Syracuse City School District creates 13 new jobs to deal with payroll problems
The Syracuse City School District added 13 new jobs to deal with a new payroll system after a rocky transition left hundreds of teachers unpaid or underpaid to start the school year. The SCSD Board of Education unanimously voted to approve the creation of 13 jobs with little discussion on...
One person in custody in connection to string of shootings
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Just before 11 p.m. on Nov. 12 the Syracuse Police Department responded to a series of calls of shots fired. Numerous casings were found in the 100 block of Montgomery St., the 300 block of Otisco St. and the 700 block of South Geddes St. Syracuse...
NY State Man Arrested For Alleged Domestic Assault
Officials say that a 56-year-old man from New York state was arrested after an alleged attack
Upstate New York Is Finally Getting Its 1st Full-Size IKEA Store
Upstate New York is going to get it's first full-size IKEA store.
The Ruler’s back: Rapper Slick Rick to perform in Syracuse
The Ruler is coming back to Central New York. Rap legend Slick Rick will perform at the Westcott Theater in Syracuse on Friday, Dec. 12. Doors open at 8 p.m.; the concert will begin at 9. Tickets are on sale at thewestcotttheater.com. Prices are $40 in advance and $50 on...
Winning Powerball Ticket Sold At Upstate New York Grocery Store
Just when you thought the odds were against you, Albany County proves luck is in the air with another big lottery win!
Three Syracuse men get life without parole for killing couple: ‘I wish they’d had...
Syracuse, N.Y. — The families of a young couple who were executed in their Syracuse home cried, yelled and berated three men convicted of the murders at their sentencing on Wednesday. “Y’all some straight scumbags,” the father of the murdered woman told the men. “I wish they’d had the...
Onondaga County sheriff ends lawsuit over legal bills for 2 lawsuits he filed against...
Syracuse, N.Y. — Onondaga County Sheriff Toby Shelley has ended his lawsuit over who has to pay the legal bills for two lawsuits he filed against the county. Shelley is paying the more than $100,000 in legal bills out of his office’s budget, according to Thomas Newton, a sheriff’s office spokesperson. He had been...
Emotions erupt in courtroom as three men are sentenced for 2022 double murder
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Three men were sentenced in an emotional Onondaga County Courtroom on Wednesday in connection with a double homicide that happened in August 2022. Lashaun Dixon of New Jersey, Donnell Thornton of Solvay and Jamel Weston of Syracuse were sentenced to life without parole for murder in the first degree....
Syracuse school district moves to fire principal accused of drinking with student
The Syracuse City School District moved to fire a vice principal allegedly caught drinking alcohol with a student in the Corcoran High School parking lot. On Oct. 10, police found Jaime Perez-Garcia, the vice principal at H.W. Smith Elementary School, in a pickup truck with a 15-year-old girl, a bottle of alcohol and...
