Update: Man, 22, airlifted and three others taken by ambulance from Van Buren...
Update: Badlwinsville, NY – A 22-year-old man was in critical condition at Upstate University Hospital after being airlifted there from an accident late Sunday, state police said. The man was the...
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Mother of slain Syracuse man shares poetry at anti-violence vigil
Syracuse, NY -- Barbara Hills hasn’t been able to turn down a chance to share her anti-violence poetry since her son, Verdel Hills, 28, was shot to death in March. The lifelong advocate against youth...
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Syracuse area road report: I-81 south exit ramp to Franklin/West streets...
Indicates ramp or road restrictionsIndicates ramp or road closures Onondaga County Butternut Street bridge reconstruction: View I-81ButternutStreetBridge in a larger map Click map markers for details...
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Cazenovia College cancer survivor helps make wishes come true for ill children
Syracuse, NY - As she underwent 42 weeks of chemotherapy treatment to rid her body of skeletal muscle cancer, 10-year-old Ashley Hammond dreamed of when she would be well enough to meet the members of...
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Onondaga County Republican Committee nearly broke, deeply divided, as...
GOP Chairman John DeSpirito III has 3 challengers. John Berry/The Post-Standard, 2009Onondaga County Republican Committee Chairman John DeSpirito III checks primary election results in this file photo...
View ArticleThroop man faces felony DWI charge
Mentz, NY – A Throop man was charged with felony driving while intoxicated following a traffic stop early Sunday in Mentz, state police said. Troopers said they saw a vehicle traveling on the wrong...
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Inmate's death prompts candidates for sheriff to make jail management a...
Syracuse, NY -- Sheriff Kevin Walsh’s political opponents went on the attack Sunday over the Friday night death of a man who’d been in custody at the Onondaga County Justice Center jail. The three...
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What's going on: Last 2 victims identified after Taliban kills 10 foreign aid...
Also: Guantanamo detainee goes on trial this week; tainted pet food can make people sick. Musadeq Sadeq / The Associated PressRelatives carry the body of one of two Afghans, killed with members of a...
View ArticleUpdate: Driver charged with DWI in Volney crash
Volney, NY -- A Fulton man faces several charges after he drove his 2005 Ford pickup truck off county Route 176 Saturday afternoon, hitting a mailbox and two utility poles, according to Oswego County...
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Heat, thunderstorms expected in Syracuse this afternoon
Syracuse, NY -- A few thunderstorms, possibly with gusty winds and hail, are possible this afternoon as the air heats up, according to the National Weather Service. It will be otherwise mostly cloudy...
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NY Minute: Are Charles Rangel's woes a problem for Rep. Michael Arcuri?
Oneida County Democrat scrambles to cut ties with embattled congressman. Alex Brandon / The Associated PressRep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., leaves his office July 30 for a vote on Capitol Hill in...
View ArticleUpdate: Driver saved by other driver, bystander in Skaneateles crash
Skaneateles, NY -- The driver of a pickup truck was pulled from his burning vehicle this morning by the driver of the car with which his truck had just collided, state police said. He couldn't have...
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Student teacher admits guilt in sex encounter with girl met on chat-line
Syracuse, NY - A student teacher from a Connecticut school for the deaf, accused of coming to the Syracuse area for a sexual encounter with an underage girl he'd met in an on-line chat room, admitted...
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$26.1B state aid bill to help keep teacher jobs, pay Medicaid brings House...
$16.1B to help with Medicaid payments in 2011, $10B to avoid teacher layoffs. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called the House of Representatives back early from vacation in order to vote on the state...
View ArticleLunchtime Links: Fed-up strippers protest at Ohio church
Also: Steamy Amish romance novels are selling like hotcakes. Strippers, wearing bikinis, see-through shorts and carrying Super-Soakers, turned the tables Sunday and camped out on lawn chairs outside...
View ArticleWoman hurt and Taft Road traffic diverted after head-on collision in Clay
Clay, NY -- A 95-year-old woman was taken to the hospital for treatment of a head cut following a two-car accident this morning on West Taft Road in front of the North Medical Center. Onondaga County...
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Escaped Arizona inmate captured near Yellowstone; another still on the lam
Update, 1:55 p.m.: PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say they have captured one of the two convicted killers who escaped from an Arizona prison in Wyoming. The U.S. Marshals office says Tracy Province was...
View ArticleFour remain in hospital, two critically injured, after Van Buren crash Sunday...
Van Buren, NY -- Four young adults remained remained at Upstate University Hospital -- two in critical condition -- after a one-car crash Sunday evening in the Village Green subdivision in Van Buren,...
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Details of firefighter's alleged terroristic threat spelled out in court papers
Douglas Martin also accused of threatening deputy fire chief. Douglas Martin Syracuse, NY - A Syracuse firefighter accused of making a threat to commit violence at the fire department credit union...
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John Lennon's killer is up for parole again in Upstate New York
Buffalo, NY — John Lennon's killer will seek his freedom this week for a sixth time. Mark David Chapman is scheduled to appear before a parole board at Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New...
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