Probation for two Lockport drug dealers
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas ordered probation for two Lockport drug dealers Wednesday. Both had pleaded guilty to fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled...
View ArticleMan charged with two Falls burglaries goes to prison
LOCKPORT – A man charged with two burglaries in Niagara Falls last year was sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.Joseph C. Knepp. 48, of Sixth Street...
View ArticleJudge Murphy imprisons two crack dealers
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III sent two crack cocaine dealers to state prison Wednesday.Antoine R. Bones, 28, of South Avenue, Niagara Falls, drew five years behind bars, plus...
View ArticleMan who assaulted two nurses is sent to prison
LOCKPORT – A man who injured two nurses June 13 in Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center was sentenced to 1 1/3 to four years in state prison Wednesday by State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch...
View ArticleDueling Falls ferries begin operations for the season
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – As a Hornblower ferry pulled away bearing a full group of tourists for the first time, a small crowd cheered, seagulls squawked and the falls raged majestically.Then another ship...
View ArticleSouth Dakota man sentenced in fatal crash on reservation
LOCKPORT – A South Dakota man who crashed his car on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation, leaving a friend to die, was sentenced Wednesday to three to nine years in prison.Skyler T. Zephier, 21, of...
View ArticleMan who beat pot charge is indicted for attempted murder
LOCKPORT – Joachim S. Sylvester, whose felony marijuana possession charge was dismissed March 21 because Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III thought police engaged in racial profiling, was...
View ArticleEvent will raise funds for research into genetic disease
Lukas Napier, 19, of Lewiston, has battled neurofibromatosis since he was a child but the tumors that now riddle parts of his body didn’t start showing up in force until about two years ago.On the...
View ArticleNiagara Falls homeless shelter seeks overturning of city code order
NIAGARA FALLS – The operators of a homeless shelter for men on Ferry Avenue have asked the city Zoning Board of Appeals to overrule the city’s order stopping the service.Charles J. Naughton,...
View ArticleNiagara town clerk to fill supervisors role until November election
TOWN OF NIAGARA – The Niagara Town Board had been expected to name a replacement for former Supervisor Steven C. Richards on Wednesday.Instead, it named Town Clerk Sylvia Virtuoso as deputy supervisor...
View ArticleFalls school board candidate bares her soul
NIAGARA FALLS – Angela J. Bray is a writer, model and disability advocate who serves on the Niagara Falls Human Rights Commission.The 34-year-old has also penned tales of erotica.She’s been...
View ArticleKelly toughs it out as he battles cancer
Jim Kelly offered a poignant perspective Wednesday on his raging battle against cancer.The Buffalo Bills’ Hall-of-Fame quarterback got choked up talking about the fact he recently had a feeding tube...
View ArticleNiagara IDA hears Lewiston apartment plan, approves Wurlitzer tax break
WHEATFIELD – The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency is considering a 15-year property tax break for an apartment conversion of the vacant former Fairchild Manor Nursing Home in Lewiston.The...
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Police and fire search Lake Ontario for missing fisherman
WILSON – Family reported a man missing this morning after he failed to return from a fishing outing on Lake Ontario Wednesday afternoon.Niagara County Undersheriff Michael Filicetti said John Suppel,...
View ArticleYou’ll need umbrella and jacket over next 24 hours
NEWS STAFF REPORTERKeep an umbrella handy for today and a jacket for tomorrow. You are going to need both over the next 24 hours.“It will probably start early this afternoon,” meteorologist Jim...
View ArticleState funds farmers’ markets
The state’s FreshConnect Farmers’ Market program announced awards of more than $350,000 to fund 17 farmers’ markets across New York, with special incentives for SNAP participants and veterans....
View ArticleSearch continues for missing Lewiston boater
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies, crews from the Wilson and Olcott fire companies and state, federal and Canadian teams continued the watery search Thursday for a Lewiston boater missing...
View ArticleMan charged with animal cruelty after police find his dead dog
NIAGARA FALLS – A Michigan Avenue man is accused of letting his dog suffer for two days and eventually die after it was struck by a car.Gary A. Morrissette, 32, was charged with animal cruelty at...
View ArticleNiagara USA Chamber president named “Woman of Distinction”
Deanna A. Brennen, president and CEO of the Niagara USA Chamber, has been honored by the State Senate as a “Woman of Distinction,” State Sen. George D. Maziarz announced Thursday.Brennen worked for 13...
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