Fired TV anchor sues WTVH for $10 million
Gabe Caggiano, once touted as the next Ron Curtis of Syracuse broadcasting, sues CBS affiliate WTVH-TV in state Supreme Court for breach of contract and negligence. He says he was fired in February after two months as 11 p.m. anchor over a dispute with news director Peter Spartano. The $10 million suit claims he was enticed to Syracuse to replace Curtis and alleges improper termination without cause.
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Gabe Caggiano
Ron Curtis
Syracuse Broadcasting
Wtvh-Tv
Channel 5
Caggiano
State Supreme Court
Syracuse
CBS
Peter Carmen
WTVE
Curtis
Peter Spartano
Carmen
Spartano
Boston
WTVH
Bill Ransom
Ransom
Tracy Davidson
Teen’s second murder trial ends in acquittal
A Onondaga County Court jury acquitted Chad Priester of murdering Willie Daniels in the 1993 Christmas Eve slaying, his second trial after a mistrial. Prosecutors argued a cold-blooded killing, while defense contended he did not match the suspect description.
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Teen
Chad Priester
Onondaga
Willie Daniels
B. Genesee St
Priester
Michael Vavonese
Vavonese
Obituary notices from Syracuse area reflect many local deaths
Carmen Lopez Otero aged 91 of 753 James St died at Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Services at Farone and Son Funeral Home and St Peter's Church with burial in Assumption Cemetery. Also listed are notices for Daniel Walter Ameigh age 41 of Cicero, Rensselaer R Tucker Sr. 97 of Fulton, Howard A. Grevelding 65 of East Syracuse, Robert E B Horn 85 of Genoa, and Margaret Molly Doyle Smith of Syracuse. Each entry includes survivors, service times, and burial plans. Calls hours and donation details are provided for several institutions.
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Carmen Lopez Otero
James St
Crouse Irving Memorial
Assumption Cemetery
Funeral Home
Park St
Daniel Walter Ameigh
Cicero
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Cynthia Ameigh
Kenneth
Diane Coates
Fulton
Pine Plains
Clay
Central New York
Court St
Syracuse
Williams Funeral Home
Rensselaer Tucker Sr
Rensselaer R. Tucker Sr
Kingdom Road
Ocean Springs
Miss
Foster Funeral Home
Mt. Aflnah
Howard A. Grevelding
Silver St
East Syracuse
St. Joseph's Hospital
Marion Parker
David
Jamesone
Devic
Derek
Darcy Gilkey
William
Jamesville
Hazel Kaupp
Helen Hoyt
Bridgeport
Margie Doyle
LaFayette
Delaney & Grenbell Funeral Home
White Chapel
Memory Gardens
DeWitt
Kinne St
Aes
Genoa
Robert EB. Horn
Bradley St
Amberrilla
Ann” Titus
George
Groton
Bertha Hill
Ruth Huhtanen
Shurtleff Funeral Home
Chestnut Hill
Union Springs
Main St
Genoa Fire Department Rescue Fund
Poplar Ridge
Margaret
Molly” Doyle Smith
Regency Towers
Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital
St. John the Evangelist Church
Burzal
Woodlawn Mausoleum
Fordham Road
Seacare
Burt St
Muslims observe Festival of Sacrifice at Drumlins Syracuse
LaFayette engineer Tanweer Haq and Syracuse educator Anisah Muhammad joined about 600 worshipers at Drumlins on Nottingham Road to mark Eid al Adha. Imam Kobeisy led prayers as men and women prayed separately, stressing peace, unity, and equality in Islam amid lingering post Oklahoma City fear.
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Tanweer Haq
LaFayette
Anisah Muhammad
Syracuse
Drumlins
Nottingham Road
Haq
Muhammad
New York
Allah
Ahmed Nezar Koheisy
Abraham
Jesus
Koran
Ishmael
Isaac
God
Mecca
Kobeisy
Islamic Society of
Central New York
Comstock Avenue
Kabeisy
Army captain unstable in Haiti prison incident leads to court martial
U S Army Captain Lawrence Rockwood described as unstable by Maj Roland Lane testified he confronted prison guards and detainees during a Sept 30 inspection at Port au Prince national penitentiary Rockwood went AWOL to inspect suspected abuse and faced charges including dereliction of duty and conduct unbecoming an officer Prosecutors aim to prove Rockwood was a reckless renegade on a quixotic mission while defense argues officials ignored abuses and tried to shield themselves from accountability Rockwood, 36, faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted
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U.S. Army
Lawrence Rockwood
Haiti
National Penitentiary
Roland Lane
U.S
Rockwood
Port-au- Prince
Ramsey Clark
Clinton
Clark
Lane
May
Dean Inouye
Inouye
Frank Bragg Jr
Bragg
Sgis
David Hooper
Philip Quinn
Quinn
Hooper
William Cavanaugh
Trenton
Nud
Pnson
Utility tax hike divides council
The Syracuse Common Council confronts a plan to triple the gross utility tax to cover a 3.3 million shortfall. If approved by the council and state Legislature, residents would pay 33 in tax per 100 on electric gas and telephone bills. Debates hinge on fairness versus lost growth as business leaders and groups oppose the tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Roy Bernardi
Bernardi
Yellow tickets aim to heal city streets court case on loud radio
City Court heard Clarence Parks plead guilty to playing his car radio too loudly at 3530 Salina Street as Higgins set a May 19 trial. Prosecutors weigh cost 4500 per hour court time and Parks 34 arrest record from rape to burglary while prioritizing heavier cases.
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Clarence Parks
Salina St
Higgins
Richard Lyons
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Jim McKeever
Charles Kalchthaler
J. Kevin Mulroy
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Daniel W. Ameigh
Robert E. Horn
Margaret D. Smith
Saudi Arabia
Muhammed
Grand Mosque
Mecca Kabah
Isla
Mic
Arafat
Mina
Satan
the World's Religions
Adia of Islam
Plain of Arafat
Nated
Oklahoma City
Adam
Robeisy
Taiwan
Watertown
Soneat Port Drum
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Vere
George Pataki
Senate
Assembly Democrats
Joan Christensen
Syracuse Council
Ed Carni
Syracuse United Neighbors
Lyons
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