Falls man pleads not guilty to narcotics charges
LOCKPORT – Shawn Pryor, 22, of Cleveland Avenue, Niagara Falls, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Niagara County Court to an indictment accusing him of making two cocaine sales in Niagara Falls May 30...
View ArticleNT man risks 12-year prison term if drug treatment fails
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda man, charged with two drug deals and a strongarm robbery, pleaded guilty Thursday to gain entry to the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment.If...
View ArticleFalls mother and son plead guilty to dealing drugs
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls woman and her son pleaded guilty Wednesday in Niagara County Court to separate drug-dealing charges.Evelyn George, 48, and Eddie George, 27, of Ninth Street, each admitted...
View ArticleWest Seneca man pleads guilty to felony DWI in Niagara County
LOCKPORT – A Navy veteran who has a drinking problem and bipolar disorder pleaded guilty Thursday in Niagara County Veterans Court to a felony count of driving while intoxicated.Kenneth G. Turgeon,...
View ArticleBurglar, attacker draw probation
LOCKPORT – A Lockport burglar and a Niagara Falls woman who assaulted a man three times both were placed on probation Wednesday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas and ordered to continue...
View ArticleCuomo intervenes to unblock Hamister hotel project in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A nasty political mailer hit mailboxes roughly a week before Primary Day that nearly made a developer walk away from a $25 million development proposal.Some local elected leaders got...
View ArticleBuffalo Niagara region’s job growth stayed moderate into August
The Buffalo Niagara region’s moderate job growth continued into August.Yet despite some strengthening, the local job count expanded only about half as fast as the rest of the country.The region’s job...
View ArticleFour Michigan residents arrested on federal fraud charges
Four Michigan residents from the Detroit area were arrested Thursday on federal fraud conspiracy counts, according to U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr.Rodney Gilliam, 25, of Southfield, Mich.;...
View ArticleUnsolved ’93 murder of teen is still being worked
Twenty years ago this week, North Tonawanda teenager Amanda “Mandy” Steingasser disappeared after a night of drinking and partying with friends. Almost five weeks later, two young men, out looking for...
View ArticleHometown honors memory of Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
LOCKPORT – Michael Huskey, the Civil War Medal of Honor winner who grew up in Lockport, is buried as an unknown, but a ceremony Thursday evening in St. Patrick’s Cemetery sought to make sure he’ll...
View ArticleFormer Falls man sentenced to 10 years for sexually abusing girl
LOCKPORT – A man who sexually abused a preteen girl for two years in Niagara Falls was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in state prison, followed by 20 years of post-release supervision.Philips Aguilar,...
View ArticleFalls teen, charged in 4 burglaries, 2 attempts, pleads guilty
LOCKPORT – Darren J. Holland, a Niagara Falls teenager who was charged with four burglaries and two attempted burglaries in that city, accepted a plea offer Thursday in Niagara County Court.Holland,...
View ArticleCommunity Market open for two more Saturdays
LOCKPORT – The Lockport Community Market has only two Saturdays of business remaining this year, this week and Sept. 28. The outdoor market will be open both days from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Canal...
View ArticleNiagara Wheatfield bottled water expenditure for staff faulted by new board...
SANBORN – A new member of the Niagara Wheatfield School Board wants to know why the district is paying for bottled water for some of its office staff.Amy B. Deull questioned the expenditure when the...
View ArticleProject Runway to discuss strategic plan with public
NIAGARA FALLS – Project Runway, a new program to provide a pathway for drug- and alcohol-free living for young women, will introduce its strategic plan to the public at 4 p.m. next Thursday ► 26th ◄...
View ArticleCommunity Television available only on digital
LOCKPORT – Lockport Community Television, the area’s set of three public-access cable television channels, lost a chunk of its audience because of technical changes July 23, when Time Warner Cable...
View ArticleGarden Notes: News of area clubs and events
Lewiston Garden Club will meet at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Lewiston Public Library, 305 S. Eighth St., Lewiston. Following the business meeting, Joe Manuel, master gardener with the Erie County...
View ArticleMan receives combination sentence in lighter attack on woman
LOCKPORT – A man who pleaded guilty to attacking a woman with a cigarette lighter was sentenced Friday to six months in the Niagara County Jail, to be followed by four and a half years on...
View ArticleSeventeen people homeless after Lockport building’s stairs collapse
LOCKPORT – Seventeen people were homeless Friday evening, as a staircase collapsed inside an apartment building off Lincoln Avenue in the Town of Lockport.Two women said they were injured when a...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda heroin dealer, linked to drug death, gets more prison time
LOCKPORT – Miguel E. Febres, a North Tonawanda drug dealer who sold heroin while free on bail on charges connected to a user’s death, received another six years in state prison Friday from Niagara...
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