Corcoran High School senior develops winning business plan Most girls never get a chance to design their perfect pair of shoes, but Corcoran High School senior Tracee Jennings has decided to pursue her dream beyond scribbling heels on a napkin. Her hard work has paid off.

Xi Chapter of Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, an organization of graduate business and professional women, established in Syracuse since 1955, hosted its 43rd annual Youth Achievement Luncheon in conjunction with Syracuse Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at Drumlins Country Club. Xi Chapter gave the following awards:

Teen dances his way to Houston “An old soul,” “ambitious” and “hungry to learn” are all descriptions used to define traits of dancer Tevin Johnson, one of four recent winners of Syracuse’s ACT-SO competition. Johnson, a 10th-grader at Corcoran High School, will next move on to the national competition being held in Houston July 5 through 9.

Light a Candle for Literacy Holds Seventh Annual Parade and Festival Illiteracy affects over 700 million people around the world. Americans are not immune. Family Literacy Alliance of Greater Syracuse (FLAGS) reports 25% of Americans are illiterate. In a local survey, it found that 24 percent of adults over 16 in Syracuse could not perform basic tasks like reading a …

Exhibit on display at Community Folk Art Center through June 30th The headlines are all-too-familiar:  “Two Women, Man Shot on Syracuse’s East Side,” “Two Injured in Syracuse Shooting” and “Violent 90 Minutes in Syracuse.” “The chances of being a victim of a violent crime in Syracuse are 1 in 111 as compared to the State of New York, 1 in …

Syracuse Southside Academy sees increasing number of applications in annual lottery The chances of winning are slim, but the payoff is handsome. With the end of the academic school year upon them, parents of hope-to-be students at the Syracuse Southside Academy wait to see if their child will be selected to attend the school next year. “I’m crossing my fingers …