Syracuse NY

New York’s top education official denied Twiggy Billue’s effort to remain on the Syracuse school board while the state decides whether she was wrongfully removed. The school board voted unanimously in January to remove Billue for violating the district’s visitor and ethics policies. Billue’s lawyers appealed that...

CONSTANTIA, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Several fire departments spent a couple of hours extinguishing a blaze at a residence in Constantia on Friday. The Constantia Volunteer Fire Department said in a post on its Facebook page that personnel responded at about 2:15 p.m. to a reported house fire on Simmons Drive. The fire was...

Cooper Pauldine, a sixth-grader at Kingsford Park School, has earned a spot in the Final Regional Round of the Scripps Spelling Bee. He’s one of 24 students from Central New York to advance and the only representative from Oswego County. The regional competition will be held on March 21 at Syracuse University, where...

Syracuse, N.Y. ― A 47-year-old man was sentenced to prison Friday for fleeing after a fatal crash near downtown Syracuse. Marquise Williams, of Syracuse, was sentenced to 2 to 6 years in state prison after previously pleading guilty to leaving the scene of the crash without reporting it. On...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Police Department is investigating two stabbings that occurred on Friday morning in the city. The first stabbing happened around 9:36 a.m. in the 700 block of James Street outside of Regency Tower. Syracuse Police Officers found a 24-year-old man suffering from a stab wound to his left...

A 21-year-old local man, Lamar Sparks, has died following a shooting outside the Destiny USA mall in Syracuse. According to the Syracuse Police Department, officers responded to reports of gunfire in the mall’s Yellow Parking Lot around 12:14 a.m. on Saturday (March 14). When police arrived, they learned Sparks...

Cicero, N.Y. - The United Way of Central New York is offering free tax preparation and filing for people or families who earn a combined $69,000 or less. There are two sessions, one on Saturday and one April 11. Both sessions are from 9 a.m. to noon at the Sidney...

The Cardiff Giant remains one of the most sensational frauds ever perpetrated on the American public. Since being “discovered” on an Upstate New York farm in 1869, thousands have visited the 10-foot stone figure that now calls Cooperstown home. Long before the internet and 24-hour news cycles, the...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — An 18-year-old man is in critical condition after a shooting near St. Joseph's Hospital in Syracuse. On Friday, March 20, around 6:16 p.m., Syracuse Police Officers responded to the 500 block of Prospect Avenue in regards to a report of shots fired, according to a Police Department spokesperson.

Syracuse, N.Y. — Rhonda Vesey was getting repeated phone calls a few months ago from an unfamiliar number that she didn’t answer, figuring it was spam. But the caller was persistent, so she finally decided to pick up. On the line was a representative of one of the biggest healthcare companies in the nation. They’d...