Lewis County News

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.

Lewis County saw a net profit of more than $84,000 on its annual tax auction Wednesday, exceeding budget projections by nearly $30,000. Seventeen parcels sold for a total of $126,400 - an average of $7,435 per parcel - at the auction, conducted by Haroff Auction Service, Schroon Lake, according to County Treasurer Patricia L. O'Brien. A ... (more)

Lawmakers on Tuesday voted 8-0 to appoint Jacqueline L. Mahoney to the position, at an annual salary of $47,000. She is slated to begin May 28.

Six months after choosing not to seek a sales tax rate increase, Lewis County legislators on Tuesday decided to ask for state permission to do just that.

A missing 19-year-old West Turin woman was found unharmed Friday evening as a result of an approximately five-hour search.

A Utica teen has been jailed on charges that he helped damage control panels at North Country Car Wash in July 2012.

The Lewis County Village of Harrisville is a quiet community, quiet, that is, for most everyone except Joel and Sandy Chambers.

Oneida County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man and his mother on drug and traffic charges after they attempted to flee from police.

With several consecutive days of dry weather, firefighters have been called to a series of outdoor fires that spread quickly and proved difficult to control.