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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

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Athletes in James Fenimore Cooper's upstate New York hometown will take the field as the Hawkeyes after dropping the long-standing nickname Redskins

Thursday, April 18, 2013  The next time you look up, something may be watching you. More security cameras will soon pop up throughout Syracuse.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  A 39-year-old Syracuse convicted of beating his 18-year-old live-in girlfriend to death has been sentenced to from 25 years to life in prison.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Three people were hurt in a head-on crash involving a school bus Tuesday morning. It happened around 9:45 a.m. along the 1200 block of Wolf Street in Syracuse.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  The top vote-getters for a new nickname include Deerslayers, Hawkeyes and Pathfinders.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  Children from Newtown who recently recorded a version of "Over the Rainbow" will be featured as part of the Grammy Awards broadcast.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  Two Baldwinsville teens are arrested in connection that was stolen once from a business and then again from an impound lot.

Monday, January 07, 2013  A Vermont woman will spend three years on probation for embezzling money from the Utica post office.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012  Macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in people over 55. For those with end stage disease, there has been virtually no chance of seeing what is directly in front of them again. But a new device, an implantable telescope, is changing that.

Monday, October 22, 2012  It's the end of an era for a local business. The Carrier Circle Mobile in DeWitt is closing down Monday.

Thursday, September 27, 2012  A Syracuse man was indicted Thursday on murder charges.

Thursday, September 13, 2012  A Texas woman is in Boston for a life-changing surgery. Quadruple amputee Katy Hayes smiled broadly on Wednesday as she was wheeled out by her doctors to announce that she is going to be the first person in the U.S. to get a double-arm transplant.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012  A Town of Onondaga teen is recovering from injuries after he was hit while driving his ATV Monday night.