Onondaga County News

A Fulton man who was wanted for thefts from two stores in the town of Camillus is in custody after police picked him up on Syracuse's South Side.

In retailing the busiest day of the year is called Black Friday, for property assessors the busiest is Grievance Day.

Ronnie Bell is jumping into the deep end of the pool with his first political campaign, in which he will challenge Onondaga County Legislature Chairman Ryan McMahon to represent the Legislature's 15th District.

Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick announced Friday that an Onondaga County Grand Jury has cleared an Onondaga County Sheriff's Deputy in the officer-involved shooting of Arcadio Figueroa, a burglary suspect, on May 7 . Sheriff's detectives had taken Figueroa to his residence at 207 Everingham Road to recover property that was ... (more)

The shooting of a handcuffed burglary suspect by an Onondaga County Sheriff's deputy on May 7 has been ruled justified by a grand jury.

I NLAND TROUT STREAMS: Many sections of area streams and lakes have been stocked as of May 10.

The bonds are expected to price via competitive sale the week of June 3. Proceeds will be used to finance various capital improvement projects.

Several Syracuse-area politicians and business leaders expressed enthusiasm today for Gov.

Big changes are happening to Onondaga Lake Park, where crews are a year into a project to expand it on the west side of the lake.

Four young men were arrested following a police pursuit that lasted 31 minutes and encompassed many miles of Onondaga County.

Onondaga County officials have agreed to pay $15,000 to a Justice Center jail deputy to settle her claim that she was sexually harassed on the job.

As of 2:30 PM, showers and thunderstorms were lining up from Fulton in Oswego County southwestward across western Onondaga County to around Penn Yan in the Finger Lakes.

In a move that prosecutors say will send a message to repeat drunk-driving offenders in Onondaga County, a man was sentenced in court today to 15 years to life in prison for driving while intoxicated.

The North Syracuse Central School District Board of Education will meet on June 3 to deliberate on the next step for the 2013-14 budget.

About 250 activists took part in an Anti-Drone Protest, outside the NY Air National Guard Base on East Malloy Road on Sunday April 28, 2013.

Unemployment rates dropped in Central New York last month, but rates remain relatively high.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo had not appeared together in public since Miner wrote an op-ed piece in The New York Times that questioned his leadership.

A town of Geddes teenager accused of stealing 16 long guns from his stepfather's gun cabinet was arraigned on burglary charges with two co-defendants today in Onondaga County Court.

Syracuse - After complaints about a planned nine-mile detour around construction on the Route 370 bridge over the Seneca River, the State Department of Transportation has announced a new plan.

Voters in all of the school districts in Western Onondaga County Tuesday passed their school budgets for 2013-14 and many districts will have new members on the school board.