Good morning, Syracuse.

DeWitt-based KPH Healthcare, parent of Kinney Drugs, is now the nation's 21st-largest 100% employee-owned company with 4,775 employee-owners and 97 stores, and it values employee retirement stock at $547.4 million in 2025 through an ESOP.

Walmart is proposing to build its first Syracuse-area Walmart-branded gas station with eight pumps and a small convenience store in the southeast corner of its Clay store parking lot at 8770 Dell Center Drive; Walmart got parking variances and must submit a special permit and site plan for review.

A California-based chipmaker owned by SK Hynix has quietly worked since spring to build two semiconductor plants at the Marcy Nanocenter near Utica, a proposal dubbed Project Nova (pending federal export approvals and local environmental review) that officials say could add about 5,000 jobs if it clears hurdles.

Syracuse Law Review will host the Volume 77 Symposium (American Law at 250: The Unfinished Undertaking) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Nov.

6 in the Melanie Gray Ceremonial Courtroom in Dineen Hall; the free event features keynotes from Judges Theodore A. McKee and Mae A. D'Agostino and two panel discussions, registration required.

Mayor Sharon Owens launched Lead Big Table and held the first quarterly meeting Monday at the Inspyre Innovation Hub to coordinate government, health, and community groups on outreach, education + remediation of lead hazards, and the city will add pipe checks to routine code inspections, not faucet testing, while pursuing faster, multi-contractor pipe replacement.

Onondaga County announced it has invested more than $24 million since 2022 in childhood lead poisoning prevention, funding testing, early detection, home inspections, remediation programs, workforce expansion, and community outreach and releasing its annual Lead Progress Report during Lead Poisoning Prevention Week.

Syracuse.com asked Section III boys soccer coaches to name unsung heroes and coaches spotlighted 12 players whose leadership, position changes, and clutch plays have boosted teams this season (players include seniors and underclassmen from Baldwinsville, Cicero North, Mexico, Pulaski, and others).

Top-ranked Baldwinsville, 17 and 0, will play No. 2 Cicero‑North Syracuse, 16 and 2, for the Section III Class AAA boys soccer title at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct.

29 at G. Ray Bodley High School as the Bees chase a fourth straight sectional crown and a perfect season.

The Syracuse-Clemson football game will kick off at noon on Saturday, Nov.

7 at the JMA Wireless Dome and will be televised on ESPN2.

Syracuse.com named 24 unsung heroes of Section III girls soccer, sharing coaches' scouting reports for players from Liverpool to Baldwinsville who anchored defenses, filled utility roles, and stepped into new positions that helped shape teams during the regular season.

Section III girls volleyball playoffs begin today, led by top seeds Westhill in Class B, Bishop Ludden-Grimes in Class C, and Hamilton in Class D, with challengers like Marcellus, LaFayette, and Living Word Academy and several standout players to watch across the brackets.

North Carolina coach Bill Belichick criticized the ACC for not having goal-line and sideline cameras after a controversial two-point conversion gave Syracuse a 31-30 overtime win on Saturday (Oct.

24). At his Monday, Oct. 26 press conference he urged the conference to add those cameras to provide definitive review angles.

Section III scoreboard (Oct.

26) lists results across boys soccer, field hockey, and boys volleyball, including Baldwinsville's 3-1 win over Liverpool to reach the Class AAA sectional final.

Section III girls volleyball playoffs begin today, with Class AA top seed West Genesee (15-0) the clear favorite; Class AAA leader Baldwinsville (8-4), challengers Liverpool and Cicero-North Syracuse, and a wide-open Class A led by Fulton and ITC will compete in their sectional brackets.

Syracuse men’s basketball will enter the 2026-27 season with two returners under new coach Gerry McNamara, adding seven transfers and four freshmen to remake the roster (key newcomers include Gavin Doty, Luke Wilson, and 7-foot Abdramane Siby).