State awards a nearly $1 million grant for Niagara Falls hotel
NIAGARA FALLS – The state has awarded a $980,000 grant for the planned $10.2 million Wingate by Wyndham hotel at Rainbow Boulevard and Fourth Street, it announced Thursday.Construction has begun on...
View ArticleJudge dismisses Lewiston Road contractor’s lawsuit against Niagara...
NIAGARA FALLS – A judge has dismissed a contractor’s defamation and breach of contract lawsuit against the City of Niagara Falls involving work done on the reconstruction project of Lewiston...
View ArticleA shoplifting mother tells child to hand her items from the shelves
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Falls woman accused of shoplifting at a Walmart on Military Road, had her young daughter hand her things to conceal, according to store security.Nicole T. Shelton, 30, of...
View ArticleHeavy damage found in vehicle break-in
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Falls police found thousands of dollars in damage to a 1998 Chevrolet Tahoe that was burglarized sometime between 2 and 11 a.m. Wednesday in the 1100 block of Willow Avenue.All...
View ArticleBank recovers $275,000 of $367,000 in town funds stolen from Royalton
MIDDLEPORT – Town of Royalton officials learned Wednesday a whopping $367,000 had been stolen from town coffers in two illegal wire transfers filed through the town computer system and immediately...
View ArticleNewfane man sentenced for felony DWI
LOCKPORT – A Newfane man, who has been in Lockport drug court since pleading guilty Nov. 22 to felony driving while intoxicated, was placed on five years’ probation Thursday and assessed $1,520 in...
View Article11-time drunken driver arraigned in Niagara County Court
LOCKPORT – An East Amherst man who has been arrested on alcohol-related driving charges 11 times pleaded not guilty to the latest charge Thursday in Niagara County Court.Curt W. Stumm, 62, of...
View ArticleGunman given chance to earn probation
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas placed a Niagara Falls man on interim probation Thursday for throwing a stolen pistol away while running from Falls police June 16.“Whether or not...
View ArticleFalls man charged with two Leandra’s Law violations
LOCKPORT – A 14-count indictment was unsealed in Niagara County Court Thursday against a Niagara Falls woman who was arrested on drunken driving charges twice last year – both times when one of her...
View ArticlePlea offered in fatal Tuscarora Reservation wreck
LOCKPORT – A Yankton, S.D., man who allegedly crashed a vehicle on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation Sept. 8, killing his passenger and seriously injuring the other driver, was given two weeks to mull...
View ArticleDNA on sweatshirt leads to robbery plea
LOCKPORT – A man who lost his sweatshirt in a struggle with an employee at a store he tried to rob pleaded guilty Thursday in Niagara County Court, after a DNA test matched him with the shirt.Jacob...
View ArticleFalls man faces gun-and-drug indictment
LOCKPORT – Frank D. Murphy, 29, of Walnut Avenue, Niagara Falls, pleaded not guilty in Niagara County Court Thursday to gun and drug charges incurred after a July 23 traffic stop in the Falls.Murphy...
View ArticleGOP legislators block bid to redebate location of ECC tech building
The Republican-aligned majority in the Erie County Legislature on Thursday shut down calls to rehash the debate over which is the better location for Erie Community College’s proposed $30 million...
View ArticlePilot project at Peace Bridge is scheduled to start Feb. 24
WASHINGTON – Some U.S.-bound cargo will be inspected on the Canadian side of the Peace Bridge for the first time in history Feb. 24 as the two nations begin a six-month pilot project that could...
View ArticleCold and windy today in Buffalo
Hold on to your hat today.There’s more wind, and more cold weather on tap.Temperatures will be in the low to mid “teens” Friday, but the gusty winds will be with us throughout the day, making it...
View ArticleChancellor says SUNY may renege on promise to hire more faculty
ALBANY – The head of the state university system suggested Thursday that campuses will not have the money in the coming year to hire more full-time professors unless lawmakers find ways to add to the...
View ArticleVideo: Sparring over Peace Bridge
There's continuing debate over Peace Bridge issues in City Hall. The News' Jill Terreri also talks with Brian Meyer about claims that a top city fire official abused a criminal background check system:
View ArticleLockport city offices closed Monday; court stays open
LOCKPORT – City offices will be closed Monday, as city union contracts still contain a holiday on the second Monday of February to mark Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. However, City Court will be in...
View ArticleEmotions run high as killer is resentenced
LOCKPORT – As he had promised, State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. on Friday imposed the minimum sentence for murder, 15 years to life in prison, on a Niagara Falls man who stabbed his...
View ArticleWoman pleads guilty in staged drugstore robbery
LOCKPORT – A woman who took part in a fake robbery at the North Tonawanda drugstore where she worked pleaded guilty Friday and was assigned to the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug...
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