Jefferson County News

Jefferson County will renovate and make two additions to the rescue and firefighting building at Watertown International Airport, Dexter.

State Police in Alexandria Bay are investigating a two-car fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred at approximately 7:31 a.m. on CR-22 in the Town of Antwerp, Jefferson County.

U.S. District Judge Inge Johnson today sentenced former Jefferson County Commissioner MARY MILLER BUCKELEW to three years' probation, 200 hours community service with the Jefferson County Board of Education, and a $20,000 fine for obstruction of justice, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Patrick Maley, and IRS ...

The following were charged with driving while intoxicated and related offenses: Anthony W. Oaks, 46, Constableville, was arrested by state police at 8:15 p.m. Thursday on charges of felony aggravated DWI and felony aggravated unlicensed operation on Route 12 in the town of Martinsburg.

Three enlisted Fort Drum soldiers face indictments alleging they participated in the assault of two 10th Mountain Division officers.

A judge sentenced a former Jefferson County commissioner to three years of probation Thursday for lying to grand jurors about pricey gifts she took from a banker who made millions of dollars off lucrative public bond work.

A Jefferson County man was hurt when his vehicle flipped after he swerved to avoid a deer on Route 81.

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:00 a.m. Prosecutors are seeking prison time for a former Jefferson County commissioner who admitted lying to grand jurors during a corruption investigation.

A handful of people from outside Hounsfield commented on the proposed Galloo Island Wind Farm payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement Monday night.

BROWNVILLE, N.Y. a " Funeral services will be held for a New York state trooper killed in an on-duty crash in the Hudson Valley last week.The services for David Lane will be held late Monday morning at Immaculate Conception Church in the Jefferson County village of Brownville, just outside Watertown in northern New York.Lane was a graduate of ...

A proposed mortgage tax increase was cut out of the 2010 tentative budget for Jefferson County.

A smoldering attic fire resulted in minor damage to an unoccupied apartment in a building that also houses this Jefferson County village's post office.

The 30-year-old state trooper killed Wednesday in an on-duty crash had been in Watertown on Election Night to celebrate his mother's win in the Jefferson County clerk's race, according to the Watertown Daily Times.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to a settlement worth more than $700 million over federal regulators' charges that it made unlawful payments to friends of public officials to win municipal bond business in Jefferson County, Ala.

Democrat Bill Owens had a lead of about 49 percent of the vote in a special Congressional election in northern New York that has grabbed national headlines in its final days as it highlighted divisions within the Republican Party.

HILLSBORO,A Mo. It started with two municipalities in neighboring Franklin County, and now Jefferson County, located just outside St.

John Hallett Tuesday's election for Jefferson County Court Judge features an experienced judge being challenged by a town judge who touts his own experience.

A Canton woman is ordered to pay restitution of $14,847 to the Jefferson County Department of Social Services after pleading guilty to misdemeanor welfare fraud.

The voters of Jefferson County will be choosing a new county clerk. The contest pits a candidate with little experience in public office administration against a candidate who has worked in the clerk's office for over 30 years and is currently the deputy county clerk .

A Watertown man faces multiple charges after a car chase Monday morning in the towns of Pamelia and Leray.