Weather forecast snapshot with mixed precipitation patterns
Tomorrow's Haigh forecast notes snow turning to ice then rain. Saturday brings wind and colder rain and snow showers with a low of 19. Sunday tips to grisk cold snow showers, low 4 high 23. Monday mixes sun and flurries, low 9 high 25. Tuesday warms to 32 with increasing cloudiness.
State eyes joint crime labs amid funding incentive
City and county officials in Onondaga County weigh consolidating four labs to save money with a $291,000 state grant potential. Syracuse Police Chief Tim Foody supports leading the merged operation, while disputes over control and location spark tensions among municipalities and departments.
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Sprint to run Syracuse hearing impaired relay center
The New York State Telephone Association named Sprint Communications to operate the hearing impaired relay center in Syracuse replacing AT&T. The project could create 260 jobs pending contract with the association and approval by the Public Service Commission with target to start by next fall. The New York Relay Service aids deaf and hearing impaired callers via a relay operator and standard phones at no extra charge.
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Three fires in Cayuga County leave one dead and another missing
Police say three arson fires in western Cayuga County started within an hour, destroying two homes and a diner. One body was found at a Mentz home on Howland Island Road while investigators search a West Lake Road residence in Fleming for the missing, with two relatives traveling to Cayuga County. The MEM Diner on Route 31 in Port Byron also burned, all three believed intentionally set as 16 fire investigators from three agencies converge on the scene.
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Wood Street
Auburn
Peter Pickney
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Giant IMAX theater opens as donors pledge funds
The Omnitheater at Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology in Syracuse hosts a donor bash as lawmakers pledge the remaining 550000 of 2 million in promised support for the science museum. Astronaut Story Musgrave introduces The Dream Is Alive, a 37 minute NASA space flight film. Public previews begin Sunday.
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Syracuse
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Astronaut Story Musgrave
Syracuse University
Science Museum
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co
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