Onondaga County, NY

Richland, N.Y. -- An 80-year-old Onondaga County man fired shots at a neighbor’s home before barricading himself in a home and fired shots at officers responding to the disturbance, troopers said. Robert G. Bailey, of Tully, was arrested after around a four-hour standoff with state troopers, according to a...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Two Onondaga County men have been charged with reckless driving after one rear-ended the other, leading to a chase that ultimately caused an SUV to crash into a house. Officers say the incident began near the intersection of Thompson Road and Exeter Street where it was...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- At least 10% of the 80,000 requests for an ambulance that Onondaga County’s 911 center receives each year are from people with minor injuries and illnesses like colds, rashes and even toothaches, county officials say. The calls -- about 20 a day -- add to the...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV)- Joshua Lashomb owns Josh’s Tree and Landscaping out of Liverpool, and he says he’s shelling out more money because of gas prices. As of Wednesday May 18, the average price for a gallon of gas in Onondaga County was $4.79 according to AAA. Lashomb said he’s paying over $2,500.00 per week to fill up all of his equipment, when in 2021 he was paying around $1,500.00 per week. “Interesting for sure, adapting, adjusting to either you know a shortage, gas/diesel being crazy expensive,” said Lashomb.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Calling 8-year-old Londin Thomas brave is an understatement. She was inside the Jefferson Avenue Tops grocery store with her parents Saturday during a mass shooting. Throughout it all, she remained calm, and stuck by her dad. “I didn’t know what was going on, I just...

The agency that supports victims of child abuse and neglect in Onondaga County is hitting the road. The McMahon Ryan Child Advocacy Center is the latest in New York to put a special mobile unit in action to help victims of trauma. The services and education from an organization like...

CLAY, N.Y. — The Great Northern Mall Parking lot has been a ghost town ever since the mall closed twice in the last year due to ongoing issues with the owners, who are millions of dollars behind in their property tax payments. On Wednesday, 20 food trucks made their...

(WSYR-TV) — The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office is putting NewsChannel 9 viewers ‘On The Lookout’ for Laura Sheridan.  The 35-year-old Liverpool resident is 5’3” tall, weighs 140 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Sheridan is wanted for six separate bench warrants:  Criminal Possession of Controlled Substance in the 3rd degree from an incident in 2021.  […]

NEW YORK (TND) — School board elections are taking place all over New York Tuesday, and a list of anti-critical race theory (CRT) candidates are hoping for big wins. The 1776 project, an organization that sprouted to counter the liberal 1619 Project, published a tweet Tuesday afternoon with a list of candidates it was endorsing in the state’s school board elections, arguing they “will stand against woke CRT madness.”

VERNON, NY – It’s race week!. This Friday (May 20) racing resumes at Utica-Rome Speedway with another action-packed night. The Sunoco Modifieds headline the Friday night affair, going for 30 laps as current point leader Matt Sheppard looks for his fourth consecutive win to open the new season.

Update at 11:15 p.m.: While most of Central New York has electricity again tonight, some still do not. National Grid is reporting 117 customers in Onondaga County, 847 customers in Oneida County, 41 customers in Cayuga County and three customers in Cortland County are still without power at 11:15 p.m. No one in Madison County is without power. NYSEG also is reporting eight customers without power in the Syracuse area.

(WSYR-TV) — Despite COVID numbers trending downward, compared to last week, Onondaga County announced three more deaths related to the virus. County Executive Ryan McMahon tweeted that two men in their 50s and 60s died along with another person from a long-term care facility. There was no information on whether any of them had preexisting conditions.

More voters are turning out to polls for school boards and budgets in some Onondaga County school districts than in comparable recent years, officials said. And that’s before the after-work and dinner hours, when many voters go to the polls. In some school districts, particularly those with more candidates...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Hospitalizations in Onondaga County continue to decline, even as three more people died of the viral infection, county officials reported today. The daily average of Covid-19 hospitalizations here during the past two weeks through today was 74, far lower than the previous set of 14 days, according to county data.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Onondaga County groups will honor fallen volunteer firefighters, emergency responders, deputies and officers during a ceremony on Thursday, May 19. The event is hosted by the Onondaga County Volunteer Fireman’s Association and the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office and will take place at the Onondaga County...

A teenager from Onondaga is accused of purposely running into two pedestrians earlier this month, resulting in the death of one. Lyndon McMullen, 18, turned himself into the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office on Monday morning, according to reporting by Syracuse.com. The March 5 incident occurred on Meredith Avenue in the...

Central New York Trap League results (Week 6: May 17, 2022) Toad Harbor (191 2 pts) at South Shore (186 0 pts) Pathfinder (190 2 pts) at Central Square (168 0 pts) Otisco Lake (187 0 pts) at Skaneateles (199 2 pts) DeWitt (185 1 pt) at Three Rivers (185...

Once again our community is besieged by the naysayers. They fought against the Carrier Dome and the amphitheater, which have been highly successful in bringing in substantial additional sales tax revenues and profits. Now they are fighting the aquarium and the expansion of the Hopkins Road Athletic Complex. As a...

Robert A. Rubinstein, Ph.D., MsPH, is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and International Relations in the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. Sandra D. Lane, Ph.D., MPH, is Meredith Professor of Public Health in the Falk College of Syracuse University. Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon advocates spending $85 million for the Inner...