Take it from the Vatican: Saving St. Ann’s is a collective...
There are times when it pays to take a step back, take a breath and consider the long view.For the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, which has been on a misguided campaign to erase an important...
View ArticleSalamanca pot-growing operation busted
A Town of Salamanca man and two women have been arrested on drug charges after authorities found a marijuana growing operation at his home.Steven J. Little, 57, was arrested Friday after members of...
View ArticleRepeat DWI offender nabbed after going shoulder to shoulder
A Springville man whose driver’s license was revoked after two previous convictions for driving while intoxicated in 2011 and 2012 was arrested early today on a felony DWI charge on Route 219 in the...
View ArticleVFW treasurer charged with stealing $4,400
The treasurer of the Franklinville Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary has been charged with stealing $4,400 from the auxiliary’s account for her own personal use.Dorothy A. Vinovrski, 57, of...
View ArticleCheektowaga man charged in attack on girlfriend
A Cheektowaga man has been charged with second-degree assault for attacking his girlfriend and severely cutting her finger with a box cutter during a fight at a Buffalo home.Anthony M. McDougald, 38,...
View ArticleArcade WWII veteran mourns a brother who didn’t survive the perils of...
By Lou MichelNews Staff ReporterIn his senior year at Salamanca High School in the early 1940s, Lawrence E. Haley hopped a freight train bound for Buffalo to check out the employment picture.“I was on...
View ArticleSnow buildup causes carbon monoxide scare at nursing home on Grand Island
Residents of a Grand Island nursing home were moved to safe areas of the building Saturday as a precaution after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected in the basement, fire officials said...
View ArticleMaking the most of the cold weather
When life hands you lemons, the saying goes, make lemonade, and when winter hands you a week of temperatures near zero degrees, make ice rinks.Christopher Taggart of Amherst was doing exactly that in...
View ArticleEx-North Tonawanda woman dies after being shot in Wisconsin
A 48-year-old former North Tonawanda woman critically injured when she was shot in the head Jan. 18 in northwest Wisconsin died from her injuries over the weekend, authorities said Monday.Claudia A....
View ArticleClarence Women’s Club meeting next Monday
The Clarence Women’s Club will hold its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3 in the Clarence Town Park Clubhouse.A presentation on The Training Edge martial arts, self-defense and fitness...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to the French novelist Colette, born Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette on this date in 1873, “Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.”...PAST PERFECT – The Buffalo...
View ArticleNarrow band of lake-effect snow heading south from Buffalo
Surprise!Just when it looked like the days of lake-effect snow were behind us, a narrow band of snow that fired up over downtown Buffalo this afternoon is on the move.While skies have cleared...
View ArticleTwo deaths at Lancaster motel under investigation
Lancaster police are awaiting the results of lab tests linked to the deaths of a 23-year-old man and his 28-year-old girlfriend in a Lancaster motel, officials told The Buffalo News tonight.Just after...
View ArticleMan admits driving drunk on sidewalk with grandson in the vehicle
A Michigan Avenue man has admitted driving drunk April 16 on the sidewalk on the East Side with his 8-year-old grandson in the front seat.Robert John, 58, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of...
View ArticleAnother suspect in burglary ring charged in Southtowns break-ins
A fifth suspect has been charged as part of a burglary ring that targeted Southtowns homes last May and June. All of the suspects are from Buffalo’s Lovejoy neighborhood.Daniel Lauber, 22, of Gold...
View ArticleFalse report of a stolen truck leads to arrest
NIAGARA FALLS – A North Tonawanda man who called Niagara Falls police to report that his pickup was carjacked Sunday night in the 2200 block of Cleveland Avenue, instead found himself charged after...
View ArticleSeveral gunshots hit a house in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A 17-year-old woman told police that she ran inside a residence to escape a man who was shooting at her just after midnight Sunday, but the man fired multiple shots at the apartment...
View ArticleNeighbors catch a man suspected of breaking into a pickup
NIAGARA FALLS – Neighbors caught a Niagara Falls man and held him for police after he was seen breaking into a pickup at 8:30 p.m. in the 1800 block of Niagara Avenue on Sunday.Fabian L. Carter, 43,...
View ArticleSeveral items stolen in a car burglary
WHEATFIELD – A 39-year-old Lockport man told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies Sunday that someone forced their way into his vehicle, damaging the door handle and lock, sometime between 2 and 5:49...
View ArticleSex charges dismissed against North Tonawanda man
LOCKPORT – After a hung jury that leaned strongly toward acquittal, and the alleged victim’s desire not to testify again, Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas accepted a prosecution recommendation...
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