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Cortland, Broome counties watching water sources after tractor spills contents on Route 81 | WSTM

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Cortland, Broome counties watching water sources after tractor spills contents on Route 81 | WSTM

CORTLAND COUNTY, N.Y. — The Cortland County Health Department, Broome County, and Village of Marathon were all notified Thursday to monitor their water sources after an overturned tractor-trailer on the Route 81 Northbound overpass spilled its contents into the roadway and into Tioughnioga River Wednesday night.

When Cortland Fire crews arrived on the scene near Yaman Park around 7:30 p.m., they found that three containers had been thrown from the wreckage into the Tioughnioga River.

Crews say they began to identify and contain the cargo while the driver was evaluated for his injuries and his dog was rescued from the wreckage.

The substances spilled by the tractor-trailer were found to be oil-based herbicides and a surfactant, which is used to help the herbicides spread and stick to surfaces.

Man arrested, accused of shooting Johnny Cash silhouette on water tower – The Washington Post

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Man arrested, accused of shooting Johnny Cash silhouette on water tower – The Washington Post

Leaders in Kingsland, Ark., have spent years branding the town as the ancestral home of Johnny Cash.

They put up cast-iron signs welcoming drivers to the “birthplace of Johnny Cash.” They slapped his silhouette on the town’s water tower. And they’re working with his estate to build a heritage center that will highlight his roots in the community.

Cash thanked them by taking a leak on his hometown.

And he kept leaking.

Last week, a vandal fired a well-aimed bullet into Cash’s crotch, or rather the crotch of the silhouette that was painted on the town’s 50,000-gallon water tower, Kingsland Mayor Luke Neal told The Washington Post. Over the course of about six days, the water tower version of the Man in Black streamed roughly 180,000 gallons onto the ground below.

“It looks like he's peeing off a water tower — man, people are going wild with it,” Neal said.