Fulton Daily News

Fulton Police today (Dec. 5) arrested Mark Isdell, of Fulton, following a report of a person who stole the Galisano Children’s Hospital Donation Jar from the counter of Burger King. According to police, on November 24, at about 9:30 p.m., Isdell walked into Burger King located at 204 S. Second St., and stole the Jar containing approximately $50 in donation money.

St. Lawrence County District Attorney Mary E. Rain on Thursday issued a statement saying she “unequivocally denies” allegations she improperly used a former county jail inmate to obtain a signed confession from a now-convicted child molester. The Watertown Daily Times shares its coverage with us.

Fulton writer Jim Farfaglia has released his latest book of poetry, Reach out in the Darkness: How Pop Music Saved My Mortal Soul. A reading from his book, along with musical accompaniment, will take place at the Fulton Public Library, 160 S. First St., in Fulton on December 11 at 7 p.m.

Disaster Action Team volunteers from the Central New York Chapter of the American Red Cross provided assistance Monday to a family of six that was displaced from its home by a fire on County Route 54 in Pennellville. None of the family members was injured in the fire, which started at about 12:30 p.m. Monday. But the family did lose seven pets.