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Letitia James issued a consumer alert Friday, reminding residents that retail stores and food businesses...

A firefighter from the Syracuse Fire Department is recovering after being injured while fighting a house fire on Putnam Street on Wednesday (March 18). Crews arrived before 5 p.m. to find heavy smoke and flames engulfing the vacant building, which is now considered a total loss. The fire also caused heat damage to a...

Update 1:55 p.m. on 3-19-2025: Madison County Sheriff’s office confirms that this crash was deadly. The sole occupant of the vehicle was 33-year-old Clayton Wood of Chittenango, was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation has shown that Wood’s vehicle was travelling Eastbound on Cottons Rd. when it failed to...

Syracuse, N.Y. — A Syracuse resident thought she was facing serious consequences after receiving three tickets for speeding in a city school zone in less than an hour. Natasha Senjanovic was looking at paying $150 in fines for driving over the school-zone speed limit near H.W. Smith School on Salt Springs Road.

A harrowing crash on the Thruway shows how quickly things can go wrong. One trooper was hit, but it could have been much worse—here’s why drivers must Move Over.

Syracuse, N.Y. — Finding value on a restaurant menu in 2026 is a lot like your search for the mysteriously missing sock that didn’t emerge from your clothes dryer. You know it’s out there somewhere, but you often resign yourself to it being gone forever. Sometimes, though, it turns up. The sock slipped underneath it...

(We all have our go-to order. This series is about shaking that up. Each week, I’ll spotlight one sandwich at a Central New York restaurant worth trying — and explain why it ended up on my plate. Got a suggestion? Text me at 315-382-1984. Don’t be surprised if I ask you to join me.)

The incident happened on Wednesday, March 18, at around 1:45 p.m. between Exits 30 and 36 on Interstate 90 in Central New York, New York State Police announced on Thursday, March 19. According to police, the driver was hauling an over-height excavator on a flatbed trailer when the vehicle struck...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Bryan Blair has been officially introduced as the new Director of Athletics at Syracuse University. Blair has held the same position at the University of Toledo since 2022. He takes over for John Wildhack, who announced his retirement last month. Blair is a 2007 graduate of Wofford College,...

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