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2 weeks ago | 
syracuse.com | Steve Billmyer |Steven Billmyer
Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse Police Chief Joe Cecil Thursday defended officers striking a man during an arrest, but said some policies and procedures were violated. The chief issued a statement late Thursday about the arrest of two men on South Avenue on Wednesday afternoon after a traffic stop. A video posted online by a bystander of the arrests had generated outrage by some online with commenters questioning the arrests and some calling for an investigation.
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1 month ago | 
syracuse.com | Steve Billmyer |Steven Billmyer
Syracuse, N.Y. — The huge, four-story brick building on Syracuse’s North Side for years was home to the Sisters of St. Francis. It also served as part of Maria Regina College, a Catholic junior college for women founded in 1961 and closed in 1988. Overnight Friday and Saturday, the building was badly damaged - possibly a total loss - when fire ripped through the 129-year-old building designed by famed Syracuse architect Archimedes Russel.
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2 months ago | 
syracuse.com | Steve Billmyer |Steven Billmyer
Lake effect snow Thursday night through Saturday morning dumped a lot of snow on Central New York. Oswego County and northern Onondaga County were hit hard. Oneida and Madison counties also got their share of snow. The storm made driving hard, especially in and around Central Square. Who got the most snow? Here are the snowfall totals reported by the National Weather Service as of Saturday morning. Heavy snow hits Central Square at about 9 a.m. on Feb. 14, 2025.
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2 months ago | 
syracuse.com | Steve Billmyer |Steven Billmyer
Manlius, N.Y. — A state vulnerable person alert has been issued for a missing 86-year-old Fayetteville man with dementia. Peter J. Mackie was last seen at about 3 p.m. Friday on Irving Avenue in Syracuse, according to the alert requested by the Manlius Police Department. He was driving a 2013 Honda CRV with New York plates, DUV8205. He may be in need of medical attention, the alert said. He weas last seen wearing a black John Deere hat, black winter jacket, blue cargo pants.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
syracuse.com | Steven Billmyer
Syracuse, N.Y. ― Gov. Kathy Hochul Wednesday evening declared a state of emergency for Western New York and the North Country due to forecasts calling for heavy snow and high winds. Areas east of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario are forecast to get two to three feet of snow along with wind gusts of 30-45 mph beginning tonight and continuing through Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
syracuse.com | Steve Billmyer |Steven Billmyer
Orchard Park, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills stadium crews are clearing out 18 inches of snow that fell on the team’s hometown of Orchard Park this weekend. The good news is that the forecast for today is for 2 to 3 inches, a bit less than what the National Weather Service was originally forecasting Sunday for Orchard Park. The latest forecast this morning for kickoff at 8:20 p.m. today calls for a temperature of 26 degrees and a wind chill of 16 degrees.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
syracuse.com | Steve Billmyer |Steven Billmyer
Syracuse, N.Y. — If you traveling in Central New York this Thanksgiving Day, you should be ready for everything from rain to sleet to snow. In some places, there will be no snow or just a trace and others may get close to six inches, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service this morning. The weather service this morning reports that several inches of snow are expected in the higher terrain of Central New York with mostly rain or rain snow mix in the valleys.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
syracuse.com | Steve Billmyer |Steven Billmyer
Syracuse, N.Y. — A woman pedestrian was killed this weekend in Syracuse when she was struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run accident, police said. The 60-year-old woman was declared dead at the scene early Sunday morning, Syracuse police said in a news release Monday. Police did not release her name at this time. The woman was struck at about 12:05 a.m. Sunday in the 1400 block of Burnet Avenue. The driver did not remain at the scene, police said.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
syracuse.com | Steve Billmyer |Steven Billmyer
Syracuse, N.Y. — A man who drove at a high speed through a red light in Clay last month, colliding with another car, killing himself and another person, suffered a medical episode prior to the crash, troopers said Tuesday. An autopsy of the driver, Michael Paetow, revealed he suffered from extensive heart disease that caused him to have the medical episode, troopers said in a news release. There was no evidence of drugs or alcohol in his system, trooper said.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
syracuse.com | Steve Billmyer |Steven Billmyer
DeWitt, N.Y. — A DeWitt police car was involved in a crash with another vehicle on Sunday afternoon. The crash happened at 2:53 p.m. at Thompson Road and Kinne Road. The patrol car had damage on the passenger side. The other car showed damage on the front end. Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard has reached out to DeWitt police for more information. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
