Utica City School District

A candlelight vigil will be held for Principal Gerling in Utica Monday August 26th. Here's how you can donate and be involved.

The Oneida County Sheriff's Office held a press conference Thursday to announce the death of an Elementary School Principal was the result of a homicide.

Members of The Utica City School District Community are mourning the devastating loss of one of their own.

The Utica City School District introduced their new Superintendent of Schools on Wednesday, during an interview on WIBX's Keeler Show.

Former Utica City School Superintendent Bruce Karam has been sentenced on felony corruption charges as part of a plea bargain deal he agreed to in Oneida County Court. Karam was charged in regards to the misuse of taxpayer funds to support a political campaign related to the 2021 Utica School Board election, as well as a fundraiser for then board President Lou LaPolla.

Oneida County District Attorney Todd Carville was on the radio Friday morning giving an explanation on the cases involving former Utica Mayor and School Board President Lou Lapolla, and former Utica School Superintendent Bruce Karam.

The Utica City School District has made it official. Superintendent of Schools Bruce Karam is now officially fired.

The fact that two Utica City School District officials have now been arrested and charged with stealing taxpayer dollars for their own benefit is despicable and it should prompt all of us to ask some serious questions.

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara, and the New York State Police today announced the arrest of the long-time superintendent of the Utica City School District (UCSD) Bruce Karam, and the former Utica Mayor and UCSD School Board President Louis LaPolla for allegedly using taxpayer funds to pay for political campaigns and a non-school related fundraiser.

The Utica City School District Superintendent, Bruce Karam, along with former Board President and former Utica Mayor Lou Lapolla were arrested on Tuesday, according to the DA's office.

The shooting of a Utica School security officer following a Utica Proctor High School Football game on Saturday has sent shockwaves throughout the region. Now, the three candidates running to be Utica's next mayor are speaking out about how the incident was handled, and how they would have acted had they been mayor.

Students and school staff are being asked to wear red and black to honor the security guard who was shot at a Proctor High School football game.