Cayuga County News

The snow should go away and sunshine return today. But while the thermometer promises to rise higher around Syracuse than it did on Sunday, bundle up anyway - the wind will make it seem colder.

When Gary Cole, highway superintendent for the Cayuga County town of Cato, grew frustrated over the town's health insurance plan at a board meeting last month, he blurted out his suspicion there was "a n***** in the woodpile." Later in the meeting he used the "n-word" again, according to staff writer Scott Rapp.

Marissa Garlock, 8, of Union Springs, hugs her diabetic-alert dog, Sandy, earlier this month.

Police in Cayuga County need your help to locate a Rochester teen gone missing in Auburn.

A local NAACP official, speaking tonight to the Cato town board, chided Highway Superintendent Gary Cole for using the "n-word'' at a public meeting last month.

Bring your valentine to Cayuga County's fourth Annual " Off the Beaten Path - A Romantic Adventure " at wineries along Cayuga's East Shore and the Routes 5 & 20 corridor.

CHRISTOPHER M. JOANIS has been hired as a human resource manager at Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC.

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A marine whose grandparents live in Cayuga County remained hospitalized today with serious injuries he suffered in a suicide bomb attack last month in Afghanistan.

A missing 27-year-old woman has been located, thanks to help from tipster who saw news coverage this morning about her disappearance , according to Cayuga County sheriff's deputies.

On Jan. 20, the US Postal Service issued a set of four stamps celebrating the important relationship between dogs and people.

Winter it is common to have cabin fever in upstate New York. IGNITE the Winter is a special event staged by the Cayuga County Chamber of Commerce to be held in downtown Auburn on March 2nd from 5:00 to 10:00 PM.

An alert postal worker helped officials uncover the possible theft of more than $4,200 from an elderly woman, Cayuga County Sheriff's deputies said today.

The State Senate has passed a bill requiring people convicted of misdemeanors to give a sample of their DNA so it can be entered into a statewide databank.

File photo 4/9/2009 - Eric Christopher Jones was arrested on 4-08-09 and charged with burglary, petit larceny for a break-in at Northest Battery.

Peter Hall is the meteorologist for Today in Central New York and the CNY Central News at Noon each weekday.

State Assemblyman Gary Finch would be booted from Broome and Tioga counties but gain communities in Cayuga and Onondaga counties.

Police say seven dairy cows have had to be euthanized after the truck hauling them to a slaughterhouse in Pennsylvania slammed into a railroad bridge in Syracuse.

The New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment released new district maps for all 213 legislative seats Thursday afternoon, creating a new seat in the state senate, eliminating a seat in the assembly and shifting district lines across the state.

After two decades in the New York State Senate, Republican Sen. John DeFrancisco's district would change from a Syracuse-based seat into one covering all of Onondaga County's western towns and into Cayuga County, according to a redistricting proposal released today.