Good evening, Central New York. We're wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook.
Your Weather Planner
Wednesday will be breezy and unseasonably chilly with scattered snow showers or a rain shower possible. Highs will be in the 30s to near 40.
Snow shower chances will taper Wednesday overnight into early Thursday morning. Through early Thursday, while most don't see snow accumulation, a few inches will be possible in and around the Adirondacks and the Tug Hill Plateau.
Temperatures improve a bit for Thursday with mainly dry weather before more unsettled weather returns later Friday and continues into the weekend. Highs on Thursday will be in the 40s to near 50.
A front is likely stall over the region this weekend providing wide-ranging temperatures and shower chances each day.
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Today's Big Stories
1. Syracuse poised for first property reevaluation in decades
The city of Syracuse is on the verge of conducting a full citywide real property reevaluation, a project that could impact tax rates and raise concerns among property owners. The Common Council met Monday morning to discuss moving forward with the $2 million effort, which would involve hiring a company to take an inventory of city properties and using street level photos to do so.
2. SUNY Canton offering microcredential for sports officiating
Things so rough in New York that different sports leagues and different sports levels, down thousands of referees from just a handful of years ago, are either canceling or postponing games or having coaches pull double duty.
3. Public hearing Tuesday to discuss East Syracuse fire district dissolution
The plan would have the DeWitt Fire District expand into the East Syracuse district in the wake of the dissolution.
4. New York AG recommending 23AndMe customers delete data
James said in a press release that New Yorkers can request that 23andMe both deletes their personal data and destroys any genetic material samples the company may have.
5. Trump intel officials testify on threat from drug cartels as Dems press them on leak of attack plans
he Trump administration's top intelligence officials stressed to Congress the threat they said was posed by international criminal gangs, drug cartels and human smuggling, testifying in a hearing Tuesday that unfolded against the backdrop of a security breach involving the mistaken leak of attack plans to a journalist.
6. U.S. says it brokered safe shipping in Black Sea in talks with Ukraine and Russia
U.S. experts met separately with Ukrainian and Russian representatives in Riyadh, and the White House issued separate joint statements about the talks with Ukraine and Russia.
In Case You Missed It
New York State Parks hiring lifeguards
There are 1,100 lifeguard positions available at 70 beaches and pools across the state, according to the parks department.