Jefferson County News

In the face of criticism from Industrial Development Agencies at the state level, Jefferson County's may separate its loan-making opportunities from its real estate responsibilities.

A Jefferson County man faces a 105 count indictment for allegedly raping a teenage girl repeatedly for more than a year.

A Chaumont man was killed and three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at county routes 54 and 125 in the town of Clayton.

You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run; You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun JUNE 26, 2009: It's about time the city of Watertown stopped taking crap from the town of Watertown.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department says a tractor trailer rollover has closed the on and off ramp of I-81 at exit 44 in Watertown Center.

Ten people, including an ex-convict, were charged Tuesday with a variety of felony and misdemeanor welfare fraud charges following joint investigations by the fraud unit of the Jefferson County Department of Social Services and the district attorney's office.

A Hammond man was charged with felony aggravated driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident Monday night after his vehicle struck and knocked down a fence at Converse Welding, 267 High St., according to Watertown police.

Watertown State Police checked 23 retailers for underage alcohol sales, writing tickets to two clerks.

A city man was released from jail after pleading not guilty Tuesday to two sex charges in Jefferson County Court.

The following are charged with driving while intoxicated and related offenses: Kwang S. Anderson, 30, Fort Drum, faces additional charges of endangering the welfare of a child, failure to keep right and making an unsafe turn as a result of her arrest at 11:10 p.m. Saturday by Jefferson County sheriff's deputies on Route 12F in the town of ...

A Sunday evening fire did extensive damage to a home in Three Mile Bay in the Jefferson County Town of Lyme.

To the legislators of Jefferson County, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Your self-serving motives are all too transparent.

A burglary suspect broke into a self-storage facility in Watertown and may be connected to a number of similar break-ins across the area, according to State Police.

St. Lawrence County's new public defender will begin her job here less than three months after she was hired as a Jefferson County prosecutor.

One person was killed and three were injured in a two car crash in southern Jefferson County on Sunday.

The widow of Mannsville man run over and killed by a bulldozer while working at Hanson Aggregates Inc.

Monday, June 08, 2009 at 4:25 a.m. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is investigating a two car fatal accident on Interstate 81 in the Town of Ellisburg.

A Fort Drum man has gotten himself into a bit of trouble here while apparently trying to do a favor for a friend.

Three North Country communities have been awarded economic stimulus funding for water system upgrades, according to the Governora s office.

Wednesday was round-up day for the Metro-Jefferson Drug Task Force. Members of the task force, assisted by officers from several other agencies, arrested six suspects on Jefferson County Court sealed indictments and one other person not named in an indictment.