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Caretaker looking for community’s help after storm ravages cemetery
Onondaga Hill (WSYR-TV) – Korean War veteran Richard Houser clears a lump in his throat as he surveys storm damage at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Onondaga Hill. “My grandfather and my father were in charge of this and I’m the next one in line ,” said Houser. “The first thing I saw was that tree – right there – laying
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2 bodies recovered, third still lodged in plane after Angel Flight crashes near Adirondacks
Johnstown (WSYR-TV) – Two bodies have been recovered and a third is still lodged in an airplane that crashed into a pond in the foothills of the Adirondack mountains on Friday evening. The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office believes the third body is that of the pilot. The airplane is submerged within the pond, they said. According to the Fulton County
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Syracuse Police looking for suspects after the brutal beating death of a 51-year-old man
Syracuse (WSYR-TV) – Syracuse Police are looking for several suspects after a man died from injuries sustained in a savage attack outside of a South Side shop. Police say 51-year-old Michael Daniels was standing alone in front of Los Amigos Market when he was attacked by a group of teenagers. They say the assault at 9:40 p.m. on Thursday was
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Suspect at the center of East Side standoff arraigned in Scranton, Pa.
Syracuse (WSYR-TV) – A suspect in a Pennsylvania homicide who was at the center of a standoff on Syracuse’s East Side on Tuesday night was arraigned in Scranton, Pa. on Friday. Police say Ryan Harding, 18, of Scranton returned to his hometown on Friday in handcuffs. Police say Harding – an alleged member of the Crips gang – shot and
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Syracuse man sought in connection to sexual contact with an underage girl in custody
Syracuse (WSYR-TV) – A 23-year-old Syracuse man who was wanted on charges stemming from alleged sexual contact with an underage girl is in custody. Jessie Caswell has been charged with second degree rape and endangering the welfare of a child. He is accused of having sexual contact with a girl under the age of 16. Caswell had initially told investigators
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Trenton Town Supervisor Mark Scheidelman found guilty of sexually abusing boy
Updated: 4:10 p.m. Fri., May 24 Utica (WSYR-TV) - The Trenton Town Supervisor has been found guilty of sexually abusing a 10-year-old-boy last year. Mark Scheidelman, 53, who has held the elected position for over 20 years, was on trial for first-degree sexual abuse. He is scheduled to be sentenced July 17. The trial began Monday in Oneida County Court.
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Cool start to the holiday weekend
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Green Lakes State Park booked for Memorial Day weekend
DeWitt (WSYR-TV) – All of campsites are booked for a big weekend at Green Lakes State Park. Dedicated campers are pitching their tents already, bracing for unseasonably cold weather. “The kids didn’t care if it snowed – we’re still camping,” said Lori Bowman. The Bowman family has been setting up camp at Green Lakes State Park on Memorial Day weekend
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Fulton man wanted for Camillus larcenies nabbed on Syracuse’s South Side
Syracuse (WSYR-TV) – A Fulton man who was wanted for thefts from two stores in the town of Camillus is in custody after police picked him up on Syracuse’s South Side. Police say NewsChannel 9 viewers’ tips helped them find Jay Barrington on Baldwin Avenue. Camillus Police wanted Barrington for grand larceny in connection to a Lowes theft and petit
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Weather stalls search for missing canoeist
Covert (WSYR-TV) – Emergency crews and Sheriff’s Deputies suspended their search for a missing canoeist on Friday because of increasingly foul weather. The search for 22-year-old Christopher Dennis – who disappeared after embarking in a canoe on Cayuga Lake at 5 a.m. on Wednesday – had resumed Friday morning. According to the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office, searchers endured four to
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Two arrested after flight from Pakistan to UK diverted with fighter jets
London (WSYR-TV) – Two men aboard a flight from Pakistan to the United Kingdom have been arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft, after the plane was diverted and escorted by fighter jets. CNN reports that it does not appear the incident was terror-related. Police arrested the two men and removed them from the plane at Stansted airport outside London.
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Boy Scouts to allow openly gay members
Syracuse (WSYR-TV) – The Boy Scouts of America will allow for gay members, the national organization determined on Thursday. More than 60 percent of the organization’s 1,400-member national council approved the measure, according to CNN . The ban will remain in effect for Scouts’ leaders, however. For a complete report, visit CNN’s website .