Tag: upstate

Spring snowstorm to hit upstate NY, as NYC braces for flood threat

An extended spring storm is set to arrive in New York City and the suburbs starting late Tuesday, bringing wind gusts of about 40 mph and the threat of flooding in low-lying areas lasting into Thursday, forecasters said. North and northwest of the city, chillier air is forecast to produce several inches of snow by […]

Upstate New York baby girl dies after kidnapping: police

A 10-month-old girl in upstate New York died Sunday afternoon hours after being kidnapped. Halo Branton, who would have been 11 months old on Thursday, was pronounced dead at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, according to police. Halo was reported missing around 11 p.m. Saturday from a home in the city’s Bellevue neighborhood, Schenectady police officer […]

SC man electrocuted at Upstate business. Here’s where and what happened

A 26-year-old Greenville man was electrocuted Wednesday while operating a lift machine at a Spartanburg business. Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger identified the man as Joe Conner Nuckolls, of Streamoak Lane in Greenville. An autopsy was scheduled for Thursday. Clevenger said the lift machine came in close proximity to a high voltage wire at Lubrizol. […]

Convicted upstate NY killer released from prison on a technicality

A New York man convicted of killing another man in a brazen daylight drive-by shooting has been released from prison on a technicality. Terrence Lewis had been convicted of second-degree murder for the killing of Johnny Washington in Rochester on May 26, 2015. Lewis was sentenced to 22 years to life and was serving time […]