Canton News

Jamesville-DeWitt's Lauren Morrow is graduating Sunday. The economic downturn is on the minds of high school grads everywhere this year.

New details have been released in what led up to the death of a Webster man who drove his car into the Erie Canal.

If you could keep your livestock or pet sheep, goat, alpaca or llama from internal parasites that would make their very ill or possibly kill them, wouldn't you do it? If the answer is yes, register to attend the Saturday, July 18 Small Ruminant IPM Parasite Control Class offered by Cornell Cooperative Extension of St.

As SUNY Canton expands its on-campus bachelor's degree offerings, the college has also seen an explosion of growth beyond its borders via online courses.

Friday, June 26, 2009, 10:54am State police investigated accidents in Massena on Thursday and Canton early this morning.

State police say a northern New York man is hospitalized after a deer crashed through his windshield when the animal was struck by another vehicle.

John Edward Lynch, 87, of Moncks Corner, SC, formerly of 51 Riverside Drive, Canton, NY passed away on June 22, 2009, at his daughter Valerie's residence where he had been living since July 2008.

The state Department of Transportation may soon allow drivers to turn right on red from Riverside Drive onto Main Street.

A Norwood man died in a head-on car crash on Route 56 just outside the village early Saturday.

A 19-year-old man already charged with sex crimes was accused Wednesday of raping another teenage girl.

A Hammond man was charged with felony aggravated driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident Monday night after his vehicle struck and knocked down a fence at Converse Welding, 267 High St., according to Watertown police.

A St. Lawrence County lawmaker objected Monday to a revised Mohawk casino compact spending plan, saying officials did not try hard enough to press the Legislature's originally agreed-upon plan to state officials.

A cause has not been determined for a Saturday night fire that heavily damaged 7 Pine St.

Hacketts is closing its anchor department store, located at University Plaza in Canton.

The St. Lawrence County Branch of the American Association of University Women is now accepting nominations for its AAUW Agent of Change Award for 2009.

Jun 9, 2009 4:16 pm US/Eastern CANTON, N.Y. A 26-year-old upstate New York man has admitted torturing and mutilating another man, ending his trial as lawyers were preparing to pick a jury.

The University Plaza shopping center will be losing its anchor store following Monday's announcement that Hacketts will close in mid-July. "Canton was taking a little bit from the Potsdam, Ogdensburg and Gouverneur stores.

F. Birt Evans, Jr., age 63, died on Friday, June 5, 2009 at his home in Canton while under the care of his family and Hospice and Palliative Care of St.

Benjamin Ballard, an assistant professor at Morrisville State College, stands near a methane digester at the school's dairy complex in this photo from Dec.

A storage barn at the teRiele Family Dairy farm on Old DeKalb Road burned to the ground last night as more than 100 firefighters from responding departments battled the blaze.