Grand jury probe focuses on unsolved hit-and-run death in Evans
Erie County prosecutors have begun presenting evidence to a grand jury in connection with a controversial and mysterious hit-and-run death in the Town of Evans.The district attorney’s office is...
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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to baseball player Pete Rose, born this date in 1941, “Somebody’s gotta win and somebody’s gotta lose, and I believe in letting the other guy lose.” ...Vacation EscapeSome...
View ArticleGasport man charged with smuggling at Niagara County Jail
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – A Gasport man has been charged with trying to smuggle commonly abused narcotic pain relief patches into the Niagara County Jail.Justin A. Wittcop, 32, of Haseley Road, was arrested...
View ArticleBurglar damages camper trailer
HARTLAND – A burglar caused an estimated $1,000 damage to a camper trailer being stored on a Johnson Creek Road property sometime since last fall, police said Sunday.The owner of the camper told...
View ArticleFalls man charged with stealing $90 worth of nails
NIAGARA FALLS – A city man has been charged with stealing $90 worth of nails from the Home Depot store on Builder’s Way.Roy Morgan, 54, of 21st Street, was arrested just after 11 a.m. Sunday after...
View ArticleCopper plumbing stolen from home
NIAGARA FALLS – About $100 worth of copper plumbing was stolen from an 18th Street home over the weekend, while the incoming resident was out of the building.Police said that someone removed the wood...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda man arrested for DWI on Grand Island
A North Tonawanda man who Erie County Sheriff’s Deputies said was asleep behind the wheel of his car at a Grand Island intersection was charged with DWI.Deputy Robert Galbraith was patrolling Webb...
View ArticleFrewsburg woman charged after crash
FREWSBURG – A Frewsburg woman who police said was driving with a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit when she fled from a car crash has been charged with aggravated driving while...
View ArticleIn WWII, veteran Robert W. Lally saved the life of a sergeant who treated...
Robert W. Lally’s dream was to fly for the Army Air Forces, but a childhood injury to his left arm disqualified him from heading into the wild blue yonder to crush America’s enemies in World War...
View ArticleLikely final draft of East Aurora school budget would restore some cuts
In the fourth and likely final draft of the 2014-15 East Aurora school budget, Superintendent Brian Russ said the district was able to restore a number of items to the $31.1 million spending plan that...
View ArticleLockport firefighters file grievance over garage door openers
LOCKPORT – The City of Lockport and its firefighters’ union, which have had a prickly relationship for months, now are at odds over who should be able to use garage door openers to let the trucks in...
View ArticleBuffalo man injured in East Side shooting
A Buffalo man was wounded and a car was shot at early Sunday outside the One Eyed Kitty Cabaret at Clinton and Jones streets, east of Fillmore Avenue.Curtis Smith, 27, said he was standing outside the...
View ArticleLockport fire victims identified
LOCKPORT – The two victims of a fatal fire early Saturday in the Crosby Avenue home they shared were identified Sunday.Police said David Flagler, 58, and Deborah Lenz, 62, died in the blaze shortly...
View ArticleResidents missing from city schools budget process
When Buffalo school leaders held a community presentation to update city residents about the district’s 2014-15 budget Thursday night, they reserved the Bennett High School auditorium.The chief...
View ArticleIrving man arrested for DWI
HANOVER – An Irving man was arrested late Saturday on driving while intoxicated and aggravated DWI charges after Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies stopped his vehicle for making an unsafe lane...
View ArticleNiagara County mental health director retiring
LOCKPORT – Antoinette Lech, Niagara County’s mental health director for the past 20 years, said she is retiring soon.“It may be in the next month. It may be later if I want to get some more work...
View ArticleTown of Tonawanda man killed in crash in Newstead
A Town of Tonawanda man died early Sunday after his vehicle went off the road and struck a tree along Main Street in Newstead.Mark J. Sperrazza, 49, was killed in the crash on Main about a half mile...
View ArticleTwo Buffalo men in critcal condition after crash
A Buffalo man who had been arrested New Year’s Day on felony DWI and other charges after he drove 94 mph on the Kensington Expressway was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday along with his...
View ArticleCatholic Charities' annual appeal ends
Parishioners across Western New York took special collections, hosted basket raffles, bowl-a-thons and bake sales, and pulled out all the stops for the 90th annual Appeal Week, a concentrated push for...
View ArticleNCCC, IDA plan joint application for Start-Up New York
SANBORN – Niagara County Community College President James P. Klyczek said Friday that he expects a joint application from the college and the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency for the...
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