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Solvay woman with three children in her car charged with felony DWI by...
Syracuse, NY -- A Solvay woman was charged with violating Leandra’s Law when she was accused of driving drunk early Wednesday morning with three children, including a seven-week-old baby, in her car,...
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Number 4 on county's Most Wanted List captured in Miami
Syracuse, NY -- A man wanted for felony rape who appeared on this year’s Onondaga County’s Most Wanted List was captured Wednesday in Florida. Joseph Santos, 24, who was number four on this year’s...
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Driver of truck towing crane that hit Interstate 690 bridge is ticketed
Syracuse, NY-- A part of a crane struck the underside of a bridge and forced the shutdown of Interstate 81 north for 20 minutes during rush hour this morning while inspectors combed the structure for...
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Central New York unemployment rate rises a little, but could the worst be over?
The April rate of 7.7 percent is up slightly over last April's 7.5 percent, but down from March's 8.5 percent. View full sizeMary Altaffer / APDeji Ayoade (right), of Queens, who has been out of work...
View ArticleNurse aides to get new titles and duties at Loretto's Green House project
Syracuse, N.Y. -- In addition to scrapping the traditional model of the big impersonal nursing home, Loretto is about to radically redefine the role of the nursing home worker. At Loretto’s 13 small...
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Special Olympics is a special day for hundreds
Cicero, NY - Kathy Galosich stood at the finish line cheering on her 6-year-old daughter, Ryleigh, who was using her walker in a race today at the Special Olympics. Ryleigh, a kindergartner at Roxboro...
View ArticleOswego Middle School goes under lockdown as police investigate report of man...
Oswego, NY -- A 16-year-old boy carrying a paintball gun near Oswego Middle School caused the school to be locked down this afternoon after he was spotted by a bus driver. The incident started about...
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What's going on: Gay couple in South Africa get 14 years in jail for...
Also, Oneida Nation pressured businesses to support its liquor permit, and Schenectady middle school student suspended over wearing a rosary. View full sizeSchalk van Zuydam / APWoman protest against...
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Syracuse's baby peregrine falcons are healthy (video)
Syracuse, NY - Groucho and Fancy, Syracuse’s resident peregrine falcons, are the proud parents to two sons and two daughters: Pilgrim, Chinook, Hiawatha and Chase. The four falcon chicks — technically...
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Home Depot employees in Cicero band together for co-worker with cancer
If you go What: Spaghetti Dinner Benefit for Shawn Snyder When: 12 to 5 p.m. on Saturday Where: Brewerton Fire Department, 9625 Brewerton Road, Brewerton Cost: $15 at the door. Children 5 years old...
View ArticleNortheast states, including New York, seek plan for rail upgrades
BOSTON — A coalition of 11 states asked federal railroad officials on Thursday to develop a plan to dramatically upgrade high-speed passenger rail service along the Northeast Corridor during the next...
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Geddes town official, angry over sales tax deal, wants to change Onondaga...
Instead of a legislature, Manny Falcone wants to revert to having a board of supervisors, where leaders of each town joint to run the county. View full sizeJohn Stith / The Post-StandardGeddes...
View ArticleFEMA offers insurance rate cuts under remapping
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — Property owners across the country fearing they may be forced to buy expensive flood insurance under a push to draw up new floodplain maps will catch a break by being offered...
View ArticleSchumer says Congress to debate youth job funds
ALBANY, N.Y. — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says $1 billion for youth summer jobs has been included in House and Senate legislation heading to floor debates next week and would bring about $50 million to...
View ArticleNearly 200 gather for memorial service for firefighters, deputies (video)
Syracuse, NY -- Nearly 200 people, half of them in uniform, gathered for a memorial service for fallen firefighters and Onondaga County Sheriff's deputies. The service included the reading of the...
View ArticleSyracuse police identify man shot in Wednesday incident
Syracuse, NY – Police have identified the man shot during an altercation on the City’s Near West Side Wednesday. Joseph Santy, 25, of Syracuse, was shot shortly after 5 p.m. near Brothers Fine Foods...
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Wall Street Reform: Congress aims to put some discipline in lending
Rules hope to avoid another burst of a 'housing bubble.' WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress is getting tougher on both borrowers and lenders blamed for inflating a housing bubble that, when it popped,...
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Lysander man seriously hurt in accident with man who crashed into Pier 57
Sheriff Kevin Walsh calls Clifton Reynolds "a menace on the highway." Frank Ordonez / The Post-StadardClifton Reynolds, the man charged with driving into the Pier 57 restaurant Wednesday, is now...
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Federal trust fund has millions to clean up environmental mess left by GM in...
A federal trust fund would pay about $150 million to clean up and redevelop closed General Motors plants in Salina and Massena under a federal bankruptcy proposal to settle liabilities for the old GM....
View ArticleUpstate Medical University's largest class to graduate Saturday
Syracuse, NY--Upstate Medical University Saturday will award 423 degrees, the largest number since the school joined the State University system in 1950. The degrees will go to graduates of the...
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