Attica man charged with fourth DWI
An Attica man was charged with driving while intoxicated for the fourth time after he allegedly crashed his pickup truck into two parked cars and left the scene Friday night, Attica police reported.A...
View ArticleOrchard Park police arrest two in separate DWIs
Two Orchard Park men were separately arrested for driving while intoxicated on Sunday, Orchard Park police reported, including a man who hit and dragged a fire hydrant with his car, leaving a water...
View ArticleBuffalo OKs student transfer, East/Lafayette plans
Despite some yelling, confusion and hours’ worth of questions and disagreement, the Buffalo Board of Education approved the district’s proposed student choice transfer plan, as well as the turnaround...
View ArticleLive blog: Special Buffalo school board meeting
The Buffalo Board of Education will vote on the state-mandated school turnaround plans for East and Lafayette high schools, as well as contracts with a variety of private, school turnaround...
View ArticleRed Cross assisting 21 after three weekend fires
The local arm of the American Red Cross is assisting 21 people affected by three separate fires that occurred over the weekend, the relief organization said in a news release.Eight people from six...
View ArticleProminent Niagara County family torn by lawsuit reaches settlement
By Phil FairbanksNEWS STAFF REPORTEROn a summer night in 2011, Patricia Riegle’s colleagues elected her to an eighth year as president of the Royalton-Hartland School Board.“It’s going to be a...
View ArticleTolbert ad puts Brown in bad light
Mayoral challenger Bernard Tolbert launched his first television commercial Sunday – a 30-second spot that implies he would do better than incumbent Byron W. Brown on the vexing issues of crime,...
View ArticleCritics allege ties between City of Buffalo, Riverside Towing & Recovery
Second of two partsBy Dan Herbeck and Jill TerreriNews Staff ReportersThere is no disputing the fact that William “Bill” O’Connell gets more towing jobs from Buffalo city government than any of his...
View ArticleNew Bills policy includes ban on zippered seat cushions, most purses
Still clutching one of your prized Super Bowl souvenirs, the zippered seat cushion from any one of the Buffalo Bills’ four Super Bowl appearances in the early 1990s?Don’t plan on bringing it to any...
View ArticleGibraltar president and COO set to retire
Gibraltar Industries’ president and chief operating officer, Henning Kornbrekke, will retire at the end of the year, after about nine years in those roles.The Hamburg-based building products maker...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to sharpshooter Annie Oakley, born Phoebe Ann Moses on this date in 1860, “Aim at a high mark and you will hit it. No, not the first time, not the second time and maybe not the...
View ArticleFor ultimate fairgoers, Erie County Fair is a family tradition
Clayton Fattey and His Orchestra would grace the bandstand in Slade Park on the Hamburg Fairgrounds, filling the evening air in sweet song.Singing along from song sheets, the crowd crooned along to...
View ArticleLackawanna, firefighters reach tentative contract deal
The City of Lackawanna has reached a tentative deal with its firefighters on a new contract, although key details of the proposed pact haven’t been released.City Attorney Antonio Savaglio revealed...
View ArticleTroopers find unusual weapon on DWI suspect
State police at Clarence made an unusual arrest over the weekend, charging a Cheektowaga woman with driving while intoxicated and confiscating a set of hot pink metal knuckles, according to police...
View ArticleCity comes up with $400,000 to restore school music programs
Instrumental music programs will likely not be cut from Buffalo Public Schools following an announcement today from Mayor Byron W. Brown.Standing with students, parents and teachers at an East Side...
View ArticleTwo arrested in Jamestown robbery and beating
Jamestown police late Monday night arrested a 19-year-old male and a juvenile in connection with the robbery and beating of another man on Prospect Street.The two young people are accused of pushing...
View ArticleSchumer calls for greater safety for train routes
With an increasing volume of hazardous materials being transported by train, Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., is calling for the replacement or retrofitting of tanker cars being used.Schumer, joined...
View ArticleVandals wielding motor-oil quarts cause extensive damage in Cheektowaga
Vandals armed with a disregard for property and quarts of used motor oil left thousands of dollars of damage in an early-morning rampage on a roughly four-block area in Cheektowaga, police reported...
View ArticleNiagara Falls conference center had its busiest July
NIAGARA FALLS - The Conference & Event Center Niagara Falls had its busiest July on record, the firm that manages it reported Tuesday.Conferences held last month at the downtown facility brought...
View ArticleDunkirk man charged with possessing, selling cocaine
A Dunkirk man was arrested Friday in Fredonia after he allegedly sold cocaine to Dunkirk authorities on numerous occasions, officials said.Nelson X. Irizarry, 23, of Deer Street, was also found to be...
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