Restaurants among those with county’s biggest sales tax debts (Good Morning CNY for March 28)

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A child weeps while on the bus leaving The Covenant School following a mass shooting at the school in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, March 27, 2023. (Nicole Hester/The Tennessean via AP)

6 dead in Nashville school shooting: A former student killed three children and three adults at a Christian elementary school in Nashville on Monday, armed with two “assault-style” weapons and a handgun after elaborately planning the massacre by drawing out a detailed map and conducting surveillance of the building, police said. The massacre at The Covenant School in Nashville was the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country that has grown increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools. (Nicole Hester/The Tennessean via AP)

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Restaurants are among those with biggest sales tax debts in Onondaga County: Multiple current and former restaurants are among the businesses in Onondaga County with the biggest outstanding sales tax debts on file with New York state over the last year. The 14 businesses on the list have warrants on file totaling more than $1.4 million. Here are the biggest Onondaga County sales tax warrants filed since March 2022.

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Central NY home sales take a dip: Closed home sales in Central New York in February were down 50% from a year earlier, according to the Greater Syracuse Association of Realtors. Home sales in the region have been dropping for months, although prices continue to rise as buyers compete for a limited number of homes on the market. Here’s a look at the latest data.

Looking Ahead

Superstar comedian coming to Turning Stone: One of the biggest names in stand-up comedy is coming to Central New York for the Turning Stone Resort Casino’s 30th anniversary celebration. Kevin Hart will perform at the Turning Stone Event Center in May as part of his “Reality Check” tour dates.

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Matt Gorman and “Will to Win”: Stories on Melo, Hakim and more: The upcoming “Will to Win” documentary looks back on Syracuse’s 2003 men’s basketball team on the 20th anniversary of their national title. Matt Gorman, a freshman on the ‘03 team, is a real scene-stealer in the documentary. Gorman joined the Inside Syracuse Basketball podcast to discuss the documentary, his role in it and his memories of the 2003 season. Listen and subscribe to the podcast.

“Will to Win”: A fresh lens on SU’s NCAA basketball title, 20 years later: The title of Syracuse.com’s documentary film on Syracuse University’s 2003 NCAA men’s basketball championship comes straight from an interview with one of the team’s players. “Our will to win was strong,” said Gerry McNamara, a freshman guard on the title-winning team and now the associate head coach for the program. “And, to me, that outweighs any other thing. We wanted to win. It’s as simple as that.” The film, which recounts how Syracuse went from being unranked in the preseason to national champions, will premiere this Wednesday at the Landmark Theatre.

DeAndre Hopkins? Odell Beckham Jr.? Brandon Beane talks Bills’ offseason plans: The Buffalo Bills have been shopping in the bargain bin during most of free agency and there’s a method to general manager Brandon Beane’s approach. Beane spoke to local reporters who made the trip out to Arizona for the NFL’s annual meeting on Monday afternoon and discussed the state of his roster with the NFL Draft a month away.

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