Judge tosses out SAFE Act charge against Lockport man
LOCKPORT – Lockport police violated Paul A. Wojdan’s constitutional rights by counting the bullets in his gun and charging him with violating New York’s SAFE Act, Lockport City Judge William J. Watson...
View ArticleTemperatures in WNY will continue to run 20 degrees below normal
If any single image could tell the story of Buffalo Niagara’s winter of 2013-14, this might be the one.Niagara Falls is looking a lot more like “Niagara Froze.”After months of wrestling the mighty...
View ArticleMan injured, driver charged after truck hits tree
LOCKPORT – A passenger in a pickup truck was critically injured and the driver was charged with drunk driving early Thursday.The truck was eastbound on Lincoln Avenue about 1 a.m. when it struck a...
View ArticleDowntown construction worker injured by pipe
A 40-year-old construction worker suffered a minor head injury just before 9 a.m. Thursday at a downtown renovation project, according to fire officials and coworkers.The individual, whose name was...
View ArticleSnowfall total passes 100-inch mark for first time in 3 years
Temperatures retreated back into the single digits and gusty breezes dropped the wind chills well below zero as the sun set over Buffalo Niagara today – a day when the seasonal snowfall total eclipsed...
View ArticleDrug addict admits Walmart theft scheme
LOCKPORT – A man who tried to steal $1,642 worth of merchandise from the Lockport Walmart store Nov. 16 pleaded guilty Thursday in Niagara County Court and was assigned to the judicial diversion...
View ArticleFalls man pleads guilty in domestic violence case
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man admitted Thursday that he violated a woman’s order of protection by contacting her in person April 21.Howard M. Neal, 26, of Linwood Avenue, pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleAlleged Lockport motel burglar pleads not guilty
LOCKPORT – A man accused of burglarizing the Lockport Inn & Suites, 315 S.Transit St., pleaded not guilty to a five-count indictment Thursday in Niagara County Court.Adam C. Strobele, 18, of...
View ArticleFormer Illinois man pleads not guilty to Falls crack dealing
LOCKPORT – A man who moved from Illinois to Niagara Falls last year was arraigned Thursday in Niagara County Court on charges that he entered the Falls’ crack cocaine trade.Tyler C. Smith, 19, of...
View ArticleLewiston man pleads guilty to Falls metal theft
LOCKPORT – A Lewiston man admitted Thursday that he took part in the Aug. 31 burglary of a vacant industrial building in Niagara Falls in an effort to steal copper and other metal.Gerald Welker Jr.,...
View ArticleLockport man admits making meth in parked car
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man faces a sentence of up to 5 1/2 years in state prison after admitting Thursday that he was making methamphetamine in a parked car at about 1 a.m. Nov. 10.Matthew C. Brown,...
View ArticleOne-year sentence imposed on man who dislocated wife’s arm
LOCKPORT – Michael A. Murphy Jr. 31, of 17th Street, Niagara Falls, was sentenced to a year in jail Thursday for dislocating his wife’s arm April 28.However, Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas...
View ArticleVisit by Vietnam Memorial Wall sought for Town of Lockport in 2015
LOCKPORT – Councilman Paul W. Siejak wants the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall to be displayed in Lockport next year.Siejak told his colleagues at a Town Board work session Wednesday that it would be...
View ArticleNFTA officials surrender real estate to return to core priorities
There may have been no better way for transit commissioners to underscore their priorities Thursday than approving the sale of outer harbor lands to two state agencies, while also unveiling a massive...
View ArticleMcCaffrey orders Lockport city credit cards destroyed
LOCKPORT – Mayor Anne E. McCaffrey has ordered the destruction of both city credit cards and the closing of the accounts.McCaffrey said she gave the mayor’s credit card to City Treasurer Michael E....
View ArticleMcCaffrey won’t head Lockport development agency
LOCKPORT – Mayor Anne E. McCaffrey said Thursday she will not serve as chairwoman of the city’s development agency, the first time since its founding in 1981 that the mayor will not head the Greater...
View ArticleInaugural ceremony Wednesday for new Lockport mayor
LOCKPORT – A formal inaugural ceremony for new Lockport Mayor Anne E. McCaffrey will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Historic Palace Theatre, 2 East Ave.The ceremony also will include the...
View ArticleROTC at Niagara U to receive top award
LEWISTON – Niagara University’s Reserve Officers Training Corps program will be presented for the second time the MacArthur Award at 10:30 a.m. March 10 in recognition of its cadets’ performance...
View ArticleTJ Maxx to open store on South Transit in Lockport
LOCKPORT – TJ Maxx, the discount women’s clothing chain, will open a store in Lockport, Town Building Inspector Brian M. Belson said this week. The company will go before the town Planning Board on...
View ArticleDeadline extended for Niagara County Fair logo contest
LOCKPORT – Cornell Cooperative Extension of Niagara County announced this week that it has decided to extend the deadline for this year’s Niagara County Fair logo contest to next Friday. Because of...
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