Jefferson County News

Cadets of The United States Military Academy prepare to take their seats for a graduation and commissioning ceremony at West Point.

Voters in the North Country sent a clear message to school districts that tried to exceed the state property tax cap.

According to a report released today from the U.S. Census Bureau, the per student public education expenditures in America declined in Fiscal Year 2011, for the first time in nearly four decades.

Jefferson County spends more than that every year on reference materials, according to Sheriff's Department Lt.

Police are again seeking the public's assistance in solving a series of suspicious vehicle fires in the town of LeRay after a third vehicle burned early Sunday.

We are theNew Watertown Senior Citizens Club of Jefferson County formed in 1979.

Several area Police agencies raided an apartment at 211 South Meadow St. in Watertown shortly after 5:00 Thursday morning.

Jesse L. Monaco, 20, of 1620 Huntington St., Watertown, and Kellie J. Duqette, 20, of 606 Main St., Glen Park, were each charged with petit larceny on Tuesday afternoon by Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies when they allegedly shoplifted from the LeRay Walmart store.

A Jefferson County man who is representing himself against drug charges in St. Lawrence County Court suffered a few legal setbacks Monday.

It's been years in the making, but on Tuesday night, the push to arm the majority of Jefferson County's 31 probation officers appeared to have reached a tipping point with an endorsement from the Board of Legislators General Services Committee that will begin the process of bringing the idea to fruition.

A judge has dismissed several causes of action in a defamation suit brought by wind farm development supporters against a local blogger, while a second blogger has reached a settlement with the wind supporters.

At about 8am Tuesday morning the Black River Police Department and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office responded to Community Bank located on Route 3 in the Village of Black River for a reported burglary.

Jefferson County sheriff's investigators are trying to find out why a man was inside in the Community Bank here Tuesday morning.

High-speed broadband Internet is a luxury unavailable to many rural dwellers in the north country, as telecommunications carriers often don't find it profitable enough to provide services here.

Melissa R. Amos, 35, of 17850 Archer Rd., was charged on Monday morning by Watertown police at the Metro-Jefferson Public Safety Building with fourth-degree criminal mischief.

St. Lawrence County employees will play musical chairs as legislators gave preliminary approval Monday to moving Children's Services in the Department of Social Services from the Harold B. Smith Building to the Canton Human Services Center.

Ronnie J. Labrie, 30, of 24361 Route 11, Calcium, was charged by state police with aggravated DWI at 10:43 p.m. Thursday near his home.

Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple said letters found in the cell of a county jail inmate who killed himself Saturday indicated he was depressed.

Nearly $2 million in state housing assistance toward restoration of the former Woolworth building on Watertown's Public Square advances another project in the decades-long rejuvenation of the city center.

Edward E. Brown, director of the Jefferson County Probation Department, is scheduled to give a presentation to members of the Board of Legislators General Services Committee about a proposal to arm some of the county's 30 probation officers.