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Police cracking down on drunk driving through Labor Day

More police officers will be on the roads around New York state until Labor Day, as the state cracks down on impaired and reckless driving in the last two weeks of the summer season. Announced on Friday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, the surge will include both state police and local officers ...

Special meeting on public safety building today

SARANAC LAKE — The village board is holding a special meeting today at noon to vote on contracts for environmental and geotechnical studies on the 33 Petrova Ave. property, where the village is proposing a public safety building for its fire, rescue and police departments. Mayor Jimmy ...

Canadians’ opinions of US near historic lows

WATERTOWN — Five years ago, Canadians viewed Communist China as the country that posed the top threat to their own. Now, a majority see the U.S. as the most threatening. That’s one of the findings in a new Pew Research Center study titled, “Canadians’ Opinions of the U.S. and its ...

Medical examiner: Inmate at Upstate Correctional was killed by strangulation

MALONE — State troopers were called to Upstate Correctional Facility Thursday night regarding the suspicious death of an incarcerated individual. According to a state police press release, a preliminary investigation at the state prison on Bare Hill Road in Malone found that around 8 ...

Canadian man crashes into wall at border; charged with DWI

CHAMPLAIN — A Canadian man was arrested Saturday and charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless endangerment after he crashed into a barrier at the Champlain border crossing entering the United States, according to New York State Police. According to state police, at ...