Oneida County News

Teens in Herkimer and Oneida Counties will be able to find work this summer, thanks to the return of the Summer Jobs program.

When the sweeping settlement was announced last week by New York and the Oneida Indian Nation, officials gave just the bare outlines.

Small Business Week is underway and the Mohawk Valley Chamber of Commerce is celebrating with what's called "cash mobs." A large group of people storms a store, spending $10 each and boosting sales instantly.

Charges are pending in an animal abuse case that has left an Australian Shepherd mix dead after being starved in Camden.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Oneida Indian Nation leader Ray Halbritter, with John Becker, chairman of the Madison County Board of Supervisors, left, and Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente in Albany last week.

Saturday was opening day for the outdoor version of the Oneida County Public Market, and Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente used it as a backdrop to announce what he hopes will be a huge help to the entire region.

More than 300 juniors and seniors from a myriad of area schools spent Thursday morning at the Oneida County DPW Garage in Whitestown.

For the first time, the Oneida Indian Nation has agreed to share its wealth with its longtime adversary, the state of New York.

Nearly 2,200 acres of state land and forest in Oneida County are being targeted for a new Department of Environmental Conservation Unit Management Plan but they need public input first.

A house that otherwise would be destroyed will be seeing new life in the name of the environment and charity.

The Turning Stone Resort Casino's newest restaurant is fully embracing local food and drink by offering its very own locally brewed beer.

The Davis Motel in Utica will remain closed after the owner is denied a use variance.

Two Rome men are facing charges after authorities say they were responsible for stealing electronics and money from a home in Westmoreland.

State police on Friday charged Xavier T. Polk, 27, of 7154 North Street, Port Leyden, with second-degree criminal trespass and petit larceny.

A tractor trailer burst into flames overnight on Route 49 outside Rome's Griffiss exit after a car hit a guard rail, pulled over to call for help, but was then struck by the rig just after midnight.

New York State Police are on the lookout for a suspect wanted in a robbery at the Rite Aid on State Route 12 in the Oneida County village of Barneveld.

A teenager who was paralyzed from the neck down after a car crash last year walked into her senior prom on Saturday night.

State Police say they were called to a fire at a seasonal home at 8177 Yeager Road in Vienna on Friday, by the Oneida County Cause and Origin Team.

The Oneida County Sheriff's Office has charged 40-year-old Lisa M. Winzalevitch, of the City of Oneida, with driving while intoxicated after they say she crashed into a guard rail in the Town of Vernon.

A Rome man was ticketed today after he hit four parked cars and a pedestrian while trying to leave the Walmart parking lot, according to the Oneida County Sheriff's Office.