liberty Pennsylvania, into custody. Located within the vehicle was a quantity of methamphetamine. Both Neally and Lowry were charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 7th degree. Additionally, Neally was charged with Unlawfully Fleeing a Police Officer, Obstructing Governmental Administration in the 2nd Degree, Resisting Arrest, and numerous Vehicle and Traffic violations. It was also determined that there were active warrants for Neally out of Steuben County for Bail Jumping in the 1st Degree and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 2nd Degree (both felonies). Both subjects were processed at the Chemung County Sheriffs Office and then tuned over to the Steuben County Sheriffs Office on the felony warrants out of their county. Additional criminal charges are pending out of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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On February 16, 2024, the New York State Police assisted the Elmira Police Department and arrested Chase Hartke, age 24, of Southport, NY, for nine counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 3rd (D Felony). Hartke possessed several illegal firearms and high-capacity magazines in his residence. During the execution of a search warrant, Hartke was found to possess illegal rifles, a tactical shotgun, 3D-printed ghost gun parts, numerous high-capacity ammunition magazines, and ammunition in an assortment of calibers. Hartke was arraigned in the Town of Southport Court and remanded to the Chemung County Jail in lieu of $10,000 cash bail or $20,000 bond. The New York State Police - Troop E Violent Gangs and Narcotics Enforcement Team (VGNET) was assisted by members of Troop E Uniform Force, the Elmira Police Department Drug Enforcement Unit, and the Elmira Police Department Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) detail.

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On February 15th 2024 at approximately 7:15 PM Elmira Police Department Officers were dispatched to a residence in the 500 block of Pennsylvania Ave for a reported structure fire. Elmira Fire Department Investigators on scene indicated that the fire appeared to be suspicious. A suspect was developed and the matter was further investigated by the Elmira Police Department. The results of the investigation determined that an occupant of the residence set the house on fire while the residence was occupied by three other persons related to the suspect. As a result of this investigation the Elmira Police Department has charged 18 year old Edwin A Bennett of Elmira with Arson in the Second Degree, a Class B Felony. Bennett is being held at the Elmira Police Department pending arraignment in Elmira City Court.

Big Flats - State Senator Tom O’Mara (R,C-Big Flats), Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C-Corning), Assemblyman Chris Friend (R,C-Big Flats), Elmira Mayor Dan Mandell and other local leaders today rejected Governor Hochul’s cuts in critical state funding for local roads and bridges in her proposed 2024-25 state budget. At a news conference in Big Flats, the group also called on the governor and the Democrat leaders of the state Legislature to restore the proposed cuts and keep strengthening New York’s commitment to local transportation infrastructure. O’Mara, Palmesano, and Friend are once again being joined this year by their Republican colleagues in the Senate and Assembly to highlight their opposition to Hochul’s slashing of local transportation aid, particularly a proposed $60-million cut for the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS), the state’s primary source of funding for local roads, bridges, and culverts. In a February 14, 2024 letter to Hochul and legislative leaders, O’Mara, Palmesano, Friend and their colleagues wrote, in part, “We once again stress that New York State's direct investment in local roads and bridges through CHIPS remains fundamental. It deserves priority consideration in the final allocation of state infrastructure investment in the budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year. CHIPS is the key difference for local communities, economies, governments, motorists, and taxpayers throughout the Empire State, including New York City and surrounding metro areas, and we cannot ignore this fact, especially this year. It is warranted. Local governments, for the foreseeable future, will continue to struggle to address budgetary demands in the face of the state-imposed property tax cap, rising pension, health care and highway construction costs, and unfunded state mandates, among other burdens.” Legislators and local roads advocates statewide have been critical of Hochul’s proposal for failing to recognize the enormous impact inflation is having on the costs of construction and, consequently, on the budgets of local highway departments. Nationally, according to the Federal Highway Administration’s Highway Construction Cost Index, highway construction costs since 2022 have increased by nearly 60 percent. These unprecedented cost increases alone make the Governor’s proposal is unacceptable. They also criticize the Hochul plan for failing to achieve the goals of equitability, fairness, and parity in transportation funding for the upstate and downstate regions of New York, noting that the Governor’s proposed budget includes a $100-million reduction (including the $60-million cut in CHIPS funding) to local road, bridge, and culvert funding for the third year of the five-year, Department of Transportation (DOT) Capital Plan. As Hochul and the Democrat leaders of the Senate and Assembly approach negotiations over a final 2024-25 state budget scheduled to be in place by April 1, O’Mara, Palmesano, Friend and their legislative colleagues are calling for this year’s final budget to restore Hochul’s proposed $60-million cut to CHIPS base aid and then increase the CHIPS base funding level by $200 million to a total of $798.1 million. “The cut in Consolidated Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) funding in the Governor’s current 2025 budget proposal comes at a time where costs are rising to pave and maintain local roads," said Elmira Mayor Dan Mandell. "I urge the Governor not to cut funding as this would create a hardship on the City of Elmira in our efforts to maintain and repair our roads.” ob Eastwood, Town of Van Etten Highway Superintendent and President of the Chemung County and Town Highway Superintendents Association, said, “Stronger state investments in recent years to our local highway departments through CHIPS and other programs have made an enormous difference. If this critical source of support gets pulled out from under us now, at a time when construction costs have never been higher, it would be a real crisis for many local departments with budgets that are already stretched thin.” Since 2013, O’Mara, Palmesano and Friend have built a coalition of support within the state Legislature and worked closely with local transportation advocates from throughout New York on the “Local Roads Are Essential” advocacy campaign annually sponsored by the New York State Association of County Highway Superintendents (NYSCHSA) and the New York State Association of Town Superintendents of Highways, Inc. (NYSAOTSOH). The campaign brings hundreds of local transportation advocates to Albany in early March to rally support. The latest analysis by the New York State Association of Town Superintendents of Highways has found that the local highway system outside of New York City faces an annual funding gap of over $2 billion.

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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation recently announced the following Nominees for 2024 Induction: Mary J. Blige Mariah Carey Cher Dave Matthews Band Eric B. & Rakim Foreigner Peter Frampton Jane's Addiction Kool & the Gang Lenny Kravitz Oasis Sinéad O'Connor Ozzy Osbourne Sade A Tribe Called Quest The 2024 ceremony will once again stream live on Disney+ with a special airing on ABC at a later date and available on Hulu the next day. Graphic courtesy of Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Foundation and Allison Brod Marketing + Communications To be eligible for nomination, an individual artist or band must have released its first commercial recording at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination. Ten out of 15 of the Nominees are on the ballot for the first time, including Mariah Carey, Cher, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & the Gang, Lenny Kravitz, Oasis, Sinéad O’Connor, Ozzy Osbourne and Sade. Nominee ballots will be sent to an international voting body of more than 1,000 artists, historians, and members of the music industry. An artist’s musical impact and influence on other artists, length and depth of career and body of work as well as innovation and superiority in style and technique are taken into consideration.  Inductees will be announced in late April. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2024 Induction Ceremony will take place in Cleveland this fall with date and on-sale information to be announced. Who do you think should be inducted? Who is perhaps not on this list but long overdue in your opinion?

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