Ava Pukatch

Ten days after a Syracuse 11-year-old girl was murdered in a drive-by shooting walking home with milk from the corner store, the community finally has answers.

A coalition of 13 upstate historic theatres is lobbying the state for $20 million in funding.

People use a lot of stuff during the holidays. Foil-covered dishes, wrapping paper, cardboard boxes and Christmas trees will soon need to be discarded.

According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, more than half of U.S. adults say they have trouble hearing. Now that the Food and Drug Administration allows hearing aids to be sold over-the-counter, Kinney Drugs, a drug store company covering New York and Vermont, is launching a new hearing health program.

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree hails from the North Country this year. The 82-foot Norway Spruce was brought to New York City from Queensbury.

Seneca Lake Guardian said it’s being bullied by Seneca Meadows, the state’s largest landfill. The environmental group recently received a cease-and-desist letter from the law firm representing Seneca Meadows. Seneca Lake Guardian said it believes that letter is an attempt to silence their First Amendment rights to speak out against the landfill.