Allergy sufferers should shut the windows and close screen doors: Forecasters predict pollen levels will climb as the week goes on.

Student James J. Ranaudo will spend the next one to three years in state prison for bringing a loaded handgun onto a school bus in November.

More than 100 people Tuesday attended the state Department of Transportation open house to review alternatives. DOT staff answered questions about the project, which would cost about $40 million.

If the proposed hotel-restaurant complex near the Turning Stone Resort and Casino falls through, the town would be negatively impacted by the loss of potential property and sales tax revenue, along with jobs, town officials said.

A Madison County Court judge dismissed all charges against a man accused of burning down the former National Casket Co. building in November 2006, court officials said Tuesday.

While the Adsit House received a stay of execution in March, the owners of the building are trying again to tear it down.

To save lives or, short of that, to find a body, a newly formed group of dog lovers is training their pets on scent-trails.

The 315 area code will run out of telephone numbers by the end of 2010, that much is known. What is not known, however, is what course of action the state Public Service Commission will take to ensure the continued availability of telephone numbers in the region, which includes Fulton and Herkimer counties, currently served by the area code.

Wayne County supervisors rejected a proposal to adopt a tax on short-term stays at hotels and bed and breakfasts at their April meeting.

Julia Nunes loves the ukulele, she’s got a winning personality and no, that’s not her side of the dorm room that is so messy.

The Farmington man also has a criminal record.

RIT held its first Innovation and Creativity Festival on Saturday, featuring futuristic products and ideas.

Police say Ted Shaff fled on foot after he struck and killed his 3-year-old niece in Farmington on Saturday evening.

As it continues to grow, an upstate business has added to its offerings a unique program: a college-style training program aimed at giving unemployed blue-collar workers a new trade.

Supervisor Frank Duserick said the town of Naples is investigating what legal standing it may have to protest the placement of wind turbines planned for neighboring Prattsburgh.