State Police not sure when ammo background checks will be ready under SAFE Act
ALBANY– The head of the State Police said Wednesday he has no idea when ammunition background checks, a key component of the state’s SAFE Act, will begin across the state.State Police Superintendent...
View ArticleBank recovers $275,000 of $367,000 in town funds stolen from Royalton
MIDDLEPORT – Town of Royalton officials learned Wednesday a whopping $367,000 had been stolen from town coffers in two illegal wire transfers filed through the town computer system and immediately...
View ArticleGap-elimination adjustment system targeted by Cleveland Hill School Board
Tired of the state’s gap-elimination adjustment system that cuts funding from school districts, the Cleveland Hill Board of Education will consider a resolution calling for its elimination later this...
View ArticleFormer Lancaster village trustee faces insurance fraud charge tied to his...
A former Lancaster village trustee has been accused of making up a burglary at his video game shop on Central Avenue and then filing a fraudulent insurance claim.But Edward M. Marki is adamant that he...
View ArticleEx-Buffalo cop pleads guilty to selling marijuana
When James M. Hamilton was arrested in the fall, his colleagues on the Buffalo police force discovered a marijuana-growing operation in the basement of his Floss Avenue home.They also uncovered...
View ArticleAlleged shoplifter accused of having marijuana
A 37-year-old Connecticut Street woman was charged with marijuana possession during her search by officers at the Erie County Holding Center shortly after her arrest for allegedly stealing goods from...
View ArticleThree arrested in Jamestown for cocaine sales
JAMESTOWN – Two men from Pennsylvania and a Jamestown woman were arrested late Thursday afternoon by the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task force and other agencies for alleged cocaine trafficking in...
View ArticleDepew man arrested for Leandra’s law DWI
A 30-year-old Depew man with two children, aged five and nine, in his car was arrested by Erie County sheriff’s deputies on Main Street at Sandridge Road in Alden about 8:45 p.m. Wednesday and charged...
View ArticleNewfane man sentenced for felony DWI
LOCKPORT – A Newfane man, who has been in Lockport drug court since pleading guilty Nov. 22 to felony driving while intoxicated, was placed on five years’ probation Thursday and assessed $1,520 in...
View ArticleLake Shore School Board puts off decision on veterans tax exemption
Before the Lake Shore School Board can decide whether to give veterans an exemption on school taxes, it needs to investigate the idea further, Superintendent James Przepasniak said during a meeting...
View Article11-time drunken driver arraigned in Niagara County Court
LOCKPORT – An East Amherst man who has been arrested on alcohol-related driving charges 11 times pleaded not guilty to the latest charge Thursday in Niagara County Court.Curt W. Stumm, 62, of...
View ArticleGunman given chance to earn probation
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas placed a Niagara Falls man on interim probation Thursday for throwing a stolen pistol away while running from Falls police June 16.“Whether or not...
View ArticleFalls man charged with two Leandra’s Law violations
LOCKPORT – A 14-count indictment was unsealed in Niagara County Court Thursday against a Niagara Falls woman who was arrested on drunken driving charges twice last year – both times when one of her...
View ArticlePlea offered in fatal Tuscarora Reservation wreck
LOCKPORT – A Yankton, S.D., man who allegedly crashed a vehicle on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation Sept. 8, killing his passenger and seriously injuring the other driver, was given two weeks to mull...
View ArticleDNA on sweatshirt leads to robbery plea
LOCKPORT – A man who lost his sweatshirt in a struggle with an employee at a store he tried to rob pleaded guilty Thursday in Niagara County Court, after a DNA test matched him with the shirt.Jacob...
View ArticleFalls man faces gun-and-drug indictment
LOCKPORT – Frank D. Murphy, 29, of Walnut Avenue, Niagara Falls, pleaded not guilty in Niagara County Court Thursday to gun and drug charges incurred after a July 23 traffic stop in the Falls.Murphy...
View ArticleGOP legislators block bid to redebate location of ECC tech building
The Republican-aligned majority in the Erie County Legislature on Thursday shut down calls to rehash the debate over which is the better location for Erie Community College’s proposed $30 million...
View ArticleBuffalo Auto Show sets the stage for future sales
Outdoors, it was 18 degrees and the cars were coated with salt and slush.Inside the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, it was 68 degrees and all the cars were gleaming.That is one reason area car...
View ArticleAfter-school worker with handgun identified, taken into custody after Harvey...
A man who works with an after-school program at the city’s School 97 Harvey Austin Elementary School was found carrying a handgun at the school Thursday evening, ending a more than four-hour ordeal...
View Article‘Trying to market the whole region,’ 5 counties get $300,000...
Five counties – one brand.That’s the goal of a tourism plan being funded with a $300,000 grant from the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council.Tourism agencies from Erie, Niagara,...
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