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Preparations underway for Watchfire event
Geddes (WSYR-TV) – Preparations are underway for a well known Memorial Day tradition honoring all veterans in Central New York. Volunteers will build the wooden structure that, on Sunday night, will be draped in thousands of American flags and lit on fire. The Watchfire gives people a respectful and legal way to retire flags, but it also serves as a
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Seven departments called to fire in Granby
Granby (WSYR-TV) – Multiple crews are responding to a fire in the town of Granby on Thursday afternoon. The fire on County Route 8 near Cedarwood Drive was reported around 5 p.m., according to Oswego County 911. Seven departments have been called to the scene within 15 minutes, dispatchers said.
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Why planes are flying a different path to Hancock Airport: Your Stories
Syracuse (WSYR-TV) - Many people have called and emailed NewsChannel 9’s Your Stories line wanting to know if there is a reason for planes flying a different path to Hancock Airport. Airport commissioner Chris Callahan tells us the main runway is closed for construction, forcing planes to land on different runways. It will remain that way for the next week
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Showers, storms shift east tonight
(WSYR-TV, Syracuse) A cold front will move through central New York this evening. The threat for any severe storms has diminished but there is a chance that a few stronger storms could still occur southeast of Syracuse with some briefly gusty winds and small hail. The most likely area for this to happen would be from an Ithaca-Cortland-Utica line. By
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DA: Admitted murderer ‘is a manipulative, controlling, liar who becomes violent when forced to listen to the truth’
Auburn (WSYR-TV) - A Cayuga County woman with a history of domestic strife admitted on Thursday that she shot her boyfriend to death during a dispute at the town of Conquest home they shared in October. 40-year-old Brenda Newkirk could spend 22 years to life in prison for shooting and killing Henry Davis Jr. The Cayuga County District Attorney’s office
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Central Square man sentenced to 15 years to life for seventh DWI conviction
Syracuse (WSYR-TV) - A Central Square man could spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced this morning for repeatedly drinking and driving. 48-year-old Allen Cehfus has been convicted of drunk driving seven times. On Thursday in Onondaga County Court he was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for the latest incident. He has served
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Syracuse man whose arrest triggered Truce crackdown indicted on murder charge
Syracuse (WSYR-TV) – A Syracuse man whose arrest in connection to a murder on the city’s East Side led to the first crackdown in the Truce campaign was indicted on Thursday. Martin Griswold was indicted on multiple charges, including: Murder in the second degree Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree Criminal possession of a controlled substance
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Ramsaran, charged with wife’s murder, posts $300,000 bond to get out of jail
Syracuse (WSYR-TV) – The Chenango County man charged with his wife’s murder months after she disappeared is out of jail after posting $300,000 bond. Ganesh Remy Ramsaran was charged with second degree murder on May 17. According to the Chenango County Jail, he bonded out of jail on Wednesday. Jennifer Ramsaran was reported missing on December 11, 2012. Her body
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Crews continuing search for missing canoeist on Cayuga Lake
Updated: Thur. May 23 at 12:40 p.m. Waterloo (WSYR-TV) – Sheriff’s Deputies and emergency personnel are continuing their search for an Ithaca man who disappeared while canoeing in Seneca County. Sheriff’s Deputies are trying to find 22-year-old Christopher Dennis of Cayuga Heights Road after he left a campsite in the town of Covert around 5 a.m. Wednesday and then never
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Police: Three arrested after Cortland firefighters discover meth cook in progress
Updated: Thur. May 23 at 11 a.m. Cortland (WSYR-TV) – Three people are facing drug charges after firefighters in Cortland found methamphetamine being made inside an apartment. Police say crews arrived at 34 Union St. around 7 p.m. Wednesday and saw smoke coming from a second floor window. Firefighters entered the home and police say they and could smell ammonia
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Authorities in London continuing to investigate brutal attack on British soldier
London (CNN/WSYR-TV) - A British soldier is dead after two men brutally attacked him with a cleaver. It happened in Woolwich, a district in southeast London, in broad daylight on Wednesday. Witnesses say the suspects first hit the man with a car, hacked him to death, and then dumped his body in the road. As the victim lay bleeding, one
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FBI shoots and kills man being questioned in connection with Boston bombing
Orlando (WSYR-TV) – A Florida man being questioned by the FBI over an alleged relationship with the accused Boston bombers was shot and killed Wednesday during what the FBI called a "violent confrontation" with authorities. ABC News reports that the man, identified as Ibragim Todashev, was being interviewed by a special agent. The FBI said in a statement that he