New life for Valley Plaza: Pharmacy set to open in Syracuse along with grocery...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — A new pharmacy is coming to Syracuse’s Valley Plaza Shopping Center as a part of a larger effort to bring essential services back to the area. The roughly 1,000 square-foot space, once home to CNY Tax Service, will soon be transformed into a pharmacy. Rhonda Vesey, the executive director of...
Man stabbed inside prominent Syracuse apartment building; 2nd stabbed near Rescue Mission
Syracuse, N.Y. - A 24-year-old man was stabbed Friday morning inside a prominent Syracuse apartment building, police said. Police were called at 9:36 a.m. to Regency Tower, 770 James St., according to Kieran Coffey, a spokesperson for the Syracuse Police Department. The building is home to several businesses,...
Liverpool school workers to face layoffs as budget deficit reaches millions
SALINA, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Layoffs seem to be inevitable for the Liverpool Central School District due to a massive budget deficit. Liverpool staff are expected to be notified about whether they’ll keep their jobs by early April. Superintendent Richard Chapman projects that the number of laid-off employees could reach...
New York Weather Alert: Buffalo, Syracuse Face 50 MPH Wind Gusts and Blowing Snow...
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Buffalo, N.Y. – Travel across parts of New York could become dangerous within minutes as strong wind gusts and bursts of snow reduce visibility and create slick road conditions heading into early April....
New York AG Letitia James Issues Alert as New York Enforces Cash Payment Law
Letitia James issued a consumer alert Friday, reminding residents that retail stores and food businesses...
Syracuse Firefighter Injured Battling House Blaze
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...
Chittenango man dead after crash in Madison County
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...
3 school-zone tickets in less than an hour? Why this Syracuse driver didn’t face...
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.
NY Trooper Almost Killed in Scary Traffic Stop Crash
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.
Lannie’s on Onondaga Hill offers comfort food, strong service and prices that still make...
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...

















