radioNOVO News for Elmira/Corning 05-26-26

Good morning, We begin with a shocking murder investigation in the region. Authorities have officially identified the victim of Saturday's fatal stabbing near Cornell University as nineteen-year-old Breanne Keanne of Ithaca. Police arrested twenty-year-old Damian Stewart at the Triphammer Road scene. Stewart is currently being held without bail at the Tompkins County Jail on second-degree murder charges as investigators work to determine a motive.Meanwhile, a devastating update in the sports world carries a heavy local connection. A newly released medical evaluation reveals forty-one-year-old NASCAR champion Kyle Busch died Thursday from severe pneumonia that progressed into sepsis. Just two weeks ago, Busch was competing at the Watkins Glen road course when he radioed his team to have a doctor waiting for him after the race to treat what was initially thought to be a basic sinus cold.And finally, the Gaffer District is cleaning up this morning after a highly successful holiday weekend. Thousands of regional visitors packed downtown Market Street over the last three days for the seventeenth annual GlassFest, which wrapped up last night with massive crowds for live music and glassblowing demonstrations.For more news from across the region, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.