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Manlius, N.Y. — A contracted employee in the East Syracuse Minoa School District was arrested Monday after police say he sent inappropriate messages to a juvenile he mentored. Manlius police arrested 33-year-old Edward D. Reed, who goes by “Dillon,” of Syracuse, according to a news release issued Tuesday by...

CATO, N.Y. — The Cayuga County Sheriff's Office arrested a Cato couple in connection with a fraud case. The sheriff's office charged Homer H. Rice, 40 and Ivy Rice, 38, with welfare fraud in the fourth degree, grand larceny in the fourth degree and misuse of food stamps. Ivy Rice is also facing an additional charge of

This feature is coordinated by The Post-Standard, Syracuse.com and InterFaith Works of CNY. Follow this theme and author posted Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. Here we are, halfway through the summer and I’m reminded that true joy is often wildly inconvenient. At the beach this week I spent half the...

An owl was rescued at Mount Hope Reservoir after the bird became tangled in fishing line and was found hanging from a tree.

CICERO N.Y. — The Cicero Fire Department says it has updated its emergency response plans following water supply issues encountered during a July 20 apartment fire at Cobblestone Square Apartments. In a community update posted Sunday, the department said it has spent the past week working with the Town...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — If you can’t drive directly to the fair, Centro is once again offering a great alternative in the form of multiple free park-and-ride locations. “Centro’s making it quicker, easier than ever this year, in a few of the lots you can pay upfront for round trips so that at the end […]

Syracuse, N.Y. — Two vehicles crashed on Syracuse’s East Side on Tuesday morning — one slamming into a house and the other sustaining heavy damage in the collision. Around 7:39 a.m., a 911 caller reported a “very serious accident” in the 700 block of Milnor Avenue, according to Onondaga County 911 Center dispatches.

A flood watch is in effect for parts of Central New York from 11 a.m. Tuesday through Wednesday evening as a slow-moving storm system brings the threat of heavy rainfall and localized flooding to the region. The National Weather Service warns that multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will impact...

Syracuse, N.Y. — After more than three years of study and planning, the Micron Technology chipmaking complex in the town of Clay is well underway. The company broke ground in January. Earlier this month, Micron started pouring concrete, a critical step toward releasing billions of dollars in funding from the federal CH

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Dozens of first responders were sent to Regency Tower Apartments on James Street late early Tuesday for a fire on the 10th floor. According to Syracuse Fire Chief Michael Monds, crews were called to the scene just before 1 a.m. A fire was quickly identified on the 10th floor, with flames going outside