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Auburn driver critically injured in Wednesday crash in Union Springs
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 17, 2012, 3:26PM
In addition, a 10-year-old girl is treated after being struck by ATV driven by her brother in Ledyard, Cayuga County. Full story »
Free lecture on rockets in space offered at MOST in Syracuse
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 17, 2012, 11:37AM
SU associate professor Damian Allis will talk about rockets and their impact on culture, science and technology in free lecture Saturday morning. Full story »
Crime database: After violence spike in late April, serious crimes decline slightly
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 16, 2012, 1:00PM
But robberies increased from three to eight, the database showed. Assaults plunged from 31 to 18. Full story »
Transcript of highlights from Laurie Fine's announcement in Geneva regarding 'scandalous lies'
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 16, 2012, 9:20AM
The wife of the former SU assistant men's basketball coach Bernie Fine will speak publicly about the case for the first time. Full story »
Syracuse University alumnus Larry Kramer takes over as publisher of USA Today
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 15, 2012, 3:54PM
Larry Kramer, who graduated in 1972, is an adjunct professor at the S.I. Newhouse School for Public Communication. Full story »
Deputies: Syracuse farmer's market vendor tried to sell handgun, also stole from storage facilities
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 15, 2012, 11:44AM
Ronald Cottrell, 32, charged with trying to sell .25 caliber handgun at market, also with more than 100 burglaries at four Onondaga County storage facilities. Full story »
Vandals cause up to $10,000 in damage at Syracuse's Skiddy Park construction site
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 14, 2012, 12:45PM
Vandals broke windows, twisted locks and got into machinery gas tanks over the weekend. The project, part of a countywide green effort, will be slightly delayed. Full story »
Update: Police find missing DeWitt man at hospital after car crash
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 13, 2012, 8:13PM
Emil J. Darin, 89, has extensive medical problems, police said. He was last seen driving his 1995 Pontiac Grand Am. Full story »
Minor fire caused by fish tank motor damages Salina apartment
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 13, 2012, 5:40PM
The family of six, including three children, returned home to find a wall on fire this afternoon, the Liverpool fire chief said. Full story »
Syracuse man, 23, suffers gunshot wound to thigh on South Avenue
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 12, 2012, 9:52PM
Joshua Scott got a lift to the hospital before police arrived. Full story »
Protesters outside Onondaga County jail call for prosecution in 2010 inmate death
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 12, 2012, 7:58PM
More than 50 people from numerous groups gathered tonight to protest the 2010 death of Raul Pinet Jr. while in custody. Full story »
Central New Yorkers react to Obama's support of same-sex marriage
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 10, 2012, 6:02AM
Local advocates for and against gay marriage weigh in on President Barack Obama's announcement today that he supports same-sex marriages. Full story »
TRW Automotive official says tentative deal reached with striking workers
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 09, 2012, 9:08PM
A company official said the workers are set to vote on the proposal Thursday. No details were made public and the union president did not return calls for comment. Full story »
Syracuse-area non-profit leaders will be recorded telling their stories for NPR
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 09, 2012, 4:22PM
StoryCorps will take eight of the interviews and produce them into three-to-five minute segments, which could appear on NPR. Full story »
Syracuse-area law enforcement officers complete new SWAT training
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 08, 2012, 3:54PM
The 18 officers hailed from Syracuse, Auburn, Manlius, the Onondaga County and Oswego County sheriff's offices and the state Department of Corrections. Full story »
Nineteen arrested in sweep of accused drug dealers by Onondaga County sheriff's deputies
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 03, 2012, 5:37PM
Nineteen people were arrested today in a police sweep targeting "street to mid-level drug dealers," according to Onondaga County sheriff's deputies. Full story »
Brewerton company expands workforce with acquisition
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 02, 2012, 9:48AM
NYEG Drilling Inc., of Mud Mill Road, has been hiring since purchasing a South Carolina company last October. Full story »
Crime database: Burglars strike across Onondaga County
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 02, 2012, 6:51AM
Villages from Marcellus to Fayetteville were hit in crash of burglaries from April 16 to 22. Overall, break-ins were up by 17 from the week before. Full story »
Authorities search for missing Canastota woman after car turns up in Pulaski
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on April 30, 2012, 3:08PM
Cassandra "Sandy" Phillips, 36, last talked to her family on Friday. She hasn't been seen since April 20. Full story »
Former Syracuse man stopped with item containing black powder at airport
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on April 30, 2012, 12:26PM
The man, who was not identified, had the powder in his carry-on luggage. He was allowed to continue after the device was confiscated, authorities said. Full story »
Syracuse stabbing victim at bowling alley expected to survive
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on April 30, 2012, 10:39AM
Charvis Casanova, 22, was stabbed early Sunday at an Erie Boulevard East bowling alley, police said. Full story »
Update: Deputies identify motorcyclist taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after Schroeppel crash
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on April 29, 2012, 9:51PM
The man was in 'traumatic full arrest' when an ambuulance took him to the hospital. Full story »
Two men charged in series of Fulton crimes, from house burglaries to a van theft
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on April 27, 2012, 1:55PM
Peter J. Maliszewski, 40, of Canastota, and Joseph Fetkiw Jr., 35, of Fulton, were charged in connection with numerous crimes in the past month, police said. Full story »
Crime database: Spike in assaults as other crimes drop in Onondaga County
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on April 26, 2012, 6:52AM
Assaults increased from 11 to 17 compared to a year ago, while overall crime dropped. Full story »
Domino's Pizza in Lyncourt reopens after car crashed through (video of crash)
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on April 25, 2012, 3:29PM
The driver accidentally stepped on the gas. No one was injured. Full story »
Jail inmate from Baldwinsville charged in attack against deputies
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on April 25, 2012, 1:30PM
Bennie Jackson, 23, charged with felony assault and misdemeanor promoting prison contraband, deputies said. Full story »
Syracuse man, 33, expected to survive Monday shooting after emergency surgery
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on April 24, 2012, 11:43PM
Tristan James, 33, was shot multiple times while standing on the sidewalk, police said. Full story »
Second suspect arrested in beating death of Syracuse resident Carnell Marshall
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on April 24, 2012, 11:26PM
Lewis Swift, 31, of 106 McAllister Ave., is expected to be charged with second-degree murder, police said. Full story »
One flown to hospital after crash in Town of Mexico
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on April 24, 2012, 10:54PM
The crash was reported at 8:14 p.m. on Tubbs Road. Full story »
Seven sent to hospital after SUV rollover on Route 690 in Lysander
Posted on News from The Post-Standard on April 24, 2012, 8:48PM
Phoenix teen avoids life-threatening injury after being thrown from SUV, six others suffer minor injuries in crash, deputies said. Full story »
