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Enhanced security measures are being put in place at Utica City Schools and in particular Proctor High School following the tragic shooting at a football game.

Police in Utica have confirmed they have a 16-year-old male in custody, on charges of attempted murder following a shooting outside the Proctor football game on Saturday. Police say, after making a positive identification of the male early Sunday, he eventually turned himself into police.

Why did Brian Nolan sudden quit as the district's top administrator? Here's what the school board is saying about his time as acting superintendent.

An abrupt change in leadership at the Utica City School District as the acting superintendent has resigned.

Utica Schools Acting Superintendent Brian Nolan confirmed several allegations made in the investigator's report into Superintendent Bruce Karam on Monday, one day before the report is officially presented to the Board of Education. Karam has been on administrative leave with pay since October of last year.

Update: At approximately 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Utica Police said on Facebook that normal educational activities had resumed at Proctor High School. Officers and school staff cleared each room in the building to ensure safety. In providing the udpate information, UPD officials also noted there were similar phony shots fired called at schools across New York State earlier in the day...

UPD says they've taken several of these 'swatting' type calls recently. The most recent incident involved a false claims at a city school.

The Utica School Board has placed an employee on administrative leave and named an acting School Superintendent pending an investigation, according to a livestream of a special board meeting Tuesday night.

The school district and the Utica Police have jointly announced several new protocols to ensure safety and security.

Students in the Utica City School District will be greeted with new concealed weapons detectors when they start the school year in September 2022.

Many people will be back in Utica this weekend for the first time in a while for the city's 45th running of the Boilermaker Road Race, and some new changes downtown will open some eyes, and probably get some people driving the wrong way.

Utica attorney and school board member Joseph Hobika Jr. was elected Utica School Board president on Tuesday night at the board's organizational meeting. Danielle Padula was elected Vice President.Hobika replaced retiring President and former Utica Mayor Louis LaPolla.