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Monday, June 10, 2013  A St. Lawrence County man is accused of building a wooden cross and setting it on fire while saying a racial slur to a person visiting his neighbor’s home in the Town of Morrisville back in April.

Thursday, May 30, 2013  A former town supervisor in northern New York has admitted embezzling almost $35,000 and then trying to cover up the theft.

Thursday, May 23, 2013  A state judge has ordered a company in northern New York to stop selling service dogs that its owner claims help people who suffer from seizures by sensing them in advance and signaling for help.

Monday, May 20, 2013  Authorities say a man is in critical condition after being hit by a freight train in northern New York.

Saturday, May 04, 2013  Victims' names not being released yet

Friday, April 12, 2013  Several schools are closed and scores of others across northern New York are delaying the start of classes as a spring storm dumps sleet and freezing rain across the region.

Monday, April 01, 2013  Authorities say a New York motorist has been charged with drunken driving and manslaughter after she fatally struck a visiting Chinese woman walking along an upstate road.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  A study of Fort Drum's economic impact on a three-county area of northern New York finds the Army post pumped more than $1.4 billion into the region during the last fiscal year that ended Sept. 30.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  State police say the accident happened around 8 p.m. Monday in the St. Lawrence County town of Parishville, on the northern edge of the Adirondack Park.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  An inmate in St. Lawrence County was found hiding drugs inside a copy of the popular novel "Fifty Shades of Gray."

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  Officials say the house was fully involved wihen firefighters arrived.

Saturday, January 26, 2013  A Gouverneur man was arrested for assault and criminal possession of a weapon moments after he was released from the Onondaga County Correctional Facility.

Sunday, January 20, 2013  The Gouverneur Police Department says a 46-year-old man was found lying on the side of Johnstown Street, near Mills Park in St. Lawrence County, by a passing driver.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  An ex-convict is back in jail after authorities say he spray-painted obscenities on three police cars belonging to a northern New York department.

Thursday, October 18, 2012  Authorities have charged three men with setting up a methamphetamine lab in a northern New York home for recovering alcohol and substance abusers.