Hey, a fellow Binghamtonian...
To answer your question, it's going to be a while before we get our locals, in SD much less. I'd say earliest might be next year, but I'd bet on it being after D12 launches. DirecTV is rolling out the HD locals for a bunch of cities for the remainder of the year. They're not worried about launching our SD locals just yet.
If you're looking for our locals in HD I'd say forget about it, it ain't happening. And yes, I was told early last year that we'd be receiving them soon too. I just don't believe them anymore.