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Yesterday at 11:27 PM  Family and friends gathered on Monday night outside the home of Levon Wameling at 748 Jay Street in Utica.

Yesterday at 6:25 PM  Central and Northern New York are running out of new phone numbers and will need a new area code by the first quarter of 2015.

Yesterday at 8:16 AM  The body of one of three New Yorkers killed in an attack in Afghanistan is scheduled to arrive in his upstate hometown while the funeral of a second victim is being held in the Hudson Valley.

Sunday, June 16, 2013  Route 81 South is closed near Adams Street after a multiple-vehicle crash at 6:40pm on Saturday.

Saturday, June 15, 2013  Whether you call it Freedom Day, Emancipation day, or Juneteenth, it was clear today that people were celebrating freedom today in Syracuse's Clinton Square for Juneteenth. The holiday commemorates the freeing of slaves in Texas who remained enslaved until 1865.

Saturday, June 15, 2013  The third-annual Poker Run raises money for the Air 1 Foundation.

Friday, June 14, 2013  A Syracuse man was indicted by an Onondaga County Grand Jury related to the stabbing death of Germain Haywood, 32, on May 3.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013  As recently as two years ago, you may have missed the General Ellis Cemetery, one of the oldest in Onondaga County. But when Onondaga Community College decided to move into the old county hospital across the street and turn it into an academic building, new eyes fell upon the forgotten cemetery.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013  It took nearly eight decades, but Frederick Gray is finally high school graduate.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013  A 93-mile stretch of the Erie Canal from the Albany area to central New York has been closed because of high water levels on the Mohawk River.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013  Two Cortlandville business owners are accused of running their driving businesses without securing workers' compensation insurance.

Monday, June 10, 2013  Neighbors and legislators in Syracuse and DeWitt express their concerns about the future of Interstate 81.

Saturday, June 08, 2013  It's all about hockey in Syracuse. The atmosphere was electric inside the War Memorial, as the Syracuse Crunch played its first game in the Calder Cup Finals in franchise history.

Friday, June 07, 2013  For nearly 15 years, thousands have been coming out to Taste of Syracuse in Clinton Square. This festival is a way for people to sample different foods, drinks and cultures all in one place.

Friday, June 07, 2013  The eastbound I-690 ramp to southbound I-81 will be closed to all traffic beginning Friday, June 7 at 6:00 p.m.