On Friday January 16, at about 2:30 p.m., Fulton Police were dispatched to an assault in progress at 306 W. Broadway. Upon arrival, a home health aide at the location reported that she had been punched repeatedly, pushed down and choked by June M. Atkins, who was still on scene.
On December 30, Investigator Michael Batstone retired after 20 years of service with the city of Fulton Police Department. Batstone began his career in April 1994. During his career, he had several special assignments including a post with the Oswego County Drug Task Force beginning in 2001. In 2005, Batstone was promoted to the rank of Investigator where he worked on many of the city’s major high-profile cases.
Two local AmeriCorps programs are currently accepting applications to provide services to youth and disadvantaged residents. AmeriCorps is a national service program that offers members the opportunity to learn valuable skills and build their resumes while receiving a living allowance paycheck. Oswego County AmeriCorps members provide fitness and nutrition activities for youth as well as manage volunteers who work with youth.
School violence that went unreported or misclassified at Fulton Junior High School as revealed by a New York State Comptroller’s audit has classed the district’s only middle school as a potentially persistently dangerous school.
“The risk that schools with unsafe learning environments will not be identified as such raises concerns that school problems will continue unaddressed, parents will not be notified of school choice option, and the learning environment will suffer,” the comptroller’s report Compliance With the Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act stated.
Oswego County can be a winter wonderland during the winter months, providing plenty of snow to enjoy outdoor recreation and sports. With it come the hazards of winter storms and biting cold that are not only uncomfortable and inconvenient, but can be life-threatening. Being out in the cold for too long can make you vulnerable to hypothermia and frostbite.
Over the span of five days, more than a dozen different witnesses in the groundbreaking Heidi Allen hearing shared testimony that could give her convicted kidnapper, Gary Thibodeau, a new trial. Thibodeau was convicted in 1995 for kidnapping Allen from a convenience store in New Haven where she was working Easter morning, 1994. The hearing will resume on February 3 at 9 a.m. before Judge Daniel King in the Oswego County Courthouse.
Students at Leighton Elementary School recently read about children changing the world, and how they could make a difference. After finishing the books Leighton Elementary School students were posed the questions, “What did the stories teach you?” and “Describe something you could do to make a difference.” As it turns out, students learned quite a bit from the readings. In fact, they all wanted to feel like they could make a difference.
Today’s News: NFL championship weekend picks, and better late than never when it comes to applying for college in today’s edition of RaiderNet Daily.
At the first Common Council meeting of the new year, Mercedes Niess continued to drive home the importance of caring for the former Cahill building. Last month, she shared a petition with more than 140 signatures “of people who want to urge the council to do whatever you can to care for that building.” This week she presented more to the council. The total now stands at more than 600.
Congressman John Katko today (Jan. 15) joined No Labels, a bipartisan congressional problem solvers group. The group’s membership consists of Democrats and Republicans from both the House and Senate who meet regularly to build trust across the aisle and to find common ground on issues before Congress.
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