Jerry L. Louis, of Utica, appeared before Judge Robert L. Bauer and rejected a plea deal from the District Attorney's Office on one count each of second-degree murder and third-degree possession of a ...

The family of Robert Brooks has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against those involved in his death at Marcy ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul budgeted $418 million for prison cameras after inmate Robert Brooks was beaten by officers at Marcy Correctional Facility and died.

The death of Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility has prompted calls by lawmakers in Albany for legislative reforms ...

Envelopes will be available at the funeral home for this purpose. This obituary will appear in the Sunday version of the Utica Observer Dispatch (1-26-2025) and may be viewed online by visiting ...

Utica Lytrell McFayden, 39, a Daytona Beach native, passed peacefully at home on December 30, 2024. She was a 2003 graduate of Seabreeze High School who worked as a caregiver in the retirement ...

A rally organized by Citizens Action of Central New York, became a place where advocates say they were mourning, filled with ...

the state attorney general's office released body camera footage last week of prison guards fatally beating an inmate at a prison in Utica; and we listen back to how a group of students at Hermon ...

Chippewa Valley gave EU a tough test in the semifinals; The Big Reds won the first game 176-160 and the teams tied at 159 in ...

The family of Robert Brooks, who was beaten to death last month at an upstate New York prison, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday against the 17 officers under investigation in the case.

Jason Lynn was arrested for the murder of Alan Underwood Jr. today. Underwood was found dead near 1st and Utica on Jan. 10.

Assemblywoman Marianne Buttenschon has voiced her opposition to the proposed closure of the Marcy Correctional Facility, ...