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Thursday, May 02, 2013  A sanitation worker was hit by a minivan while trying to wave traffic around a stopped Recycling truck in the City of Rome around 7:33 AM this morning.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Reaction to the shooting spree in Herkimer County continues to pour in as people reflect on the incident that left six people shot, including four who were killed.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  Police say the boy was taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Utica for treatment of injuries that aren't life-threatening.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  Troopers say the crash occurred on Interstate 90 around 2 a.m. Thursday when two trucks, one of them a tandem tractor-trailer, collided in the town of Herkimer, just east of Utica.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012  Oneida County has been especially hard hit by an early outbreak of influenza and area hospitals are taking precautions to slow down the further spread of the disease.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  55-year-old Zuhdja Cejvanovic was charged with assaulting a police officer after authorities say he slammed the officer's head against a table while being escorted out of a central New York bar.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012  Authorities are investigating the apparent drowning of a woman whose body was found in a central New York pond.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012  Authorities say a veteran state police investigator has been arrested on drunken driving charges after the off-duty crash of his vehicle on a central New York road last weekend.

Monday, July 02, 2012  As the reports of central new yorkers under the influence of synthetic drugs like bath salts continue to increase, local medical centers are feeling both the hazards and the personnel strain of the drug abusers.

Thursday, May 24, 2012  Gail Pietruska, 65, of Frankfort, was struck by a car driven by Daniel Conklin, 24, of Rochester as he tried to speed away from cops, according to State Police.

Monday, May 07, 2012  Police in Herkimer are investigating a car crash that happened Saturday afternoon around 3pm that killed an 18-year-old man from Little Falls.

Monday, April 09, 2012  Police say Judith E Shultes, of Berne, was driving the wrong way on St Route 49 in Marcy when she collided with a car driving the right way.

Friday, April 06, 2012  Police have charged Hassan Lacy with assault and disorderly conduct.

Friday, March 30, 2012  A New York Mills man threatened to detonate a bomb from a cell phone in the Emergency Room of St. Elizabeth's Hospital.

Monday, March 12, 2012  A Utica man allegedly hit another man in the head with a hammer over stolen drugs.