Oswego Daily News

Now that the warmer weather has arrived in Oswego County, animals are more active in the wild and reports of rabies will start to increase in rural areas, villages and city neighborhoods. The rabies virus can infect any mammal, including dogs, cats, livestock, wildlife, and humans. The vast majority of rabies cases occur with wild animals such as bats, raccoons, skunks and foxes.

The Oswego County Sheriff’s Office, New York State Police, and Oswego County Coroner’s Office continue to investigate a fatal officer-involved-shooting that occurred on May 8 at 168 Auringer Road in the town of Constantia. The deputy involved in the shooting is identified as Mark Walton, 30. District Attorney Greg Oakes added, “While I understand the public’s interest in further details, the matter is being investigated by the New York State Police. Until the State Police complete their investigation, it would be premature and prejudicial to comment on the facts of the case. “

The School of Business’ online master’s in business administration program at Oswego came in at No. 22 in the educational services company’s recent ranking, based on surveys last year of business school administrators and nearly 2,000 students enrolled in programs at 80 business schools.

At this week’s Common Council meeting, the mayor cast the deciding vote on a request for a waiver of the noise ordinance. Councilors granted five variances of the noise ordinance. The request from Mr. and Mrs. Robert McGrath, proprietors of Spencer’s Ali, 124 W. Second St., garnered all of the attention.

The Oswego County Health Department has received a small amount of Shingles vaccine from the New York State Department of Health to be distributed to Oswego County residents who are uninsured or who have insurance that doesn’t cover the cost of the vaccine.

State Senator Patty Ritchie is once again teaming with Oswego County health officials and educators to raise awareness and help fight the deadly mosquito-borne disease, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, or EEE. This week, Senator Ritchie distributed more than 20,000 EEE educational flyers to all nine Oswego County school districts.

Brian Colombo, owner of Xtreme Underground in Oswego, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in Oswego City Court on Tuesday. Columbo was facing four counts of Pharmaceutical Mislabeling from August of 2012. In August 2013, he was charged and pleaded not guilty that September. The charges stem from the 2012 raid where Oswego Police were looking for misbranded drugs – synthetic drugs.