Syracuse

Syracuse School District plans to cut 220 jobs
By Eric Silverman
March 10, 2010 - 12:48pm
Plus a former N.Y. Congressman diverts attention from harassment allegations and a former child actor dies of an apparent accidental drug overdose.

Syracuse City School District Superintendent Daniel Lowengard is scheduled to present a budget plan Wednesday which will include the elimination of 220 jobs. This is the largest number of staffing positions on the line in any Central New York district.

Wes Johnson is Big East player of the year, Jim Boeheim is coach of the year
By Erika Wachter
March 9, 2010 - 8:51pm
Plus, College students collect limbs for Haiti and Donovan McNabb and T.O team up again.

Syracuse University Basketball is racking up the Big East awards.

Wes Johnson was named 2009-2010 Big East Player of the Year and Jim Boeheim was selected as 2009-2010 Coach of the Year. The awards were announced at a press conference today at Madison Square Garden, the host site for the Big East Tournament.

Johnson, a junior transfer from Iowa, is the first transfer student to earn Big East Player of the Year honors. He is the fourth Syracuse player to earn the honor.

I-81 closure remains a mess as city, state argue over demolition funding
By Samuel Taylor
March 5, 2010 - 11:16am
Plus, several people are killed in an Arizona bus crash and 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed could receive a military trial.

The closure of I-81 between I-690 and Court Street is being prolonged by a legal and monetary battles, the Syracuse Post-Standard reports.

The New York State Department of Transportation closed the section of the highway off last friday amid fears that a crumbling building on nearby State Street could fall onto the highway.

Syracuse Unemployment Hits a New High
By Braedan Ritter
March 4, 2010 - 5:50pm
Plus another top Paterson official resigns and a Baylor women's basketball player suspended for punching an opponent.

Syracuse’s unemployment rate rose again in Jan. to 9.1 percent, its highest level since at least 1990, according to the Department of Labor.

The jobless rate for Madison, Onondaga and Oswego counties rose from 8.2 percent in Dec..

Unemployment rates before 1990 were calculated using a different methodology and cannot be compared, according to the state.

Just call it the Syracuse Bowl
By Kyle C. Leach
February 7, 2010 - 4:20pm
Over 100 million viewers will watch a football game this evening, and the main storyline is centered around Syracuse great Dwight Freeney and his twisted ankle.

The No.1 sporting event in American athletics should be re-named this season. Rather than the call it fancy-old Super Bowl XLIV, it should be the Syracuse Bowl.

Five sports events to see in 2010
By Kyle C. Leach
February 2, 2010 - 9:36pm
Pull out your 2010 calendar and insert these five must-see Syracuse sporting events.

The 2010 sports schedule has the Winter Olympics, the World Cup and the imminent return of Tiger Woods. These events are more than a spin up the Thruway, so what can the local fan look forward to in 2010? Halftime Snack has five ideas:

Fresh faces emerge in old-style Big East game
By Kyle C. Leach
January 16, 2010 - 6:17pm
A pair of freshman guards, Syracuse’s Brandon Triche and West Virginia’s Dalton Pepper, sparked their respective programs in the first game between two top-10 teams in Morgantown, West Virginia since 1960.

Quantity nearly beat quality Saturday afternoon. Fifth-ranked Syracuse withstood a barrage of late three-pointers by No. 9 West Virginia, making just enough free throws to defeat the Mountaineers, 72-71, in Big East action.

West Virginia guard Darryl Bryant sank three free throws and an NBA three-pointer in the span of four seconds while the Orange missed three of four attempts at the charity stripe. The final attempt, a Kris Joseph clank with 2.5 seconds left, fell into the hands of All-Big East guard Da’Sean Butler who drew nothing but air on a three-quarter-court heave.