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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emperatures will not be as cold Saturday morning as they were on Friday, but they will start out in the 10s.

After this cold start, temperatures will recover into the upper 20s to lower 30s. There could be a few snow showers developing by the afternoon and into the evening. Accumulations look to be minor for Saturday evening.

Skies will stay partly to mostly cloudy heading into Sunday. A cold front will head our way on Sunday. This will trigger another chance for snow. There could be some accumulating snow, with the best chance across the Tug Hill region.

Temperatures on Sunday will reach the lower 30s for highs. Behind the cold front, our temperatures will tumble yet again. Morning temperatures will be in the single digits to start with afternoon highs only into the 20s. The colder than average temperatures look to stick around for a while.

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Today’s Big Stories

1. Deputy Chief Mark Rusin appointed as next chief of the Syracuse Police Department

Syracuse Mayor-elect Sharon Owens announced Friday she will appoint Mark Rusin as the new chief of police for the Syracuse Police Department, succeeding Chief Joe Cecile who will retire on Jan. 14, 2026. 

2. New York Farm Bureau calls for state to test sewage sludge for PFAS

The New York Farm Bureau will oppose the land application of contaminated sewage sludge and encourage testing prior to spreading, a change from their supportive position last year, the organization announced Friday

3. Homeless advocates plan ‘winter offensive’ following hypothermia death at Albany airport

Homeless advocates are mobilizing a “winter offensive” to demand public action to protect homeless people. The Albany chapter of the National Union of the Homeless plans a series of actions following the recent death of a man from hypothermia at Albany International Airport.

4. N.Y. DOH says Hepatitis B shot recommendations remain unchanged despite U.S. vaccine advisers vote

New York’s hepatitis B vaccination recommendations for infants and children remain unchanged following a federal vaccine advisory committee’s vote Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born, the state Department of Health said.

4. Supreme Court to decide whether Trump’s birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. 

5. Judge orders grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida to be released

A federal judge in Florida on Friday ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

 

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Looking for something to do this weekend? These are some of the events happening around Central New York.