Senecas eye Rochester-area casino, despite legal hurdles
ALBANY – The Seneca Nation of Indians has hired a developer to help explore a possible casino and hotel project in the Rochester suburbs near the Thruway.The Senecas, believed to have an option to...
View ArticleTourists robbed of cash and electronics by armed men wearing ski masks
NIAGARA FALLS – A couple walking at Whirlpool Street and Walnut Avenue just before 10 p.m. on Monday was robbed by three men – one armed with a pump action shot gun and the another with a handgun,...
View Article2 firms picked to submit Rainbow Centre proposals
NIAGARA FALLS – The state has chosen two groups of companies to submit proposals for development in the unused portion of the former Rainbow Centre mall.Groups headed by Intertrust Development and...
View ArticleSearch for buried shotgun leads to marijuana plants in Royalton
ROYALTON – A man who was digging up a shotgun in the backyard of his late uncle’s home in the 6000 block of Miller Road instead chanced onto several marijuana plants – some growing in buckets and...
View Article‘Seasoned user’ of crack cocaine pleads guilty to two gas...
LOCKPORT – A Town of Lockport man, whose attorney called him “a seasoned user” of crack cocaine, pleaded guilty to two gas station robberies in Niagara County Court Tuesday.Danny P. Merritt, 33, of...
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View ArticleFalls man charged with shooting girl, 2, rejects plea deal
LOCKPORT – Willie R. Scott Jr., the Niagara Falls man charged with shooting a 2-year-old girl in the face while he was allegedly trying to shoot someone else, rejected a plea offer Tuesday and now...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda Common Council discusses flood aid for city, but unlikely to...
NORTH TONAWANDA – Members of the North Tonawanda Common Council Tuesday learned that even though damage from the July 19 storm was significant, the city may not qualify for disaster aid.Drake Drive...
View ArticleRegion’s July jobless rate fell to 7.4 percent, a 5-year low
Buffalo Niagara’s unemployment rate fell sharply in July from a year ago, the second dose of good news on the local job front this month.The region’s unemployment rate was 7.4 percent, compared with...
View ArticleAt Gerard Place, troubled women find a haven for restoring their souls
She sold herself to strangers to support her drug habit In time, she signed away custody of her children. Nothing mattered but the drugs.Raised in the suburbs in what she said had been a happy...
View ArticlePendleton meeting pitches free Yellow Dot program
PENDLETON – Yellow Dot – the free lifesaving program designed to help first-responders provide timely medical attention – is available through the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office.Yellow Dot, organized...
View ArticleSpecial-use permit OK’d for Hertz rental location
LOCKPORT – The town Planning Board granted a special-use permit recently for a Hertz rental car location on South Transit Road.The store will open soon in the former Lifetime Muffler building at 5660...
View ArticleTown of Niagara officials argue about legal bills in worker’s...
TOWN OF NIAGARA – Details of a sexual harassment case in the parks department that has caught the attention of the FBI and raised questions about payment of legal bills connected to the matter were...
View ArticleNews to provide live coverage during Obama's visit
BuffaloNews.com is your destination for comprehensive coverage of President Obama's visit to Western New York on Thursday. From the time Air Force One touches down through the bus tour's departure,...
View ArticleCasino employee accused of theft of cash
NIAGARA FALLS – An unnamed employee is suspected of taking $2,500 in cash while working a shift as a financial cash cashier, according to Seneca Niagara Casino’s head of security on Tuesday.He said...
View ArticleNiagara Falls man charged for his role in a home invasion
NIAGARA FALLS – A second arrest was made Tuesday in connection with a home invasion on Linwood Avenue in January.Lester M. Streeter, 18, of 22nd Street was arraigned in City Court following his arrest...
View ArticleFalls man arraigned in Wilson house burglary
LOCKPORT – A man denied the charges at his arraignment Tuesday on an indictment charging him with an April 18 break-in at a home on Lake Road in Wilson.Kristopher L. Buehler, 28, of 18th Street,...
View ArticleFalls man denies heroin possession charges
LOCKPORT – A man who was arrested when Niagara Falls narcotics offers raided his apartment June 19 pleaded not guilty in State Supreme Court Wednesday.Jose D. Garcia, 54, of Niagara Street in the...
View ArticleSex offender pleads guilty in hit-and-run crash
LOCKPORT – A Level 2 sex offender pleaded guilty in Niagara County Court Wednesday to a charge stemming from an accident in which his vehicle struck a pedestrian, and also to failing to register a...
View ArticleWilson man admits to felony DWI
LOCKPORT – Joseph M. Gaines, 44, of Chestnut Road, Wilson, pleaded guilty to a felony count of driving while intoxicated in Niagara County Court Wednesday.County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III scheduled...
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