Category: Hot News, State/National News
Syracuse University announces Self-Imposed Ban on Basketball Program
Syracuse University announced it has notified the NCAA it will institute a self-imposed post-season ban for the men’s basketball...
Golfer Charlie Sifford, First African-American to Play in PGA Dies
by staff reporter Golfer, Dr. Charles L “Charlie” Sifford died Tuesday at the golden age of 92, according to the Professional...
Assembly Names Carl Heastie as First African-American Speaker
By Staff New York State Assemblyman Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, was elected the first African-American speaker of the Assembly in its 238-year...
East High names Shaun Nelms as New Deputy Superintendent
By Staff Reporter Shaun Nelms, current deputy superintendent of the Greece Central School District, and a former chief of schools for the...
Attorney General Ends Bank’s Discriminatory Mortgage Practices
Getting a mortgage can be tough for a myriad of reasons. First, it’s because you need to have a FICO of at least 500 to even be...
Anthony L. Jordan Health Center Employees ratify Contract
Anthony L. Jordan Health Center employees have ratified a new union contract, which will extend through December 31, 2017, according to...
Obama says Economic Crisis is over in 2015 State of the Union Address
President Barack Obama delivered his sixth State of the Union address Wednesday, in a speech before Congress, stating there has been an end...
Cuomo announces Competition for $1.5 Billion Upstate Revitalization Fund
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed a $1.5 billion Upstate New York Economic Revitalization Competition, in which seven regions in Upstate New...
Rochester Still Fifth Poorest City in the Nation; Holds Highest Child Poverty Rates, Report Finds
A new study released by the Rochester Area Community Foundation, and ACT Rochester, has found that Rochester poverty has gotten worse in...
Some Community Members Call for Mayor’s Resignation after Ferguson Comments
Since Mayor Warren’s Nov. 24 statement regarding a St. Louis grand jury’s decision not to indict white police officer Darren Wilson in...
