Syracuse NY

Is an Onondaga County man serving life behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit?. The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice, founded by a man who was wrongfully convicted and then exonerated by DNA evidence, said Cameron Isaac is innocent. Isaac was found guilty in 2017 of murdering Syracuse...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A traffic advisory will take place for the annual Step Up 4 Kids 5K & Kids Fun Run event on April 26. The streets along the perimeter of Leavenworth Park will closed from 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. for the event. For those participating, the runners will line up on Wilkinson Street for the race to start at 9:30 a.m.

The following is a listing of all residential property transfers in the West Genesee Central School District reported in March. There were 32 transactions posted during this time. During this period, the median sale for the area was a 1,556-square-foot home on Elaine Terrace in Camillus that sold for $280,000.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The NYSDOT is letting drivers know of an upcoming overnight closure. I-481 southbound will be closed to traffic between Exit 1 (Brighton Avenue/Downtown Syracuse) and Interstate 81 southbound in the City of Syracuse. Work will take place from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. beginning Tuesday, April 21, and will last through […]

LIVERPOOL N.Y. — The Liverpool Central School District proposed budget moved forward despite a Monday evening full of tense discussions. The Liverpool CSD Board of Education had several back-and-forth discussions with Superintendent Rick Chapman throughout the meeting. The district is trying to close a nearly $17 million budget gap.

Liverpool, N.Y. — By just one vote, the Liverpool school board adopted its 2026-27 proposed budget Monday night after a lengthy discussion. The vote was 5 to 4, with board members Stacey Chilbert, Jecenia Bresett, Alexandra Gyder and Kim Melnick voting no. The budget adopted tonight is the same...

County Clerk offices in Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, and Onondaga counties registered 33 new businesses during the week of April 13 through 17. The new businesses included cleaning, construction, credit repair, and a cat rescue, among others. No businesses filed to close in Onondaga County last week. One business in Cayuga...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York State Attorney General Letitia James has secured a settlement with Syracuse landlords after an investigation found dangerous lead hazards in their rental properties. The attorney general’s office determined that Brian A. Murphy and Harry Murphy repeatedly failed to address deteriorating lead-based paint and did...

A thrown can led to a damaged patrol car and a high-speed chase through Camden, ending with two arrests.

Chronic absenteeism improved in hundreds of school districts across New York during the 2024-2025 school year, according to state data. Chronic absenteeism among elementary and middle school students improved in 333 districts statewide last year. It was flat in 15 and worse in 317. Among high school students, absenteeism improved...