Install
Yonkers news and local headlines
Neighborhood-first news filters
The news search aggregates Yonkers-specific coverage from local papers, neighborhood blogs, city press releases, and broadcast outlets. Use topic and date filters to find developments that matter to your neighborhood, commute, or property decision.
Latest News
Tribute, Then Triumph: New Bedford Whalers Roll Past Voc-Tech 42-8 on First Responder Night – New Bedford Guide
18+ hour, 21+ min ago (142+ words) Tribute, Then Triumph: New Bedford Whalers Roll Past Voc-Tech 42-8 on First Responder Night New Bedford Guide New Bedford High School opened its 2026 football season Friday night with a 42-8 victory over Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech, the first meeting between the city…...
Little Brown Jug harness race in Delaware County first held in 1946
20+ hour, 13+ min ago (401+ words) The first Little Brown Jug harness horse race took place in 1946, but planning began as early as 1937 when the Delaware County Fairgrounds were moved from Powell to Delaware. Rollin “Rollie” McNamara, a local Delaware contractor and horse breeder designed and…...
Rex King wouldn’t trade his time in harness racing for anything
22+ hour, 17+ min ago (1210+ words) Rex King is now 72. There has never been a time in his life where he has not been involved with horses, however, initially, not with standardbreds. “My father was a horseman, a pretty darn good one if I say so…...
'An insult to the whole region' — French racing's racecourse overhaul sparks trainer backlash
21+ hour, 10+ min ago (892+ words) The devil looks likely to be in the detail as French racing works through the proposals unveiled on Thursday to rationalise the use of more than 200 racecourses across the country in the name of economies to the sport's creaking budget....
Yonkers: Super Chapter shines in International Trot
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (331+ words) Super Chapter became the first horse representing the United States to win the Grade 1 $1 million MGM Yonkers International Trot since Resolve in 2016 with a powerful 2:22 3/5 performance for the mile and a quarter in the 2026 edition of the race on Saturday…...
End of an Era as Trick Horse Blitz Retires at Belmont County Fair
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (493+ words) ST. CLAIRSVILLE -- The Belmont County Fair Rodeo saw the end of an era Thursday night. Union Local High School sophomore Eme Martin spent the evening retiring her longtime horse, Blitz, during the fair's rodeo. Blitz is a 28-year-old trick-riding horse…...
Harness: Profile of trainer Vernon Beachy
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (1307+ words) It's back! Following a six month layoff, On The Backstretch returns for the 304th Q&A and we've tabbed one of the hottest trainers in the sport, Vernon Beachy. At 38 years old, Beachy is fast approaching his career-best in wins for…...
Yonkers: International Trot has worldwide appeal
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (1019+ words) Daniel Wäjersten and Björn Goop are among the Europeans to have participated in the MGM Yonkers International Trot in the past, and they are happy to once again be part of its present. Wäjersten will send out two horses in…...
Fall racing returns to Grants Pass Downs
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (242+ words) Published 5:56 pm Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Live horse racing makes its return to the Josephine County Fairgrounds at 1 p.m. Sunday, kicking off a 10-day fall race meet presented by the Horseman’s Racing Association that runs through Oct. 12. “We are gearing up for a…...
How the Singer Drivers Club Is Reimagining the Longest Continuously Running Racetrack in the U.S.
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (830+ words) Robb Report Willow Springs Raceway earned a new lease on life when it became acquired by private equity firm CrossHarbor Capital Partners in 2025. Yet transforming the longest continually running racetrack in the U.S. into a genuine motorsports destination takes more than…...