Five hurt, one charged in Batavia crash
BATAVIA – Five people, including two pedestrians, were injured in a Batavia car crash Friday morning, and Batavia Police filed a traffic charge against one of the drivers involved.None of the injuries...
View ArticleDeveloper seeks re-use of 1490 Jefferson
A prominent East Side address that once had thriving business activity in the heart of the Jefferson Avenue commercial district is about to get a new life after years of disrepair.City approval is...
View ArticleAlleged ‘illegal alien’ charged in Newfane pharmacy holdup
A Niagara County man identified by police as an undocumented immigrant is accused of threatening to detonate a bomb inside a Newfane pharmacy while robbing the place on Nov. 11.Martin H. Reyes Jr.,...
View ArticleHealth care website is operating smoother
WASHINGTON – As the Obama administration’s weekend deadline for a smoothly functioning online marketplace for health insurance arrives, more than a month of frantic repair work is paying off with...
View ArticleWestern New York ski season opens a month early
See snow, will ski.Erin and Scott Lawson weren’t taking any chances upon awakening Friday morning to sunny skies and a fresh blanket of snow.They headed to Kissing Bridge with their 3-year-old...
View ArticleU.S. airlines directed to obey China air defense demands
WASHINGTON – After an internal debate, the Obama administration has decided to tell U.S. commercial airlines to comply with China’s demands to be notified of any flights through a broad swath of...
View ArticleFirst family may remain in D.C. to let daughters graduate from high school
WASHINGTON – Throughout his time in office, President Obama has opened many outside-the-Beltway speeches with a suggestion that he, too, feels like an outsider in the nation’s baffling, frustrating...
View ArticleFor women, political muscle tips the fundraising scales
WASHINGTON – The first time Sen. Patty Murray ran for local office, she was so embarrassed to ask people for money for her campaign that she and her husband held a garage sale. But her generous...
View ArticleSmall businesses strike back
It was the busiest shopping day of the year, but Monroe’s Place was dead.“We have Black Friday shoved down our throats since Halloween, but there we were and the store was no busier than any other...
View ArticleMan shot and killed while driving on Oakmont, Buffalo police report
Two men were shot - one fatally - early Saturday morning as they were driving on Oakmont Avenue, near Bailey Avenue, Buffalo police reported.The 42-year-old driver was taken to Erie County Medical...
View ArticleBrady Bunch stars, Kristy McNichol to appear in Buffalo at World’s...
Four stars from the Brady Bunch – the three boys and Cindy – will reunite tonight at the World’s Largest Disco.Barry Williams, Chris Knight, Mike Lookinland and Susan Olsen – Greg, Peter, Bobby and...
View ArticleCostumed runners flock to Turkey Trot despite the cold
The party atmosphere that is the hallmark of the Turkey Trot did not disappoint Thursday, despite freezing temperatures. “It’s just fun. The environment is awesome,” said Christin Handley, 24, of East...
View ArticleJohn Cappello, 93, still kicking up his heels in ‘Nutcracker’
At 93, John Cappello has been the waltzing grandfather for more than two decades in Niagara Falls’ “Nutcracker” performances.That’s long enough to watch a generation of ballerinas pirouette through...
View ArticleHistoric Gowanda theater gets funding toward its restoration
GOWANDA – One project will convert a longtime brownfield into a park featuring fishing, athletic fields and scenic overlooks.The other will restore a historic movie theater in the heart of...
View ArticleFormer Falls High hoops star Greg Gamble discovers coaching
As Greg Gamble helped lead Niagara Falls High School to a state championship and national prominence in 2005, Mike MacDonald was the first coach to offer him a scholarship to play college...
View ArticleMusician with Down’s Syndrome provides inspiration to others
WHEATFIELD – Sujeet Desai plays seven instruments and has traveled the world performing in 13 countries as well as nearly every state in the U.S. He has been honored by foreign dignitaries and...
View ArticleTrip to ATM takes DWI suspect and companions through yard, into field
CAMBRIA – A Sanborn woman who conceded she was too drunk but consented to drive two companions to an ATM machine late Thursday was charged with driving while intoxicated, Niagara County sheriff’s...
View ArticleFire that destroyed Sheridan home was fanned by strong winds
SHERIDAN – A blaze that broke out about 9:30 a.m. Saturday chased three members of a Sherdian family from their fire-ravaged home on Center Road near Route 39, fire official said.First Battalion...
View ArticleInside the race to rescue a health site, and Obama
WASHINGTON – As a small coterie of grim-faced advisers shuffled into the Oval Office on the evening of Oct. 15, President Obama’s chief domestic accomplishment was falling apart 24 miles away, at a...
View ArticleProsecutors appeal Montana rapist’s 30-day sentence
LOS ANGELES – Prosecutors in Montana are going to the state’s highest court in hopes of securing a longer prison term for a former teacher who was given a month-long sentence for raping a 14-year-old...
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