radioNOVO News for Elmira/Corning 06-30-26

Good morning.An out-of-state fugitive is behind bars following a multi-agency standoff in Elmira. The Elmira Police Department, along with State Police and U-S Marshals, executed an arrest warrant at a home on Elm Street for thirty-three-year-old Gordon Jenkins the Third. Jenkins was wanted out of Indiana for failing to register as a violent sex offender and was taken into custody without further incident.In political news, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman is calling for a state investigation into Governor Kathy Hochul following last week's fatal motel fire in Broome County. Blakeman alleges criminal negligence regarding the state's oversight of unhoused placements at the facility.Meanwhile, a new Siena Research Institute poll shows Hochul's lead over Blakeman has expanded to twenty points statewide, though the two remain virtually tied upstate.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.