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

Friday, April 12, 2013  Several schools are closed and scores of others across northern New York are delaying the start of classes as a spring storm dumps sleet and freezing rain across the region.

Friday, January 25, 2013  Emergency services officials in Franklin County say four homes in Malone were evacuated Thursday and electricity was cut to three others after the Salmon River flooded a street.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  Firefighters in Adirondack towns relatively untouched by Sandy are getting ready to head downstate to help pump out basements, fight fires and direct traffic in the storm-ravaged New York City region.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012  A northern New York man has admitted killing his father, whose body was found buried behind the house they shared near the Canadian border.

Monday, August 27, 2012  A northern New York man is scheduled to be arraigned on murder charges in the slaying of his father, whose body was found buried behind the house they shared near the Canadian border.

Friday, July 20, 2012  Authorities say human remains have been found during a search of the property of a northern New York man missing since February.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  More than 2,000 National Grid customers in northern New York remain without power after a severe thunderstorm knocked down trees and utility lines and damaged several buildings.

Thursday, July 12, 2012  A 29-year-old Plattsburgh man admits he tried to kill a romantic rival by beating him with a crowbar.

Tuesday, June 05, 2012  A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to nine years to life in prison for stabbing his adoptive mother to death in their northern New York home last year.

Tuesday, April 03, 2012  A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty to transporting illegal immigrants from Texas to northern New York, where he was arrested after mistakenly trying to enter Canada.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012  Authorities have launched a search for a college student on spring break who hasn't been seen since he walked away from a party in his Adirondack hometown.

Monday, February 27, 2012  A convicted sex offender admits he sent a threatening letter to a federal judge.

Tuesday, December 06, 2011  A 36-year-old northern New York man has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison for raping a little girl starting when she was in first grade.

Tuesday, November 08, 2011  A 10th Mountain Division soldier based at Fort Drum has been cleared of felony assault charges stemming from the stabbing of two women during an alcohol-fueled brawl outside an Adirondack bar last Memorial Day.

Friday, September 30, 2011  A New York man who had abused his ex-girlfriend and then plotted to kill her and make it look like she had been mauled by a bear was sentenced to prison for trying to hire someone to kill her in a staged car crash.