New York Communities With the Highest Cancer Rates Discovered
A new report out on cancer rates across New York shows big differences from county to county.
Aging inmates reshape NY prisons
New York’s prison population has dropped nearly in half since 2008, but the share of incarcerated people age 50 and older remains elevated, according to a new report from the state comptroller. The February 2026 analysis found the total prison population declined 48 percent between 2008 and 2025, with...
This New York gas station just sold a lottery ticket worth more than $34,000
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — One lucky winner is bringing home nearly $35,000 after picking up a winning TAKE 5 ticket Saturday night in New York. A top prize ticket — worth a comfortable $34,132 — was purchased at Suffolk, Maxo BP, located at 3260 Sunrise Highway in East Islip, New York.
New York State Started Limiting Speed Cars + Trucks
New York State has started putting speed-limiting devices in their cars and it seems to have been very successful.
At 40 years, New York Farm Show highlights growing forestry challenges
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) — The 2026 New York Farm Show, which wraps up today at the State Fairgrounds, is the culmination of four decades of agricultural innovation. The show is celebrating its 40th year anniversary. More than 400 exhibitors are showcasing their products and services at the Northeast’s...
Solvay stunned by surging electric bills, though its mayor says the village government is...
Solvay Electric customers have seen sharply higher electric bills this winter due to rising wholesale energy costs and increased transmission costs caused by ice dams affecting a key transmission line.
Line dancing makes a comeback in Syracuse, one boot scoot at a time
On Wednesday nights at Middle Ages Brewing Company on Wilkinson Street, the taps are open and the floors are moving. Up to 200 people show up to learn line dances led by instructor Greg Hale of Shotgun Line Dancers, coached through the steps by strangers who quickly stop being strangers.
Onondaga County should clear the air on sewage sludge fiasco (Editorial Board Opinion)
Something stinks about Onondaga County’s $23 million sewage sludge drying building — and it’s not just the fact that it is more than two years late, 50% over budget and, for a time, unsafe for workers to enter. What smells is the veil of secrecy over the...
Syracuse benefit concert inspires ICE resistance: ‘No one is getting left behind’
Dozens of Syracuse residents filled the pews of May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society Wednesday evening, their voices joining in a single, echoed phrase: “No one is getting left behind this time.”. The Syracuse Community Choir hosted a “Songs of Hope and Resistance” benefit concert brought amid heightened U.S....
After an animal shelter cut ties with Syracuse, its colleagues call for city to...
PENNELLVILLE, N.Y. (WSYR) — An animal shelter that has been caring for Syracuse’s stray population for years has decided to terminate its lease with the city government. Fellow shelters in the Central New York region empathize with the Syracuse shelter’s struggle — and call on the city to find a solution quickly....
