Syracuse NY

Onondaga County’s 911 center recently began using artificial intelligence technology to assist with calls. The technology allows for live transcription, location, and call summarization, and will in the future provide live translation, according to county executive spokesperson Justin Sayles. The county will spend...

Syracuse Hancock International Airport has been chosen as a key partner site in a federal pilot program designed to test next-generation aircraft technologies, officials announced Wednesday, March 11. The program, unveiled by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration, aims to...

The article “Kids abandoned at Upstate Golisano hospital attack the nurses: ‘Nobody signed up for this’ ” (March 10, 2026) does a remarkable job of drawing our attention to a serious crisis of inadequate psychiatric care — one that has existed for decades in Syracuse — and then making it worse by abandoning the kids...

Residents of the Nob Hill Apartments in Syracuse are still waiting for answers after a deadly fire displaced them last month. The fire occurred in Building 3 of the complex on Saturday, February 28, and resulted in two deaths, leaving more than 50 people without homes. Many residents are uncertain about when they can...

Syracuse is more known for snow, wings, and salt potatoes, but its burger game is quietly solid. From neighborhood taverns to cheffy downtown spots, these are the places locals keep naming. 1. Ale ’n’ Angus Pub. If you ask around, Ale ’n’ Angus comes up constantly—especially since their...

TOWN OF CLAY, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — New York State Fire Officials are concerned about a growing shortage of volunteer firefighters, the backbone of volunteer departments. As their numbers have steadily declined here in Central New York, the largest volunteer department in Onondaga County, Moyers Corners, is feeling the...

The second-largest school district in Central New York is facing a new kind of issue. The New York state Education Department reports there were 7,990 students enrolled in the North Syracuse Central School District in 2024, compared to 9,955 students in 2001. The district is now considering changes to how...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Tipperary Hill’s green-over-red traffic light is an original. Nowhere else in the world will you find the colors arranged upside down. Next week, a brand-new historical marker will be installed beneath it. It will be just as unique as the famous light. On Tuesday morning,...

A 33-year-old woman was arrested early Tuesday (March 10) after allegedly starting a fire inside her apartment at the North Gardens complex in Syracuse. According to DeWitt Deputy Police Chief Andrew Fusco, emergency crews responded just after 4 a.m. following reports that Kawana Bates was setting items on fire in...

A winter storm watch has been issued for parts of Central New York from Friday morning through Saturday afternoon as a strong weather system threatens to bring heavy snow to higher elevations of the Eastern Lake Ontario region. Oswego, Jefferson and Lewis counties could see total snow accumulations of 7...