Utica-Rome News

A Utica man was arrested on theft and drug charges following a shoplifting incident at the Wal-Mart at Consumer Square.

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An arrest has been made following an investigation into a shooting on Churchill Ave. in Utica earlier this week.

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Tim Trent says the meeting about housing registered sex offenders was "inconclusive."  He says there were a lot of people at the meeting.  The questions were asked, the answers he said he is sorry to say, were "inconclusive."  Primarily North Utica residents attended along with other county residents, the mayor, codes representatives, city and county officials, and probation authorities.

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Utica Mayor Robert Palmieri is employing a rarely used State Real Property Tax law to seize four abandoned properties in the city.

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The Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team is in Central New York this week and will play a doubleheader against area law enforcement officers on Friday night at Murnane Field in Utica.

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Being in broadcasting, signal hijacking is fascinating to me. We've covered some of the most famous (Chicago's Max Headroom incident) to the creepy (The 'death list' aired on New York City's WKCR).  This incident from Jacksonville, Florida is 2007 is just bizarre.

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An increase in shots fired and shooting incidents in the City of Utica has the Police Department on alert.

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State Supreme Court Justice Bernadette Clark has been selected as a 2013 New York State "Woman of Distinction."

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Racing will resume this weekend at Vernon Downs on Friday and Saturday, according to Jason M. Settlemoir, Regional Vice President of Racing at Vernon Downs and Tioga Downs.  Racing was cancelled last Saturday following the discovery of an out beak of EHV-1 herpes with at least three horses at the track

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New legislation being proposed in Albany could help local law enforcement officials make a larger impact on drug dealers in the community.

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