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Joseph T. Steadman has now been located. At approximately 10:10 a.m. today (July 10), he was recognized from his description and photograph while on the lakeshore at Marsh Road in the town of Sterling. Officers responded and identified Mr. Steadman, who was subsequently transported to Oswego Hospital for an evaluation.

The free treatments, packets of a regionally produced (in Oriskany) larvicide that can be used to treat standing water, including small pools, bird baths and ornamental ponds, are being made available to homeowners through a partnership with the Soil and Water Conservation Districts in Jefferson, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties.

Inga Back, Acting Public Health Director of the Oswego County Health Department, announced this morning (July 10) that the New York State Department of Health found evidence of West Nile virus in two collections of mosquitoes in the village of Central Square. There are no known human cases of West Nile virus in Oswego County at this time.

At approximately 5:30 p.m. today (July 9), State Police in Hastings responded to an area behind the “Castaways” Restaurant located at 916 County Route 37 in the Town of Hastings, for a body found in the Oneida River near the boat docks. The body was positively identified as 34-year-old Michael C. Thompson, of 5864 Mudd Mill Road in Brewerton.

At its meeting Monday, the Common Council voted to hold a public hearing for a proposed code changes for Chapter 228, taxicabs (buses), of the code of the city of Oswego. It will be held at 7:10 p.m. July 23 in the Council Chamber at City Hall. Prior to the vote, the public weighed in on the issue.

Today (July 9), United States Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that President Obama has signed into law new drug legislation that will permanently ban the deadly chemical compounds marketed and sold as bath salts and incense in the New York State and the United States.