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Utica Mayor Robert Palmieri has appointed five firefighters to the Utica Fire Department.

Utica Fire officials say an early Monday morning fire at the Kennedy Plaza Apartments has been ruled accidental.

Deputy Fire Chief John Roman is hanging up his helmet after 32 years with the Utica Fire Department.

After 14 weeks of training, 10 firefighters from six departments graduated from the Utica Fire Academy on Wednesday.

UPDATE: 11/03/2015 11:08am  Although the Redeemer Church polling site is now active, one voter tells WIBX that the polling site was indeed down for more than an hour.  WIBX has contacted the Oneida County Board of Elections for confirmation.

Utica fire officials have released the cause of last Friday morning's fire on Pleasant Street that left six people homeless.

07/21/2015  10:08pm  Utica Police have released the following statement regarding today's "runaway train:"

The City of Utica, the Utica Municipal Housing Authority, Utica Fire Department and the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees have launched a fire safety campaign.

A fire caused damage to a house on Sunset Ave in South Utica around 9pm, Thursday, May 7, 2015.

Funeral services were held today for Utica Firefighter Matthew Benn, who was killed last weekend when the snowmobile he was driving went off the trail and hit a tree.