Burglar who failed in diversion program is sent to prison
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III imposed a prison term of 16 months to four years Tuesday for a burglar whose enrollment in a court-supervised drug treatment program ended with a...
View ArticleSomerset man charged with growing pot at home
LOCKPORT – A Somerset man was arraigned Tuesday in Niagara County Court on an indictment accusing him of having more than 10 pounds of marijuana when the county drug task force searched the residence...
View ArticleCity of Tonawanda man avoids jail on two sex crimes
LOCKPORT – A City of Tonawanda man avoided jail time Tuesday in Niagara County Court in connection with two sex crimes involving the same 16-year-old girl, which occurred in North Tonawanda in July...
View ArticleFalls gunman who violated probation gets seven years in prison
LOCKPORT – State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. imposed the maximum sentence of seven years in prison and three years’ post-release supervision Tuesday for a Niagara Falls man who sprayed...
View ArticleTEDxBuffalo organizers seek speakers for Oct. 14 conference
Organizers of the TEDxBuffalo conference, which seeks to inspire innovation through the sharing of ideas, are seeking speakers for the fourth-annual version of the event.People interested in...
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OLAF FUB SEZ: Tongue-in-cheek advice to students at term paper time from musical satirist and mathematician Tom Lehrer, born on this date in 1928, “Plagiarize. Let no one else’s work evade your eyes....
View ArticleFalls car wash is burglarized
NIAGARA FALLS – The Rainbow Car Wash at 1102 Whitney Avenue reported an industrial vacuum, valued at $1,500, was knocked off a wall on Monday.Security photos showed an early 1990s model Oldsmobile...
View ArticleMan charged in assault for hitting a Falls man with a brick
NIAGARA FALLS – A 22-year-old man was charged after he allegedly threw a brick at a man at 5:20 p.m. Monday in the 1700 block of Ashland Avenue.William E. Scarbrough of 22nd Street was charged with...
View ArticleWyoming Avenue house fire leaves four adults seeking shelter
An attic fire at 159 Wyoming Avenue this afternoon caused $30,000 damage and left four adults seeking Red Cross assistance for temporary housing. The fire to the 2 1/2 story frame structure was...
View ArticleThree were arrested after heroin found following a traffic stop
WHEATFIELD – Niagara County sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle heading westbound on River Road in the Town of Wheatfield for driving with no insurance, no registration and no license plate lamp at...
View ArticleCause still undetermined in fire that killed 2
The Feb. 25 fire that killed two people in Cheektowaga remains under investigation, but police may have to close the case with the cause being listed as “undetermined.”“We’re still on it, but it looks...
View ArticleFalls salvage yard hit by thieves
NIAGARA FALLS – A trailer was found open Monday and four aluminum lights, valued at a total of $1,200 were stolen sometime over the weekend at S & W Salvage of Niagara at 2602 24th Street.The...
View ArticleWith Catholic schools in transition, parents, parishes scramble to figure...
Bracing for an influx of 100 or more students in September, the pastor and principal at St. John Vianney School in Orchard Park expect to hire at least four new teachers, build a new science lab and...
View ArticleHamburg to weigh Woodlawn Beach concession bids
Hamburg Town Board members will talk Wednesday about bids to run concessions at Woodlawn Beach State Park – the day before the town is to answer a challenge to the bids in court. The town received 11...
View ArticleFutures Academy true to its name as kids create model metropolis...
Despite its name, many students at Futures Academy have a hard time imagining a future for themselves.But when a team of three eighth-graders was challenged to develop a city 100 years from now, they...
View ArticleWoman pepper-sprayed by would-be purse thieves outside Seneca Niagara Casino
NIAGARA FALLS – A woman was pepper-sprayed by two would-be purse thieves in the parking lot of Seneca Niagara Casino Hotel early Wednesday.The 41-year-old victim told piolice the two men asked her for...
View ArticleBills official to address Falls Housing Authority summit on Friday
NIAGARA FALLS - Paul Lancaster, director of player engagement for the Buffalo Bills, will be the guest speaker at Friday’s summit for African American and minority male teens sponsored by the Niagara...
View ArticleLive video: Memorial to Fort Hood victims
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View ArticleAdams’ ‘Myths and Lies’ explores beauty, gender and...
A new series of paintings by the prolific Buffalo artist Bruce Adams will go on view Sunday in Niagara University’s Castellani Art Museum. The show, titled “Myths and Lies,” takes ancient mythology as...
View ArticleCatholic Charities of Buffalo has raised almost $8 million so far
Nearly $8 million has been raised so far in this year’s Catholic Charities of Buffalo appeal.The total includes money collected and reported by parish volunteers during the opening weekend of Appeal...
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