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Poor air quality caused by smoke from Canadian wildfires is leading to different decisions across Central New York — with some outdoor events continuing as planned while others are being canceled out of caution. At Jackson Park in Liverpool Wednesday night, the hazy skies did not stop people from...

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Central New York woke up to hazy skies again on Thursday, the sky tinted gray from wildfire smoke drifting down from Canada. Most people know that smoky air is bad for breathing. Fewer know it can also be bad for your heart. New York State issued...

Very thick plumes of wildfire smoke are tracking across the Great Lakes this morning bringing millions of people hazardous air qualities which is the highest official level regarding air quality index. Northwesterly winds are transporting these higher smoke values into central New York today with the likely worst air q

LIVERPOOL, N.Y. (SYR-TV) — The childcare license for the Onondaga County location of a national daycare center business was suspended by state regulators on Wednesday, with over a dozen recent violations cited. They are among 200 overall violations, both corrected and not, tallied for the local site since late 2024. Th

Sheila Dion became a “lunch lady” at Phoenix’s Michael A. Maroun Elementary School shortly after a student, 11-year-old Erin Maxwell, died of abuse and neglect in 2008. “That’s when I saw the kids asking for food for their backpacks,” Dion says. Children ate at school during the week but, like Erin, often went hungry o

The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles announced it will return to the Syracuse Nationals car show at the New York State Fairgrounds from tomorrow, Thursday, July 16, through Saturday, July 18. The DMV will connect with car enthusiasts and offer information on services including custom, vintage and historical.

(WSYR-TV) — The luck of the Irish runs deep in Central New York. It doesn’t matter if it’s March or not there’s always an Irish party somewhere. This weekend that Irish party is at St. Patrick’s-St. Brigid’s for their 33rd annual Irish Festival. Tim Gaughan and Maura Kisselstein joined Bridge Street to share more inclu

A local man has built a custom car that’s so unique it’s going to compete with some of the best cars in the country.