State prison for man judge calls “a thief and a drug user”
LOCKPORT – Jonathan M. Grant, who used five to 10 bags of heroin a day before his arrest on charges of stealing $6,290 from his step-parents and another woman, was sentenced to the state prison...
View ArticleVeterans court helps Lockport man win reduced plea
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man who worked with Buffalo veterans court for more than two years on his problems with alcohol abuse was allowed to cancel his felony assault plea Wednesday.Instead, Arnold M....
View ArticleJudge gives Lockport woman a chance to avoid state prison
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas gave a Lockport woman a chance Wednesday to avoid state prison on a cocaine possession charge.She placed Dawn L. Johnson, 59, of Waterman Street, on...
View ArticleWeather-related crashes in Niagara County
Wind and snow caused some whiteout conditions in Niagara County today with cars going off the road and into ditches or mailboxes.In Cambria two people were injured in a one car rollover at 9:30 a.m....
View ArticleSteel doors are damaged in attempted break-in at Wilson Lakeside Market
WILSON – Double steel doors were found with pry marks and damage to the door and door frame, in what appeared to be an attempted break-in just after 3 a.m. Wednesday at the Wilson Lakeside Market at...
View ArticleLockport man accused of harassing Mighty Taco employees
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man was charged after he allegedly used racial slurs and obscenties at a drive-through window and then went inside and spit in an employee’s face at 6:20 p.m. Tuesday in the...
View ArticleFalls businessman pleads guilty to shooting his brother-in-law
LOCKPORT – Timothy C. DePetris, owner of the former Electro-Dyne Choke Corp. in Niagara Falls, admitted Wednesday that he tried to kill his brother-in-law by shooting him.DePetris pleaded guilty as...
View ArticleDefense seeks psychiatric exam for man charged with beating infant son
LOCKPORT – The attorney for Christopher T. Fuller Jr., a Lockport man charged with violently shaking his 5-month-old son, was granted a psychiatric examination Wednesday to see if Fuller is mentally...
View ArticleForestville considers land mortgage to aid demolition costs
FORESTVILLE – The Forestville Village Board Tuesday agreed to consider a mortgage on the village’s timber land in exchange for a loan to help pay for the demolition of a hazardous building in the...
View ArticleDaylight North Tonawanda holdup believed to be latest in monthlong spree
Police fear that armed robbers who have been staging holdups in Erie and Niagara counties for the past month have become bolder.The Able Insurance Agency on Erie Avenue in North Tonawanda was held up...
View ArticleFormer Elementary school almost a church ministry
OLEAN – It took a bit of explanation, but after quelling what appear to be nothing more than rumors, the prospective buyers of the former Ivers J. Norton Elementary School are just a vote away from...
View Article$5 million from Oishei pushes fundraising for new UB medical school downtown...
A $5 million donation from the John R. Oishei Foundation announced Wednesday has helped put the University at Buffalo about halfway toward its private fundraising goal for the new medical school...
View ArticleWyoming County home destroyed by fire
WARSAW – Fire destroyed a house in the Wyoming County Town of Bennington, where firefighters had to contend with frozen hose lines and water pumps, according to the county’s Office of Emergency...
View ArticleTolbert to run for Buffalo School Board
Former mayoral candidate Bernard Tolbert announced today that he will seek one of the three at-large seats on the Buffalo Board of Education in the May 6 election.The former executive for the FBI, the...
View ArticleChef’s Restaurant to remain closed until Friday
The cleanup from a burst water pipe at Chef’s Restaurant is taking longer than expected and the popular eatery will not be reopening until Friday. The restaurant originally had expected to be back in...
View ArticleGrand Island school bus struck, no injuries
A car struck the back of a stopped school bus at East River Road and Edgewater Drive in Grand Island this morning, Grand Island Fire Company officials said.There were 10 children from Huth Road...
View ArticleDunkirk development agency gets update on loan repayments, outstanding debts
DUNKIRK – Members of the Dunkirk Local Development Corp. got an update on loan repayments and outstanding debts at their regular meeting Wednesday in City Hall. It was announced that the Clarion Hotel...
View ArticleRobber holds up KeyBank branch in Town of Tonawanda
The KeyBank branch at 4248 Delaware Ave. was held up early this afternoon, Town of Tonawanda police said.The robber was described as a white male, between five feet, 10 inches and six feet tall with...
View ArticleRescheduled Common Core forum to be held Feb. 13 in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A forum to discuss the state’s Common Core education standards, which was postponed from earlier this month, has been rescheduled for Feb. 13.Featured speakers will include Walter...
View ArticleMan arrested after drugs are found in his Niagara Falls hotel room
NIAGARA FALLS – A suspicious vehicle being driven along Niagara Falls Boulevard with the headlights off led Niagara County sheriff’s deputies and the Niagara County Drug Task Force to a Niagara Falls...
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