Oswego Daily News

“I’m thrilled to join with Oswego County leaders, advocates and members of the community today to announce that the Lake Ontario application has been selected by NOAA to move forward in the National Marine Sanctuary designation process,” Congressman John Katko said Thursday.

On Wednesday at approximately 10:30 p.m., State Police responded to a possible stabbing at a cabin in the vicinity of 68 Little Pond Road in Amboy. The investigation has determined 31-year-old Eric C. Staring was involved in a physical altercation with 30-year-old, Shakim E. Graham, from Syracuse.

A mystery that captured the attention of a wide region before Ryan Zalduondo was born — the disappearance of local teen Heidi Allen — has turned into a WRVO podcasting series for the SUNY Oswego senior journalism major.

The Port City has many fire hydrants. Some of them are the same; many aren’t the same. And there are some that are almost the same – but not quite. At Monday night’s Administrative Services Committee meeting, Tom Kells, Commissioner of Public Works, recommended standardizing the purchase of all fire hydrants within the city through the manufacturer Kennedy Valve.

The Oswego City-County Youth Bureau and the Oswego Kiwanis Club will host an Easter egg hunt on  April 20 at Breitbeck Park; rain or shine!Each age group will participate in a hunt in a designated area, filled with eggs followed by raffles for prizes.

The Oswego County Health Department announced today (April 11) that a skunk caught in the city of Oswego last week has tested positive for the rabies virus by the New York State Department of Health.

On the heels of abrupt closures of 14 Friendly’s restaurants across Upstate New York, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today (April 10) urged the federal Department of Labor to investigate the manner by which New York workers were let go this past weekend by the Friendly’s Corporation. According to reports, workers were in the dark and arrived at their jobs only to be told to shut the doors – for good.

The investigation has revealed Zechariah Karboski was operating a 2012 Ford traveling west on Main Street when he struck the rear of a Mexico School District school bus that was stopped in traffic.