Falls burglar claims hydrocodone addiction, is sentenced to treatment
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls burglar was assigned to the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment Wednesday after asserting that his addiction to the painkiller hydrocodone was...
View ArticleThird drug imprisonment ordered for Falls man
LOCKPORT – Charles E. Griffith will be heading to state prison on felony drug charges for the third time in the past decade after his sentencing Wednesday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon...
View ArticleUsed-car swindler imprisoned years after the crime
LOCKPORT – Michael A. Pendola, who ripped off several auto dealers in 2002 and 2003 by taking $122,000 from three downstate auto dealers for used cars from Canada and never delivering them, was...
View ArticleNiagara Falls pleads guilty in heroin case
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man pleaded guilty to a felony charge of heroin possession Wednesday.State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. scheduled sentencing March 12 for Jose D. Garcia, 54,...
View ArticleSecond man arraigned in armed robbery of three in Falls
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of robbing and assaulting three men on Sept. 12.Michael Maye, 29, of Whitney Avenue, denied three counts each of third-degree...
View ArticleVideo: ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ pilot recognizes 3407...
Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III, the heroic pilot who safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 onto the Hudson River 5 years ago today, marked that anniversary with some kind words for the Buffalo...
View ArticleNiagara Falls police investigate a shooting incident on Whitney Avenue
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Falls police were dealing with a shooting incident Wednesday night in the 1500 block of Whitney Avenue. Police were alerted to the incident just after 9 p.m. and a male victim...
View ArticleThree downtown Niagara Falls ventures get backing from city
NIAGARA FALLS – Plans to renovate six apartments and open a locally owned coffee and sandwich shop in the Third Street area received grant funding on Wednesday from the city.The NFC Development Corp.,...
View ArticleInjury to Lockport youth director may lead to reorganization of department
LOCKPORT – An injury to city Youth and Recreation Director Melissa I. Junke may act as a catalyst for reorganization of her department, aldermen said at Wednesday’s meeting of the Common Council.Junke...
View ArticleAuthorities nab suspect behind bank robbery ring
An eight-month bank robbery spree ended Wednesday with the arrest of a man believed to be behind more than 25 holdups from Niagara Falls to Lackawanna.Michael Mitchell, 21, the man investigators...
View ArticleConsolidating mental health services, new center at ECMC offers more, better...
A new $25 million behavioral health center will open today at Erie County Medical Center, the culmination of a major project to consolidate mental health services at ECMC and Kaleida Health.One of the...
View ArticleProlific wildlife artist Robert Hines gets his due in Jamestown exhibition
As a self-taught artist, wildlife painter Robert Hines parlayed his passion into a quiet but prolific career.He landed a job as a staff artist with the Ohio Division of Wildlife by the time he was 27...
View ArticleChiropractic office eyed for former restaurant site
LOCKPORT – A Lincoln Avenue restaurant, vacant for several years, is to be remodeled into a chiropractor’s office, Town of Lockport Building Inspector Brian M. Belson said Wednesday.The town Planning...
View ArticleIDA approves tax breaks for Youngstown apartments
WHEATFIELD – The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency board approved a 15-year property tax and sales tax break Wednesday for a planned $3.4 million apartment building in Youngstown.The...
View ArticleDiNapoli list of local school districts facing fiscal stress
School District (Type of Stress, followed by Fiscal Score)Lewiston-Porter : (Significant Fiscal Stress) Fiscal score of 81.7 percentNiagara-Wheatfield: (Significant Fiscal Stress) Fiscal score of 80...
View ArticleState comptroller warns three local school districts face significant fiscal...
Eleven school districts in Western New York show signs of fiscal stress, according to an analysis of school district finances released by state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli on Thursday. The...
View ArticleSt. John’s housing wins grant
A development of townhouses in the Fruit Belt won a grant for $857,500 from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York. The grant will help finance the St. John Townhomes II project, which includes 49...
View ArticleFalls man held on armed robbery charges
NIAGARA FALLS – City Police detectives charged a Falls man Wednesday for his alleged role in a 2013 armed robbery of a convenience store at 2027 Main St.Jaerode A. Seright, 19, of Michigan Avenue, was...
View ArticleNiagara Falls man is shot on Whitney Avenue
NIAGARA FALLS – Detectives are investigating a shooting that happened around 10 p.m. Wednesday in the 1500 block of Whitney Avenue.The victim, Matthew Gulley, 22, was found by police with a single...
View ArticleA driver is accused of driving under the influence
WHEATFIELD – A traffic stop was made by Niagara County sheriff’s deputies at 2:20 a.m. Thursday after a driver was observed swerving in and out of the eastbound and westbound lanes on Niagara Falls...
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