“Seaway tonnage increases continue to nudge upward to 5 percent overall, when compared to the same time frame last year. Double digit figures were noted in coal and iron ore, and general cargo is up almost 7 percent,” according to the director of trade development for the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
The annual Oswego High School awards ceremony provided nearly a half million dollars in awards and scholarship to more than 200 students. The majority of awards and scholarships were presented to seniors. However, underclassmen were also recognized with a variety of honors.
Good luck staying cool today, folks
Double-digit unemployment levels have returned to Oswego County.
Data from the New York State Department of Labor shows that 10.2% of county residents who were in the workforce were without a job and looking for one in May. April’s jobless rate was 9.8%.
Police allege a Watertown man tried to buy the silence of the child he’s accused of having raped.
It broke the old record by nearly one full degree. The heat will continue. Summer officially begins today and will be greeted by temperatures near 90.
One man was transported from the scene by Menter Ambulance to University Hospital, Syracuse, with what appeared to be a non-life threatening leg injury, police reported.
Each year more people in the United States die from extreme heat exposure than from hurricanes, lightening, tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes combined. On average, about 300 people die each year from exposure to heat. Temperatures will linger around 90 degrees the next few days – with high humidity.
At 2 p.m. on Monday, Matthew D. Roof, 34, of 26279 Middle Road, Watertown, was arrested for first-degree criminal contempt, a class E felony and bribing a witness, a class D felony.
The rain is leaving. But the heat and humidity is yet to come.
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