Slow work on Interstate 81 means Interstate 690 ramp reopens, temporarily
Syracuse, NY -- Slow going for crews working on the elevated portion of Interstate 81 in Syracuse means a temporary reprieve for southbound motorists. The New York State Department of Transportation...
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Doug Hoffman concedes NY-23 GOP primary, but stays in race on Conservative line
Hoffman's decision sets up three-way race for seat of U.S. Rep. Bill Owens. Granby Supervisor Ed Williamson (left) meets Doug Hoffman, the Conservative candidate in the 23rd Congressional District,...
View ArticleGPS in ankle bracelet leads Syracuse police to parolee out past curfew
Syracuse, NY -- Parolees, take note. That ankle bracelet the authorities are making you wear has Global Positioning System tracking capabilities. Theodore Price, 40, of 340 Montgomery St., learned...
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Lunchtime Links: Texas Board of Education to vote on Islamic bias in textbooks
Also: Possum-throwing contest; Ig Nobel inventions. Jupiterimages From CBS News: Texas' State Board of Education - following a long history of throwing itself into "culture war" issues - is set to...
View ArticleKirk Park Colts beat Sherman Park Bulldogs to finish a game cut short by...
Syracuse, NY -- Playing under the lights in Mattydale, the Kirk Park Colts Pee Wee team Wednesday night beat the Sherman Park Bulldogs 19-13 to finish a football game cut short by the Sept. 11...
View ArticleSyracuse man sent to prison, woman faces conditional discharge in Leandra's...
Syracuse, NY - A Syracuse man caught driving drunk on a motorized mini-bike with his 9-year-old daughter was sentenced today to one to three years in state prison. Raney Stackhouse, 45, of 218...
View ArticleYour comments: All cops aren't bad guys, but some of them are
'At one point, it looked as though the neighbors were going to riot over the police brutality ...' Some Syracuse residents are saying police were too rough during a manhunt for a suspect who is...
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What a difference a day makes: Now, new poll says Andrew Cuomo has 2-to-1...
Which to believe: Today's Siena poll giving Cuomo a 57 to 24 percent lead, or Wednesday's Quinnipiac poll giving him a 49 to 43 percent lead? Cuomo 2010 via APNew York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (left)...
View ArticleMontana woman fends off charging bear with a zucchini
Frenchtown, Mont. -- Police say a Montana woman used an unlikely weapon to fend off a charging bear - a zucchini. Missoula County Sheriff's Lt. Rich Maricelli says a 200-pound black bear attacked the...
View ArticleCapital Prep founder Steve Perry to speak at Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY – Nationally known education reformer Steve Perry will return to Syracuse on Friday as the featured speaker at the Syracuse University WellsLink transitions ceremony. The event, at 4 p.m....
View ArticlePolice enter Phoenix home to find suspects fled after home invasion
View Larger Map Phoenix, NY -- New York State police and Oswego County sheriff's deputies found no one inside a house at 106 Cherry St. where a home invasion had taken place earlier. Police had...
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Granola thins recalled because label doesn't mention nuts
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - General Mills said Thursday it is voluntarily recalling a single day’s production of Nature Valley Dark Chocolate Flavor Granola Thins. "Product produced on this date may have...
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Phoenix invasion-style break-in may be linked to earlier Clay incident
Witnesses describe a similar-looking car in both places. View full sizeFrank Ordoñez / The Post-StandardMembers of the Oswego County SWAT return to their base after entering a home on Cherry St. in...
View ArticleNew York Gov. David Paterson orders 2,000 jobs to be cut
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson in a memo to commissioners is ordering that 2,000 state jobs be cut through layoffs and attrition by Dec. 31. Paterson has warned for months that deficits...
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What's going on: Representatives of US, other countries walk out during...
Also, statewide August home sales down 30 percent from last year, and Onondaga Creek is tinted pink as part of study. View full sizeHenny Ray Abrams / APPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, of Iran,...
View ArticleNew York City probe finds dozens of illegal apartments
NEW YORK — New York City investigators posing as apartment hunters discovered dozens of spaces that had been illegally converted into apartments and had dangerous living conditions such as inadequate...
View ArticleFederal judge mulls blocking New York tax on reservation cigarette sales
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Lawyers for the dominant Indian nation in New York’s lucrative tax-free cigarette market told a federal judge Thursday that the tribe should remain exempt from the state’s plans to tax...
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SU, ESF students build shacks to raise money, awareness of the need for...
The third annual Shack-A-Thon is expected to raise at least $6,000. Peter Chen/The Post-StandardSyracuse University students (from left) Amanda Balch, Maureen Finn, Meaghan Fitzpatrick, Katie Hoole...
View ArticleResidents pack Schroeppel town hall to object to Bion project
Schroeppel, NY -- More than 100 people packed the Schroeppel town hall Thursday night wanting more answers about the proposed beef finishing-ethanol project by Bion Environmental Technologies. Karen...
View ArticleOnondaga County officials make changes to proposed sewer law
Clay, NY -- Onondaga County officials unveiled changes to a proposed sewer law, which could have cost homeowners thousands of dollars worth of repairs, to about 100 Clay residents Thursday night at...
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