West Monroe News

Oswego County residents seem to be the least optimistic people in the four-county Tug Hill area.

Brian Vaughn, a Ouachita Parish businessman and Certified Public Accountant, was convicted this week of conspiracy, making false statements to the IRS and two counts of tax evasion after a 10-week trial in a federal court in New York.

Department of Social Services Commissioner Frances Lanigan refuses Legislator Doug Malone's request that she resign over the handling of the Erin Maxwell case during a meeting of the Oswego County Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee.

An Oswego County woman is facing five charges, including aggravated driving while intoxicated, after her vehicle struck and damaged a garage Saturday night on Route 193 in Ellisburg, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department.

A Pulaski man was killed when his car went off the road and hit a tree Thursday morning, according to the Oswego County Sheriff's Department.

Oswego County Sheriff's Deputies say a Pulaski man died in this morning's accident.

West Monroe a ' Rescue crews are at the scene of a serious crash along County Route 11 near Smith Road in the Oswego County Town of West Monroe.

A North Syracuse man has been arrested after an altercation at a local bar. 31-year-old Leonard J. Zappala II of Smith Road in North Syracuse was charged Wednesday morning with misdemeanor assault in the third ...

"I don't have any more room to put any auto lifts in here, so I need more space to do more cars," says David Taylor, owner of Sun Service Center.

A Jefferson County woman has been convicted of perjury in a federal tax evasion case involving her father.

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Well, we weathered the wind OK. Now, winter is returning with some snow and cold in the forecast.

Strong winds have knocked out power to nearly 2,500 homes in Oswego County, according to National Grid's website.

Students in the Public Safety and Justice Program at Oswego County BOCES learned all there is to getting people out of a crashed car during a recent training session at the West Monroe Fire Department.

John Casey McKoin, 42, of West Monroe was charged today with failure to appear on a possession of cocaine charge and resisting an officer.

State police are investigating a head-on crash between a car and a snowmobile this evening along County Route 37 in the Oswego County town of West Monroe.

John Buckner, 47, 214 Hart Road, West Monroe, was charged Tuesday with distribution of a controlled and dangerous substance, schedule II.

A Good Samaritan who rescued a woman in labor after her car broke down at night on an upstate New York highway says it's a great feeling to know he helped someone.

Charles Baker, of West Monroe, said Friday it's 'a wonderful feeling to see the baby.'

Twenty-one-year-old Jessica House, of Fulton, was able to thank the man she called 'an angel in disguise' and show him her son, Eric, in a hospital visit on Friday.

House was being driven to a Syracuse hospital Wednesday night when the car broke down on Route 481 near the Great Northern Mall.