Sean Kirst

John Marsellus died at 86 last month. Marsellus, whose family ran the renowned Marsellus Casket Co., made possible a monument to basketball’s shot clock. The shot clock was created in Syracuse.

In the face of a difficult week, Commissioner Syeisha Byrd, lifeguards and others tried to create the best atmosphere the parks can provide: a quiet landscape where ‘kids are just being kids.’

The once inseparable Spadaro brothers left school out of necessity in their early teenage years. Jimmy died at Normandy in World War II while Sam still mourns his brother 80 years after Jimmy’s death.

Syracuse took back the Golden Snowball from Buffalo, which won the honor the last three years.

Paige’s Butterfly Run, in honor of Paige Arnold, takes place at 9 a.m. on Saturday morning. The run supports research into childhood cancer.

Dotterer, the legendary baseball coach at Christian Brothers Academy, died in 2024. The Brothers’ players dedicated this season to Dotterer, the first season played after his death.

Sean Kirst writes why the Everson Museum of Art is a a fitting place for a mayoral race forum with Syracuse at a crossroads.

BuMann, a great Central New York sculptor, suffered a stroke four years ago. As she prepares to be honored Thursday, that discipline matters more to her than ever.

Pope Leo XIV’s grandmother gave birth to the Pope’s uncle in Lackawanna and lived in what was then called “The Infant Home,’ often for single mothers with nowhere else to go.

Kat Massey died three years ago in the shooting at a Buffalo Tops, fueled by racism. Barbara Massey Mapps, her sister, has spent three years picking up the pieces.