The percentage of children in Onondaga County with elevated levels of lead in their blood has decreased dramatically in the past few years — in 2012, the rate exceeded 17% in Syracuse. Read more »
The mother of SUNY-ESF student Troy Eames, who was killed Monday, told investigators her husband — a deputy of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office — was responsible for the shooting at their home in Clay, New York. Read more »
Syracuse's local businesses have faced pandemic-related obstacles at the beginning of the year, given the spread of the omicron variant. Read more »
Onondaga County legislators passed a resolution condemning the Board of Supervisors’ racist actions, but only after partisan debate on whether systemic racism continues today. Read more »
Syracuse University is a defendant to a class action lawsuit on behalf of all those who paid tuition and fees for the spring 2020 semester. Read more »
Syracuse University has acquired the Harry and Lillian Marley Education Center in a $34 million deal with Crouse Hospital. Read more »
Though Syracuse University’s testing infrastructure could not be used for testing of New York residents while students were moving in, the testing team is willing to extend the offer once more. Read more »
In Syracuse, despite the large immigrant community, less than half of this population is eligible to vote as of 2019. Read more »
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced New York state’s $216.3 billion budget proposal for the 2023 fiscal year on Tuesday, a record-high amount. Read more »
To prevent the spread of the omicron variant, Syracuse University is taking countermeasures, including masking, testing and vaccination enforcement policies on campus. Read more »
Students, faculty and staff who are in-person on campus and test positive for COVID-19 must isolate themselves for five days, treating the day they first began having symptoms as “Day Zero.” Read more »
The patient was sick in November and had mild symptoms. The variant was first identified in New York on Dec. 2. Read more »
Here is a rundown of all procedures that will be in place when students return from winter break. Read more »
The Office of Multicultural Affairs has planned a celebration to close out Native Heritage Month. Read more »
The Historic Oakwood Cemetery Preservation Association is working to mark the unmarked graves of Black Civil War veterans in Oakwood Cemetery. Read more »
Former DA investigator Peter Rauch should not have been released from prison after driving under the influence and killing Seth Collier with his vehicle. Read more »
Syracuse University is continuing its use of wastewater surveillance testing to determine COVID-19 transmission on campus. Read more »
While Onondaga County’s daily percent change in active COVID-19 cases does not have a statistically significant relationship with SU’s number of cases. Read more »
An estimated 30% to 31% of Onondaga County voters turned in ballots during the 2021 elections, the lowest rate since 2015. Read more »
All 17 seats of the Onondaga County Legislature were up for election, with a contested race in every seat, as well as a number of Syracuse Common Council seats and a variety of suburban municipal offices. Read more »
Syracuse elected 3 new Common Council members, all Democrats, and Onondaga County reshuffled its legislature. Read more »
Election day is Nov. 2. In addition to the mayoral race, seats in the Onondaga County Legislature and Syracuse Common Council, as well as suburban municipal offices, are also up for election. Read more »
I don't have the same wealth of knowledge that public health officials have, but SU’s COVID-19 policies don’t make sense to me. Read more »
Syracuse University changed the COVID-19 masking level from BLUE to RED on August 28, in which the university has stayed ever since. Read more »
