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Oswego Daily News

Report: Deadly Richland Fire’s Cause May Never Be Known

A year ago, fire destroyed a home on County Route 48 in Richland, killing eight of the nine people in the home.  Four were children.

News10Now’s Andy Mattison followed up and found that fire officials cannot determine what caused the fire:

“We can get the fire basically to the area of origin, which would be the wood stove at the south end of the structure. Exactly what happened near the wood stove, we’ll probably never know,” said Oswego County Fire Coordinator John Hinds.

The investigation into the fire is closed, Mattison reports.

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Fulton Daily News

Clark Charged With Several Crimes After 10 Hour Standoff

Jason Clark, in a mugshot provided by the Oswego County Sheriff's Department.The man who police say held a woman at knifepoint for 10 hours on Monday faces a host of criminal charges today.

Fulton Police charged Jason Clark of Cayuga St. with assault, menacing, criminal possession of a weapon, unlawful imprisonment, aggravated criminal contempt and obstructing governmental administration.

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Oswego Daily News

Man With Ties To Mexico Makes Life For Soldiers, Civilians Safer

Army Maj. Ken Spicer is an environmental science officer with the Center for Health Promotion and Preventative Medicine in Landstuhl, Germany. He recently traveled to the Central African nation of Uganda to participate in Exercise Natural Fire 10, which included cooperation with five African militaries. (Photo by Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Griffin)When the son of a Mexico man stepped onto the orange-red soil of this Central African nation, he could have been walking into a National Geographic special presentation.

Surrounded by Africans living in grass-roofed mud huts that dotted the countryside, 550 American military members would bring modern medical science and medication, sweat equity and supplies to rebuild old, rundown schools, and an open textbook in sharing non-lethal military tactics that Eastern African armies could use to bring civil order during future times of trouble.

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