STD CASES IN ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY “CONSISTENTLY HIGH”--County Public Health Director Dr. Susan Hathaway says trends in sexually-transmitted disease cases in the this county do not reflect the precipitous increase seen in neighboring Franklin County. The adjacent county saw chlamydia cases go up 44 percent last year, and its Public Health Department has asked for money in next year's budget to combat it. Hathaway says the numbers do not reflect socio-economic status, they are high across-the-board all the time. The number of college students is one factor in the high number.

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COUNTY LEGISLATORS VOTE 11-3 MONDAY TO BORROW MONEY TO PAY BILLS; THOSE OPPOSED SAY THE COUNTY HAS A SPENDING PROBLEM; THOSE IN FAVOR SAY IT'S THE STATE'S FAULT FOR NOT PAYING 12-13 MILLION-DOLLARS OVERDUE

26-YEAR-OLD BENJY TIPPING OF POTSDAM ACCUSED OF RIPPING CASH FROM ANOTHER MAN'S HAND BEHIND LA CASBAH SUNDAY, CHARGED WITH FELONY THIRD DEGREE ROBBERY

LIBERTARIAN LEE MONNET SAYS “YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID” WHEN REGULATING BATH SALTS, SAYS EDUCATION IS MORE IMPORTANT

STATE LEGISLATORS RUNNING UNOPPOSED THIS YEAR SAYS THEY WORK JUST AS HARD ON CAMPAIGNS

9-11 CEREMONY HIGHLIGHTS WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY'S AUDIO NEWSCAST

OBITUARIES:

James Hume—84—Massena. Services Friday 11am at Donaldson Funeral Home, Massena with calling hours 10-11am Friday

Lettie Holmes—72—Russell. Graveside service 11am today at Pleasant Mound Cemetery, Clare. Arrangements are with O'Leary Funeral Home, Canton

A Celebration of Life for Randy LaRock, 54 of Massena will be at Donaldson Funeral Home in Massena 2-4pm this Saturday