Former Detroit mayor gets up to 5 years in prison
Judge says clearly rehabilitation has failed for Kwame Kilpatrick, who violated probation on obstruction of justice conviction.Onondaga Democrats endorse Philip LaTessa for Assembly, Toby Shelley for sheriff
May 16th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in 236127, 361381, 688101, 706579, 851600, 851602, 851604, Breaking News, City News, Crime & Safety, East Syracuse, North Suburbs, Politics, State News, Top News, West Suburbs
Syracuse, NY - The Onondaga County Democratic Committee voted today to endorse Philip LaTessa over two other contenders who want to succeed retiring Assemblywoman Joan Christensen and endorsed sheriffs Sgt. Toby Shelley over two others who hope to become sheriff....
FBI, IRS raid clinic run by NY state Senate majority leader Pedro Espada Jr.
April 21st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in 816977, Crime & Safety, Government, Politics, State News, Top News
Attorney general has accused Espada of siphoning $14 million from government-funded clinic.
Schumer says nuclear plant security must be beefed up
April 7th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in 170462, 83034, Breaking News, Crime & Safety, Oswego County, Politics
D. Groom/The Post-StandardRep. William Owens, left, listens as Sen. Charles Schumer talks about security lapses at a nuclear plant in New Jersey and how information on terrorists must be relayed quickly to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission so threats can be...
New York City judge acquitted in campaign cash case
April 1st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in 774832, Breaking News, Crime & Safety, Politics, State News, Top News
Louis Lanzano / APNora Anderson NEW YORK — A suspended New York City judge was acquitted Thursday of campaign finance charges that have kept her from taking the seat she won more than a year ago, but it wasn’t immediately...
Legislators look for a way to trim sheriffs management of police academy
March 28th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in 698099, 78630, 788451, Breaking News, City News, Crime & Safety, Government, Politics, Top News, West Suburbs
Lawmakers want Onondaga Community College, not sheriff, to pay for academy.
Gov. David Paterson earmarks $778,000 for conjugal visit trailer at prison
March 19th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Breaking News, Crime & Safety, Government, Politics, State News, Top News
Syracuse, NY -- Gov. David Paterson wants to spend almost $800,000 on two double-wide trailers for conjugal and family visits at the Five Points Correctional Facility in Romulus, Seneca County. Paterson included the funding in his 2010-11 state budget proposal....
Your Comments: I-81 closing and the philosophy of Star Trek
March 5th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in 708277, Breaking News, City News, Crime & Safety, Government, News Comments, Politics, State News, Top News
Courtesy of Paramount PicturesA dying Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy, right) imparts some Vulcan wisdom to Capt. James T. Kirk (William Shatner) after saving the U.S.S. Enterprise from destruction in a scene from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.The city...