Jennifer Marchant gets 12 years in prison for killing boyfriend
LOCKPORT – Jennifer R. Marchant, the North Tonawanda woman who claimed she killed her boyfriend in self-defense only to see a jury reject the claim, was sentenced today to 12 years in state prison.The...
View ArticleJudge reluctantly gives Marchant 12 years in prison for killing boyfriend
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas said she’s never seen something like this in 35 years: a situation where the officers who investigated a homicide were unhappy that the killer was...
View ArticleSalamanca schools superintendent says aid may not be enough
SALAMANCA – Hoped-for increases in funding from the state and national governments may be “too little, and too late” to have much impact on the Salamanca City Central School District’s budget for the...
View ArticleCeremony in Dunkirk will honor fallen police
A ceremony honoring eight Southern Tier police officers who died in the line of duty between 1909 and 2004, including three Dunkirk officers, will be held at 10 a.m. today in Dunkirk’s Memorial Park,...
View ArticleNewfane meat raffle to benefit Niagara Hospice
NEWFANE – Dozens of hams, steaks and other meat items, as well as gift cards, are to be raffled off Friday night to benefit Niagara Hospice.The scene will be the Brookside, the new banquet facility in...
View ArticleSouth Buffalo man admits to Wheatfield store burglary
LOCKPORT – A South Buffalo man who is already in state prison for a streak of convenience store burglaries in Erie County “slipped over the border and did one in Niagara County,” Niagara County Judge...
View ArticleLockport man arraigned on double assault indictment
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man, charged with hitting a man with a baseball bat Feb. 7 and with stabbing a man Feb. 23, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Wednesday in Niagara County Court.Jason T....
View ArticleDrug dealer who assaulted customer pleads guilty
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man, who stabbed and punched his purported customer during a Nov. 9 cocaine sale on 86th Street in the Falls, pleaded guilty to two felonies Wednesday.Joel S. Zsebehazy, 29,...
View ArticleFalls man imprisoned for heroin possession
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who was arrested in a June 19 drug raid on his apartment was sent to state prison Wednesday by State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr.Jose D. Garcia, 54, of...
View ArticleWoman admits embezzlement from Lockport business
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda woman, who paid full restitution for money she stole from a former employer when she pleaded guilty Nov. 13, was granted a conditional discharge Wednesday by Niagara...
View ArticlePark Place Market project clears 1st of 2 hurdles in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Plans for a new artisan and farmers’ market at Main Street and Park Place won one of the two needed approvals from the city Wednesday.The city Planning Board gave the Park Place Market...
View ArticleAccountant says Lockport financial reporting woes date back years
LOCKPORT – The city’s problems with completing accurate financial statements are nothing new, an Amherst accountant told the Common Council on Wednesday.Randall R. Shepard of The Bonadio Group said...
View ArticleMedical Campus officials fear subway delays will sidetrack development plans
To those planning the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, the future extends far beyond construction cranes and rising steel.They envision not only a bustling medical facility employing 17,500 people in...
View ArticleBar Tab: Seneca Niagara Casino works to Stir up crowds with new club
My boyfriend and I were extremely eager for our friend’s birthday party at the area’s new talked-about club. But our stirring expectations were not met.Stir, the new club located in the Seneca Niagara...
View ArticleUtility work will affect Twin Cities Highway traffic
NORTH TONAWANDA – As the weather breaks, National Grid will begin utility work in March and continue through April along Twin Cities Memorial Highway.Contractor crews from O’Connell Electric Co. will...
View ArticleCensus figures show Buffalo-Niagara as 50th-most populated metro area
Buffalo Niagara is clinging on to a place on the top-50 list of the most populated metropolitan areas in the United States – but barely.The two-county Buffalo area dropped one spot to 50th place,...
View ArticleBuffalo Bills name 7 to stadium panel
The Buffalo Bills today announced the seven members the team selected to serve on the New Stadium Working Group.The Bills’ seven members are:• Russell H. Brandon, Bills President and Chief Executive...
View ArticlePraxair gets $1 million state grant
Praxair Inc. is getting a $1 million grant from New York State for an expansion project that will allow the company’s plant in Niagara Falls to increase its production of liquid hydrogen by 50...
View Article4 Lockport men arraigned on felony drug charges
LOCKPORT – Four Lockport men pleaded not guilty Thursday in Niagara County Court to indictments charging them with multiple drug sales.Two of the defendants live in the same apartment building on...
View ArticleFalls man pleads guilty to harassing estranged wife
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who was indicted in connection with two domestic incidents involving his estranged wife was allowed to plead guilty to a single misdemeanor Thursday before Niagara...
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