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Syracuse, N.Y. ― Dan Engelstad, an assistant to former Syracuse head coach Adrian Autry for the past two years, has found a new job as the associate head coach at Pepperdine. ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Pepperdine’s hiring of Engelstad over the weekend. Engelstad came to Syracuse after...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Court procedures continued on Tuesday for a man accused of killing his girlfriend and his own son last year. David Huff was charged murder for the death of Jeremiah Huff, 11, and Yeraldith Tschudy, 32. Specifically, Huff is facing one count of murder in the first degree for both their deaths and two charges of murder in the second degree for each death.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — A Oneida County man faces up to five years in prison after admitting to stealing thousands of dollars through fake money orders. 27-year-old Delos Thurston, from Clinton, pleaded guilty to money order fraud in federal court in Syracuse on Tuesday, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Thurston, […]

Solvay, N.Y. — A fire broke out late Monday at a packaging plant in Solvay, spreading through multiple floors before being brought under control, fire officials said. At about 9:45 p.m., an employee reported a large fire in Plant 2 at the Smurfit Westrock Solvay Mill, 53 Industrial Pkwy., according to Deputy Fire Chief Thomas Rotella, a spokesperson for the Solvay Volunteer Fire Department.

Syracuse, N.Y. — John Desko couldn’t help but laugh when he thought of the names his would soon be beside in Syracuse’s Ring of Honor. There’s Jim Brown; Floyd Little; and then the coach who recruited Desko to Syracuse: Roy Simmons Jr. “To even be considered...

LIVERPOOL, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) – Members of the Liverpool School Board were vocal in a meeting to decide whether to adopt a budget that involves 78 job reductions. Up to this point, the district has faced issues closing a $13 million budget gap, and job reductions are one of the ways it aims to do so. Superintendent […]

Syracuse, N.Y. — Residents left Onondaga County for destinations in the U.S. South more than any other region during the 2022-2023 year, according to new data. More than 2,300 residents left the county for places in the South that year. That’s more than three times as many people who left for any other region.

Several schools are delayed due to weather on Wednesday, February 25. Live Triple Doppler for up-to-the-minute radar. Latest Weather Forecast for storm timing and impacts.

Syracuse, N.Y. ― A Syracuse jury convicted a man of possessing two guns Monday but could not decide whether he killed in self-defense or committed murder. Josue Pizarro, 28, was on trial in the fatal shooting of Jesus Carmona, 28, outside a home on the 200 block of Sabine Street in broad daylight on April 13, 2024.

Two Route 57 smoke shop convenience stores in Onondaga County are facing scrutiny from New York State over more than $1 million in unpaid sales taxes, according to recently filed state tax warrants. State and local records list one of the businesses as “J and J Convenience Market,” and it...