Les Shockley
Producer/Anchor/Weathercaster
WWNY
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Les Shockley was born and raised in northern New York and graduated from Sackets Harbor Central School and Jefferson Community College.
He is a substitute anchor, weathercaster, reporter, editor and producer for 7 News.
After studying music at SUNY Oswego, he worked in radio for 15 years as a night jock, morning DJ and Program Director/Music Director.
Les worked locally on WBDR (The Border), WOTT (Real Rock), WCIZ (Z93), WBLH (Tunes 92.5) & WWHT (Hot 107.9) out of Syracuse.
In his spare time, Les is a musician and plays in a few local bands.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2022 at 6:27 AM EST
|By Les Shockley
We’ve got temperatures flirting with freezing this morning.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2022 at 6:12 AM EST
|By Les Shockley
Since Canada legalized recreational cannabis, 9 times as many kids under ten have needed to go to the E-R for cannabis poisoning.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2021 at 6:35 AM EST
|By Les Shockley
Today’s a good day to try out that coat or those gloves you got for Christmas.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2021 at 6:24 AM EST
|By Les Shockley
Temperatures were in the single digits to start the day in some places. It was in the teens for others.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 6:41 AM EST
|By Les Shockley
You wouldn’t expect to have temperatures in the 60s in mid-December, but here we are.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2021 at 6:45 AM EST
|By Les Shockley
You will probably need a winter jacket for the morning and a rain jacket for the afternoon.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2021 at 6:31 AM EST
|By Les Shockley
It’s going to be chilly and sunny today, so break out the layers and shades.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2021 at 6:23 AM EST
|By Les Shockley
We have a pretty decent day on tap.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2021 at 6:58 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
The good news is, it’s not going to rain all week. The bad news? It’s going to rain all day.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2021 at 8:52 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
A new report warns of the dangers of some medications used to treat asthma in children.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2021 at 4:00 PM EDT
|By Keith Benman and Les Shockley
A ceremony in Albany Tuesday honored firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice, including two from the north country who died in the line of duty.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 6:08 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
Summer’s not over, but it feels like a crisp, cool fall morning.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 at 6:37 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
Here comes the sun. Finally.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2021 at 6:17 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
Thursday starts out warm, muggy, and wet.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 6:21 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
The day starts off warm and humid.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 6:10 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
It’s going to be a rainy day.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2021 at 7:08 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
The day started out chilly, but the rest of the day will be warm.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2021 at 12:37 PM EDT
|By Les Shockley
There’s relief in sight from the heat and humidity, but it’s still about a day away.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2021 at 6:11 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
The day is starting off nice and cool, but it won’t stay that way.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2021 at 6:18 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
It won’t be quite as hot today, but it stays very muggy.
Updated: Jun. 25, 2021 at 6:31 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
It’s going to be hot but not too humid today.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2021 at 6:42 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
It’s going to be sunny and a touch on the cool side, especially in the morning.
Updated: May. 31, 2021 at 3:11 PM EDT
|By Les Shockley and 7 News Staff
In Sackets Harbor, Memorial Day ceremonies were held village-wide.
Updated: May. 14, 2021 at 7:06 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
This may be the perfect forecast for this time of year.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2021 at 12:45 PM EDT
|By Les Shockley
A beloved north country restaurant is back open for business.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2021 at 6:29 AM EST
|By Les Shockley
It will be snowy in the north country today, but there won’t be as much as in other parts of the state.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2021 at 7:07 AM EST
|By Les Shockley
A lake effect snow warning for Jefferson, Lewis, and Oswego counties will end at 1 p.m.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2021 at 7:34 AM EST
|By Les Shockley
There’s a lake effect snow warning for Jefferson, Lewis, and Oswego counties from 1 p.m. today until 1 p.m. on Friday.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 6:42 AM EST
|By Les Shockley
Lingering lake effect snow will end this morning and we could see some sun in the afternoon.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2021 at 7:57 AM EST
|By Les Shockley
The day was off to a very chilly start and some places could see several inches of snow later.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2021 at 8:39 AM EST
|By Les Shockley
Snow will fall across much of the north country on this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but it’s not likely to amount to much.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2020 at 7:01 AM EST
|By Les Shockley
Fire officials were called to an early morning fire in the town of Theresa Tuesday.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2020 at 5:42 PM EST
|By Les Shockley and John Pirsos
Health care workers at Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown are the first in Jefferson County to be vaccinated for COVID-19.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2020 at 6:35 AM EST
|By Les Shockley
People across the north country will see anywhere from a dusting to a few inches of snow today.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2020 at 6:21 AM EST
|By Les Shockley
It looks as if we’ll have nice weather through the end of the week, over the weekend, and into next week.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2020 at 7:10 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
Rain started overnight and will continue well into late afternoon.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2020 at 7:14 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
It will be breezy Thursday.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2020 at 7:36 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
Some areas might see a few sprinkles Wednesday, but it should be a mostly sunny day.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2020 at 6:22 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
Rain showers moved in overnight and will be lingering in parts of the north country into the evening.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2020 at 6:25 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
Monday was off to a cool start.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2020 at 7:10 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
It’s going to be a mostly sunny day.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2020 at 9:12 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
Heuvelton’s old water tower is coming down.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2020 at 4:44 PM EDT
|By Les Shockley, Ron Robertson and Scott Atkinson
Tina Marie Stevens was conscious and talking to first responders at the accident scene, but died later.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 6:14 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
Monday may be off to a cool start, but it could literally be freezing in parts of the north country on Tuesday.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2020 at 6:14 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
It’s a chilly, but fairly average start to the day for this time of year. We’re just not used to it.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2020 at 6:10 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
It should be a pretty decent day Friday.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2020 at 11:22 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
A malfunctioning air conditioning unit sparked a blaze at the Kraft Heinz plant in Lowville Wednesday morning.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2020 at 7:38 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
It’s going to be hot and muggy again today, although not as hot as it was on Sunday.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2020 at 6:19 AM EDT
|By Les Shockley
We’ll have sunshine Friday, but not until afternoon.
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