Utica City School District

Students in the Utica City School District will be greeted with new concealed weapons detectors when they start the school year in September 2022.

Many people will be back in Utica this weekend for the first time in a while for the city's 45th running of the Boilermaker Road Race, and some new changes downtown will open some eyes, and probably get some people driving the wrong way.

Utica attorney and school board member Joseph Hobika Jr. was elected Utica School Board president on Tuesday night at the board's organizational meeting. Danielle Padula was elected Vice President.Hobika replaced retiring President and former Utica Mayor Louis LaPolla.

Here are some simple questions that the public deserves answers to before giving to the Lou Lapolla "Roast and Toast."

During a Utica School Board meeting late last year, board leadership admitted that a local businessman was aggravating the district with his consistent emails and Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests. Now, the businessman, Howard Potter, is asking why it took so long for the district to respond to him, and why he was overcharged for the documents he requested.

Utica Police say they are aware of a social media threat that is being spread nationwide.

All schools in the Utica City School District were placed on lockout just before 1:30 this afternoon.

35-year-old Kathleen Goering, the suspected partner of a school bus driver, is being charged with criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds.

Utica CSD Superintendent Bruce Karam said creating this wing will increase completion rates for the high school on campus. The additional programs will also be taught by their very own teachers.

Residents in the Utica City School District will head to the polls next Tuesday, December 7, to vote on a nearly $18 million dollar referendum to establish on-site Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.