Utica News

Emergency personnel block off the area Monday, Jan. 11, 2020, surrounding the Utica Police Department after a suspicious package was found near an officer's personal car as he was leaving work at the end of his shift.

Certified Pharmaceutical Technician Natalya Mokhor fills prescriptions, Monday, February 8, 2010, at Garro's Drugstore on Bleecker Street in Utica.

A One hundred eighty-eight students have been named to the Presidenta s List at Herkimer County Community College for the fall 2009 semester, and 395 students have been named to the Deana s List.

Tamrah Johnson, 19, of Rome leaves a conference room at Utica City Court for her arraignment, Tuesday, September 22, 2009 in Utica.

Drivers beware: Speeding through a yellow light is never a great idea. But it might be especially dangerous to do so inside the city limits.

For men and women in recovery, tonight's Super Bowl celebration is filled with temptations.

New Orleans Saints cornerback Tracy Porter runs back an intercepted ball for a 74-yard touchdown as Thomas R. Proctor graduate Will Smith and Scott Shanle react during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Miami, Sunday, Feb.

UTICA, N.Y. - When Utica Mayor David Roefaro appointed Deputy Police Chief Mark Williams to the position of chief earlier this week, the mayor said the city would go with only one deputy chief for the time being.

Oneida County Board of Legislators Chairman Gerald Fiorini's refusal to reappoint me to the powerful Ways & Means Committee did not surprise me.

Seven-year-old Angel Silva had a winning strategy for competing in the cardboard sled race at the Utica Zoo Snowfari Saturday at Val Bialas Sports Center.

The bulk of news about locally-made alcoholic beverages in New York usually deals with wine.

Art Asselta, a football coach in the Utica city school district for many years and the athletic manager at John F. Kennedy Middle School, will be in Miami on Sunday watching Utica's Will Smith play in Super Bowl XLIV.

For those unemployed in the Utica/Rome metropolitan area, things are looking up.

Local officials said Friday they're preparing to fight for the next round of funding for high-speed rail.

A Utica woman was indicted Thursday on one count of attempted second-degree murder after allegedly strangling her infant son at their home on Christmas Eve, First Assistant District Attorney Dawn Lupi said.

The Utica College men's hockey team, bedeviled by injuries and saddled with a mystifying inability to close out games, has had a tough season.

When he was a Utica teenager growing up in Cornhill, Will Smith was bigger and faster than most.

A city woman accused of carrying marijuana to an Oneida County Department of Social Services interview Thursday allegedly hit a caseworker in the face during a dispute, authorities said.

Geannitta McClain said it wasn't the best night of her athletic career, but it came pretty close.

UTICA, N.Y. - The cleanup of the former Matt Petroleum site in the heavily industrial northern section of the city is underway, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation.