Andrew Donovan
Host of Newsmakers and Reporter at WSYR-TV (East Syracuse, NY)
Host of Newsmakers and Reporter at WSYT-TV (Syracuse, NY)
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6 days ago |
localsyr.com | Andrew Donovan
CLARK MILLS, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Three people, including two children, were killed by storms overnight in the Oneida County Town of Clark Mills. The deaths were confirmed to NewsChannel 9 by Oneida County Sheriff Robert Maciol. The sheriff says the two children were killed in one home. The third person, an adult, was killed in another home. The sheriff was not able to say exactly what caused the deaths, only saying it was storm-related. The names and ages of the victims have not been released.
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1 week ago |
informnny.com | Andrew Donovan
ROME, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Rome Mayor Jeffrey Lannigan is being charged with a single count of harassment as a result of an altercation between him and former Rome Mayor James Brown. Lannigan was served a criminal summons document by the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, June 19, Sheriff Rob Maciol confirmed to NewsChannel 9. Lannigan, the current mayor, accuses Brown, the former mayor, of being drunk and verbally aggressive with him at a country club.
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1 week ago |
localsyr.com | Andrew Donovan
ROME, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Rome Mayor Jeffrey Lanigan is being charged with a single count of harassment as a result of an altercation between him and former Rome Mayor James Brown. Lanigan was served a criminal summons document by the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, June 19, Sheriff Rob Maciol confirmed to NewsChannel 9. Lanigan, the current mayor, accuses Brown, the former mayor, of being drunk and verbally aggressive with him at the Teugega Country Club.
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1 week ago |
localsyr.com | Andrew Donovan |Ryan Dean
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The 33-year-old registered sex offender accused of raping a girl in the woods off Bear Road in the Town of Clay is now charged with abusing a third victim to make child pornography. Ryan Pontello, initially registered as a sex offender in 2011, was arrested June 9, 2025 on accusations he used candy to lure a child from a playground into the woods and raped her.
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1 week ago |
informnny.com | Andrew Donovan
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh is out with a comprehensive list of city services he’s being forced to cut by the budget limitations imposed by the Syracuse Common Council. At the end of a controversial budget process, the Common Council unanimously rejected the mayor’s spending plan for the 2025-26 fiscal year and his objections that some get restored.
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