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

Today at 6:50 PM  Some New York lawmakers are pushing to prohibit using cash welfare benefits to pay for tobacco, alcohol, strip clubs and illegal drugs.

Today at 6:27 PM  Police say a collision between a car and a bus in Oneida has sent 15 people to hospitals, most of them with bruises and other minor injuries.

Today at 5:41 PM  Nojaim Brothers Supermarket on the city's distressed Near West Side will likely get tax breaks for a $2.7 million expansion.

Today at 5:26 PM  Some important changes are in store for the way the Syracuse Fire Department and Rural Metro Ambulance Service respond to medical emergencies.

Today at 5:04 PM  The New York State Department of Transportation is interested in what the community thinks should be done with the portion of Interstate 81 that runs through Syracuse.

Today at 3:07 PM  CNY Central announced Wednesday it will once again be the home to Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) football and basketball in Central New York, giving CNY Central exclusive broadcast rights to a select number of Syracuse Orange men’s football and basketball games.

Today at 1:29 PM  A Utica man is accused sexual offenses involving a child in the city of Utica earlier this month.

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Today at 8:09 AM  A Republican county official who once called a central New York congressman a "chicken" for skipping a televised debate is buying the Democratic lawmaker's suburban Syracuse home.

Yesterday at 9:40 PM  Tuesday's second vote on budget  passes.  3,329 yes votes and 2,365 no votes.

Yesterday at 9:11 PM  The Republican-led House has passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill, giving conservatives a claim to progress in their campaign against legal abortions and Democrats another reason to claim that the Republican agenda is anti-women.

Yesterday at 3:34 PM  A near record crowd of runners are expected at Tuesday’s J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge at Onondaga Lake Park and security measures have been tightened.

Yesterday at 12:12 PM  A 3-year-old boy is in the hospital recovering from injuries after falling out of a second-story apartment window in Syracuse.

Yesterday at 11:47 AM  Central New York will be swinging to the sweet sounds of jazz music this 4th of July, as Jazz Fest returns to Jamesville Beach.

Yesterday at 11:01 AM  Two Syracuse teens were charged after allegedly burglarizing a home and running from police Monday night.