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Syracuse, N.Y. — Onondaga County has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman whose premature newborn died in 2022 after she gave birth at the county jail in downtown Syracuse. Cheree Byrd was being held at the Onondaga County Justice Center on a misdemeanor...

Syracuse, N.Y. — DNA evidence from a relative helped Syracuse police identify a woman who was found dead in a vacant South Side home more than a year ago. The woman was identified last Thursday as Elisia Russell, 37, according to a news release Monday from Kieran Coffey, a spokesperson for the Syracuse Police...

C — oco Vandiver stood alone in the middle of the Lally Athletics Complex field, feeling invisible. It was her first Division I practice, and, as former Syracuse defender Hallie Simkins put it, the jump from high school is like getting hit by a freight train. But if no...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Mayor Sharon Owens today will deliver her first State of the City address, a chance to outline her plans for her first year. The city charter directs the mayor to provide an annual update to the Common Council. Those lawmakers will influence Owens’ agenda, starting with her first city budget proposal...

The National Weather Service has continued lake effect snow warnings for Oswego and northern Cayuga Counties as heavy lake effect snow is making travel very difficult for areas closest to the Lake Ontario shoreline. This lake effect snow band will remain across the northwestern corner of Oswego County through the...

A Syracuse native is set to perform a tribute to a rock legend at the 2026 Grammy Awards. Post Malone will lead a celebration of the life and music of Ozzy Osbourne on Sunday, the Grammys announced Wednesday. The special performance will also include Guns N’ Roses members Slash and Duff McKagan, Red Hot Chili Peppers...

When a Syracuse police officer got the call that there was someone living among the dead at Oakwood Cemetery, you’d forgive them for perhaps being a little on edge. But what they found wasn’t anything out of a horror film. Instead, it was 55-year-old widow Rhea Holmes, sleeping under a winter sky on the cold ground...

Here are the food service inspections reported by the Onondaga County Health Department from Jan. 11 to 17:. Critical violations: One colander of cooked chicken in reach-in cooler near front counter stored directly on a cardboard egg carton that previously stored raw eggs (correction - egg cartons discarded to...

With Central New York in a deep freeze, weak car batteries are failing fast. Learn how to check your battery before it leaves you stranded.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A New York State Police investigator was stabbed while serving a warrant in Syracuse on Thursday morning. The state police said investigators were assisting the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force at 2000 Lodi St. in the city around 8:15 a.m. The warrant was for the...