Syracuse church again targeted by thieves
Thieves broke into Syracuse's Second Olivet Missionary Baptist church property again Monday night, this time smashing a window and entering the church's annex, said the Rev. Aaron M. James Sr. This...
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Your Comments: Historic sites, state parks need to be self-sufficient
Gov. David Paterson again vetoed the creation of a commission to promote the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, a move that officials in Oswego County called a blow to plans to commemorate Fort...
View ArticleMan in dump truck is shot after ramming patrol car in East Syracuse during...
Alleged vending machine theft started the whole thing. Update: Onondaga County Sheriff's deputies reopened Burnet Avenue between Thompson Road and Carr Street at 6:05 a.m. The area had been closed to...
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NYS Attorney General Andrew Cuomo investigating allegations of corruption...
Syracuse, NY - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday launched an investigation into the New York State Fair, including a criminal probe of former Director Peter Cappuccilli, Jr. Cuomo is responding...
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Temperatures today to soar into the 90s in Syracuse area
Syracuse, NY -- The mercury is expected to inch up to 92 today, two degrees shy of the record of 94 posted in 1953 and 1932, according to the National Weather Service in Binghamton. The normal high...
View ArticleUltralight pilot makes emergency landing on St. Lawrence River
Alexandria, NY – An Ontario ultralight airplane pilot made an emergency landing on the St. Lawrence River about 6 p.m. Tuesday after the aircraft developed engine trouble, state police said. Neither...
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What's going on: California's plastic bag ban is defeated
Also: Obama says combat mission in Iraq is over; Hurricane Earl weakens. Rich Pedroncelli / The Associated PressA woman carries a single-use plastic carryout bag in downtown Sacramento, Calif. The...
View ArticleTroopers accuse woman of driving drunk in Van Buren with six children aboard
Van Buren, NY – A Rochester woman stopped late Monday for a seatbelt violation at Thruway Exit 39 was accused of driving drunk with six children in her car. Lisa A. Trybus, 41, of 30 Chi-Mar Drive,...
View ArticleNYC man falls 40 stories, lands on car and survives
Car's owner convinced rosary beads saved jumper's life. New York — A New York City man who plunged 40 stories from the rooftop of an apartment building has survived after crashing onto a parked car....
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NY Minute: Convicted politicians still collect state pensions
Daily News reports ex-Comptroller Alan Hevesi collects a $105,221 yearly state pension. The Associated Press, 2007Former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi, who pleaded guilty in 2006 to using state...
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Man charged in DeWitt burglary in which three guns were stolen
DeWitt, NY -- A Redwood man was charged in a DeWitt burglary last month in which three handguns were stolen. Dustin Hilts, 25, of Redwood, was charged Tuesday with burglary, grand larceny and criminal...
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Rochester man charged with attempted robbery of DeWitt hotel
DeWitt, NY -- A man charged with the robbery of a Weedsport hotel has been charged in the attempted robbery of a DeWitt hotel earlier in the same day. Ronald J. Larkins, 44, is accused of entering the...
View ArticleGroup to march and rally at the Onondaga County Justice Center
Syracuse, NY -- A coalition of community groups calling themselves United As One will march on the Onondaga County Justice Center Saturday seeking justice for victims of law enforcement brutality,...
View ArticleLunchtime Links: Cop suspended for failing to help woman's dying daughter
Also: Dog dances the merengue. From New York Daily News: The NYPD has suspended a cold-hearted Brooklyn cop who failed to help a woman as she frantically drove her dying daughter to a hospital, police...
View ArticleNY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to visit the state fair today
GEDDES, NY -- Attorney General Andrew Cuomo will visit the New York State Fair at 1:30 p.m. today. On Tuesday, Cuomo launched an investigation into the fair, including free concert tickets, contracts...
View ArticleFatal accident closes part of Oxbow Road, Fenner
Fenner, NY -- One person is known dead following a one-car accident this morning on Oxbow Road in this Madison County town, Undersheriff Doug Bailey said. A search of the wooded area on the west side...
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Fact Check: Is combat really over for U.S. in Iraq?
Tens of thousands of U.S. troops are still likely to engage violent foes. Maya Alleruzzo / The Associated PressLt. Allen Sara, from Prescott, Ariz., a platoon leader with A Co., 1st Battalion, 14th...
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Fire damages apartment house on Syracuse's Near Westside
Syracuse, NY -- A fire in a multi-apartment house on Syracuse’s Near Westside left several people without a place to sleep tonight, Syracuse fire officials said. Firefighters were called about noon to...
View ArticleState appeals court temporarily halts taxing Indian cigarette sales
CATTARAUGUS INDIAN RESERVATION, N.Y. — The latest in a tangled series of state and federal court decisions has halted New York state’s plan to collect taxes on cigarettes sold by Native American...
View ArticleOswego County horse dies of EEE; another euthanized last week after testing...
Oswego County, NY -- A horse in the town of Albion has died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), said Oswego County Public Health Director Dr. Dennis Norfleet. Norfleet said this is the second...
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