Man dies when stolen minivan crashes in Syracuse during pursuit by deputies
Syracuse, N.Y. — A driver in a stolen minivan fleeing Onondaga County Sheriff Office deputies died early Tuesday morning when the vehicle crashed into a telephone pole in Syracuse. Around 2:30 a.m., deputies attempted to stop the minivan on Avery Avenue, but the driver failed to stop, according to...
Grocery run turns into lottery win at local Wegmans
TAKE 5 top prize ticket sold in Rochester Rochester, NY – A popular grocery store in northwest Rochester became the site of a winning lottery purchase after a top-prize TAKE 5 ticket was sold in the Feb. 2 evening drawing. The New York Lottery reported that a ticket worth $10,058.50…
Taxpayers are on the hook for $10 million toward new housing and retail complex...
Camillus, N.Y. -- State and local officials have approved more than $10 million in grants and tax breaks for a proposed $52 million housing and retail development across from the popular Township 5 complex and Costco between Routes 5 and 173. The Church Street Station project, developed by Joe Goethe...
New coalition wants to hold Micron to their promises to CNY region
Micron’s arrival in upstate New York brings with it the promise of tens of thousands of jobs and economic growth throughout the region. Some community members, however, are wary of the massive chipmaker’s commitment to those promises. That’s why a new coalition launched just days after the groundbreaking to ensure...
One dead, another injured after Erie Blvd. West crash, Attorney General’s office handling ‘preliminary...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office tells NewsChannel 9 that one person is dead, and another is injured after an early morning crash. It happened around 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 3 between West Genesee and South Geddes Streets, near the Tipperary Hill area. The sheriff’s office said that deputies...
New Century owners open Wake Up Coffee, a new Syracuse cafe to highlight Vietnamese...
Downtown Syracuse’s newest coffee shop will serve two main features of Vietnamese cuisine: Traditional boldly flavored coffee and the signature “street food” sandwich called banh mi. Wake Up Coffee & Sandwich is planning a grand opening on Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 203 E. Water St. That date...
Central NY weather: Light snow Tuesday before widespread snow, dangerous cold this weekend
Light snow showers are possible across Central New York on Tuesday morning with little to no accumulation expected, but the main weather story will be a strong arctic cold front arriving late Friday that will bring widespread snow, gusty winds and dangerously cold wind chills well below zero through the weekend.
Four men admit they ran drug ring inside Parkside Commons apartment complex
Syracuse, N.Y. ― Four men have pleaded guilty to helping to operate a drug ring out of a Parkside Commons apartment building. The men admitted to running the drug business out of apartment 205 in the 2119 tower of the East Fayette Street complex. Five of six men charged...
Central NY restaurant evacuated after ‘very high levels’ of CO
Salina, N.Y. - A restaurant in Salina was evacuated Sunday after firefighters found “very high levels” of carbon monoxide in the building, according to firefighters. Firefighters responding to the restaurant found the building fully occupied despite the carbon monoxide that had spread throughout the building, the...
Golf course, vacant farmland: See 14 business, apartment, land sales ($2.9K to $2.5M)
$2,900 - Syracuse - 218 Jasper St. - Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Demetrius Frost (residential vacant land) $35,000 - Marcellus - 2683 and 2695 Falls Road - Suzanne and Daniel Sigman to Mary Lou and Gary Haroian and Peter and Cynthia Estlinbaum (vacant farmland) $50,000 - Lysander -...
