Syracuse NY

Syracuse, N.Y. ― A Syracuse anti-violence worker was sentenced to prison Tuesday for selling drugs near the community center where he mentored kids. Cassieum Pitts, 28, previously pleaded guilty to 22 counts, including second-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and official misconduct. Judge Matthew Doran...

A resident in New York state recently documented a strange encounter, that they claim involved an alleged large flying saucer.

In Baldwinsville, New York, there is a 5-mile road cutting through the woods, that is said to be so haunted it's closed at night.

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse City School District Superintendent Anthony Davis' involvement in the district may continue well after he leaves his role on October 31. According to public documents, the district is looking to hire a company called TD22 Consulting LLC, which is owned by the outgoing Superintendent. The...

I was greatly disturbed to read about the $3 million revenue that the city is forgoing by having a grace period for the school zone speeding violations (“60,000 drivers sped through Syracuse’s school zones last month,” Oct. 2, 2025). Whose decision was that? Warning tickets will not be a sufficient deterrent to...

Syracuse, N.Y. — One person was taken to a hospital Monday night after a house fire on Syracuse’s North Side. Around 7:39 p.m., firefighters were called to 608 Highland St. for a basement fire with heavy flames and smoke, according to Onondaga County 911 Center dispatches. After arriving...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Fire Department quickly extinguished a fire at a vacant home on Highland Street on Monday evening. The fire department said crews responded to the fire at 608 Highland St. around 7:39 p.m. Crews did not see anything unusual on the outside of the house...

There are few better ways to celebrate fall in New York than with crisp mountain air, cider donuts, and a wagon ride through the orchards — and Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards in LaFayette, NY delivers it all in picture-perfect form. Just named one of the best apple orchards in the entire U.S. by USA Today’s 10Best (for...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Onondaga County Sheriff Toby Shelley has sued the county twice — over the proposed closure of the Jamesville prison and also over who he can hire as top administrators. Now, Shelley is suing the county a third time to try to force the county to...

Syracuse, N.Y. ― The mother of a Syracuse murder victim told the man who pleaded guilty to possessing the murder weapon that she forgives him. Vanico Spaights, 22, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon the day he was scheduled to begin his second murder trial. Judge...