radioNOVO News for Elmira/Corning 08-06-26

Good morning.In a major announcement for local sports, professional women’s golf is returning to the Southern Tier. The LPGA and Corning Incorporated announced that after an eighteen-year absence, the long-running Corning tournament will return to the Corning Country Club in May 2027. Rebranded as "The Classic," the event will feature a five-million-dollar purse.A Horseheads man has been sentenced to at least eighteen years in prison for the death of a three-year-old toddler. Twenty-eight-year-old Christopher M. Woods was sentenced to eighteen years to life in Chemung County Court following his guilty plea to second-degree murder in connection with the September 2025 death of Finn Hopkins.And New York Republicans are renewing their federal lawsuit to block a state law requiring local county and town elections to be moved to even-numbered years. Eastchester Supervisor Anthony Colavita is among the new plaintiffs challenging the shift, arguing it drowns out local candidate messaging.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.