City moves to close Syracuse auto business with history of DMV, city code violations
Syracuse, N.Y. – Syracuse city officials are moving to try to close an auto business that state and city officials say has a history of selling unsafe vehicles and violating city codes. The Common Council will hold a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in City Hall on a...
‘Home for the Holidays’ Tree Lighting in Downtown Syracuse
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) – Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh announced plans for the Home for the Holidays annual Tree Lighting celebration. The event will take place on Friday, Nov. 28, at 6 p.m. in Clinton Square. Returning to host will be 95x’s Marty and Shannon. The celebration will begin with a performance by Sydney...
Opinion: Weakened Marshall Street bar scene undermines SU’s social rebrand
Get the latest Syracuse news delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our newsletter here. It’s a common occurrence for Marshall Street to become a massive traffic jam of people. Lines often wrap around the street, and students sometimes wait up to 30 minutes just to enter a single bar.
Fire damages first floor of vacant Syracuse house, investigation into cause underway
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Fire Department responded to a vacant house fire on Tuesday after calls came in about a structure fire on Putnam Street just after 5 p.m. Fire crews arrived within minutes of the call and found smoke coming from a one-and-a-half story house. Firefighters entered...
Big Smoothie Exits Syracuse’s K-Rock
After eight years at Galaxy Communications Rock “K-Rock” 94.9 WKLL Frankfort/100.9 WKRL-FM North Syracuse/106.5 WKRH Fair Haven NY, Jamie ‘Big Smoothie’ Hantke has exited as afternoon host. Hantke joined the stations in 2017 as a weekend host before moving up to afternoons in 2020. He previously...
Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office searching for missing woman
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a missing person case and is requesting the public’s assistance in locating 43-year-old Jacqueline Chiodo, who was last seen on Tuesday, November 18, at approximately 1:00 PM. On Tuesday afternoon, Jacqueline was discharged from Upstate Community...
See inside IKEA at Destiny USA before its grand opening in Syracuse (photos)
Syracuse, N.Y. - The installation of IKEA’s new sign at Destiny USA was delayed slightly Wednesday morning. The truck carrying it was too large to go under the Park Street bridge, a low overhang just outside of the mall known to disrupt traffic and deliveries. Welcome to Syracuse, IKEA.
House bill would rename Syracuse post office in honor of slain police officer
Washington – Thirty-five years after Wallie Howard Jr. was shot and killed during an undercover drug bust, Rep. John Mannion wants to help keep the Syracuse police officer’s name remembered. Mannion plans to introduce a bill Wednesday that would name the only remaining post office on Syracuse’s South...
N.Y. Lottery: Man claims $17M Lotto jackpot as lump-sum payment; here’s how much he...
A Syracuse man has won big, claiming the $17 million New York Lotto jackpot drawn on July 23, lottery officials announced. Larry Hartig, who matched the first six numbers drawn, opted to receive the cash value of the annuitized jackpot. The winning numbers were: 06, 08, 22, 29, 37 and 50.
OCC officer wounded outside bar was shot with his own gun, police say
Syracuse, N.Y. — An off-duty Onondaga Community College police officer who was wounded outside a Syracuse bar was shot with his own gun, police said. Syracuse police are still searching for the person who pulled the trigger, according to Kieran Coffey, a spokesperson for the Syracuse Police Department. Police believe...
