Central NY Evening Briefing: Jan. 27

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

Lake snow settles south this evening and becomes more persistent southeast of Lake Ontario through Wednesday morning. Lows will mostly be in the single digits. Our chances for lake effect will continue through Wednesday into Thursday, with areas just east-southeast of Lake Ontario in the bullseye for the heaviest snow.

Outside of lake effect, our temperatures remain quite frigid through the week into the weekend. It does not look like temperatures will climb above freezing through the rest of the month (at least).

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Today’s Big Stories

1. Oneida Nation heroine to be honored with coin

The Mint announced the release of a $1 coin recognizing Polly Cooper, who led a band of Oneidas to aid then-Gen. George Washington’s colonial troops at Valley Forge, Pa., in 1778 during the American Revolution.

2. Oneida High School reopens after flood repairs

Earlier this month, the district said that work on the building, which closed this school year due to damage from flooding in June, went quicker than originally anticipated.

3. Micron building new wafer fabrication plant in Singapore

Less than two weeks after breaking ground on its chip-fabrication plant in Clay, Micron started building a new advanced wafer fabrication facility within its existing Singapore complex.

4. Buffalo Bills hire Joe Brady as next head coach

Brady has been with the club since 2022, when the Bills hired him as quarterbacks coach. Brady was promoted to interim offensive coordinator when Ken Dorsey was hired in November 2023 and was named full-time to the position after that season.

5. Judge orders ICE chief to appear in court to explain why detainees have been denied due process

The chief federal judge in Minnesota says the Trump administration has failed to comply with orders to hold hearings for detained immigrants and ordered the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear before him Friday to explain why he shouldn’t be held in contempt.

6. Winter storm deaths reach 35 as officials say 3 Texas boys drowned in icy pond

The National Weather Service had warnings for extreme, dangerous cold in effect Tuesday morning from Texas to Pennsylvania, where some areas were forecast to see wind chills as low as minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 29 degrees Celsius. Much of the U.S. wasn’t forecast to get above freezing all day Tuesday, with temperatures plunging again overnight.

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