Shot reported fired after police shut down dice game in Syracuse's South Side
After nearly five hours of checking homes and yards, most police clear scene View full sizeJim Commentucci / The Post-StandardPolice gather in at South State Street and East Beard Avenue in Syracuse...
View ArticleJordan-Elbridge High principal suspended, but no one's saying why
David Zehner said he met for 2 minutes with officials, turned in keys and ID and left. View full sizeDavis Lassman / ThePost-Standard, 2006David Zehner at Jordan-Elbridge High School shortly after he...
View ArticleDelay in state Senate halts construction of a $22 million biotech center in...
Completion of project now estimated to be delayed by nearly a year. Stephen D. Cannerelli / The Post-StandardWork on the $22 million Central New York Biotechnology Research Center along East Fayette...
View ArticleUpdate: Police seek Syracuse man for firing shot while fleeing dice game
A dice game led to a suspect firing a gun and police locking down a neighborhood. Jim Commentucci / The Post-StandardPolice gather on South State Street Tuesday night after a report of shots fired in...
View ArticleResidents of Syracuse's Near West Side split on use of police surveillance...
Syracuse residents expressed support and concern Tuesday about the police department’s plan to put surveillance cameras on the Near West Side. Most of the speakers at a packed city hall meeting agreed...
View ArticleInterstate 690 ramp to West Street in Syracuse closes this morning for bridge...
Syracuse, NY -- The New York State Department of Transportation will close the West Street ramp to Interstate 690 westbound for two hours this morning for routine bridge inspection. The ramp will be...
View ArticleWhat's going on: 8 city leaders accused of bilking Bell, Calif. out of $5.5...
Also: Health insurance changes take effect soon. Robert Lachman / Los Angeles Times via APFormer Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo, whose high salary sparked the outrage that led to the investigations of...
View ArticleNY Minute: Andrew Cuomo's lead over Carl Paladino shrinks to just 6 points,...
If accurate, that means the race could be a dead heat. Don Heupel / The Associated PressNew York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino speaks Sept. 16 at the Buffalo Yacht Club. A...
View ArticleSyracuse to be featured next week on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer
Syracuse, NY -- Syracuse will be featured next week on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer in a segment on success stories amidst the nation’s slow economic recovery. Sawyer and four news correspondents,...
View ArticlePersistent drunken driver Dean Tuszynski stays in jail while facing new DWI...
Dean Tuszynski has 8 prior DWI convictions. Stephen D. Cannerelli / The Post-StandardDean S. Tuszynski, right, was denied bail this morning. Tuszynski, who has been convicted eight times of driving...
View ArticleLunchtime Links: Where's Waldo? Robbing a bank in Oregon
Also: Judge Judy is even better at half-speed (video). FBI The FBI and police in Tualatin, Oregon are looking for a bank robber who looks awfully familiar. From The Oregonian: The man is described as...
View ArticlePolice charge Manlius mayor with taking bottles and cans left to be recycled
Mark-Paul Serafin says he has been collecting cans and bottles for the deposits. He estimates he made $25 to $50 a month and says he used the money to care for a sick dog. Gloria Wright / The...
View ArticleYour comments: Should unhappy customer have sent negative Tweet about Price...
'Be a man and talk to someone face to face about the issue you are having, don't hide behind a blog.' Price Chopper apologized Tuesday after it was revealed that a Price Chopper employee got into a...
View ArticleOswego town man charged with predatory sexual assault against child
Town of Oswego, NY – A town of Oswego man was charged Tuesday with three felony counts of predatory sexual assault against a child, state police in Fulton said. Cory J. Ketcham, 36, of 906 Rathburn...
View ArticleAtlanta megachurch pastor who marched against gay marriage denies having sex...
Atlanta — The prominent pastor of a 25,000-member megachurch near Atlanta denies allegations in a lawsuit that he coerced two young men from the congregation into a sexual relationship, his attorney...
View ArticleDiscussion on future of Cicero Police Department is put on hold
Cicero, NY -- The Cicero Town Board will not be discussing the future of the Cicero Police Department at tonight’s town board meeting. Supervisor Judy Boyke said the item, which appeared on the...
View ArticleTown of Camillus plans to kill geese at Gillie Lake
"I'm an animal-lover; I don't want to kill anything, ... (But) this is what the experts told us to do," says town's parks director. View full sizeDick Blume / The Post-StandardCanada Geese on the...
View ArticleOfficials to roll out local business opportunities for 2011 women's bowling...
Syracuse, NY – El Paso, Texas, set a high bar as this year’s host of the United States Bowling Congress Women’s Championship. And Syracuse officials plan to clear that mark next year. The process...
View ArticleFootball game moved after shooting at Kirk Park in Syracuse
Syracuse, NY -- CNY Pop Warner Football Inc. has told Syracuse that it will decide on a week-to-week basis whether football games will continue at Kirk Park, the scene of a shooting during a football...
View ArticleWhat's going on: Iran blames US for bomb attack that kills 12 people
Also, It's official: Doheny beats Hoffmann for 23rd Congressional District nomination, and Syracuse's Rose Garden garners national recognition. View full sizeRahim Bayazidi / IRNA, via APA female...
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