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

Friday, May 17, 2013  Public safety officials in Connecticut say about 50 people have been hurt after two commuter trains collided outside New York City. Four of those injuries were deemed serious.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012  U.S. Senator Charles Schumer says New York's booming technology industries are threatened by a shortage of qualified engineers.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012  U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says New York's booming technology industries are threatened by a shortage of qualified engineers.

Thursday, July 26, 2012  Governor Andrew Cuomo wants families and businesses to be prepared should forecasted severe weather materialize on Thursday.

Friday, November 18, 2011  This Thanksgiving, 42.5 million people in the United States are expected to hit the road to visit family and friends - the highest number of holiday travelers since the start of the recession.

Thursday, October 27, 2011  In upstate New York one usually associates snow, ice, and biting cold with winter. But sometimes nature throws a curve at us with unseasonable warmth and rain. A number of different factors work together to produce floods in winter.

Monday, September 12, 2011  Some cartoons may be bad for childrens' brains. That's according to new research out today.

Thursday, September 08, 2011  The rain-swollen Susquehanna River overflowed retaining walls in downtown Binghamton on Thursday, sending water coursing down city streets and leaving officials scrambling to evacuate holdouts who didn't heed earlier warnings to leave.

Wednesday, September 07, 2011  Heavy rain has fallen all day across much of New York State, and some of the hardest-hit areas are in Chenango County southeast of Syracuse.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011  Tropical Storm Irene put a $1 billion whipping on New York, most of it upstate where heavy rains spawned flash floods that shredded roads, washed out bridges and knocked buildings from their foundations, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011  Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the next MTA chairman has to be responsible to the straphangers and other New Yorkers using the system.

Sunday, May 08, 2011  Schumer said Sunday that he will push for the creation of a "do not ride" list for Amtrak. The list would be similar to the no-fly list that keeps those suspected of terrorism from flying into or out of the United States.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010  Air travel in the nation's busiest airspace nearly shut down, and thousands of stranded passengers turned terminals into open-air hotels while they waited for planes to take off and land on plowed runways.

Wednesday, December 01, 2010  Thanks to heavy rain and the leaves in the streets of Syracuse, many catch basins were covered with leaves which kept the water from going down.

Thursday, December 10, 2009  The Finger Lakes Railway is more than happy to take on the extra trash.