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.

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Tonight will be windy and unsettled with scattered showers and areas of steadier rain. A wintry mix is likely in the Adirondacks and North Country through the first half of the overnight.

Thursday will be windy and warmer with scattered showers or a thunderstorm possible. Highs will be in the 60s and low 70s.

Dry weather will briefly build back in as we close out the week on Friday with highs in the 40s and 50s.

Unsettled weather will return to the forecast this weekend.

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Today's Big Stories

1. State Supreme Court judge places temporary injunction on Hochul's correction officer executive order in Oneida County

A state Supreme Court judge in Albany County has placed a temporary injunction against New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s executive order in Oneida County barring correction officers who were fired for striking from being hired by local municipalities unless they go through a specific program, according to court papers obtained Wednesday by Spectrum News 1. The ruling is not statewide and only applies to Oneida County.

2. DOCCS commissioner defends plan to release inmates early to ease staffing issue brought by strike

The New York state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) is looking at early releases to address a staffing shortage following the recent three-week correction officer strike. The state will look to release those with fewer than four months left on their sentence. This does not apply to those convicted of sex crimes, violent felonies, terrorism or arson.

3. Attorney general investigation clears Utica police in 13-year-old's death

Attorney General Letitia James issued her findings in the death of a Utica teen, who was shot last summer by city police.

4. Food banks: 'Sudden and unexpected' federal cuts threaten ability to assist New Yorkers

New York food banks are struggling to handle the fallout from what U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand described as President Donald Trump's "massive" cuts in funding that helps feed Americans in need.

5. Syracuse fire chief, Washington Square Task Force hold meeting on future of site after St. Anthony Convent fire

Syracuse Fire Chief Michael Monds and the Washington Neighborhood Watch Group hosted a meeting Tuesday night to discuss what caused the fire at the St. Anthony Convent and Mother House and what will happen to the site. Monds said there is a plan to transfer the property to a new owner in June.

6. Trump orders 'reciprocal' tariffs on trade partners across the globe, risking higher costs and trade wars

President Donald Trump ordered the implementation of reciprocal tariffs on nations across the globe on Wednesday, bucking concerns from members of his own party and volatile markets.