Ron Robertson
Web Writer
WWNY
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Ron Robertson joined the 7 News team as morning web writer in August 2011.
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Officials at the Jefferson County jail denied reproductive health care to a pregnant inmate for weeks.
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A scathing audit says the state Department of Health under-reported COVID deaths in nursing homes by as much as 50 percent.
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The so-called Hunger Games heat up as the state doubles down on its efforts to fix up downtowns
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Peyton Morse was remembered as someone dedicated to the service of others and someone who always wanted to be a firefighter.
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Congresswoman Elise Stefanik says she will join dozens of other Republican members of Congress who plan to contest presidential electors on Wednesday.
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North country congresswoman Elise Stefanik is one of more than a hundred Republican members of congress who have signed on in support of a lawsuit that could overturn the results of November’s presidential election.
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Tina Marie Stevens was conscious and talking to first responders at the accident scene, but died later.
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Police were finishing up the search of an apartment in the Woolworth Building in downtown Watertown Wednesday evening when they spotted a man who was wanted on drug charges.
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A Franklin County man is accused of stealing two vehicles in the town of Lyme within a few minutes of each other.
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A massive drug sweep in May apparently wasn’t the end of what law enforcement officials called “Operation Drop.”
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“All school districts can open in the state,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday.
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Both events are scheduled for Saturday, August 15.
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The National Governors Association is meeting virtually Wednesday and the current chair, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, is expected to hand the reins to Cuomo, who has been serving as vice chair.
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Eight people in Jefferson County have been tested for COVID-19 and so far, no one has tested positive.
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Relatives of the sole survivor of a fire that killed five members of her family have agreed to turn over more than $71,000 they raised on her behalf.
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Watertown mayoral candidates had the chance to trade a few barbs in a 7 News debate Tuesday between candidates for Watertown mayor.
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Elise Stefanik and other members of Congress are calling the Trump Administration's decision to not oppose a Turkish incursion into Syria "a misguided and catastrophic blow to our national security interests."
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A plan that could save Massena Memorial Hospital $1 million a year has been approved by the state health department.
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A western New York Boy Scout leader is accused of sexually abusing several youths at a St. Lawrence County Boy Scout camp three summers in a row.
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Three years ago, Valerie Juby was watching hurricane coverage on television.
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You might think getting stuck at a popular vacation destination would be a dream come true.
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Officials with the union that represents workers at Alcoa say they have a tentative contract deal with the aluminum company.
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The city of Watertown's revenue from sales tax was down last month, but it's still healthy for the year so far.
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ave The River is asking for St. Lawrence Seaway shipping to be closed for several days at a time so more water can be released from the Moses-Saunders Power Dam in Massena.
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Tibbetts Point Lighthouse in Cape Vincent is one of nine lighthouses within a proposed marine sanctuary that would also encompass 21 known shipwrecks and one downed military aircraft.
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A Clayton man is accused of forcing a woman into a car Sunday evening and driving recklessly with both her and a baby inside.
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It turns out the the International Joint Commission was right when it predicted earlier this week that water levels on Lake Ontario would likely meet or exceed 2017 levels.
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Ogdensburg police say they found two active one-pot meth labs when they raided a New York Avenue apartment Thursday afternoon.
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The Great New York State Food and Wine Festival is coming up in Clayton next week.
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It's Memorial Day weekend and, for many, that means cookouts.
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A Boonville man is accused of strangling a woman and hitting her with a cell phone.
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The Watertown Salvation Army's 13th annual carnival is coming up next week.
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Canadian border officials confiscated more than four tons of cheese someone tried to smuggle into that country and the man responsible was ordered to pay a sizable fine.
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There's a cruise-in coming up to benefit a scholarship fund for students with learning disabilities.
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7 News chief weathercaster John Kubis served in the Air Force right after high school.
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Oneida County's sheriff confirms that a person of interest in a bank robbery earlier this month was picked up in the north country Friday morning.
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A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania man was charged in a federal court in Syracuse with transporting two people who were in the United States illegally.
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There's a golf tournament coming up that raises money for a Watertown City School District program that helps provide food to some families.
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A former Oswego city official has admitted he allowed raw sewage to be dumped into Lake Ontario.
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