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Constantia, N.Y. - A Central New York man has been charged with manslaughter after a car crash in September that killed a 39-year-old man. Kenneth M. Johnson, 66, of Cleveland, was arrested last Wednesday, according to State Police records. The crash happened at about 6:40 p.m. on Sept. 15. Johnson...

Syracuse, N.Y. — A man killed early Tuesday when a stolen minivan crashed into a telephone pole in Syracuse has been identified. Taijon M. Williams, 31, of Syracuse, was driving the minivan when it crashed on Erie Boulevard West while he was fleeing Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office deputies, according to Thomas...

The new owners of Parkside Commons in Syracuse, NY have taken steps to improve safety and security, and plan to demolish four buildings and add two new ones, while rehabilitating six existing buildings, in order to create a safer and more affordable living environment for the existing residents.

Syracuse, N.Y. – In a surprisingly partisan vote, Onondaga County legislators on Tuesday failed to approve a $1 million settlement that would have ended a decades-long legal battle over a 1987 murder case. Only eight legislators voted in favor of settling a civil rights lawsuit brought by the estate...

Get the latest Syracuse news delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our newsletter here. On Jan. 16, a local advocacy group in Syracuse filed a state lawsuit against Micron Technology to address concerns of potential environmental and local impacts of the company’s planned “megafab” – an $100 billion investment...

Syracuse, N.Y. ― A Syracuse woman was sentenced to 22 years in prison Monday for fatally stabbing a man after admitting to the killing in recorded jail calls. Destany Widger, 24, previously admitted to stabbing Jamar Martin, 32, multiple times with a folding knife inside 306 Basin St. on March 20, 2024. She pleaded...

On Tuesday at 6:11 p.m. the National Weather Service released a special weather statement until 8:15 p.m. for Yates, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Steuben, Schuyler, Chemung, Tompkins, Cortland, Tioga and Broome counties. "Snow Showers and Isolated Snow Squalls This Evening * An area of snow showers will move eastward...

For months, a 55-year-old widow in upstate New York chose to sleep beside her husband’s grave rather than in a shelter bed, clinging to the last place that felt like […]

Syracuse, N.Y. — A Massachusetts man is facing a federal charge after he allegedly stabbed a State Police investigator last week in Syracuse. Cedric Cundiff, 67, was charged with assaulting a federal officer. The investigator was deputized at the time as a member of a U.S. Marshals Service task force.

Syracuse, N.Y. — A driver in a stolen minivan fleeing Onondaga County Sheriff Office deputies died early Tuesday morning when the vehicle crashed into a telephone pole in Syracuse. Around 2:30 a.m., deputies attempted to stop the minivan on Avery Avenue, but the driver failed to stop, according to...