Everybody needs a little motivation at times to help get them back up when they're down. As News 10 Now's Jim Gibbons explains, one group in Utica is using the game of basketball to help inspire and educate the local community.

Kids in Rome were out at Franklyn's Field for a youth bash. The party was put on by the Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency.

The East Utica Senior Center will no longer have programs for seniors. Mohawk Valley Community Action, which oversees the center's programming, said not enough people have been using the center's services.

Family and friends have a new memorial to honor late Officer William D. Chapman. He was killed in the line of duty in a car accident en route to assist another officer on July 19,1980.

A Utica house has been ordered to be vacated because of the city's public nuisance law.

State Police are looking for any witnesses to a rollover accident that injured a New Jersey man along the Thruway.

The hot weather and high gas prices have many people are hitting the road on two wheels. And "safety first" is the message New Hartford Police what to get out to drivers and bicyclists.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos visited the Mohawk Valley for the second time since taking the position on Thursday.

A woman and her three passengers are okay after their car rolled down a ravine in the Town of Steuben.

The F.X. Matt Brewery is known for creating some of the best tasting beer in Central New York and now they've come up with a new Irish brew. News 10 Now's Jim Gibbons has the details of what caused them to come up with the idea and when you might be able to get a taste.

A 14-year-old girl is in the hospital with head injuries after she was hit by a car on Pinnacle Road in Waterville.

Canterbury Press employees recently learned the company will close. The employees met with the state labor department and elected officials about what happens next. Most if not all of them have stock in the company. As our Iris St. Meran tells us, many feel more could have been done to keep the company open.

Members of the Utica school board are looking for community feedback regarding the proposed capital project.

The Utica school board gave approval to begin search for new school superintendent.

November will bring with it a round of federal elections. Much of the attention, for months, has been focused on the race for the White House. But there will also be elections determining the control of Congress.One of the biggest battlegrounds in 2006 was Central New York's 24th Congressional District. News 10 Now's Bill Carey takes a look at the two men who will be facing off for that house seat this year.