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Jonas Brothers at the Amp: The Jonas Brothers perform Tuesday night at the Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview. More photos. (Dennis Nett photo)
The latest
How 2 Central NY police officers saved 2 people from a massive fire: ‘Is anybody here?!’ Two police officers raced up three flights of stairs to save an 80-year-old man in a wheelchair and an 81-year-old woman with a walker from a massive apartment fire. Sgt. Jason Guinn and Officer Dylan Hardesty carried the residents to safety as flames engulfed the building, earning them Medals of Valor and Gallantry for their heroic actions.
NYS Fair
What’s the hottest new food at the New York State Fair? The New York State Fair has always offered a bit of everything when it comes to food and drinks. Italian sausage. Wine slushies. Pizze Fritte. The $1 Baked Potato. (All made our recent State Fair Food Hall of Fame.) This year, fair food vendors are jumping on one of the hottest culinary fads in recent memory: Dubai chocolate.
- Opening Day forecast: Just how soggy will it be?
- Fair’s butter sculpture revealed (photos, video)
NYS Fair job stories: Were you hosed with chocolate milk 45 years ago? Someone wants to apologize: Have you ever had that stomach-dropping feeling at your job when you’re asked to do something you’re not prepared for? Hopefully, you find a way through. If all goes well, maybe nobody notices. Or … you might have the kind of day Maureen Howes had at the fair’s Rainbow Milk Bar when she was 16.
Syracuse police oversight board seeks to oust one of its members: Syracuse’s police watchdog board is asking city lawmakers to remove one of its members for failing to attend most meetings. The Citizen Review Board on Aug. 1 unanimously approved a recommendation that the Syracuse Common Council oust Olivier Sekarore, an appointee from the city’s North Side…