Fort Drum News

Justus I. Reed, 17, a student at Indian River Central School, was arrested by Jefferson County sheriff's deputies at 9 a.m. Monday at the school, 32925 Route 11, following an altercation in the main lobby.

The separate death cases of a 4-year-old boy and two soldiers from post still are being examined, according to Army investigators.

The indication from the post's commander Monday that the installation may lose a brigade and a few thousand soldiers drew mixed reactions from lawmakers and local supporters of the post.

An Army sergeant at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has been accused of videotaping female cadets in the shower, a defense official said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of sex-related incidents that has rocked the military.

A male sergeant at West Point has been accused of secretly videotaping at least a dozen female cadets, sometimes when they were showering, The New York Times reports .

The commander of New York's largest military complex tells state lawmakers that they shouldn't take the post for granted with Pentagon budget cuts looming.

This article was submitted by Andrea Wagner. On May 1 Lt. Steven Kinney deployed to Afghanistan with the 10th Mountain Division, where his unit will be stationed for the next nine months.

Two local organizations each received a $225,000 grant from the state Department of Health's Office of Rural Health.

The Thousand Islands Emergency Rescue Service's bunk-in program has taught Tracy D. Evans that it's OK to have fears, but she'd better act quickly on them.

A Fort Drum man admitted Monday in federal court that he possessed pornographic images of children he obtained over the Internet.

May 13--FORT DRUM -- The post's hotel lodging now will be run completely privately, as a part of the formal transition across the Army.

Robert L. Hewitt III, 28, of 20368 Bagram Rd., Apt. 138A, Fort Drum, was charged by Watertown police on Sunday night in the 1300 block of State Street with third-degree attempted assault, endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree unlawful imprisonment.

From training missions to deployments or just sporting activities, 10th Mountain Division events being planned come through Maj.

Researchers at the post have analyzed items found at the site of a blacksmith shop built 85 years ago primarily to help supply horseshoes to mounted calvary units.

A former garrison commander of Fort Drum will be inducted into the state's Veterans Hall of Fame on Friday at a special ceremony on post.

The 10 restored military jeeps from Dobbin's Auto Salvage Yard have still not been released to customers who bought them at auction Saturday.

Assemblywoman Addie Russell will be defending the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center at the state Office of Mental Health "listening tour" stop in Ogdensburg next week.

The number of American Flags last weekend seemed numerous enough to carpet the bay.

While information has been scarce so far, Fort Drum could learn late this month or next if it might expand or face cutbacks as a result of Army restructuring, the executive director of the Fort Drum Regional Liaison Organization said Monday.

If the Pentagon decides it needs an East Coast missile defense site, it should build the multi-billion dollar facility in Northern or Central New York, U.S. Sen.