Syracuse NY

A man offered an excuse of mistaken identity for the recent shooting death of his girlfriend, Volunteer State police say. Deangelo Mitchell, 27, stands accused of one count of murder in the second degree after Jyrah Smith, 23, a mother of three, died from a close-range shotgun blast during the early morning hours on...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Starting June 1, Onondaga County will temporarily stop accepting new applications for child care assistance in response to recent reports from the Department of Social Services-Economic Security, which revealed its funding is running out. In a letter addressed to child care providers and...

Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's help in finding this week's Wanted Person of the Week, according to Oneida County Sheriff's Department Spoecial Investigator Sahid Karcic. Karcic says, 36-year-old Samantha Sullivan of Rome is wanted on a bench warrant issued in Oneida County Drug Court on...

Syracuse, N.Y. — When Fuje Alam Bin Abdul Rahman entered his basement on a Tuesday afternoon last June, a sparking wire caught his eye. He also heard a hissing noise near some old, unused appliances. He’d gone down into the basement looking for children. His five kids and four...

Syracuse police are investigating a shooting that occurred on Wednesday (May 28) on the city's North Side. A 40-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to the abdomen near 1012 Park Street, across from the Stop and Shop Market. The victim was transported to Upstate University Hospital, where he is in stable...

Syracuse, N.Y. — A mother who is accused of killing her 5-year-old child, Neffy, and the woman’s boyfriend will have their statements to police used against them at trial due to a rare legal exception, a judge ruled Thursday. Investigators ignored the mom’s and the boyfriend’s Miranda rights...

The iconic Sweetheart Corner sign, located at the intersection of Taft Road and Route 11, has been standing since the early 1950's. The family that owns the prime piece of property said the sign won't be going anywhere.

A judge ruled that verbal evidence obtained through police interrogation can be used against Latasha Mott and Corrice Parks, and will decide in June whether they will face a joint or separate trial for the murder of Mott's five-year-old daughter.

One New York school is being called one of America’s best places to party. Here’s where students are really letting loose in 2025. New Yorkers love to party. Hudson Valley Post recently highlighted the Top Party Schools in New York. At least on college is among the top party schools in all of the United States.

Five local school districts in New York have had their budgets rejected by voters, leading to cuts in programs and staff, and a new budget will be adopted before a second vote on June 17.