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Photo gallery: Cortland welcomes the Jets back to town
Cortland, NY -- Fans lined the street Sunday to welcome back the Jets football team to the state University College at Cortland. New this year, HBO will film a sports-reality television series titled,...
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Syracuse cop says it took no magic for water to appear in court
Syracuse, NY - When Syracuse police Detective Rory Gilhooley testified at a recent court hearing about questioning Curtis Henderson in the fatal shooting of another man in January, his direct...
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Syracuse area road report: Old Liverpool Road ramp to I-81 south reduced to...
Indicates ramp or road restrictionsIndicates ramp or road closures Onondaga County Butternut Street bridge reconstruction: View I-81ButternutStreetBridge in a larger map Click map markers for details...
View ArticleSales tax loss will cost Skaneateles its dispatch center
Skaneateles, NY - The village of Skaneateles is hanging up its dispatch center by the end of the year. Part-time police officers in the village of Marcellus are patrolling neighborhoods less. And all...
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Syracuse neighbors step up to renovate Strathmore apartment building themselves
Crime and disrepair brought down the once-grand Huntley building. Mike Greenlar / The Post-StandardMembers of the Strathmore Huntley Group stand next to the Huntley apartments that closed in 2007....
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Police charge Syracuse man with felony weapon possession
Syracuse, NY – A Syracuse man was charged with felony weapon possession after an incident Sunday on the city’s near west side. Syracuse police were called about 7:40 p.m. Sunday to the 1000 block of...
View ArticleSyracuse motorcyclist injured in Oneida County accident
Western, NY – A motorcyclist from Syracuse broke his ankle in an accident Sunday in this Oneida County town north of Rome. Daniel A. Forgensi, 41, was traveling west through a gorge on Route 274 about...
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What's going on: Combat troops to leave Iraq by end of the month, but mission...
Also: Plugging Gulf oil well for good; skydiving plane crashes in western N.Y. Steve Ruark / The Associated PressThe remains of 1st Lt. Michael L. Runyan are carried off a plane July 24 at Dover Air...
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Sarah Palin says Obama lacks the 'cojones' to protect our borders
She criticizes challenge to Arizona illegal immigration law. Sarah Palin attacked President Barack Obama's manhood on Fox News Sunday, saying he doesn't have the "cojones" to protect America's border...
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Vandals damage Kwanzaa community garden in Syracuse
Syracuse, NY - Keierra Jackson hoped to give new life to the Kwanzaa Village Garden when she helped recruit seven families this summer to grow everything from eggplant to watermelon in the small plot...
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Hastings woman fined for storing mounds of tires; fiance faces jail for...
State says Marie Martin had about 1,000 tires on her property. NY DECThis photo supplied by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation shows tires in a heap last summer at the home of...
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Four-year Skaneateles Lake milfoil weeding project is nearly finished
Think it is difficult to get the weeds out of your garden? Try weeding the bottom of Skaneateles Lake. Divers this summer are in the last year of a four-year project to rid the lake of invasive...
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Holstein herd takes overnight road trip through Phoenix
Renegade cows break out and are found in a back yard, 2 miles away. Courtesy of the Phoenix Police DepartmentTwo police agencies caught up with a herd of seven cows who got loose in Phoenix Monday...
View ArticleState Supreme Court sides with Syracuse University-area landlords
After a three-year legal battle, Syracuse officials are approving dozens of landlords’ applications to rent out buildings near Syracuse University. A group of landlords sued the city over a 2007 law...
View ArticleFormer Brewerton Fire Department treasurer admits stealing
Syracuse, NY - The former treasurer of the Brewerton Fire Department pleaded guilty today to stealing more than $3,000 from the department two years ago. Maria Baxter, 35, of 5586 Kathan Road,...
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Lunchtime Links: Robber calls Wendy's to complain about lousy haul
Also: Tiny sculptures made from pencils; see what happens when brick meets washing machine. Wendy's, home of empty cash registers? From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A man who robbed a Wendy's at...
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Obama says U.S. combat role in Iraq will end Aug. 31, on schedule
Atlanta — President Barack Obama declared Monday that the Iraq war was nearing an end “as promised and on schedule,” touting what he called a success of his administration though it comes amid...
View ArticlePaterson vetoes prison guard pension bill, signs midwife measure into law
Albany, NY — Gov. David Paterson has vetoed 23 policy bills from the Legislature, including a pension sweetener for prison guards. Another vetoed bill would have slapped a tooth decay warning label on...
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Update: Manlius woman accused of stabbing nieces called 911 afterward
Girls, ages 7 and 9, are in stable condition after surgery. View full sizeMatthew Brown / The Journal NewsBedford Police Lt. Jeff Dickan updates the investigation into Saturday night's stabbing of two...
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Va. health care reform lawsuit clears 1st hurdle
Judge: "Unquestionably, this regulation radically changes the landscape of health insurance coverage in America." View full sizeThe Associated PressVirginia's lawsuit challenging the Obama...
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