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Former Academy at Ivy Ridge students meet in Ogdensburg, rally outside city hall
OGDENSBURG, New York (WWNY) - Dozens of former Academy at Ivy Ridge Students held a demonstration at Ogdensburg City Hall Saturday. Justice and healing. Lies and Greed. The trauma of a shared nightmare. Just a sample of the signs on display at Ogdensburg City Hall during a demonstration put together...
St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Deputies charge Ogdensburg man with felony possession of cocaine
CANTON -- St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Deputies charged Raymond J. Lyman, 37, of Ogdensburg, with fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance (C Felony) following an investigation of a traffic stop on April 25. Deputies say the stop was initiated on Sate Highway 68, with K-9 officer Shelly alerting to...
Hermon-DeKalb CSD Board of Education supports reducing speed limit on Route 11
DE KALB JUNCTION, N.Y. (WWTI) – A north country school board is urging lawmakers to help slow traffic down around their school. During the Monday, April 8 meeting of the Hermon-DeKalb Central School District Board of Education, members voted unanimously to once again encourage state lawmakers to lower the speed limit along a stretch of […]
Ogdensburg prepares for Ivy Ridge survivors' demonstration
OGDENSBURG, New York (WWNY) - On Saturday at noon, dozens of Academy at Ivy Ridge survivors will reunite to peacefully protest in front of Ogdensburg City Hall. Survivor Steve Caccamo says he has been waiting for it. “It’s going to be a very surreal experience for all of us. I...
Lacrosse player’s family pursues criminal charges after ‘violent action’ during game
(WWNY) - Section X sports will review a play that one veteran north country referee says is the “most violent action” he has seen on a lacrosse field in his 20-plus year career. It caused a player to briefly lose consciousness in Saturday’s game between Ogdensburg Free Academy and Malone’s Franklin Academy.
Ogdensburg man allegedly raped, strangled woman
OGDENSBURG, New York (WWNY) - A 28-year-old Ogdensburg man is accused of raping and strangling a woman. City police arrested Dylan Hoover last Friday and charged him with felony counts of first-degree rape, second-degree strangulation, and first-degree coercion. He’s also charged with a misdemeanor count of second-degree menacing. According...
St. Lawrence Co. woman facing charges after fentanyl bust
GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. (WWTI) – A 44-year-old Gouverneur woman is being held in jail without bail for alleged fentanyl possession. According to the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office, Melissa Gordon and three Rochester residents during a traffic stop Wednesday night. Authorities allege that Gordon along with 30-year-old Dennis Felder Jr., 26-year-old Andre Bonilla, and 34-year-old Raymond […]
Ogdensburg community grapples with abuse allegations in Ivy Ridge documentary
On Saturday, April 27, a group of former students of the Academy at Ivy Ridge will hold a protest in Ogdensburg to draw more attention to their claims of abuse. Their demonstration follows the release of a three-part Netflix documentary called “The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping” last month. It thrust the now-closed boarding school for troubled teens into the national spotlight, and featured detailed testimony of physical, sexual and mental abuse allegations, often with found documents and videos as evidence.
A rally to take place in Ogdensburg Saturday, Sandy Torres is on the ground
OGDENSBURG, New York (WWNY) - Sandy Torres is in the City of Ogdensburg today ahead of a rally expected to take place Saturday at City Hall. Tune in to First at 5 and 7 News at 6 to learn the who and the why.
Border Patrol, Jefferson Co. Sheriff’s recover over one million smuggled cigarettes
THERESA, N.Y. (WWTI) – United States Border Patrol and the JeffersonCounty Sheriff’s Office seized more than $300,000 in smuggled cigarettes earlier this month. Border Patrol agents were called in by sheriff’s deputies after a Sunday, April 14 traffic stop on State Route 411 in Theresa. The vehicle allegedly held more than one million cigarettes in […]
Local communities plant trees for Arbor Day
OGDENSBURG, New York (WWNY) - North country communities celebrated Arbor Day on Friday by planting trees. In Ogdensburg, city leaders and workers from New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation gathered at Little Park to plant a weeping willow along the St. Lawrence River. “It’s going to get about 75...
Saying goodbye to 7 News reporter Sean Brynda
WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - We say good luck to a 7 News colleague who is leaving us to move on in his career. Sean Brynda has worked out of our bureau in Canton for the past 2 plus years covering St. Lawrence County. From murder trials and fires to...
Three-part learning series to help identify invasive aquatic species
ALEXANDRIA BAY — The St. Lawrence Eastern Lake Ontario Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (SLELO PRISM) will host a three-part learning series about aquatic invasive species. The sessions, organizers say, will help waterfront property owners, lake associations, kayaking groups, or anyone who wants to learn more about aquatic...
DANC sets schedule for this year’s household hazardous waste collection days
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) – The Development Authority of the North Country has set its schedule for household hazardous waste collection days for 2024. The organization and their partners will be sponsoring five free household hazardous waste collection days this spring and fall to help residents in Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Lewis counties properly and safely […]
Gouverneur Fire Department rescues pair on Yellow Lake
GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. (WWTI) – The Gouverneur Fire Department made a rescue of two kayakers on the Yellow Lake Wednesday afternoon. The lake is located a few miles west of the village. Fire personnel were dispatched to the lake just after 3:20 p.m. after getting a call about two people were on shore with exposure to […]
Heuvelton team in finals of world’s largest student rocketry competition
HEUVELTON, N.Y. (WWTI) – A team from Heuvelton Central School is among the 100 national finalists in the American Rocketry Challenge, which had a record-breaking 922 teams and 5,000 students from 45 states enter this year. The 100 finalist teams will compete at the National Finals Fly-off on May 18, in The Plains, Virginia, just outside Washington, DC. Teams […]
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