Wrongful death suit filed in fatal Niagara Falls hit-and-run
LOCKPORT – A wrongful death lawsuit was filed earlier this month on behalf of the two small children left behind by a Niagara Falls woman who was killed by a hit-and-run driver last year.The suit was...
View ArticleHelicopter called in to rescue hunter, firefighters from Alabama swamps
A hunter and two firefighters were airlifted to safety, one at a time, after they broke through the ice Sunday afternoon in the Alabama swamps of Genesee County.A hunter, who broke through while deer...
View ArticleState Parks to air plans for redesign of Goat Island trails, other changes
NIAGARA FALLS - Plans to redesign Goat Island in Niagara Falls State Park will be the subject of an open house hosted by state parks officials from 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Conference & Event...
View ArticleTroopers use tall, unmarked SUVs in crackdown on texting drivers
MOUNT PLEASANT — Even for a state trooper, it’s not easy to spot drivers who are texting. Their smartphones are down on their laps, not at their ears. And they’re probably not moving their lips.That’s...
View ArticleToohey sentenced for embezzling from Senecas
Timothy Toohey’s fall from power, a decade-long decline marked by tax evasion and embezzlement convictions, ended Monday with the former Democratic Party insider going to federal prison for a second...
View ArticleGrand jury to review three-vehicle downtown wreck case
A grand jury review is scheduled in the criminal case against a 22-year-old Niagara Falls man identified as the motorist responsible for a police chase that ended in a three-vehicle crash that injured...
View ArticleLawmakers in Falls trim $150,000 from mayor’s proposed budget
NIAGARA FALLS – City lawmakers tinkered with Mayor Paul A. Dyster’s proposed budget Monday night, making changes to several salaries of top administration officials.The City Council approved overall...
View ArticleE-ZPass now available at Tops, Wegmans
Obtaining an E-ZPass should now be as easy as its name suggests.E-ZPass tags have become available for purchase in Western New York at area Tops Markets and Wegmans locations, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo...
View ArticleFalls airbase is touted to Homeland Security
The area’s congressional delegation is urging the Department of Homeland Security to use the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station as the home for some agency operations.Rep. Chris Collins, R-Clarence;...
View ArticleAssemblyman’s office accepting pantry donations
NIAGARA FALLS – Assemblyman John D. Ceretto announced Monday that his office, 1700 Pine Ave., is collecting donations for the Heart, Love, and Soul Food Pantry in Niagara Falls.The pantry needs...
View ArticleMayor’s Charity Ball to benefit United Way
LOCKPORT – The eighth annual Mayor’s Charity Ball is scheduled from 8 to 11 p.m. Dec. 7 in the Lockport Town and Country Club, 717 East Ave., organizers announced Monday. This year’s net proceeds from...
View ArticleFood banks across Upstate New York
Feeding the hungryHere is a comparison of food banks across upstate New YorkFood Bank of Western New York Service area: four countiesPeople served monthly: 96,170 (38,685 children; 7,847 seniors)...
View ArticleCollecting food for the hungry becomes big business in WNY
A Buffalo disc jockey braves freezing November temperatures to camp out in a tractor-trailer for one week to collect frozen turkeys for the Food Bank of Western New York. The sleep-out last year...
View ArticlePolice from around state converge on Olean for trooper’s funeral
ALLEGANY – As many as 2,000 police officers from all over New York and elsewhere joined other mourners assembled here in St. Bonaventure University’s Reilly Center early this afternoon to say a final...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda barbecue joint serves unfussy, smoky chow (7 of 10 plates)
Over the years I have learned to breathe deeply in barbecue joint parking lots. When I don’t smell woodsmoke, I usually don’t taste it later. ¶ Smoke greeted me when I stepped out of the car in front...
View ArticleHip-hop visionary Lupe Fiasco will perform at the Rapids Theatre on Friday
Hip-hop needs to connect the reality of the street to the history of the world. That’s a tall order, isn’t it? Finding the universal truths in the individual doings of an economic class, connecting...
View ArticleSnowstorm ‘pretty much on track’ as it moves into Buffalo region
Grab the shovel and snow brush and rev up the snowblower.Snow moved into the region this afternoon, and because it’s not the lake-effect variety, everyone will get some.In Buffalo and northern Erie...
View ArticleVirginian to lead Visit Buffalo Niagara
The head of the tourism promotion agency in Loudoun County, Va., will be introduced as the new leader of Visit Buffalo Niagara today, a tourism industry source said.Patrick Kaler, president and chief...
View ArticleNiagara SPCA pleads for animal adoptions because of crowded shelter
WHEATFIELD – The SPCA of Niagara urged residents to adopt its dogs and cats in a statement Tuesday that said the shelter is filled to far over its capacity.As it announced discount adoption fees, the...
View ArticleBail set for man accused in Falls rape case
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III set bail at $15,000 Wednesday for a Niagara Falls man charged with raping a 14-year-old girl in that city 16 months ago.Clarence Herbert, 33, of...
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