‘CardioCraze’ walk to benefit Mount St. Mary’s Hospital
LEWISTON – Mount St. Mary’s Hospital will conduct its fifth annual CardioCraze from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Academy Park.The free wellness walk, which is open to the public, is a... Read More
View ArticleLockport man sentenced in pot-dealing case
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man was sentenced Thursday to five years’ probation, 26 weekends in jail and 30 days in the Niagara County work program for selling 3.9 pounds of marijuana on... Read More
View ArticleMan charged in two theft cases pleads guilty to one
LOCKPORT – Henri J. Alfiere of Niagara Falls, who was indicted in two separate theft cases, pleaded guilty to one Thursday in Niagara County Court. However, the other case remains open.... Read More
View ArticleFalls man pleads guilty to burglary charge
LOCKPORT – Devon J. Agee, a Niagara Falls man who in a previous case chose to go to jail rather than take part in drug court, may be headed behind bars again.Agee, 19, of Hyde Park Boulevard,... Read...
View ArticleFisherman’s car is burglarized while he is out fishing
OLCOTT – A Lockport man returned to his car after he had been fishing Wednesday and found his car had been burglarized.The victim told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies he had parked... Read More
View ArticleClear skies follow quick thunderstorms in Niagara, northern Erie
A thunderstorm passed over Lewiston and Grand Island and later Williamsville, Amherst, Clarence and Cheektowaga today.The lightning, wind and heavy rain cleared up by early afternoon and hot... Read...
View ArticleRoute 429 in Wheatfield back open
A portion of Route 429 (Ward Road) in the Town of Wheatfield was closed briefly in both directions because of downed power lines, the state Department of Transportation reported.The road was closed...
View ArticleStop work order for North Tonawanda radio tower
NORTH TONAWANDA – Construction of the last and largest of the radio emergency towers in Niagara County’s new emergency radio communications network was stopped this past week. North... Read More
View ArticleWitnesses identified Falls shooting suspect, detective says
LOCKPORT – A eyewitness to a shooting incident on Highland Avenue in Niagara Falls identified Joachim S. Sylvester as the shooter by choosing his mugshot from a six-photo array, Detective... Read More
View ArticleFarkas sends two sex offenders to state prison
LOCKPORT – Two sex criminals were sent to state prison Friday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.Eric A. Freberg, 34, of Dorwood Park, Wilson, drew two years behind bars and 10... Read More
View ArticleSex offender charged with violating restraining order
LOCKPORT – A Level 1 sex offender, already under indictment on a felony charge of failing to report address changes to police, pleaded not guilty Friday to a new indictment stemming from... Read More
View ArticleFalls man charged with sexually abusing girl in Wheatfield
LOCKPORT – A 62-year-old Niagara Falls man with no prior criminal record was arraigned in Niagara County Court Friday on an indictment accusing him of fondling a young girl in Wheatfield... Read More
View ArticleFormer employee accused of aluminum thefts from concrete business
LOCKPORT – A former employee of A Superior Concrete in Royalton, accused of stealing and scrapping nearly $15,000 worth of aluminum while working there three years ago, pleaded not guilty... Read More
View ArticleThree-time drunken driver has weekend plans canceled for a year
LOCKPORT – A Sanborn man who has three driving while intoxicated convictions in less than three years will serve the next 52 weekends in the Niagara County Jail, State Supreme Court Justice... Read More
View ArticleOne succeeds in judicial diversion, another starts
LOCKPORT – A man who stole $8,000 while working at Kenyon’s Variety in Lockport in 2011 was granted a conditional discharge Friday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas after... Read More
View ArticleFalls burglar pleads guilty, will be sentenced to drug treatment
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man on Friday pleaded guilty to burglarizing a house on 24th Street in that city last year.State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. agreed to assign Sean... Read More
View ArticleLockport brings back veteran payroll supervisor as a temp
LOCKPORT – Sandra Mottorn, who worked 38 years as the City of Lockport payroll clerk, will return to supervise the city’s payroll for the next three months while a current employee... Read More
View ArticleCooperative Extension seeks tomato pickers for Porter effort
PORTER – Cornell Cooperative Extension of Niagara County is seeking volunteers to pick tomatoes Monday at Tom Tower’s Farm, 759 Youngstown-Lockport Road.The activity, from 10 a.m. to... Read More
View ArticleThree two-story homes destroyed in Niagara Falls fire
NIAGARA FALLS – Three two-story homes were destroyed, six adults and five children had to be given temporary residences by the Red Cross and an adult pit bull and an pit bull puppy were... Read More
View ArticleMan talked out of jumping over falls
Niagara Falls, Ont., police and firefighters spent all night Thursday and into Friday morning talking a man out of jumping over the Horseshoe Falls.The 49-year-old St. Catharines resident, whose......
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