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Syracuse area road report: Erie Boulevard bridge construction over West...
Indicates ramp or road restrictionsIndicates ramp or road closures Onondaga County Interstate 81: View I-81Roadmap in a larger map Click map markers for details on the following construction news: •...
View ArticleLong Island lawyer running for Supreme Court justice in Cayuga County
Auburn, NY - Cayuga County voters, meet Stephen J. Lynch, a Long Island lawyer and your new candidate for state Supreme Court justice. Lynch probably won’t be going door-to-door asking for your vote....
View ArticleLegislative committee wants $50 million in changes to proposed Onondaga...
The Onondaga County Legislature’s Ways & Means Committee recommended about $50 million in changes to County Executive Joanie Mahoney’s proposed 2011 spending plan Thursday — changes that...
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Syracuse University receives $20 million donation for scholarship for...
Scholarship will require students to engage in community service. Submitted photoHoward and Louise Phanstiel, who donated $20 million to Syracuse University in 2010 for scholarships. Just after Howard...
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Floods continue to close roads in Central New York
Route 11 over Salmon River in Oswego County closed after concrete wall collapses. View full sizeGary Walts / The Post-StandardFlood waters engulf Bridge Street in Altmar, Oswego County, Friday...
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Prosecutors may file charges under N.J. hate-crime law in Rutgers student's...
PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- As prosecutors consider filing bias-crime charges against two college freshmen accused of streaming online video of a sexual encounter between a classmate who later killed himself...
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What's going on: 5 dead as rainstorms rage along East Coast, head to New England
From The Associated Press: RALEIGH, N.C. -- Torrential downpours from a faded tropical storm marched into the Northeast on Friday, a day after claiming five lives, washing out roads, knocking out...
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Syracuse sets record for rain; Cortland gets more than 6 inches
A 60-year-old daily record is shattered. View full sizeGary Walts / The Post-StandardSouth Albion Road near Altmar was flooded and washed by rainfall Thursday and Friday. Syracuse, NY -- Thursday’s...
View ArticleHannibal youth accused of sex crime
Hannibal, NY -- A 15-year-old Hannibal boy is accused of forcing another individual into performing a sex act during the summer of 2009 in a Hannibal home. The boy and his parent were issued a...
View ArticleDelta airliner makes emergency landing at Syracuse Hancock International Airport
Syracuse, NY -- A commercial airliner with 150 people on board headed for Seattle made an emergency landing this morning at Syracuse Hancock International Airport after experiencing engine problems,...
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NY Minute: Paladino says he isn't accusing Cuomo of an extramarital affair
From The Buffalo News: The New York gubernatorial campaign took on the air of reality TV this week, culminating Thursday with Republican candidate Carl P. Paladino saying he isn't accusing his...
View ArticleLunchtime Links: Inmate ends up nearly naked after jail escape try
Also, woman who killed husband because she thought he was a bear found not guilty. PHOENIX (AP) -- A Phoenix jail inmate was left wearing nothing but pink socks after scaling five fences in an escape...
View ArticleSyracuse police charge seven people in check-cashing scheme
Syracuse, NY -- Seven people are charged in a check-cashing scheme involving family members and acquaintances that defrauded a credit union of about $15,000, Syracuse police said. Whitney Allen, 22,...
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Record rain causes flooding that takes out wall, closes bridges and floods...
Route 11 bridge in Pulaski closed due to high water. Part of large concrete wall, river bank collapse. Cortland County gets more than 6 inches of rain. View full sizeGary Walts / The...
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Emanuel gone, Rouse in as chief of staff
Aside from the presidency, the job is the most demanding and influential in the White House. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez MonsivaisNew interim White House Chief of Staff Pete Rouse. WASHINGTON (AP) —...
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Emotions run high at Rutgers after teen's suicide
Students wear black to remember Tyler Clementi. View full sizeAP Photo/Mel EvansRutgers University students sign condolence cards Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, at Rutgers in New Brunswick, N.J., for the...
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Driver, 90, damages wall of town of Manlius drug store
Minoa firefighters examine the damage a minivan did this afternoon when it crashed into the wall of the Kinney Drugs store on Manlius Center Road, Manlius.Manlius, NY -- A minivan crashed into the...
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Pulaski officials worry swollen Salmon River could disrupt sewer system
Waters threaten pumping station that moves about 70 percent of community's sewage to treatment plant. Alaina PotrikusSign in front window of Yankee Fly & Tackle Shop, Salina Street, Pulaski tells...
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Judge rules Jordan-Elbridge board violated law by appointing interim...
Judge Donald A. Greenwood said the district announced the appointment to the public and “it was only during the course of this litigation that the board has recanted the statement.” Dick Blume/The...
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What's going on: Missing U.S. balloonists plunged at 50 mph, likely dead
Microsoft sues Motorola over Android phone patents APA view of the start of the Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race, at Easter Compton, near Bristol, England, on Sept. 25. Two American balloonists are...
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