State Police arrested Austin M. Baker, 20, from Central Square, today (April 30). He was charged with Sex Abuse 1st degree (D-felony), Forcible Touching (A-misdemeanor) and Endangering the Welfare of a Child (A-misdemeanor). The arrest stems from an incident that allegedly occurred at a residence in the town of West Monroe on or about November 11, 2017.
Governor Andrew Cuomo today (April 30) announced more than $100 million in state funding to repave and enhance roadways impacted by the harsh weather this past winter. The projects in CNY include approximately $16.4 million in projects to pave 134 lane miles of roads in Oswego, Onondaga, Cayuga, Cortland and Madison counties.
The New York State Police are attempting to locate 21-year-old Kody L. Barr, who is a suspect in the cemetery desecration case which occurred in the village of Mexico Cemetery on March 31. If anyone has information on the whereabouts of Barr, they are asked to contact State Police in Pulaski at (315) 298-1473 or State Police Headquarters at (315) 366-6000 and reference case number 8161580.
This year marks the centennial of the end of World War I, making it the theme of this year’s Fort Ontario History Conference last weekend. Historians from across the U.S. and Canada spoke on various topics including the Armistice, the Remembrance Day poppy, and Canadian Army physician and poet John McCrae whose poem “In Flanders Fields” inspired the adoption of the poppy as the symbol of remembrance in Great Britain, Canada, the U.S., and other allied countries.
The New York State Police in Pulaski arrested Christopher D. Hoyt, age 32, from 5 James St., Pulaski, for one count of Promoting a Sexual Performance by a Child (D-felony) and three counts of Possessing a Sexual Performance by a Child (E-felony).
Oswego County Fire Coordinator Donald Forbes reminds county residents of the annual statewide ban on all open burning which began on March 16 and continues through May 14. “This is a high-risk period for fires throughout New York State,” said Forbes. “Despite recent snowfall, spring is not far off and outdoor fires will happen as tall grass, hay and brush dry.”
Marking its 25th anniversary year, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum opened a new special exhibition, Americans and the Holocaust. It examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and the persecution and murder of Jews in Europe during the 1930s and ‘40s. Oswego, New York, is featured as part of the exhibition. A section of the fence was removed, treated, conserved, packaged and shipped to the curators at the U.S. Memorial Museum of the Holocaust in Washington DC.
On Wednesday (April 25), sheriff’s deputies arrested Robert C. Henderson, 38, of 544 County Line Road, Phoenix, at 2:26 p.m. He was charged with four counts of third-degree rape, a class E felony; five counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, a class A misdemeanor, and one count of third-degree sexual abuse, a Class B misdemeanor.
In her testimony, Senator Ritchie shared her fears that the approval of the proposal would result in restaurant employees and other workers earning less, increased costs for small businesses, as well as consumers, and a reduction in the number of available jobs in the hospitality industry, which is one of the region’s largest employers.
SUNY Oswego will wrap up its spring semester with 2018 OzFest on May 4, with daylong free activities for students and an evening concert featuring H.E.R. and A$AP Ferg. Afternoon activities, which start at 1 p.m. on the south lawn outside Marano Campus Center, include live bands such as Jordy Searcy, Black Tie Stereo and The Crane Wives. Carnival rides, games and attractions such as bungee bounce, toxic crush, toxic drop and wrecking ball will invite students to race, ride or admire from afar.
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