New ambulance provider wants Buffalo’s business
A national ambulance company that is new to Buffalo is trying to win the city’s exclusive service contract in its push to gain a foothold in the upstate New York market. And the city, which generates...
View ArticleYoung students’ love of classical music is on display at recital
Lots of kids today like to jam to rap, hip-hop, rock or pop music.But the children of the Henri L. Muhammad School of Music prefer to rock out to Beethoven, Brahms and Bach.Take 12-year-old Amaya...
View ArticleOvernight big chill heading toward big thaw
At this rate, it should be getting warmer soon – by late June or July.Actually, the overnight sub-zero temperatures throughout Western New York were just a prelude to the big thaw, starting now...
View ArticleMother blames her child in shoplifting incident
NIAGARA FALLS – A Falls woman blamed her infant child, who she said distracted her as she tried to check out at a Walmart Superstore self-check out line, which caused her to leave without paying for...
View ArticleA man out of control is arrested
LOCKPORT – A man yelling and disorderly in an apartment building in the 6600 block of Lincoln Place got out of control when he was put into a sheriff’s patrol car just after 3 a.m. Monday.Matthew W....
View ArticleSheriff’s deputy injured when his patrol car was hit
WHEATFIELD – A sheriff’s deputy suffered minor injuries when his patrol car was rear ended by an oncoming car as he was stopped with the car’s emergency lights activated for a traffic stop at 8:33...
View ArticleWheatfield laborer wins partial award for injury
LOCKPORT – A worker who was left disabled after being hit in the head in a 2009 construction accident was almost as much at fault as the company was, a jury ruled last week.Thus, Frank P. Zito of...
View ArticleNiagara University’s dean of hospitality and tourism management will...
LEWISTON – After 35 years of service, Gary D. Praetzel, Ph.D., who is credited with helping establish Niagara University’s College of Hospitality and Tourism Management, will retire as dean of that...
View ArticleFalls Council weighs deal with One Niagara on back taxes, challenged...
NIAGARA FALLS – A proposed deal over back taxes and a challenged assessment for a high-profile downtown property tangled up for years in legal disputes may get the go-ahead this week.A proposed...
View ArticleFriends, family stunned by murder of Lackawanna woman
Friends of Tequila Suter knew something definitely was wrong when she didn’t show up for the noon worship service Sunday at Hills Tabernacle on Genesee Street.Suter was a dedicated member of the small...
View ArticleSkyway reopens after being closed by driving snow; region to warm up over...
An old friend will be visiting again this week, one we haven’t seen for a while in these parts: temperatures above freezing.The National Weather Service is calling for high temperatures of 30 degrees...
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State uses 1980s computer program for school aid calculations
The Department of Education says the program it uses to tally state aid runs is reaching its useful life. If you've ever tried to track down state aid numbers for a school district in the hours after...
View ArticleTemperatures heading upwards after 15-day streak of cold
An old friend will be visiting again this week, one we haven’t seen for a while in these parts: temperatures above freezing.The National Weather Service is calling for high temperatures of 30 degrees...
View ArticleFalls man faces felony charges in series of larcenies
NIAGARA FALLS – A Falls man accused of burglary and grand larceny in two separate cases was charged after being caught on surveillance tape allegedly using a stolen credit card in a liquor...
View ArticleParking lot of local fire hall damaged by a reckless driver doing doughnuts
ROYALTON – The president of Wolcottsville Fire Department called in the Niagara County Sheriff’s Department on Monday after firefighters found $800 in damage to their parking lot, caused by a car...
View ArticleFirewood and scrap metal stolen in Lockport
LOCKPORT – A homeowner in the 5400 block of Saunders Settlement Road told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies Tuesday that someone had taken $150 worth of firewood and scrap metal from open trailers on...
View ArticleReputed Falls cocaine dealer agrees to five-year sentence
LOCKPORT – Antoine R. Bones, whom Niagara Falls police called a cocaine dealer when they arrested him May 3, accepted a plea offer Tuesday that included a five-year state prison sentence.Bones, 28, of...
View ArticleBuffalo man imprisoned on Falls drug charge
LOCKPORT – A Buffalo man, who was expelled from the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment in October, was sentenced Tuesday by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III to...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda man pleads guilty to driving drunk in ex-girlfriend’s...
LOCKPORT – James M. Martin of North Tonawanda, who was charged with stealing his former girlfriend’s car Sept. 19 and driving it while drunk, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Niagara County Court to two...
View ArticleFalls man pleads guilty to Sanborn gas station holdup
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man pleaded guilty to taking part in the June 28 armed robbery of the Valero gas station and convenience store in Sanborn.Kenneth McNeil Jr., 25, of 20th Street, admitted to...
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