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After two years of COVID mandates and restrictions, Oneida Countys events and attractions look to make comeback better than ever

Millionaire trotting filly Joviality S, the Breeders Crown champ at two and now undefeated in her sophomore campaign, will take on the boys in her next test.

Vernon Downs played host to four divisions of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for sophomore pacing colts and geldings on a special Father’s Day Sunday matinee (June 19).  

Retesting shows DNA found in Pamela Albertson’s vagina came from Robert Earl Hayes, who was convicted but then acquitted of her 1990 strangulation and rape.

The 2022 Empire Breeders Classics (EBC) were brought to you by the letter J as Joviality S  and Justice captured the EBC races at Vernon Downs on Friday (June 17). 

NEW evidence has emerged, implicating a man who was previously tried twice and exonerated in the murder of a horse groomer.Robert Earl Hayes, 58, was

A DNA retest shows a man acquitted at retrial after his death sentence for a woman's rape and murder was almost certainly the actual killer.

A man acquitted at retrial after his conviction and death sentence for raping and murdering a woman was overturned was almost certainly the actual killer according to new DNA tests, a Florida prosecutor announced Wednesday.

Retesting shows DNA found in Pamela Albertson’s vagina came from Robert Earl Hayes, who was convicted but then acquitted of her 1990 strangulation and rape.

Robert Earl Hayes' case was featured in a 2002 play, "The Exonerated," which was made into a Court TV movie.