Clay sets June hearing on 12-month data center moratorium
Clay, N.Y. -- The Clay Town Board on Monday took key steps toward putting guardrails on two contentious issues facing Onondaga County’s largest suburb: the rapid spread of electricity-hungry data centers and battery energy storage projects. Residents of Clay will get the chance later this month to give their...
19-Year-Old Charged in SUNY Morrisville Campus Shooting
MORRISVILLE, N.Y. -- An arrest has been made in connection with a shooting on the SUNY Morrisville campus that left a 20-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the neck. According to the Madison County District Attorney, New York State Police, University Police at SUNY Morrisville and the Madison County Sheriff’s Office
Onondaga County legislators take up local law to define a safe limit to pass
When you pass a person walking on the shoulder of the road, or a bicyclist riding on the edge of the highway or a delivery van parked in the street with its flashers on, how much space should you give them as you drive by? New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law is vague, saying you must move over to provide a “safe dis
Man who killed his boyfriend denied leniency under domestic violence survivor law: ‘You’re not...
Syracuse, N.Y. ― An Onondaga County judge denied a convicted killer’s request for a lesser sentence under a law meant for domestic violence survivors. Tyler Kilmer was sentenced Monday to the maximum of 25 years to life in prison for the murder of his boyfriend DeVonte Crosby. Kilmer...
Speed Alert: 34 Cameras Monitoring Drivers on 27 NY Roads
New York has 34 active work zone speed cameras across 27 roads, with multiple locations in Central New York.
Woman guarded by deputies at Crouse Hospital escapes; hospital briefly on lockdown
Syracuse, N.Y. — Crouse Hospital in Syracuse was briefly put on lockdown early Monday evening after a woman escaped from custody. Ambulances operating in Onondaga County were told at 6:05 p.m. that the hospital was on lockdown, according to dispatches from the Onondaga County 911 Center. The woman was...
Syracuse to raise flag for Gun Violence Awareness Month amid recent shootings
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The City of Syracuse will mark Gun Violence Awareness Month on Tuesday with a flag-raising ceremony outside of City Hall, led by Mayor Sharon F. Owens. Lateef Johnson-Kinsey, director of the Mayor's Office to Reduce Gun Violence, Police Chief Mark Rustin, and Onondaga County District Attorney William J
On the Lookout: Adrian ‘Fat Boy’ Alfaro, wanted for burglary, trespassing
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Have you seen this man?. The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office is looking for 44-year-old Adrian “Fat Boy” Alfaro. He is a white Hispanic male with brown hair and brown eyes. Alfaro is six feet tall and weighs 180 pounds. He appears to...
Onondaga County sales tax cap on gas goes into effect
An Onondaga County sales tax cap on gas at $4 went into effect on Monday. The local law limits sales tax collections for the first $4 of the per-gallon price of gasoline and diesel fuel amid a spike in prices due to the war in Iran. The law will expire...
Recent Upstate NY college graduate detained by ICE while trying to fly home from...
A recent Upstate New York college graduate is in federal immigration custody after being detained while traveling to a national engineering competition in Texas. University at Buffalo graduate Nadir Hassan was apprehended by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last week at an airport gate in El Paso, Texas.
