1+ week, 4+ day ago   (142+ words) KINGSTON, N.Y.— Ulster County has agreed to pay $250,000 to Heather Mikesh, the one-time confidential secretary of former Finance Commissioner Burt Gulnick, to settle a 2022 gender discrimination and hostile workplace lawsuit brought by Mikesh. As part of the May 5 settlement, the two…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (260+ words) ALBANY, N.Y. — An Oneida County man was sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking ring that distributed large quantities of cocaine and crack cocaine in and around Kingston and other parts of Ulster County,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (172+ words) Daily Freeman The following items are based on information provided by officials in law enforcement and the criminal justice system. Any person(s) charged with an offense or offenses are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. DWI:…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (224+ words) POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — A Kingston man pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter in Dutchess County Court on Tuesday in connection with a 2025 head-on crash that left a Hyde Park man dead, the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office announced. Parisi’s office said in the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (341+ words) KINGSTON, N.Y. — A Kingston man accused of a brazen day-time shooting earlier this year will get a new lawyer to defend him against the charges. Knowledge Montgomery, 23, is charged with attempted murder, two counts of assault with intent to cause serious…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (141+ words) Daily Freeman The Kingston Common Council voted 8-1 to approve a request by the city’s Grants Management Office to seek $830,000 in state money for a $3,320,000 project to upgrade and rehabilitate four priority wastewater pump stations. A story in Sunday’s edition incorrectly…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (339+ words) KINGSTON, N.Y. — City taxpayers will shell out $25,000 toward a $115,000 settlement granted to a city man who was wrongly accused and jailed in 2024 for a burglary he didn’t commit. The payout, approved Tuesday by the Common Council, settles a federal civil rights…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (241+ words) TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. — A Kingston woman “acting in concert with another adult, both armed with weapons” is facing multiple charges after an assault at the Sunset Motel on Monday that left one victim hospitalized and drew a large multi-agency police…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (89+ words) Daily Freeman The following items are based on information provided by officials in law enforcement and the criminal justice system. Any person(s) charged with an offense or offenses are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Assault:…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (193+ words) Daily Freeman The following items are based on information provided by officials in law enforcement and the criminal justice system. Any person(s) charged with an offense or offenses are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. DWI:…...