Jefferson County News

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.

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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.

A Jefferson County grand jury will hear the case of a New York man accused of abducting his son from a Homewood restaurant last month.

The total cost for mass immunizations against H1N1 influenza could total about $1 million in Jefferson County.

A Jefferson County teen was arrested after he allegedly locked his mother out of the house and pulled the phone cord from the wall as she tried to call 911.

Watertown police on Saturday evening apprehended a woman two hours - and many miles - after she reportedly threatened to harm herself with a gun in a parking lot at Starbucks off Arsenal Street.

The following motorists were charged with driving while intoxicated and related offenses: Jordan W. Henkel, 23, of 401 Academy St., Apt.

A Sandy Creek man fled from a traffic stop and led authorities on a lengthy chase in southern Jefferson County, according to sheriff's deputies.

Jefferson County's tab for more than $1.7 million in projects at Watertown International Airport, Dexter, totals $44,355. The county's General Services Committee approved a resolution outlining the breakdown for four projects at its meeting Tuesday night.

The following face charges of driving while intoxicated and related offenses: Rachael D. Foster, 44, of 1221 County Route 53, Brasher Falls, was charged Tuesday with felony aggravated DWI, failure to signal and failure to use designated lane when she was stopped on South Raquette River Road in Massena, state police said.

DNA evidence has tied a Jefferson County man to a November, 2008 burglary in Gouverneur, State Police say.

A Jefferson County teen doused a man with gasoline and set him on fire, according to authorities in Lewis County.

The following motorists are charged with driving while intoxicated and related offenses: Timothy E. Pickert, 43, of 39 Sand St., Philadelphia, was arrested by state police at 4:45 p.m. Thursday on a charge of aggravated driving while intoxicated on River Road in Theresa.