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Each week, syracuse.com will look back at some of our most important and valuable journalism from the previous week. Here are six stories for the week of July 27, 2025. Subscribe to get the Syracuse.com Exclusives newsletter delivered to your email inbox every Sunday. A gun, a knife, two choices:...

DEWITT, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Syracuse is getting a Chick-fil-A on Bridge Street. The company confirmed that on Thursday, Aug. 4, at 6:30 a.m., a new Chick-fil-A franchise will open at 5671 Celi Drive, by Bridge Street and Erie Boulevard East. The franchise is the third Chick-fil-A in Onondaga County, joining locations in...

Kids all across New York State are headed back to school very soon, and when they get there, they can expect a massive change to their daily routine. Starting this Fall, students in public schools across New York State will not be allowed to have access to their cell phones between the first and last bell of the...

Adam Sandler once played a Syracuse University alumnus in a movie. Now a real-life Syracuse graduate is playing Sandler. Max Kessler, who got a degree in finance and accounting from SU’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management in 2014, revealed on Instagram that he appears in Sandler’s latest movie, “Happy Gilmore 2.”...

Syracuse, N.Y. – The owner of Syracuse’s Destiny USA has lost its third mall in a year to foreclosures by lenders. A Warren County judge on July 14 approved a bank’s foreclosure on Pyramid Management Group’s Aviation Mall in Queensbury, north of Albany, and ordered the shopping center auctioned off within 90 days or...

Thousands across New York re starting to find big checks in their mailboxes. Are you one of them? Here's what to look for and when it's coming. More checks are on the way for many New Yorkers. STAR Credit Phase 2 Begins. Some New Yorkers will start getting checks in...

Starting in October 2025, more than 8.2 million households across New York will receive one-time inflation refund checks—no applications, sign-ups, or paperwork required. The checks, worth up to $400, are part of the 2025–2026 New York State budget and aim to return a portion of the state’s increased sales tax...

According to the Citizens' Commission for Children of New York, youth arrest rates in New York state have dropped steadily from 2012 to 2022, with some of that drop due to the Raise The Age law passed in 2017 that lifted the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18. Despite that, every year countless individuals...

Inmate Death New York Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. A former corrections officer was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday for his role in the death of a Black inmate whose beating by a group of guards at an upstate New York prison was captured on bodycam videos. Christopher Walrath was...

Six New Yorkers have been charged in a massive $66 million SNAP scheme. As SNAP benefits get cut by the current administration, 6 New York State residents violated the system, and worse yet, the ringleader was a federal employee. Working Families In New York To Lose Medicaid & SNAP Benefits.