By Kacey Deamer, Online Editor
• February 21, 2013
Ithaca Police Department has received a grant from the New York State Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee which has begun a new initiative to target distracted drivers.
While the Ithaca Fire Department faces budget cuts because of the proposed 2013 city budget, fire alarm activations reported from the college this year have seen notable increase.
The Ithaca Police Department has arrested a man who shot a police officer around 11 p.m. Thursday near the West Village apartment complex on West Hill.
A string of three reported assaults Sunday morning has led to a crime alert on the Cornell University campus and investigations by the Cornell University Police Department and the Ithaca Police Department.
There are power outages in the downtown and East Hill areas of the City of Ithaca, according to a press release issued earlier tonight by the Ithaca Police Department.
A porch on 132 University Ave. by Cornell University caught on fire early this morning, but crews were able to quickly extinguish its flames, according to a press release penned by IFD assistant fire chief Daniel Tier III.