Latest local news, weather and sports for Syracuse and Central New York

Saturday, March 16, 2013  The Big East is no more. Tonight's Big East Championship game between Syracuse and Louisville marks the last game ever in the Big East conference.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  A month after a Carnival cruise ship was stranded for five days in the Gulf of Mexico, another of its cruise ships is reporting equipment problems in the Caribbean.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  In the gaming world, death is often celebrated.   Players receive points for kills and head-shots, but does violence on screen lead to aggression in real life?

Saturday, February 09, 2013  These are some of the pictures you have been sending us.

Friday, January 18, 2013  The US Coast Guard responded to a report of an unknown object in the waters of Lake Ontario, Ontario just outside of the break wall, on Thursday evening, according to Oswego City Police.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  A gun show scheduled for this weekend in Saratoga Springs will go on as planned but officials who run the venue hosting the event say they'll review future bookings at the publicly owned property.

Friday, January 04, 2013  The organizers of a gun show set for Saratoga Springs later this month have agreed not to display or sell military-style, semiautomatic weapons.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012  U.S. holiday retail sales this year are the weakest since 2008, after a shopping season disrupted by storms and rising uncertainty among consumers.

Thursday, November 22, 2012  The remains of a roller coaster submerged by Superstorm Sandy in New Jersey might stay where they are and become a tourist attraction.

Thursday, November 08, 2012  Areas hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy are dealing with new outages after a nor'easter left a blanket of snow that snapped storm-weakened trees and downed power lines.

Wednesday, November 07, 2012  Major airlines are scrapping flights in and out of the New York area ahead of the second significant storm in little more than a week.

Wednesday, November 07, 2012  Parts of eastern New York could get as much as 4 inches of snow courtesy of a potential nor'easter making its way up the Atlantic Coast.

Friday, October 26, 2012  Three local volunteers from the Finger Lakes NY Region of the American Red Cross are being deployed to eastern New York to prepare for Hurricane Sandy's landfall.

Friday, October 26, 2012  As forecasters watch as Hurricane Sandy moves toward the East Coast, National Grid has plans in place for whatever route the storm takes. Extra crews are on call for early next week.

Sunday, October 07, 2012  Central New York Pop Warner cheerleaders took over the Onondaga War Memorial on Sunday for their annual Cheer Fest and Competition.