Four-time drunken driver headed for state prison
LOCKPORT – State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. said Thursday that he intends to send John P. Hill, a four-time drunken driver, to state prison for 1 1/3 to four years when he returns to...
View ArticleNiagara Falls School Board criticized for delaying vote on adding polling...
NIAGARA FALLS - Community and church leaders are objecting to a decision by the city School Board to put off a vote on increasing the number of polling sites for the school board election and budget...
View ArticleIt sure is cold – but not cold enough to break records
We know it’s cold today, but not record-breaking.Buffalo came close to breaking a pair of 19th century records for cold today. We didn’t quite make it. The lowest the thermometer hit was minus-3 at 6...
View ArticleLockport man pleads guilty to drug, vehicle charges
LOCKPORT – William S. Johnson, 35, of South Transit Street, pleaded guilty to two crimes Friday and was assigned to the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment by Niagara County...
View ArticleNYC man to head east after discharge on credit card fraud charge
LOCKPORT – A New York City man, in the Buffalo area to attend college, was granted a conditional discharge in a credit card fraud case Friday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.The condition...
View ArticleFalls man avoids prison in burglary case
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who burglarized a house on 23rd Street in the Falls last year was placed on five years’ probation Friday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.Douglas VanWormer,...
View ArticleLockport man to serve probation, weekends in jail for breaking...
LOCKPORT – A man who threw his 23-month-old daughter toward a couch while hanging onto her left arm, causing a fracture, was sentenced Friday to four months of weekends in jail, starting next weekend,...
View ArticleWoman who drove SUV at boyfriend is placed on probation
LOCKPORT – A woman who drove her sport utility vehicle at her boyfriend but injured another woman was placed on three years’ probation Friday by State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch...
View ArticleWoman sentenced to drug treatment facility in burglary case
LOCKPORT – A Hartland woman who was repeatedly called a “manipulator” by State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. was sentenced to a stint in the state prison system’s secure drug treatment...
View ArticleTwo-time jawbreaker sentenced to eight years in prison
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda man who broke a victim’s jaw twice, three weeks apart, was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison and five years of post-release supervision by Niagara County Judge...
View ArticleNiagara Falls man admits cheating HUD with fake contract bids
A former employee of Niagara Falls contractor John J. Gross Jr. admitted Friday to taking part in a scheme to cheat the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.Walter Henrich Weiss pleaded guilty...
View ArticleLockport man charged with for having sex with a young girl
LOCKPORT – A 35-year-old Lockport man has been arrested for allegedly having sex with an underage girl. Darwin J. Fifield Jr. was arrested about 6:45 p.m. Friday on third-degree rape and child...
View ArticleSchool Board petitions available starting Monday in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Petitions will be available starting Monday for those interested in running for the city School Board this spring.Those interested in being a candidate for School Board can pick up...
View ArticleA woman of many titles shares her pride about LaSalle
NIAGARA FALLS – Teresa “Terry” Lasher Winslow has held many titles in her six decades. A former Niagara County historian, she also has been a museum director, elementary school teacher, librarian and...
View ArticleNot your usual Lockport mayor, McCaffrey vows to turn city around
LOCKPORT – Most Lockport officeholders have tended to be factory workers or small-business owners, but not Mayor Anne E. McCaffrey.She is undoubtedly the first Lockport mayor to speak French, to have...
View ArticleAround Town/Niagara County meetings and hearings this week
Barker The School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the administrative offices, Quaker and Haight roads. Lewiston The Village Board will hold a work session at 6:30 p.m. Monday in Village Hall, 145...
View ArticleMarch 2-9/Niagara County faith-related events
Today SERVICE: 2 p.m., Second Presbyterian Church, 71 Van Buren St., Lockport. Special service featuring Hands Up Ministries in partnership with lead pastor Al Robinson of Spirit of Truth Ministries....
View ArticlePublic art project in Niagara County might put decorative wine barrels on...
NIAGARA FALLS – A public art project in the works for Niagara County might bring a decorative wine barrel to a place of interest near you.“Barrel Through Niagara” will give artists a chance to show...
View ArticleChest Pain Center at Mount St. Mary’s Hospital has been reaccredited
LEWISTON – The Chest Pain Center at Mount St. Mary’s Hospital has been reaccredited by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care, making the Lewiston hospital the only one in Niagara County and the...
View ArticleNiagara County CC basketball teams living the dream
SANBORN – It’s been a year to remember for both the men’s and women’s basketball teams at Niagara County Community College.Rarely, if ever, have both its men’s and women’s basketball teams had such...
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