Cicero

Rape charges dropped against Cicero FedEx manager
By Teddy Goldberg
November 15, 2010 - 5:27pm
Three felony charges have been dropped due to lack of evidence.

A FedEx manager in Cicero will no longer face rape or sexual abuse charges, according to The Post-Standard.  The Onondaga County District Attorney's Office ruled on Monday afternoon to drop all charges against Alvin Beal, 47, of Clay, because there was not enough evidence.

Earth Day cleanup underway in Cicero
By Evan Williams
April 16, 2010 - 3:02pm
Plus, Gov. Mitt Romney backs candidate in Florida Republican primary and pair of Michigan State juniors announce intentions to return for senior season.

A band of 30 volunteers have begun a mass cleanup project at a vacant lot near SRC's Cicero headquarters, according to The Post-Standard.

Thousands more are expected to contribute cleaning up the environment today and Saturday in commemoration of Earth Day. Trash pickups have covered roadsides, streams and public domains.

Mother of Columbine shooter speaks out
By Kristina D'Amore
October 14, 2009 - 6:54pm
Ten years after the shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado, the mother of one gunman is speaking out.

For the first time since the Columbine massacre in 1999, usatoday.com reports that one parent of the shooters is speaking out.  Susan Klebold wrote an essay for O, The Oprah Magazine, detailing the family's experience of the tragedy.  In the essay published on Tuesday, she says that she had "no inkling" of her son's depression, or that he helped assemble an arsenal of weapons.

The Forgotten
By Jon Davenport
May 26, 2009 - 11:47am
The Hancock Housing area, located near Syracuse's Hancock Airport, has been abandoned for years.

The Hancock Air base in Syracuse, NY used to be the hub of the North American Aerospace Defense Command's (NORAD) northeast operations. The military installation housed thousands of soldiers, and their families, but as time wore on, the need for a NORAD base in Syracuse diminished, and in 1984, the base was shut down.

Although the government has provided tax incentives to increase business activity in the area, only some small industries seem to be calling part of the old air base home. The housing area where the soldiers and their families used to live has been left to rot.