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MVHS recognized for quality stroke program
UTICA — Mohawk Valley Health System’s (MVHS) Wynn Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines’ Stroke Gold Plus Award for the 14th consecutive year. The gold award recognizes the hospital’s performance in ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.
Utica police release footage of robberies that lead to stop before police shooting of Nyah Mway, 13
Utica, N.Y. — Utica police has released new video footage of two robberies that led to officers to stop two boys, a stop that ultimately ended with an officer fatally shooting 13-year-old Nyah Mway. On June 28, officers stopped Nyah and another 13-year-old boy in the 900 block of...
Utica police release critical incident briefing on Nyah Mway
UTICA — As investigations are ongoing regarding the death of 13-year-old Nyah Mway, the Utica Police Department has produced a critical incident briefing video on the events that transpired leading to his death. The 8-minute-long video, published on the police department’s official Facebook page and YouTube channel on Thursday,...
Hall of Famers on Hall of Famers: Baseball’s greats in awe of fellow Cooperstown legends
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — It’s the biggest event of Induction Weekend that no one on the outside ever gets to see. It arrives on that Sunday night, far from the induction stage …. When all the living Hall of Famers come to dinner. And so often, when that moment...
Utica man pleads guilty to charges of distributing, possessing and receiving child pornography
UTICA — A Utica man has pleaded guilty to four counts of distributing, possessing, and receiving child pornography. Dustin Smith, 30, of Utica, admitted that he had been convicted of sexual abuse in the first degree in an Oneida County court in 2013, and then in 2022, while on parole, he sent, received and posessed thousands of images of child porngraphy on a cellphone, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of New York. Smith admitted that he used the cellphone to exchange child pornography with at least two identified children.
50 Cent Calls for New York Supreme Court Judge to Be Removed After Viral Video Shows Her Threatening to Shoot Black Teens
50 Cent is calling for New York State Supreme Court Judge Erin Gall to be removed after viral video shows her threatening to shoot Black teens. On Wednesday (July 24), CBS News shared police cam footage involving New York State Supreme Court Justice Erin Gall, who could be seen on camera threatening to shoot Black teenagers after a fight broke out at a high school graduation party near her home in New Hartford, NY. The viral footage led to Gall's suspension, and a judicial watchdog panel ruled that she should be removed from office for the offensive remarks.
Rabid Woodchuck in German Flatts Killed After Attacking Person and Dog
GERMAN FLATTS, N.Y. -- Herkimer County Public Health announced that a woodchuck from the Town of German Flatts has tested positive for rabies. The results were received on Tuesday. "The rabid woodchuck was killed on July 19th, 2024 after it was behaving aggressively and attacked a person and a dog,"...
Utica Police Arrest a Man for Threatening Juveniles with a Weapon
Utica Police have announced another arrest involving an illegal weapon and a group of juveniles. What started as a fight ended with an individual facing several charges. Police officials announced that officers responded to the scene of a fight that had broken out on the 1200 block of Seymour Avenue on July 23rd, 2024. Dispatchers had made police aware of a man menacing others with a handgun.
Southeast Michigan native Freddie Crittenden to compete in 2024 Paris Olympics
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Freddie Crittenden was once the best hurdler in the state of Michigan when he was in high school in Utica. Now, he’s one of the best in the world. Crittenden will compete in the 110-meter hurdles in Paris. It’s not the only major life event he’s facing. The five-time all-American and his wife are expecting their first child.
Oneonta, New York Newspaper Sees Massive Shift
I just finished thumbing through the most recent copy of Hometown Oneonta & The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch. According to a full page ad and an editorial, this is to be the last freely available copy I will receive, as the publication is shifting to a paid subscription model. Published by Cooperstown...
15-Year-Old Arrested in Connection with South Utica Price Chopper Robbery
A 15-year-old has been charged in connection with a recent robbery at the Price Chopper in south Utica. 15-Year-Old Arrested in Connection with South Utica Price Chopper Robbery. A 15-year-old has been charged in connection with a recent robbery at the Price Chopper in south Utica.
One person dead in Oneonta accident
ONEONTA, NY (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) — New York State Police have confirmed one person was killed in a pedestrian-vehicle accident in the city of Oneonta on the morning of Tuesday, July 23. Troopers responded to State Highway 7 in Oneonta at approximately 5 am on Tuesday. The roadway was shut down...
Rome man charged with firing gunshots in Utica
UTICA — A Rome man has been charged as part of a shots fired investigation in Utica from earlier this month, according to the Utica Police Department. Police said Alex Smith, 24, fired several gunshots in the 1400 block of Lenox Avenue on July 6. Multiple spent shell casings were found in the area.
Major funders bet big on rural America and ‘everyday democracy’
Someone may need to tell Carlton Turner that he’s working to save democracy. Turner is co-director of the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production in the town of Utica, population 600, where his family has lived for eight generations. The organization, better known as Sipp Culture, is helping breathe life into a region that’s seen schools, grocery stores, and factories shutter or leave. A project in the works: transformation of one of Utica’s oldest buildings into a cultural center and commercial kitchen.
Utica allocates federal funding to local nonprofits and various city projects
UTICA — Various nonprofit agencies and selected projects in the city of Utica will use funding from the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. Utica Mayor Michael Galime said the city has finalized its allocation of CDBG funding in a July 3 announcement. All of the nonprofit agencies selected to receive funding provide public […]
James Frazier
ONEONTA—James “Jimmy” Frazier died peacefully on July 17, 2024 at 84. He was born March 29, 1940 to Mabel and Leslie Frazier in Davenport, New York. James married the love of his life, Roberta (“Bobbie”), on January 2, 1962. Together, they built a thriving family business. James loved beauty. This passion led him to establish J.R. Frazier and Sons, a company that became a cornerstone of our community.
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