Lewis County News

Lewis County sheriff's deputies shortly after 1:30 a.m. initially charged Ashley M. Hutchins, 24, of 8345 Meadow Road, with disorderly conduct for allegedly laying on the horn of a vehicle and yelling profanities at her boyfriend, whom deputies did not identify.

A Thursday morning grease fire at Miller's Meat Market was contained to the smokehouse room in its venison processing facility.

The Lewis County Public Health Agency is seeking the public's assistance in finding the owner of a dog that has bitten a person.

Organizers were hoping to get 70 people to attend the inaugural Lewis County Homelessness Summit on Wednesday.

Change is in the air at the United Way of Northern New York - and it has left bad feelings with at least one longtime United Way partner.

The ground-breaking agreement reached by the Cuomo administration and the Oneida Nation of Indians resolving long-standing disputes is a heartening development that should be a turning point in relations between the state and Oneidas as well as counties that border the nation lands.

Lewis County officials have shut down a vital link in their all-terrain vehicle trail system because of landowner concerns, although they hope somehow to resolve the matter.

As the crowd began filed toward the Capitol to meet with legislators, emcee Melody Burns repeated what was the main theme of Albany's latest pro-gun rally: "Do not comply!" She was asking rally-goers, of course, not to comply with the state's January gun laws, which included a stricter limit on the number of rounds in a magazine and a requirement ... (more)

That's because the two high school juniors hail from neighboring Lewis County school districts, with President Ashley L. Willits from Lowville Academy and Central School and Vice President Jake T. Ledoux from Beaver River Central School, Beaver Falls.

The autopsy results have returned in the death of a Lewis County man, allegedly at the hands of his own father.

The American Red Cross of Northern New York is proud to award three volunteers with the 'Dunkin' Donuts Volunteer of the Month' award for the first quarter of 2013.

A 29-year-old Lewis County man is dead and his father is charged with murder after an apparent argument led to a shooting at 9520 Stillwater Road.

Authorities say a 56-year-old man has been charged with fatally shooting his son during an argument at a northern New York home.

Copenhagen firefighters at 1:49 a.m. responded to the Shawn P. O'Donnell residence at 10388 Stoddard Road and requested mutual aid from West Carthage, Castorland and Champion fire departments.

Lewis County sheriff's deputies on Saturday charged Timothy D. Daniels, 40, with growing cannibis without a license and fourth-degree criminal possession of marijuana, answerable in Watson Town Court.

An Ava man was entered Friday into the Lewis County Drug Court program after admitting to having drugs at last fall's moe.down music festival.

An oxygen supply leak early Friday morning at Lewis County General Hospital officials caused some surgical rescheduling but no major issues.

E.J. Noble Hospital is trying to get its financial footing, after a tough year. The Gouverneur-based hospital was forced to shut down last fall by the state health department, because of safety problems in the lab.

Dustin G. Houppert, 25, of 4959 Route 410, Castorland, also was charged by Lewis County sheriff's deputies with leaving the scene of a personal-injury accident, speed not reasonable or prudent and failure to signal at 3:03 a.m. Sunday on East Road in the town of Lowville.

People in the small village of Port Leyden in Lewis County are wondering who among their community of around 700 could be responsible for a gruesome, open grave in a clearing off of Norton Road.