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TOWN OF DEWITT, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — You ask, we answer! A quick update on the Q&A about a long-vacant, run-down restaurant that’s sat empty for years. On Tuesday, April 14, crews started demolishing the empty building at 5840 Bridge Street in DeWitt, near the NewsChannel 9 Studio. Over the years, different restaurants called this spot […]

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Salina, N.Y. — One woman’s crusade to change a town law so she can raise chickens in her backyard has ruffled feathers, drawing about 60 people to a meeting Monday. Most who showed up to the open forum were against the idea, arguing that some residents already keep chickens in residential neighborhoods even though that’s against code in Salina. They said the birds can destroy...

At 2:51 p.m. on Tuesday, the National Weather Service released a severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 10 p.m. for Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Otsego, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins and Yates counties. Staying safe as lightning approaches: Expert advice. Lightning strikes the United States...

The duo will be performing at the JMA Wireless Dome on August 1.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Two students from Syracuse Academy of Science, SAS, helped name the long-awaited aquarium located at the Inner Harbor. It will be called *drum roll* the Harborview Aquarium, Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon announced. McMahon said, in a Q&A with the students, that there will be over 13,000 different fish and 300 […]

Syracuse, N.Y. ― Josiah, 10, and Qua’mir, 9, were not in school Tuesday morning. Instead, they were in a Syracuse courtroom waiting their turn to take a witness stand. Josiah brought his multicolored backpack to the stand with him. Qua’mir held a small toy in his hand as he testified.

Syracuse, N.Y. - A surveillance video captured a person placing something in a cupcake vending machine and running out of a Syracuse building seconds before an explosion. The explosion on Friday afternoon destroyed the vending machines in the lobby of the building at 404 Oak St. The blast rocked the building and forced an evacuation.

A traffic stop early April 8 escalated into an arrest after deputies said an Auburn woman refused to comply with orders and had to be removed from her vehicle. Cindy M. Stampp, 47, was charged with resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration, and moving from a lane unsafely, according to the Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office.

Syracuse, N.Y. — A 15-year-old boy has been charged in connection with a fatal shooting outside Destiny USA mall last month that left a 21-year-old man dead, Syracuse police said Tuesday. The boy was arrested Monday morning, according to Kieran Coffey, a spokesperson for the Syracuse Police Department. Police...