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Former Syracuse basketball player arrested in Miami (Good Morning CNY for March 27)
Subscribe to get the Good Morning, CNY newsletter delivered to your email inbox weekday mornings. High: 61; Low: 40. Mostly cloudy, a shower or two. See the 5-day forecast. Woman leads police on chase, fatally shoots herself, troopers say: A woman is dead Tuesday morning after she led police on a car chase from Baldwinsville to Solvay where she shot herself, troopers said. (Timia Cobb photo)
Man accused of fatally shooting pregnant woman found competent to stand trial, prosecutor says
Syracuse, N.Y. – A man accused of shooting a pregnant woman in the head has been found competent to stand trial, a prosecutor said Tuesday. David L. Kirby, 34, is charged with fatally shooting Apreona Harris, 26, on Dec. 15 around 9:30 a.m. in the 100 block of Dickerson Street, near the Rescue Mission shelter in downtown Syracuse.
See new art-filled apartments in Armory Square building that housed Empire Brewing (photos)
Syracuse, N.Y. -- The Armoy Square building that housed Empire Brewing for more than 20 years is now filled with new apartments and art from more than a dozen artists. And soon it will host an art gallery and a new brewpub with a focus on whiskey. If you purchase...
Your Stories Q&A: Another Taco Bell coming to DeWitt?
TOWN OF DEWITT, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) – You ask, we answer!. There’s a plan to bring new life to an old, vacant restaurant off of Bridge Street in DeWitt. The Hospitality Restaurant Group (HRG), which operates more than 100 Taco Bells nationwide, is proposing to build a location at 5840 Bridge Street. The location is not far from I-690 and close to NewsChannel 9 studios.
See state test opt-out rates for NY school districts for 2022-2023 school year
Syracuse, N.Y. — The New York State Education Department has released opt-out rates on state assessment tests for the 2022-2023 school year. You can browse and search opt-out rates for school districts across New York in the table below. The table shows the percentage of students in each district who opted out of English language arts and math assessment tests during the 2022-2023 school year.
A message for Neffy, found buried in her pajamas: ‘This was not your fault. You did not deserve this’
Syracuse, N.Y. — It was just after 11 a.m. today when they found Neffy. She was where her mother said she’d be, near the trees. The little girl with big eyes and bouncy braids was wearing her pajamas, a blanket wrapped around her, under the dirt and snow in the field by the Brick School Terrace, an apartment complex on Salt Springs Road.
Assessing Syracuse guard JJ Starling’s sophomore season after transfer from Notre Dame (Mike’s Mailbox)
Syracuse, N.Y. – Unless you’re a fan of one of the 16 teams still playing in the NCAA tournament, it’s officially transfer portal season. Actually, it’s portal season even for the teams in the Sweet 16. Two Syracuse players have already announced their intentions to enter...
Syracuse basketball center Peter Carey has entered the transfer portal
Syracuse, N.Y. — Peter Carey has entered the transfer portal, a source confirmed Wednesday. Carey, a 6-foot-11, 205-pound sophomore center, is leaving the Syracuse basketball program after two seasons and will have two seasons of eligibility left at his new program. His new school, though, can apply for a medical redshirt to regain a 2022-23 year lost to injury.
The Conversation: Rachel Polansky
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — You’ll see a familiar face when you tune in to The Morning News on Thursday March 28. Rachel Polansky started her career as an investigative reporter here in Central New York. And now, she’s back!. In this week’s conversation Rachel joins Carrie Lazarus...
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