Each week, syracuse.com will look back at some of our most important and valuable journalism from the previous week. Here are six stories for the week of Jan. 11, 2026.
How a police officer helped a woman sleeping in a Syracuse cemetery find a home
For months, Rhea Holmes slept on her husband’s grave at Oakwood Cemetery after being evicted from her Syracuse home. Holmes said she didn’t tell people she was homeless. As the weather turned cold and snowy, cemetery staff alerted police that she was sleeping there. Officers told her she couldn’t do that anymore. It could have ended there, but the officers mentioned the woman’s plight to a colleague, Officer James Pastorello.
NY’s nuclear plants want billions more in subsidies. Are state officials in a position to say no?
Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing to build new nuclear power plants, but even if her plan succeeds, it will take years to get them permitted and built. Meanwhile, the future of New York’s four existing nuclear plants could be decided this month. State regulators are preparing to rule on whether utility customers will subsidize the aging nuclear reactors in Oswego and Wayne counties for another 20 years…