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Today at 9:04 AM  The resident of a Cortlandville apartment is charged with arson and related charges after a fire at her apartment earlier this month.

Yesterday at 9:28 AM  The commander of New York's largest military complex tells state lawmakers that they shouldn't take the post for granted with Pentagon budget cuts looming.

Monday, May 20, 2013  A Cortland County man was arrested after a drug raid while a Cortland man was making meth in an lab in the Town of Scott.

Monday, May 20, 2013  A Fulton man is charged with forcible touching stemming from an incident at a barbeque in the Town of Granby.

Monday, May 20, 2013  Deputies in Oswego County say unsafe speed and driver inexperience appear to have been factors in a head-on ATV crash earlier this month.

Saturday, May 18, 2013  Downtown Syracuse was alive and buzzing Saturday afternoon during the downtown living tour. The thousands out today for the tour got a glimpse inside eight complexes around Armory Square that showcase downtown urban living.

Friday, May 17, 2013  Normally removing plywood from boarded up windows would not be considered too important, but to downtown developers in Syracuse, it's a big deal.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  An Oswego man is accused of having sex with a victim under the age of 17 in a parked car in Oswego in April.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  The Downtown Living Tour, featuring eight stops in historic downtown buildings, is this Saturday from 12pm to 6pm. This is the 7th year the Downtown Committee of Syracuse has hosted the event.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  A number of streets will be closed Tuesday evening in the Syracuse Inner Harbor area for the First Annual Joe LaGuardia 5K Run/Walk to benefit the Amyloidosis Foundation.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  An upstate New York high school changing its sports nickname from Redskins to Hawkeyes is getting help from the Oneida Indians to buy new jerseys

Monday, May 13, 2013  Update: Oneida Nation to present check on Wednesday, to help offset costs

Monday, May 13, 2013  Gannon’s Isle officially opened its new location in downtown Syracuse on Monday morning. Gannon’s Isle third shop is located in Dey’s Plaza near the intersection of South Salina Street and East Jefferson Street.

Monday, May 13, 2013  A Liverpool woman has been ticketed following a fatal accident in the Town of Hastings earlier this month.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Officials in Newtown, Conn. say the district should tear down the elementary school where 20 first-graders and six educators were shot to death in December and construct a new building on the property