Fulton Daily News

Double-digit unemployment levels have returned to Oswego County.

Data from the New York State Department of Labor shows that 10.2% of county residents who were in the workforce were without a job and looking for one in May.  April’s jobless rate was 9.8%.

Police allege a Watertown man tried to buy the silence of the child he’s accused of having raped.

One man was transported from the scene by Menter Ambulance to University Hospital, Syracuse, with what appeared to be a non-life threatening leg injury, police reported.

Friends of the Great Bear will host a Community Ash Tree tagging event at Great Bear Recreational Area to increase awareness of threat posed by the invasive Emerald Ash Borer beetle.

A Fulton man died Thursday when he fell off the roof he was working on.

The Camillus Police Department reports that Harvey J. Seymour, III, 46, of 511 Cayuga St. was working on the roof of a home at 66 North St. in the village at about 3:05 p.m.