Central New Yorkers have been supporting St Jude Children's Research Hospital since the very beginning. In the early 1960s, Danny Thomas came to Utica to ask for help with his mission to build a shrine to St Jude.
The Utica Police Department is investigating the city's first homicide of 2024. While there have been shootings and violence, this is the first act of violence leading to a death.
A 3-month-old baby is still being treated for serious injuries at Upstate Hospital in Syracuse following a shaking incident over the Thanksgiving holiday.