99 NEWS FOR THURSDAY, 5/5/11...VILLAGE OF POTSDAM IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR FLOODING UNTIL 2PM MONDAY, MAY 9TH

BAIL SET ON ACCUSED MASSENA JEEP THIEF--30-year-old Wendell King allegedly swiped the SUV from the Massena Mountain Mart parking lot Monday night, and allegedly threatened his passenger with a pistol, saying he would be shot if he told police. King was treated at Massena Memorial Hospital for previous injuries, released and arraigned late Wednesday before Justice Eric Gustafson, who committed King to the county until a future preliminary felony hearing.  Bail was set at 15-thousand dollars cash or 30-thousand dollars bond

POTSDAM SCHOOL DISTRICT FOLLOWING HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROTOCOLS ON WHOOPING COUGH--Superintendent Pat Brady told us yesterday the difficulty with Pertussis comes from the fact the disease has a long incubation period in the body and the symptoms appear first as those of the common cold. One case was reported at AA Kingston Middle School last week, none since.

25-YEAR-OLD VERON PARKER OF ST.REGIS FALLS ALLEGEDLY CRASHED CAR INTO A POLE BEHIND SCOOPUCCINO'S IN POTSDAM TUESDAY NIGHT, AND MADE IT BACK TO THE FALLS--REPORTING THE ACCIDENT ABOUT 3 HOURS LATER. PARKER ISSUED NUMEROUS TICKETS AND RELEASED

POTSDAM TRUSTEES TO CONSIDER POLICE SERGEANT HIRE TODAY; THEY TOOK COMMENTS MONDAY ASKING THEM TO RECONSIDER BASED ON COST

TRAFFIC STOP IN POTSDAM RESULTS IN CATCHING POTSDAM MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY FAILED TO PAY FINES IN THREE DIFFERENT COURTS, 31-YEAR-OLD PETER SHANTIE. SHANTIE RELEASED TO APPEAR IN POTSDAM TOWN COURT

LISBON MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY KICKED AND BEAT A DOG, 28-YEAR-OLD JEREMY HARDCASTLE CHARGED WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY AND RELEASED ON COURT TICKET