A Syracuse, NY (Onondaga County) teenager is suing the Onondaga County Justice Center for locking him in a cell 23 hours a day for more than two months. Taijaleke Smith, 16, has a history of mental illness and went nearly two months without counseling or...
by Carol Thompson The ferocious snowstorm that pelted the Buffalo, New York area left hundreds stranded on the thruway. Most of those vehicles have now been cleared, according to a Thruway official and efforts are reportedly underway to free about 100 remaining...
by Carol Thompson Sunday morning, shortly after eight, Susan Sweet read a post on the Facebook page of Diego DeSantiago that said he had landed safely in Nassau, Bahamas. She wrote, “I miss you.” He “liked” her comment. Only hours after the...
by Carol Thompson News that a Watertown, NY social worker attempted to hire a hitman to kill the father of her daughter’s child has rocked the small northern New York community and garnered national attention. Melisa Rae Schonfield, a social worker and wife of a...
by Carol Thompson The three Afghanistan National Army officers who fled a US joint military exercise on Cape Cod two weeks ago appeared in immigration court last Wednesday to argue for asylum claiming they will be killed if they are returned to their...
