Bisons prepare for Opening Day on Thursday
The Bisons players are here.The equipment came Monday.Now, the big question is: Will the field be ready for Thursday’s season opener?Last weekend’s snowfall was the latest weathery curveball change of...
View Article$7,000 reward for dog taken from Buffalo shelter
A $7,000 reward has been offered for the return of Ginja, one of four malnourished dogs seized in December by police investigating a dogfighting ring on Erb Street.Ginja had been reported missing in...
View ArticleIn death, toddler gives others a second chance at life
Amanda Castile won’t ever again be able to hug her 2-year-old son, Cayden Hunt, who died Sunday in Women & Children’s Hospital.But because of Cayden, other parents will still have the opportunity...
View ArticleFalls man pleads guilty to failed break-in try
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man admitted Monday in Niagara County Court that he tried to break into an apartment on Lincoln Place in the Falls about 1 a.m. Oct. 7.Kyle D. Sullivan, 24, of Linwood...
View ArticleFalls man admits to dealing cocaine
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man accepted a plea offer Tuesday in Niagara County Court, admitting that he sold cocaine in the Falls two years ago.Terrence A. Hardy. 29, of Whitney Avenue, pleaded guilty...
View ArticleOrleans County man admits fondling teen in Cambria
LOCKPORT – A former Cambria resident now living in Orleans County admitted Tuesday in Niagara County Court that he fondled the private parts of a 17-year-old girl on the couch in his former...
View ArticleDeputy fire commissioner calls ouster callous and shocking, denies blame in...
Vincent R. Gugliuzza, one of Mayor Byron W. Brown’s most generous campaign donors and a 30-year veteran of the Fire Department, called his unexpected ouster as deputy fire commissioner callous and...
View ArticleFive hurt in two-car crash in Scio
SCIO – Five persons suffered minor injuries, and the drivers of both cars in a two-car crash Tuesday afternoon were ticketed by State Police.Investigators said Dakota Silsby, 18, of Wellsville was...
View ArticleWheatfield grapples with loss of farmland
WHEATFIELD – Despite the town’s massive residential growth in the past 20 years, 28 percent of Wheatfield’s surface area is still farmed.Efforts to prevent that figure from falling further were the...
View ArticleVisitor arrested for attacking a Buffalo woman
A 26-year-old man from Marborough, Maine, was arrested on third-degree assault and harassment charges for allegedly punching a woman he was visiting in the first block of James E. Casey Drive about 4...
View ArticleTwo cousins from Connecticut get 180 month prison terms
Nelson Areizaga-Rosa, 38, and his cousin Richard Ortiz-Rosa, 42, both of Connecticut were ordered Tuesday by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to serve 180 month prison terms for their...
View ArticleFederal judge dismisses Facebook claim
A federal judge has dismissed an Allegany County man’s claims that he owns part of Facebook.U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara adopted the recommendations of another judge in ruling against Paul...
View ArticleSheriff’s deputies arrest 2 alleged drunk drivers
Erie County sheriff’s deputies arrested a 22-year-old Grand Island woman for causing a minor accident on the Whithaven Road ramp to the northbound Niagara Thruway about 7 p.m. Monday and a 37-year-old...
View ArticleWhite House honors Buffalo City Court judge for drug court initiative
Buffalo City Court Judge Robert T. Russell Jr. was honored Monday as a recipient of the Advocate for Action award of the White House office of National Drug Control Policy bureau.Russell, who is head...
View ArticleJobless rate falls to 7.6 percent in February
The Buffalo Niagara region’s jobless rate continued to drop in February.Its unemployment rate fell to 7.6 percent from 8.8 percent a year ago, according to state Labor Department data. That was the...
View ArticleFalls attempted murder case headed to jury
LOCKPORT – A Niagara County Court jury will decide today whether Cordarise M. Houston is the man who shot John Petty last May 26, leaving the victim a paraplegic.There’s no doubt about it, Deputy...
View ArticleKen-Ton trustees OK closing of two elementary schools, middle school
With a show of hands, the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda School Board unanimously approved a school redistricting plan Tuesday evening that will close two elementary schools and one middle school and...
View ArticleTwo educators from Pinnacle seek charter on East Side for up to grade 5
Two administrators from the former Pinnacle Charter School want to open a new REACH Academy charter school that would eventually enroll up to 720 students in developmental kindergarten through fifth...
View ArticleFalls school tax increase weighed for coming year
NIAGARA FALLS – The Niagara Falls School Board on Tuesday night talked about a possible tax increase for the coming school year, with fears that the district’s financial situation could be worse a...
View ArticleControl board concerned about Buffalo schools’ budget woes
The Buffalo schools are coming under heightened scrutiny by the city’s control board, which says that if the district fails to eliminate a persistent budget deficit, it could take further action.R....
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