Road closures to detour traffic in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS - The Interstate-190 exits to Buffalo Avenue will be closed for about five weeks starting Tuesday at noon, the state Department of Transportation announced Thursday.Also at noon... Read...
View ArticleFire is called suspicious by owner
LOCKPORT – A man told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies that he is suspicious of a fire that destroyed a camper and damaged the paint on a truck and siding on the house at 6:30 p.m.... Read More
View ArticleBiosciences industry growth boosts Buffalo Niagara economy, report finds
Employment in the biosciences sector is growing at a faster clip in Western New York than in Upstate New York and the state as a whole, fueled by strong performance locally in the areas of... Read More
View ArticleLockport man released after a witness recants
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man who was being held on $10,000 bail in an armed robbery case was released without bail Thursday by Niagara County Court Judge Matthew J. Murphy III after both his... Read More
View ArticleNiagara Falls man accepts plea deal for two burglary charges
LOCKPORT – Lance E. Herie admitted in Niagara County Court on Thursday that he had been looking to steal copper in two break-ins of commercial buildings in Niagara Falls. He also admitted he ... Read...
View ArticleMan given 10 years’ probation on sex offender charge
LOCKPORT – Stephen M. Niver of Niagara Falls will be on probation for the next decade and have to register as a sex offender for having downloaded child pornography from the Internet.Niver,... Read More
View ArticleMotorcyclist who tried a wheelie on Moses Parkway ticketed
NIAGARA FALLS – The 19-year-old Lewiston man who was thrown from his speeding motorcycle while allegedly trying to do a wheelie on the westbound Robert Moses Parkway about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday... Read More
View ArticleState parks in Erie and Niagara counties see jump in revenue
State parks in Niagara and Erie counties pulled in nearly $1.3 million in additional revenue through mid-August.Total revenue grew to $11.3 million, an increase of 12.6 percent, over the period......
View ArticleLockport woman already on probation for her role in a fatal shooting is...
LOCKPORT – A Cottage Street woman is facing several felony charges for allegedly writing unauthorized checks to herself and stealing and using a woman’s ATM card.Cammesoa M. Williams, ... Read More
View ArticleLockport woman hurt in two-car crash at Slayton Settlement and Day Road
LOCKPORT – A 78-year-old woman was in stable condition after being airlifted by Mercy Flight to Erie County Medical Center after she was involved in a two-car crash shortly before 8:30 a.m.... Read More
View ArticleNiagara University launches Falls tourism institute
NIAGARA FALLS – The Niagara Global Tourism Institute, an initiative led by Niagara University to “transform the regional tourism industry,” opened Friday in the Power City... Read More
View ArticleNiagara County Jail nurse injured by prisoner during search
LOCKPORT – A nurse at the Niagara County jail suffered minor injuries and bruising when she was pushed to the floor during a search.Prisoner Hollie L. Kureczka, 27, of Bayview Station,... Read More
View ArticleTwo were injured after being bitten by a dog in Newfane
NEWFANE – Niagara County sheriff’s deputies found a man and woman seriously injured after being bit by a dog in the 6100 block of Prospect Street earlier this week.Charles Walker, 23, ... Read More
View ArticleFalls man gets year in jail on gun charge
LOCKPORT – A 22-year-old Niagara Falls man was sentenced to a year in the Niagara County Jail for possession of an illegal, loaded handgun while on probation.John J. Parker III, 22, of D... Read More
View ArticleThree Niagara Falls residents arraigned on weapons charges
LOCKPORT – Two men and a woman were arraigned Thursday and Friday in Niagara County Court on felony weapons charges. All three had allegedly been carrying loaded weapons when they were... Read More
View ArticleTwo Niagara County drivers admit to repeated drunken driving
LOCKPORT – Two drivers in separate cases, with more than half a dozen drunken driving arrests between them, faced felony charges and jail time Friday in State Supreme Court.Gerald J. Amrhein,... Read...
View ArticleJudicial diversion accepted in methamphetamine plea
LOCKPORT – A man accused of making methamphetamine in his home on Hartland Road in Somerset has been accepted to the judicial diversion program, which will reduce his charge to a misdemeanor ... Read...
View ArticleNiagara Falls firefighters battle large blaze
NIAGARA FALLS – Firefighters from as far away as Akron helped battle a blaze fueled by high winds at the Greenpac/Norampac facility in the city Saturday afternoon.The fire broke out at about ... Read...
View ArticleFire displaces family from Middleport home
MIDDLEPORT – Fire of undetermined origin Saturday morning heavily damaged the kitchen of a home at 20 Freeman Ave., Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said.The fire was discovered just ... Read More
View ArticlePolice seek parolee who barged into home of Packard Court woman
NIAGARA FALLS – A Packard Court woman was awakened about 7 a.m. Friday by a male acquaintance breaking into her home, Niagara Falls police said.The woman was upstairs when she heard a loud... Read More
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