Fatal shooting results in award of civil trial damages
Syracuse, NY - A Syracuse man who avoided a criminal prosecution for a deadly neighborhood shooting four years ago has been ordered to pay more than $250,000 in civil damages to the victims. A state...
View ArticleState party leaders pour money into Aubertine, Ritchie Senate race
Albany, NY - State Republican and Democratic leaders are pouring money into the race for the 48th Senate District as Democratic Sen. Darrel Aubertine and Republican challenger Patty Ritchie head into...
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Andrew Cuomo endorses Bill Owens for 23rd Congressional District seat at...
Attorney General calls incumbent Sen. David Valesky and Assemblyman Bill Magee 'reformers.' View full sizePeter Chen / The Post-StandardDemocratic New York State gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo...
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Sherrill nurse charged with trying to get her ex-husband killed
Sherrill, NY -- A Sherrill woman has been arrested by state police, charged with trying to get two people to murder her ex-husband. Kristine P. Eastman, 33, of 346 Sherrill Road, a nurse at the...
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Auburn police seek whereabouts of wanted sex offender
Auburn, NY -- The public is being asked to help locate a registered sex offender man wanted on a felony warrant out of Auburn. Michael Walter Dwyer, 34, whose last known address was 36 Franklin St.,...
View ArticleYou're not the only one who thought it was snowing
Syracuse, NY -- Yes, that was snow you saw mixing with rain Friday. National Weather Service observations at Syracuse Hancock International Airport report snow and rain was spotted around 2 p.m. No...
View ArticleWater main break reported in Manlius
Manlius, NY -- Customers are without water in Manlius. Police and firefighters reported water problems shortly after 9 p.m. Residents tell The Post-Standard they are without water. Calls to OCWA's...
View ArticlePolice: Man shot on Butternut Street
Syracuse, NY -- A man was shot in the 1300 block of Butternut Street Friday night, Syracuse police said. A 21-year-old man, who police did not identify, was shot around 9:20 p.m. and showed up about...
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Environmental groups want fired DEC chief reinstated
Pete Grannis firing "reeks of all kinds of shenanigans," Sierra Club official says View full sizePete Grannis was fired Thursday at director of the state Department of Environmental Conservation....
View ArticlePolice: Group with guns robbed two on South State Street
Syracuse, NY -- Two people were robbed outside a South State Street store Friday night by a group of teens and young adults, police said. Syracuse police said two males were robbed by seven to 10...
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Friends, family gather Saturday to remember, honor Vinson Grace, a father,...
After roughly 20 years of teaching martial arts in Syracuse, Vinson Grace decided to open his own school for people unable to afford traditional classes. The school – initially a converted daycare...
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Baldwinsville mom who lost child 33 years ago to DWI hopes her story keeps...
She takes out annual ad in effort to keep public focus on DWI. View full sizeThe memoriam Bonnie Schwalm placed in The Post-Standard on September 10. Syracuse, NY - Bonnie Schwalm took out a newspaper...
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Auburn lands $590,000 grant to study building multi-use trail along Owasco River
Plans include six miles of bike and hiking trails between Wadsworth and Emerson parks. View full sizeStephen D. Cannerelli / The Post-StandardBetty Kowal, of Auburn, walks with her granddaughter,...
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Tops to add cafe to East Genesee Street store in DeWitt
400-square-foot addition will seat 30 to 40 people; construction begins next week. Construction is scheduled to begin in the next week to add a cafe to the Tops market on East Genesee Street in...
View ArticleManlius fire department locks down its station after lunches are stolen
Manlius Fire Department locks up its station, bans other village employees after food is stolen. The Manlius Fire Department has decided to lock its Stickley Drive station, and prohibit any village...
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Files: Iraqi deaths higher than US count
Wikileaks releases 391,831 war logs in defiance of Pentagon wishes to keep them sealed. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history...
View ArticleFederal plan to clean up Chesapeake Bay could include "costly" changes for...
View Larger Map Local leaders fear new regulations aimed at cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay could have a detrimental impact on small farms in southern Madison County. The culprit is water flowing from...
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Syracuse-area unions break ranks, back Schneiderman for attorney general
A coalition of local trade unions has broken from its statewide organization to endorse Democrat Eric Schneiderman for attorney general. Why? Because of Bernie Madoff. Greg Lancette, president of the...
View ArticlePolice accuse Syracuse man of attempted murder
Syracuse, NY -- A Syracuse man was arraigned this morning on charges he attempted to kill two women in September. Syracuse police accused Knowledge B. Lewis, also known as Malik Lewis, 18, of 108 Ford...
View ArticleSurvey shows The Post-Standard and Syracuse.com have second-highest...
Readership of The Post-Standard and Syracuse.com ranks second-highest in the nation, reaching more than 83 percent of Central New York adults, according to a national survey. table td { padding: 6px;...
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