“Everybody has a story.” That’s a CBS News segment I used to love in which journalist Steve Hartman would throw a dart at a map of the United States. At that place hit by the dart, he would find an unknown person with a compelling story. In the syracuse.com | Post-Standard newsroom, people are most often central to our best work. Around this time, I like to ask our reporters to tell you, our readers, about the most memorable people they wrote about this year. Below are some of their most interesting work from 2024.