Chenango

A suspect is in custody following a high-speed chase through two counties that ended with the man's vehicle crashed into the porch of a Town of Chenango House.

The Broome County Health Department August 18 reported 5 new positive cases of the coronavirus for a total of 1,115 and one new death for a total of 75.

In an update August 16 by the health department, Broome County is reporting a dozen new positive tests for the coronavirus since its August 14 post.

Broome and Chenango join Delaware in New York and Susquehanna and Wayne Counties in Pennsylvania on the watch list for possible flash flooding from Isaias.

Broome County is reporting another death attributed to COVID-19.

Demonstrations around the region again to the protest the death of George Floyd have been described by authorities as “peaceful.”

Broome County reports a second death from the coronavirus. Officials say a woman in her 90s died at Lourdes Hospital.