Falls man charged for his role in a shooting that injured a 2-year-old
A Niagara Falls man wanted in the shooting of a 2-year-old girl in late November turned himself in to police Wednesday and is being held without bail in the Niagara County Jail.Willie R. Scott Jr.,...
View ArticleNT man arraigned in DWI case
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda man, who has served state prison time for drunken driving in the past, pleaded not guilty this week to a fresh indictment charging him felony driving while intoxicated and...
View ArticleTwo teens face suspension and drug charges in Sanborn
SANBORN – Two Niagara Academy teens were charged by Niagara County sheriff’s deputies in separate drug-related cases Tuesday. Both boys were suspended pending a superintendent’s conference.One teen...
View ArticleFree tax services available in the Falls and Lewiston for low-income taxpayers
LEWISTON – Elderly and low-income taxpayers in the Niagara Falls area received more than $575,000 in federal and state income-tax refunds last year with free tax-preparation help from students in the...
View ArticleSloma resigns as Niagara IDA chairman
WHEATFIELD – Henry M. Sloma, who has been chairman of the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency for more than seven years, resigned Wednesday.Sloma said he has a business opportunity that might...
View ArticleTuscarora man pleads guilty in fatal car wreck
LOCKPORT – A man who crashed his car into a tree on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation last summer, fatally injuring his best friend, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Niagara County Court.Pierce L. Abrams,...
View ArticleTown of Lockport man sent to prison for probation violation
LOCKPORT – A Town of Lockport man who violated the terms of his probation in a grand larceny case was sentenced to one to three years in prison Wednesday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon...
View ArticleLockport wins $570,000 grant for sidewalks
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – New sidewalks in areas leading to Lockport schools will be funded through a $570,000 grant from the state Department of Transportation, Economic Development Director David R. Kinyon...
View ArticleRichards taps Sklarski as deputy supervisor
TOWN OF NIAGARA – Supervisor Steven Richards named a new deputy supervisor at the annual reorganizational meeting Wednesday.Councilman Danny Sklarski was picked by Richards to serve in the post for...
View ArticleStudents will give tax aid to the elderly and low-income
LEWISTON – Elderly and low-income taxpayers in the Niagara Falls area received more than $575,000 in federal and state income tax refunds last year with free tax-preparation help from students in the...
View ArticleMedina firm receives tax breaks for move to Lockport
WHEATFIELD – The planned move of Trek Inc. from Medina to Lockport cleared another hurdle Wednesday, as the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency approved a 20-year property tax break on the...
View ArticleHearts broken by Russia
Jeff and Kate Conrad know how lucky they are to have their 5-year-old son, Ryan, in their lives.They also realize that, if they hadn’t started the adoption process from Russia when they did, he might...
View ArticleLockport man charged in ‘shaken baby’ case
LOCKPORT – A 26-year-old man charged in a suspected case of “shaken baby syndrome” was to appear today in Lockport City Court, according to State Police.Kenneth S. Lathrop Jr., of Ruhlman Road, was...
View ArticleMan who looted elderly friend’s estate avoids prison
Matt Pollack saved more than $600,000 over his lifetime so he could live out his last years at his Barker home and tend his garden. But the 90-year-old man was forced into assisted living because...
View ArticleSex offender admits to more charges involving children
A City of Tonawanda man already behind bars as a predatory sex offender has admitted to more sex crimes involving children.Donald C. Filer, 52, pleaded guilty this week to two counts of predatory...
View ArticleCuomo suggests no new casinos for WNY
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo strongly suggested Thursday that no new casino will be located in Western New York, even as he tries to add three new gambling halls upstate.When asked several times to...
View ArticleNT mom pleads guilty to impaired driving with 4 kids in car
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda mother of four admitted Thursday in Niagara County Court that she drove under the influence of alcohol in that city March 2, while all four of her children were in the...
View ArticleDrug treatment failure leads to prison term for Falls man
LOCKPORT – Lester Lamar Jr. paid the price Thursday for washing out of the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment: five years in state prison and three years of post-release...
View ArticleGroup home placement eyed for sex offender
LOCKPORT – A developmentally disabled man, who had sex with a 15-year-old girl several times last year, was placed on 10 years’ probation Thursday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas, who said...
View ArticleHertel Avenue man pleads guilty in NT crack case
LOCKPORT – A Buffalo man admitted in Niagara County Court Thursday that he dealt crack cocaine in North Tonawanda last summer.Jamar M. Harris, 24, of Hertel Avenue, pleaded guilty to fifth-degree...
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