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 April 19, 2026.
A decade after Onondaga Lake cleanup, mercury levels remain high in fish that people catch
When the cleanup of the Onondaga Lake bottom was ordered 20 years ago, the primary goal was to make the mercury-laden fish safe to eat. But the fish that people most like to catch — and eat — are still unsafe to consume, syracuse.com has found. Mercury levels in the fillets of walleye and smallmouth bass, big sport fish that sit atop the lake’s food chain, have barely budged since 2016.
Syracuse airport is planning a massive makeover. Travelers who leave home at 1 a.m. will like it…