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.
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We’ve got temperatures flirting with freezing this morning.
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Since Canada legalized recreational cannabis, 9 times as many kids under ten have needed to go to the E-R for cannabis poisoning.
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Today’s a good day to try out that coat or those gloves you got for Christmas.
Temperatures were in the single digits to start the day in some places. It was in the teens for others.
You wouldn’t expect to have temperatures in the 60s in mid-December, but here we are.
You will probably need a winter jacket for the morning and a rain jacket for the afternoon.
It’s going to be chilly and sunny today, so break out the layers and shades.
The good news is, it’s not going to rain all week. The bad news? It’s going to rain all day.
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A new report warns of the dangers of some medications used to treat asthma in children.
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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.
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Summer’s not over, but it feels like a crisp, cool fall morning.
The day started out chilly, but the rest of the day will be warm.
There’s relief in sight from the heat and humidity, but it’s still about a day away.
It’s going to be sunny and a touch on the cool side, especially in the morning.
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In Sackets Harbor, Memorial Day ceremonies were held village-wide.
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A beloved north country restaurant is back open for business.
It will be snowy in the north country today, but there won’t be as much as in other parts of the state.
A lake effect snow warning for Jefferson, Lewis, and Oswego counties will end at 1 p.m.
There’s a lake effect snow warning for Jefferson, Lewis, and Oswego counties from 1 p.m. today until 1 p.m. on Friday.
Lingering lake effect snow will end this morning and we could see some sun in the afternoon.
The day was off to a very chilly start and some places could see several inches of snow later.
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.
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Fire officials were called to an early morning fire in the town of Theresa Tuesday.
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Health care workers at Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown are the first in Jefferson County to be vaccinated for COVID-19.
People across the north country will see anywhere from a dusting to a few inches of snow today.
It looks as if we’ll have nice weather through the end of the week, over the weekend, and into next week.
Some areas might see a few sprinkles Wednesday, but it should be a mostly sunny day.
Rain showers moved in overnight and will be lingering in parts of the north country into the evening.
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Tina Marie Stevens was conscious and talking to first responders at the accident scene, but died later.
Monday may be off to a cool start, but it could literally be freezing in parts of the north country on Tuesday.
It’s a chilly, but fairly average start to the day for this time of year. We’re just not used to it.
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A malfunctioning air conditioning unit sparked a blaze at the Kraft Heinz plant in Lowville Wednesday morning.
It’s going to be hot and muggy again today, although not as hot as it was on Sunday.