SHEEP MADE AMERICA POSSIBLE, MUSEUM DIRECTOR SAYS—Mimi VanDeusen, Director of the Potsdam Public Museum told 99 News as the holiday-winter exhibit “Counting Sheep” opened up this week that English rulers tried, with little success to keep early settlers from owning sheep as a means of submission to force them into relying on British wool. The exhibit runs through March, over 600 local school students are slated to view it this season.

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ROSSIE RAPIST MICHAEL SIMMONS OF ANTWERP PLED GUILTY THIS WEEK TO ATTEMPTED MURDER, SATISFYING MANY OTHER FELONIES ALLEGING A VIOLENT SEXUAL ASSAULT UPON A FEMALE WHO SAID SHE WAS LEAVING HIM FOR ANOTHER MAN

COUNTY CHAMBER CRAFT, FOOD, AND WINE SHOW KICKED OFF FRIDAY WITH A FULL CHEEL ARENA PARKING LOT, DAY 2 OF THE SHOW RUNS TODAY FROM 9AM-4PM

TRADITIONAL MOHAWK SUPPORTERS OF WILLIAM ROGER JOCK BELIEVE HE OWNS LAND ACROSS FROM THE AKWESASNE MOHAWK CASINO, REGARDLESS OF WHO'S ON THE DEED

POTSDAM MAN ACCUSED OF THREATENING TO SHOOT HIS WIFE, 29-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH GIBSON CHARGED WITH HARASSMENT VIOLATION AND FREE ON BAIL

THREE GOUVERNEUR TEENS ACCUSED OF ASSAULT—18-YEAR-OLD BRANDON LONGSHORE, 17-YEAR-OLD PATRICK CYRUS, AND 17-YEAR-OLD ROBERT DANIELS ALLEGEDLY BEAT UP TWO 19-YEAR-OLD MALES WEDNESDAY AT A RESIDENCE ON SCOTCH SETTLEMENT ROAD. DANIELS ALLEGEDLY PUT ONE OF THE VICTIMS IN A CHOKE-HOLD. LONGSHORE AND DANIELS ARRAIGNED AND JAILED; CYRUS ARRAIGNED AND RELEASED