Teen allegedly assaulted student in Watertown High School classroom
pWATERTOWN — Jamarrah L. Johnson, 16, of 122 Winslow St., Apt. 3, was charged by city police Wednesday with third-degree assault./ppPolice said that on June 3 she entered a classroom at...
View ArticleWatertown man charged with driving under the influence of drugs
pWATERTOWN — Justin S. Brown, 25, of 20700 County Route 63, Apt. 1, was charged by city police just before 10 p.m. Wednesday with driving while ability impaired by drugs and third-degree...
View ArticleSt. Lawrence County home to north country’s most overtaxed communities
pOGDENSBURG — The vast majority of the highest taxed communities in the state’s north country region are located in St. Lawrence County, according to a report recently released by...
View ArticleFactory Street road reconstruction to be completed in 2017
pWATERTOWN — The $11.9 million reconstruction of Factory Street won’t be completely finished until the spring of 2017./ppExpecting nearly all of the work to get done this...
View ArticleCommander of Fort Drum’s 1st Brigade recaps Iraq mission
pIraqi forces supported by Fort Drum soldiers are pushing north toward Mosul, bringing challenges for the Islamic State./pp“They’re creating dilemmas for the enemy, and...
View ArticleLowville man accused of damaging door, trespassing
pLOWVILLE — Lewis County sheriff’s deputies on Wednesday charged Thomas A. Shinnick Jr., 30, of 7670 Baker Road, with fourth-degree criminal mischief and second-degree criminal...
View ArticleFlorida woman injured in ATV crash in Turin
pTURIN — A Florida woman was injured Thursday in an all-terrain vehicle crash on Morgan Gulf Road in the town of Turin./ppLewis County sheriff’s deputies said that Kyle Michaud,...
View ArticleBlack River man allegedly violated woman’s protective order
pWATERTOWN — Aaron G. Boulio, 32, of 20319 Staplin Road, Black River, was charged by city police Wednesday with second-degree harassment and second-degree aggravated harassment./ppIt is...
View ArticleRachel Platten and A Great Big World to play at the New York State Fair
pPop star Rachel Platten and A Great Big World will share the Chevy Court stage at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, during the New York State Fair in Syracuse./ppBoston native Platten was on every radio and...
View ArticleSt. Lawrence County home to north country’s most over-taxed communities
pOGDENSBURG — The vast majority of the highest taxed communities in the state’s north country region are located in St. Lawrence County, according to a report recently released by...
View ArticleState inspectors: Cape Vincent prison employees ran illegal gambling game
pCAPE VINCENT — The state inspector general’s office has determined that employees and supervisors at Cape Vincent Correctional Facility ran an illegal game of chance there for...
View ArticleTexas valedictorian’s tweet draws deportation threats
pOn the afternoon of June 3, Mayte Lara Ibarra stepped to the podium in front of a cavernous Austin, Texas, auditorium. As valedictorian, Lara was in charge of delivering David Crockett High...
View ArticleIHC keeps Lisa Parsons and Gary West as principals; decision greeted with...
pWATERTOWN — Parents at Immaculate Heart Central Schools gave a standing ovation after Monsignor Robert H. Aucoin announced that Lisa A. Parsons and Gary F. West will remain principals of...
View ArticleGoogle faulted for racial bias in image search results for black teenagers
pIf you searched for “three white teenagers” on Google Images earlier this month, the result spat up shiny, happy people in droves — an R.E.M. ballad in JPG format. The...
View ArticleFalling Social Security service: you don’t get what you pay for
pWASHINGTON — There’s an old saying: You get what you pay for./ppOr maybe not, at least in the world of Social Security./ppWorkers pay for the Social Security Administration (SSA)...
View ArticleHistoric Chippewa Bay Community Club raising funds to replace windows
pHAMMOND — The historic Chippewa Bay Community Club building, which originally served as a one-room schoolhouse, has launched a fundraising campaign to pay for the replacement of eight...
View ArticleHigh school girls lacrosse: Yorktown edges Watertown, 10-9 in overtime in...
pDRYDEN — Casey Duff scored with 1:16 left in overtime to lift Yorktown to a 10-9 victory over Watertown in a Class B girls lacrosse state semifinal on Friday afternoon at Tompkins Cortland...
View ArticleWarren meets with Clinton, fueling VP speculation
pWASHINGTON — The woman who will lead the Democratic ticket in the fall had the woman who has become the Democrats’ fiercest attack weapon against Donald Trump over for coffee...
View ArticlePolice say officer shot man during domestic dispute outside Dallas Love Field
pA Dallas police officer shot and injured a man seen attacking a woman outside an airport in Dallas, authorities said Friday afternoon./ppRandall Blankenbaker, an assistant Dallas police chief, said...
View ArticleNational Weather Service: Jefferson, Lewis counties at risk for tornado on...
pWe’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto./ppAccording to the National Weather Service located Buffalo, Jefferson and Lewis counties are under a hazardous weather outlook for Saturday —...
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