Lockport man takes DWI plea for Newfane crash
LOCKPORT – One of the drivers in a two-vehicle accident Nov. 6 in Newfane pleaded guilty last Thursday in Niagara County Court to a misdemeanor count of driving while intoxicated, as well as imprudent...
View ArticleFalls man indicted on cocaine charges
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man, arrested after a Jan. 9 traffic stop, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a five-count indictment accusing him of possessing five grams of powder cocaine.Caesar J. Mulkey,...
View ArticleGun buyback in Falls on Saturday
NIAGARA FALLS – The New York State Attorney General’s Office will sponsor a gun buyback on Saturday as part of a statewide program to get guns off the street. Working and non-working, unloaded guns...
View ArticleWoman is scammed by someone claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service
WHEATFIELD – A Schultz Road woman was defrauded of more than $5,400 from someone claiming they were from the IRS and telling her she owned back taxes.According to the Niagara County Sheriff Department...
View ArticleLewiston woman gets six-month term for stealing from jewelry store
A woman who stole merchandise from the Amherst jewelry store where she worked was sentenced Wednesday in Erie County Court to six months in jail, followed by five years’ probation.Jocelyn Ramey, 31, a...
View ArticleLockport to hold revote on school sale
LOCKPORT – The Lockport Board of Education decided Wednesday night to hold a second referendum on the sale of the closed Washington Hunt Elementary School.The seven board members who showed up for...
View ArticleCouncil abolishes position of youth director
LOCKPORT – The Common Council voted 4-1 Wednesday to abolish the job of Youth and Recreation Director Melissa I. Junke, while using not-for-profit organizations to provide some summer programming.The...
View ArticleUrban planners liked what they saw in area
Planners from around the world had just arrived in Buffalo this week when they headed to the region’s most walkable, vibrant streets.Their first stops were in Allentown and Elmwood, two of Buffalo’s...
View ArticleForum planned on gun safety
Keeping children safe will be the focus as New Yorkers Against Gun Violence holds a community forum at 7 p.m. June 16 in St. Michael’s Catholic Church, 651 Washington St.“More needs to be done to keep...
View ArticleBad motel review online prompts city and county to condemn rooms
NIAGARA FALLS – The pictures on a YouTube video called a “Review of the Niagara Rainbow Motel” show a dirty and disgusting flop house with holes in the walls, rampant mold, rusty sinks and filthy rugs...
View ArticleMuhammad School of Music and its founders to celebrate 15 years with concert
A concert celebrating the 15th anniversary of the founding of the Muhammad School of Music will be held at 7:30 p.m. June 26 in Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church, 641 Masten Ave.The occasion...
View ArticleDrugs and alcohol in youth will be topic of North Tonawanda meetings
NORTH TONAWANDA – Northpointe Council’s new North Tonawanda Coalition will offer kick off meetings that focus on “Drugs, Alcohol and Our Youth: What Can We Do as a Community.”Meetings will be held...
View ArticleTops makes donation to Food Bank of WNY
The Food Bank of WNY rolled out the welcome mat Thursday by rolling up the loading dock doors to acccept 43,000 pounds of Ronzoni pasta from Tops Friendly Markets, providing a midyear boost that will...
View ArticleTonawanda man faces felony marijuana charges following a traffic stop in...
LEWISTON – State Police reported Thursday that they charged a City of Tonawanda man this past weekend with sale and possession of marijuana after he was found with more than 25 grams of marijuana and...
View ArticleTen police agencies arrest more than two dozen in Memorial Day DWI crackdown...
The Niagara County Memorial Day Crackdown resulted in nearly 500 traffic tickets and over two dozen drunken driving arrests during the Memorial Day weekend, according to a report released on...
View ArticleTwo charged with selling crack and prescription narcotics in Lockport and...
A Buffalo man and Lockport woman were charged Wednesday with sales and possession of crack cocaine, prescription narcotics and marijuana from the City of Lockport to the Village of Albion after a...
View ArticleSummit Mall metal thief succeeds in diversion
LOCKPORT – A former Wheatfield man who took part in the theft of an estimated $50,000 worth of metal objects from the Summit Mall in Wheatfield was declared Thursday to have virtually completed the...
View ArticleCommercial storage yard reports metal cable theft
NIAGARA FALLS – Cables and copper valued at over $22,000 were reported stolen Wednesday from an electrical supply storage yard in the 2100 block of Fairfield Avenue.The victim at M&M Electrical...
View ArticleParking lot event scheduled Sunday
NIAGARA FALLS – The city’s Department of Community Development is holding an event with family friendly activities on Sunday in an atypical place – a parking lot.“Sunday in the PARK-ing Lot,” a...
View ArticleSuspect with car keys helps himself in Falls burglary
NIAGARA FALLS – Victims in a car burglary said they believe that someone with a set of keys left behind a few months ago were the ones who broke into their car.The victim said he and his girlfriend...
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