With a widespread winter storm approaching this week, Oswego County Emergency Management Office Director Patricia Egan reminds area residents to follow winter safety tips and stay aware of weather forecasts.
“We kind of had our January thaw on the 1st and a little into the 2nd,” said to Bill Gregway, local observer for the National Weather Service. “One the 1st, there was only a trace of snow on the ground and it was rainy.” Over all, the average temperature was just about normal. Precipitation was 0.45-inch below normal, but snowfall was nearly 3 feet above average.
John Canale, a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, has started to write a book recognizing the soldiers from the Port City who were a part of the “greatest land battle that was ever fought.” He is soliciting information to include in the book.
Investigation and field testing determined that the driver, 26-year-old Jodi Daniels, of 37 Lakeview Road, Oswego, was allegedly operating the vehicle while impaired by drugs and that, also riding in the vehicle were an 11-month-old and a 4-year-old child.
Fire hit an apartment house in downtown Oswego Friday morning.
The fire did heavy damage to the back of the two-apartment converted home at 134 E. Bridge St.
The Oswego Town man charged with multiple felony sex charges wants more time to review a plea deal. He is facing charges in Oswego County Court for allegedly abusing a young girl and federal charges in Onondaga County Court for allegedly possessing child pornography.
Emily Bradshaw, a fifth grader at Kingsford Park Elementary is going to have her head shaved at a St. Baldrick’s Foundation event Feb 28 at SUNY Oswego. She hopes to raise $1,500 to help kids are suffering from childhood cancer.
An elementary school student complained of pain and was transported to Oswego Hospital as a precautionary measure following an accident this morning.
Rising costs for health insurance and pensions are described as ‘a runaway train.’ The district is not sure currently how much state aid it will receive and the amount Nine Mile I and II nuclear plants will pay in taxes for the coming school year. The tentative budget plan will be on the agenda for discussion at next month’s finance committee meeting.
It was a normal day that was about to come to an end as seventh grader Dillon “D.J.” Gibson and Oswego City School District bus aide Lori Lawton boarded the bus at Oswego Middle School for the lengthy trip home. The two had no connection other than they were about to cross paths in an unforgettable event.
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