West Monroe News

The Oswego County legislature Tuesday night approved the county's $185.4 million budget for 2010 that does not increase taxes and includes no raises for county legislators.

The New York StateA Department of Environmental Conservation A applauded a big environmental victory Thursday by announcing the completion of the cleanup of the Fortino tire dump.

State and local officials this morning said the three-year clean up of the Fortino Tire Yard, the one-time home of 11 million tires,is just about finished.

There were an estimated 34 million tires in illegal dumps across New York in 2004, Grannis said, posing an environmental and public health threat.

Oswego, N.Y., The Oswego County Board of Elections will count paper ballots for 10 races starting Tuesday morning.

West Monroe, NY -- No one was hurt in a fire that damaged one unit in an apartment building early this morning in West Monroe The West Monroe, Constantia and Cleveland fire departments were called about 1:27 a.m. to the building at 2793 State Route 49, an Oswego County E-911 dispatcher said.

Half of the Ouachita Parish Fire Department's budget is at stake on Oct. 17. Ouachita Parish Fire Chief Pat Hemphill is asking voters to renew a 10-year 19.11-mill property tax that generates a little more than $6 million dollars for the parish fire department.

A live Webcast will be available for SUNY Oswego's College Council meeting, at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept.

A Central Square man faces two felony charges stemming from a domestic incident on Sunday.

The house fire on Thelma Road in Central Square has been extinguished by firefighters.

Jury selection will continue Tuesday in the trial of New York resident Ramon Gonzalez who is charged in connection with an Interstate 20 traffic stop that resulted in nearly 2.2 pounds of powdered cocaine being seized by Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies.

Sherry and Kenneth White, of West Monroe, are concerned that a gate has been installed on McLoud Road that blocks access to the Three Mile Bay Wildlife Management Area and the shoreline of Oneida Lake.

The Ouachita Parish Police Jury has approved potential repayment of property taxes if V-Vehicle Co.

Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 12:26 p.m. Among the stories Action News is watching this week: Monday: ~Off to Camp: The Salvation Army sends 75 school-aged children off to a week at Camp Long Point, on Seneca Lake ~Parole Officers' Memorial: Jeffrey Woolson, from Pulaski, will be added to the Albany memorial.A He was on-duty when killed in a car crash ...

Oswego county health officials say the "Triple-E virus," eastern equine encephalitis, has been found in West Monroe.

Dr. Dennis Norfleet, Public Health director of the Oswego County Health Department, said Monday that the Eastern equine encephalitis virus was found in a pool of mosquitoes collected on Toad Harbor Road in West Monroe.

" The Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus has returned to Central New York. Scientists found it in a pool of bird-biting mosquitoes on Toad Harbor Road in West Monroe.

Friends and family are gathering Sunday to raise money for a young Oswego County girl, badly hurt in a car accident two months ago.