Two arrested for drugs after wrong-way driving
A 21-year-old Amherst man and a 20-year-old Amherst woman were arrested on drug charges very early Tuesday morning after Buffalo police reported spotting the male driver going the wrong way on one-way...
View ArticleTown of Lancaster looking to sell building housing Emergency Mgt and...
The Town of Lancaster is looking to relocate its emergency management office to its Pavement Road public safety complex, and to sell its present building on Columbia Avenue in Depew.But that decision...
View ArticleOrchard Park school programs, staffing could be impacted in closing gap
Programs, services and staff in Orchard Park Central School District will be “heavily impacted” when the district tries to close a $2.22 million budget gap, Superintendent Matthew P. McGarrity said...
View ArticleMan charged with drug possession after he runs into neighbor’s flat
A 32-year-old South Park Avenue man was charged with drug possession and criminal trespass when he allegedly ran into a neighbor’s unlocked apartment after being confronted by police and allegedly...
View ArticleTown of Lancaster looking to sell building housing Emergency Management and...
The Town of Lancaster is looking to relocate its emergency management office to its Pavement Road public safety complex and to sell its present building on Columbia Avenue in Depew.But that decision...
View ArticleMan faces drug charges after neighbor complains of harassment
A 45-year-old Bush Street man was arrested on marijuana and harassment charges after a downstairs neighbor complained that he tried to pull her into his flat by grabbing her bathrobe, police...
View ArticleKen-Ton facing looming budget deficit
The Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda school district presented a status update Tuesday night on its 2014-15 budget now totaling approximately $155.7 million, which requires a climb out of a nearly $7.3...
View ArticleWest Seneca Parent Council forum hears negative comments on education reforms
Parents looking for reasons to get fired up about how education reforms are negatively affecting education found plenty of them Tuesday night in West Seneca.During a forum at West Seneca East High...
View ArticleCasal renews title quest with hometown bout
NIAGARA FALLS — If life were like a video game, all Nick Casal would have had to do was either hit the continue button on his Xbox or deposit more money in the coin slot of the machine to return to...
View ArticleWinter weather is testing the mettle of area highway crews
We have all felt the wrath of this cold and cruel winter.A nasty January beat many of us down. Now February seems to be following suit, starting with the overnight storm that was poised to pummel the...
View ArticleAstorino gambit deepens state GOP intrigue
If the New York Republicans’ search for a gubernatorial candidate is a chess game, then Rob Astorino just notched two bold moves.The Westchester County executive has formed an “Astorino for Governor”...
View ArticleTown of Tonawanda police seek missing teen
Town of Tonawanda police officials are asking for the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old girl who has been missing since last Thursday morning.Valentina Kolock was last seen at about 8 a.m....
View ArticleFormer businessman charged with identity theft
LOCKPORT – A former Lockport man, recently released from federal prison after a wire fraud conviction, was arraigned in Niagara County Court Tuesday on a charge of using his stepson’s name to sign up...
View ArticleTwo charged in shooting narrowly missing child, 7
NIAGARA FALLS – A man and woman are facing charges after a fight escalated, and shots were fired, passing through a house and coming dangerously close to hitting a 7-year-old child inside Jan. 26,...
View ArticleInmate hurt in assault at Wyoming prison
A Wyoming Correctional Facility inmate who remains hospitalized in Erie County Medical Center with a serious stab wound to his upper chest is part of a growing trend of assaults, many of them...
View ArticleBuffalo man convicted in home invasion
A Buffalo man faces up to 25 years in state prison after an Erie County Court jury convicted him of invading a West Side home with an accomplice, threatening the resident’s life with a gun and...
View ArticleAuthentic Mexican comes to Elmwood; Blue Monk wins acclaim
More good news for the winter-weary: A veteran Mexican restaurateur plans to offer authentic Mexican tacos and more on Elmwood Avenue by mid-February.Sergio Mucino has been turning 765 Elmwood Ave.,...
View ArticleLockdown lifted at UB's North Campus
A search for robbery suspects on the University at Buffalo’s North Campus caused police to issue a shelter-in-place warning for nearly two hours late Tuesday into early this morning.The lockdown was...
View ArticleIceman sculpture balloons into hobby
The promise of a snowstorm and more cold was good news for Dave Ruhland and the wavy-haired “Iceman” he made by freezing about 50 water balloons around 3,000 ice cubes in a stacked rainbow of yellow,...
View Article3 from local gallery were real ‘Monuments Men’
In the Hollywood version of “The Monuments Men,” Matt Damon, George Clooney and John Goodman portray art professionals-turned-soldiers who searched for and recovered treasures that the Nazis looted in...
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