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Which food services passed or failed health inspection March 31 – April 6?
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The Onondaga County Health Department released its inspection reports for restaurants checked from March 31 through April 6. Xiong China Garden Chinese Restaurant – 8075 Oswego Road, Liverpool. One food service received an unsatisfactory inspection:. Hotel Concord Syracuse – 6605 Old Collamer Road, East...
Man accused of raping woman in Clay hotel was Hillbrook youth detention center employee
Syracuse, N.Y. -- A man accused of raping a woman in a Clay hotel room was an employee at Onondaga County’s Hillbrook Juvenile Detention Center. The man — Pierre C. Reese, 40, — is accused of going to Comfort Inn and Suites in Clay and raping a woman in her hotel room on March 10.
In joint interview, Chief and Sheriff share new details about gunman’s ‘paranoia’ before killing two officers
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — 33-year-old Christopher Murphy was driving drunk and high around Syracuse before using what the District Attorney calls a “cannibalized” and illegal assault weapon to murder two officers. His behavior even scared away two friends before the rampage. Syracuse Police Chief Joe Cecile and Onondaga County Sheriff Toby Shelley opened up about […]
Cha-Ching: $50K Ticket Sold At This East Rockaway Store
On Wednesday, April 17, the New York State Lottery announced that a third prize-winning Powerball ticket had been sold at a store in East Rockway. The winning ticket, worth $50,000, was purchased at Rockaway Petru, located at 411 Atlantic Avenue. Powerball winning numbers are drawn from a field of one...
NY movie theaters could sell hard liquor in new state budget deal — but there’s a catch
Movie theaters can apply for a license to sell liquor, including wine and beer to their customers, under the $237 billion state budget deal crafted by Gov. Kathy Hochul and the legislature. But lawmakers don’t want filmgoers to get blotto on cocktails while watching “Ghostbusters” so customers will be limited to buying one drink per transaction. For years, legislators had resisted calls to sell alcohol in theaters but they’ve grown more receptive as the landscape changed for the film industry due to the emergence of streaming options. The COVID-19 pandemic made matters worse after theaters already struggled to fill seats in the age...
Man sentenced to 47 years to life for kidnapping 9-year-old girl from upstate New York park
A man was sentenced Wednesday to 47 years to life in prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl who went missing from a state park in upstate New York last year. Craig N. Ross Jr. pleaded guilty in February to taking the girl Sept. 30 from a campground at Moreau Lake State Park, a rural area about 35 miles (60 kilometers) north of Albany. The child had been riding on a bike path with friends at the campground near her home on a Saturday evening when she went to take one last lap of the path on...
Man in critical condition after being shot in Syracuse
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, Syracuse police were called to Crouse Hospital for a man who arrived with injuries from a shooting. A 33-year-old man had been taken to the hospital by a private vehicle after being shot at the 100 block of West Kennedy Street.
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