DePetris’ guilty plea stands in attempted Niagara Falls murder
LOCKPORT – Despite a vigorous argument from his attorney that Timothy C. DePetris had suffered mental problems from months in solitary confinement, Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas ruled today...
View ArticleJudge refuses to suppress evidence against wheelchair-bound drug suspect
LOCKPORT – Both a discarded handgun and a bag of alleged crack cocaine are legally in evidence against a wheelchair-bound Niagara Falls man who is scheduled for trial next month, Niagara County Judge...
View ArticleTwo tractors damaged by fire at Wheatfield garden center
WHEATFIELD – Fire damaged two tractors parked inside the Drake Lawn and Garden Center at 2070 Cayuga Drive at 11 a.m. Tuesday.Niagara County sheriff’s deputies, Bergholz and Frontier volunteer fire...
View ArticleProposed water level regulations could affect property values
A plan that would create higher highs and lower lows in the water levels of Lake Ontario faces opposition from critics fearful of hits to shoreline property values and potential effects on...
View ArticleOld Fort Niagara to host native dance performance June 28 and 29
YOUNGSTOWN – The Kaha:wi Dance Theater, one of Canada’s leading contemporary dance companies, will offer two free performances honoring First Nations warriors of the War of 1812, at dusk on June 28...
View ArticleEvans town justice convicted of impaired driving
NORTH TONAWANDA – Timothy J. Cooper, an Evans town justice who also works as a support magistrate in Niagara County Family Court, was convicted of a reduced charge of driving while impaired in a...
View ArticleGuilty pleas in elder financial abuse spur call for legislative action
Three cases of elder financial abuse totaling nearly a half million dollars have led Erie County’s top prosecutor to call for legislative action.District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III on Wednesday...
View ArticleHibbard’s wins permission for Wrights Corners location
LOCKPORT – The town Planning Board Tuesday granted a special-use permit to Hibbard’s Custard for a new location in a former used-car dealership at Lake Avenue and Wicks Road.Hibbard’s has sold custard...
View ArticleTown of Lockport may delay school sidewalk project until next year
LOCKPORT – High costs and poor timing may prevent the Town of Lockport from building new sidewalks this year on streets near pubic schools, Town Engineer Robert D. Klavoon said Wednesday.Klavoon told...
View ArticleAmid city fiscal woes, Lockport Democrats show signs of life
LOCKPORT – The long-dormant City of Lockport Democratic Party began to show some signs of life Wednesday, as its chairman came to the Common Council meeting to blast the city’s fiscal management and...
View ArticleLockport Council told keeping K-9 unit won’t increase costs
LOCKPORT – As Lockport residents began to circulate petitions urging the city to maintain a police dog, Police Chief Lawrence M. Eggert told the Common Council Wednesday that it can have a K-9 officer...
View ArticleOwners of burned Blasdell home told to fix it or be fined
The current owners of a building damaged in a fire last December have until June 28 to do some maintenance agreed upon with the Village of Blasdell or risk a fine.Village Attorney James M. Shaw told...
View ArticleState troopers revive Lockport woman using naloxone
LOCKPORT – State Police began training in May to administer naloxone as a life saving antidote in cases of overdose.Today the training was put into use when troopers from the Lockport barracks...
View ArticleSummer reading club at North Tonawanda Library goes tie-dye
NORTH TONAWANDA – Retro Reads summer reading club for youngsters gets underway Wednesday with a free tie-dye activity from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in the courtyard and meeting room of North Tonawanda Public...
View ArticleFalls man rejects plea offer in attempted murder case
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man charged with attempted murder turned down a plea offer Thursday in State Supreme Court that would have limited his prison time to three years. He risks a 25-year maximum...
View ArticleTwo arraigned on indictments that resulted from traffic stops
LOCKPORT – Two Niagara Falls men were arraigned Thursday on indictments resulting from their vehicles being pulled over by police.In Niagara County Court, Charles E. Long, 33, of Willow Avenue,...
View ArticleOwners of burned Blasdell home ordered to do maintenance by June 28 or risk...
The current owners of a building damaged in a fire last December have until June 28 to do some maintenance agreed upon with the Village of Blasdell or risk a fine.Village Attorney James M. Shaw told...
View ArticleA woman is charged with stabbing a man in the stomach
NIAGARA FALLS – A 64-year-old woman is claiming self-defense after she allegedly stabbed a man in the stomach at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday in the 1600 block of Eighth Street.Police said the two have a...
View ArticleJudge gives Lockport crack dealer a shock
LOCKPORT – Anderson Davis III, a 20-year-old Lockport crack cocaine dealer, was ordered into the state prison system’s “shock incarceration” program Thursday by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy...
View ArticleAuto shop manager avoids jail in embezzlement
LOCKPORT – Despite the urging of her former boss for a jail sentence, Kari A. Butski, the former office manager of Heritage Automotive in Youngstown was placed on three years’ probation Thursday for...
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