Niagara Falls home burglarized
NIAGARA FALLS – A Jerauld Avenue home was burglarized Sunday morning after the occupants went out for less than an hour, police said.The victimized couple told police they left home around... Read More
View ArticleRestaurant employee reports receiving threats
NIAGARA FALLS – An employee of the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant on Military Road contacted authorities Sunday, saying she had received numerous threatening text messages from a telephone... Read More
View ArticleFire set by trespassers causes no significant damage
HARTLAND – Police said trespassers on a Ridge Road property started a fire beneath a clump of pine trees sometime Friday, but it burned out without causing significant damage.A resident told ... Read...
View ArticleCorrection
A P2 Collaborative of Western New York forum on getting the community engaged in health care was held last week at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. The date was incorrect in Sunday’s... Read More
View ArticleFalls School Board member dissents on cost of consultant
NIAGARA FALLS – A member of the Niagara Falls Board of Education complained last week about the cost of a consulting firm hired to monitor the success of two state-funded grant programs, but ... Read...
View ArticlePreschool mandates drive Health Department budget increase
LOCKPORT – As enrollment in state-mandated early intervention and preschool special education programs continues to grow, so does the Niagara County Health Department budget despite... Read More
View ArticleNiagara Falls man shot in chest outside deli
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Falls man was listed in serious condition today in the trauma unit of Erie County Memorial Medical Center after he was shot in the chest Monday night outside of a... Read More
View ArticleRoy-Hart library sets used book sale
MIDDLEPORT – The Royalton Hartland Community Library’s popular used book sale will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the library, located at 9 Vernon St.Used books covering a... Read More
View ArticleMissing Ransomville man with dementia found safe
An alert for a missing man with dementia was canceled this afternoon after he was found safe.Lewiston Police and the Department of Criminal Justice had put out an alert earlier today for a missing......
View ArticleHeart healthy event includes a wellness walk in Lewiston
LEWISTON – Mount St. Mary’s Hospital will host its fifth annual “Cardio Craze” from 8 to 11 a.m. Sept. 13 in Academy Park.A 1.8 mile wellness walk, which takes walkers... Read More
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda radio tower information session
NORTH TONAWANDA – Niagara County officials will hold an information session to review plans to erect an emergency radio tower next to fire headquarters at 495 Zimmerman Street.The... Read More
View ArticleRash of robberies in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Cell phones and cash were reported stolen in several robberies over the Labor Day holiday weekend. In one case two suspects were charged in connection to an armed robbery in... Read More
View ArticleMan caught helping himself to donation box at Lockport Tim Hortons
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man was charged after he was caught removing the gift card display and donation box from a Town of Lockport Tim Hortons last week.Michael S. Carnes, 46, was charged... Read More
View ArticleA victim is hit in the face by BB gunfire in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A 40-year-old man said he and his wife were shot at as they drove by a house in the 1700 block of Whitney Avenue at 7:15 p.m. Sunday.The victim told police he heard the... Read More
View ArticleFalls man charged with assaulting live-in girlfriend
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Falls man pleaded not guilty in Niagara County Court Tuesday to an indictment accusing him of assaulting his live-in girlfriend June 24.William S. LoBianco, 49, was ... Read...
View ArticleNiagara River discussion slated
NIAGARA FALLS – The International Niagara Board of Control will hold its annual open house to discuss its work with the flows and levels in the Niagara River from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today in... Read More
View ArticleBills to help tackle hunger
Fans will have an extra reason to cheer every time the Buffalo Bills bring down one of their opponents with the ball this season. For every tackle the Bills make, Campbell’s Chunky Soup, the ... Read...
View ArticleNewfane bridge to be closed for repairs until Fall 2015
Wilson-Burt Road in Newfane will be closed between West Creek Road and Lockport-Olcott Rd/ Route 78 until the fall of 2015 due to a bridge replacement over Eighteen Mile Creek.Detours have been......
View ArticleRed Cross assists WNY fire victims
Since Saturday 12 victims of four Buffalo house fires and 16 victims of single house fires in Blasdell, Lockport and Albion have been aided by American Red Cross Disaster Action Team volunteers,......
View ArticleConrad gripes about legal fees for Lockport councilwoman’s condo...
LOCKPORT – A member of the Town of Lockport Planning Board complained at Tuesday’s meeting about the town having to pay legal fees for the board’s review of a condominium... Read More
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