Mike Jaquays

HOLLYWOOD — As singer Sofronio Vasquez prepares to return home to Utica after his thrilling victory Tuesday on "The Voice," the native Filipino

Daily Sentinel reporter Mike Jaquays reflects on working with area students during 2024.

ROME — Although it is the holiday season, the fir balsam wreaths placed at veterans' graves Saturday at Rome Cemetery and thousands of other sites across the county were not holiday wreaths, stressed Lynda Alerding.

UTICA — Visitors to the Utica Zoo learned about the winter season habits of its animals Saturday during its seventh annual Winter Zoobilee.

MARCY — The holiday season is suddenly a lot less joyful for dozens of employees at Semikron Danfoss, after they were told they were being laid off late last week.

Utica City School District Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools Christopher Spence honored several dozen Proctor High School students Tuesday during its regular meeting in Utica, New York.

Nearly 75 Connect-A-Kid bins throughout Oneida, Herkimer and Madison Counties in New York State have collected donated gifts for children since early November.

ALBANY — An early morning car crash on September 9, 2023 severed the natural gas line at an Oneida home and led to an explosion that leveled the two-story West Elm Street structure and damaged several other houses around it.

Members of the Drone Clubs at both Bellamy and Gansevoort Elementary Schools in Rome, New York will now be able to experience even more flight time, thanks to six new DJI Tello Drones from the Griffiss Institute and the Rome Community Foundation.

WHITESBORO — An online poll in January will decide a new name — or lack thereof — for the former Warriors of the Whitesboro Central School District.