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Tuesday, June 11, 2013  Canine Carnival 2013 is on the way! Upstate New Yorks largest animal event.

Friday, June 07, 2013  New York's new gun-control law may have little effect at the state's nuclear power plants.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Wayne Mahar and Matt Mulcahy joined several other local celebrities and lawmakers as servers for the annual employee appreciation luncheon.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  A Syracuse woman, accused of stabbing her 2-year-old son amid a heated argument with the child’s father, was arraigned in Syracuse City Court on Thursday morning.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  A Syracuse woman is accused of stabbing her 2-year-old child amid an argument with the child’s father Tuesday night during which she allegedly tried hit the child’s father with a car and drove into a house before speeding off.

Monday, April 15, 2013  A Utica man on the sex offender registry was arrested for exposing himself to a woman leaving work last Wednesday.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  Wayne County 911 confirms to CNY Central that there is a standoff in Wolcott. We will post additional information as it becomes available.

Friday, March 22, 2013  The Crunch will host the third-annual "Pucks for Paws" night at the club's home game vs. Albany this Saturday.

Monday, March 18, 2013  An Ulster County woman faces sentencing in May on a conviction for failing to provide proper care for 95 birds.

Friday, February 15, 2013  Authorities say no one has been injured after a car stuck on railroad tracks outside Rochester was hit by an Amtrak passenger train, splitting the vehicle in half and pushing it nearly a mile down the tracks.

Friday, February 01, 2013  Police say the arrests are the result of an investigation into the deaths of nine dogs found near Burch Road in the Town of Galen on January 17.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  A Senate aide says wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will be a surprise witness at Wednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on how to curb gun violence.

Friday, December 21, 2012  The nation's largest gun-rights lobby is calling for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings."

Thursday, December 20, 2012  This past Tuesday evening, despite it being rainy and soggy and not winter-like, car after car came through the CNYcentral parking for Wayne's annual Toys for Tots Drive Thru dropping off toys for those in need at Christmas.

Thursday, December 20, 2012  State police say a court clerk in the Finger Lakes has been charged with pilfering $1,000.