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SALINA, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Police and other emergency crews are responding to another truck that hit the CSX railroad bridge over Onondaga Lake Parkway. NewsChannel 9’s crew on the scene confirms significant damage to a Ryder-brand box truck and metal debris strewn over the road. A motor vehicle collision, with a structu

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — An 18-year-old man arrived to Upstate University Hospital with a gunshot wound on Tuesday. At around 3:25 p.m. Syracuse Police Officers arrived to the emergency department to investigate. Upon arrival, officers located the teen in the emergency department suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the

Syracuse, N.Y. — An 18 year old admitted Tuesday that he took part in a failed drive-by shooting that led to the accidental death of a friend in 2024. Uzziah Murray pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Deron McGee Jr. He was offered a 20-year prison sentence in exchange for his plea.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It's been 19 days since a Syracuse teenager was stabbed to death in a city park. On Tuesday, his mother, Latasha Blowers, was joined by family and other supporters outside the criminal courthouse in downtown Syracuse. Blowers said she was informed that the case would not be prosecuted and that the inve

ONEIDA, N.Y. -- A Syracuse man was arrested after a series of threatening phone calls to the New York State Police Troop D communications center in Oneida. New York State Police arrested Kelvin Tanksley, 43, on Aug. 3, following calls made to the Troop D center on the evening of Aug. 2.

GEDDES, N.Y. — The Great New York State Fair is highlighting some of the new events, sights and activities you can be a part of this year. The NYS Fair runs from Aug. 26 to Sept. 7 at The Great New York State Fairgrounds in Geddes, N.Y. New this...

NORTH SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — As the countdown to the new school year begins, the North Syracuse Central School District is racing to fill the last of its open positions. The district’s director of Human Resources, Sarah Jones, said they are finalizing their hiring process and have made some really great progress ah

BFC Partners and SAA Canopy Group have closed on a $269-million construction loan to transform the long-standing Parkside Commons housing complex on Syracuse’s East Side. The project will deliver a total of 393 affordable apartments through a combination of renovated and newly constructed housing. “Our mission at BFC i

Jean Singletary arrived in Syracuse in the late 1950s after saying goodbye to her childhood home in Georgia. She moved into Pioneer Homes 67 years ago, and she spent maybe a year living in a different public housing unit before she moved “across the street” in the same complex in 1960, settling in with her children on

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Some construction activities could conflict with drivers’ daily commutes this week. I-81 northbound will be reduced to one lane between the I-690 eastbound off-ramp and Exit 22 (Court Street) in Syracuse, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., on Tuesday, Aug. 4, a statement from the New York State Depart