Crews from the Ithaca Fire Department were dispatched to the area of a 60-foot dam on Six Mile Creek at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday to locate a man who was reportedly swept up in its waters.

Second Dam and Third Dam are within the Tompkins County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction, he added. The City of Ithaca estimates staffing costs for four gorge rangers at $30,000.

Firefighters rescued a man after finding him 100 yards downstream from a dam, and used multiple rope systems to retrieve him safely from the creek bed. A third alarm was struck to bring in off ...

The second-ranked Ithaca High School football team posted a third-straight shutout Friday as the Jackets shut out visiting Saginaw Valley Lutheran 49-0.

Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:25:00 GMT — The Tompkins County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim who drowned at the Second Dam on Sunday, July 26.

This is the department’s fifth rope rescue of the month and third near this particular 30-foot dam. The other two calls happened off Coddington Road and Lake Street.

Ithaca improves to 5-0 overall and to 3-0 in TVC action via the victory while Hemlock falls to 1-4 overall and to 1-2 in conference action.

The people of Ithaca have been far more apprehensive that the dam may give way under the great pressure, with disastrous results to life and property, than of any possible danger from impure water.

Firefighters rushed to the Beebe Lake Dam on Cornell's campus just before 8 a.m. after the teenager was spotted in the icy water at the bottom of the dam, according to the Ithaca Fire Department.

Class C fifth-ranked Ithaca clinched at least a share of the Tri-Valley West with a victory at Merrill that puts the Yellowjackets at 12-1 in the league with Valley Lutheran and Carrollton ...

Officials said the man was injured around the 60-foot dam area. Firefighters located the victim about one hundred yards downstream of the dam and began tending to his injuries.