NT woman was dead as long as 19 days before body found
LOCKPORT – Heather M. Rylowicz, the North Tonawanda woman found dead in her home Nov. 21, may have died as early as Nov. 2, prosecutors revealed Thursday as her boyfriend was arraigned on murder...
View ArticleFDA warned in 2009 not to reuse insulin pens
WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration warned hospitals nationwide against reusing insulin pens on multiple patients in March 2009, 19 months before the Buffalo VA Medical Center began a...
View ArticleJob markets poor in Buffalo and Rochester
The Buffalo and Rochester areas had the state’s worst job markets in December, as Western New York lost more jobs from a year ago than any other part of the state, according to the latest federal...
View ArticleLockport mayor designates ‘impact zone’ to crack down on crime
LOCKPORT – As the smell of marijuana filled Common Council Chambers, Mayor Michael W. Tucker on Friday proclaimed a new police crackdown in the Genesee Street-Washburn Street area of Lockport.The...
View ArticleTwo plead guilty to drug felonies, enter treatment program
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man and a Lockport woman pleaded guilty to drug felonies Friday in Niagara County Court, and both were assigned to the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug...
View ArticleWhy ‘The Big Lebowski’ abides
In the 15 years since Jeff Bridges debuted as “the Dude,” a slacker who drinks White Russians and goes bowling when things get tough, the movie “The Big Lebowski” has taken hold as a cult favorite. As...
View ArticleCouncil approves plan for Taylor Devices power
NORTH TONAWANDA – The Common Council voted unanimously this week to grant permission to traverse city property and connect power to industrial park buildings rehabbed by the growing Taylor Devices, a...
View ArticleHealth Department has limited flu vaccine supply
NIAGARA FALLS – The Niagara County Health Department announced it has obtained a limited supply of flu vaccine, which it will distribute at an appointment-only flu shot clinic from 9 a.m. to noon...
View ArticleRotary and Interact Club to collect nonperishable food
LOCKPORT – Members of the Rotary Club of Lockport and its sponsored High School Interact Club will gather donated nonperishable food Monday for St. John’s Outreach Center in the city.Prospective...
View ArticleDyster to speak Jan. 31 on the state of the city
NIAGARA FALLS – Mayor Paul A. Dyster will give his State of the City address Jan. 31, he announced Friday.Dyster will give the speech at 5:30 p.m. at the Niagara Falls Culinary Institute, 28 Old Falls...
View ArticleRedefining the term ‘assault weapon’
The gun used to unleash unimaginable carnage at a Connecticut elementary school a month ago was a Bushmaster semiautomatic rifle. It was equipped with a protruding pistol grip and a 30-round...
View ArticleMan who failed to care for mother imprisoned but could collect estate
Harold C. Shaver Jr. was sent to prison Friday because he failed to provide any care for four years for his 85-year-old mother, who spent 24 hours a day on a couch soaked with urine and feces, and...
View ArticleHundreds speak out on gun rights during Niagara Square demonstration
For almost two hours, they waved their American flags proudly in the breeze that whipped through Niagara Square. They held up handmade signs, with messages that included “Gun Control Is Not About...
View ArticleLockport plans borrowing for canal locks restoration
LOCKPORT – The operations and maintenance agreement for the restored 19th century Erie Canal locks is being crafted in such a way that it will permit the city to borrow money for the first stage of...
View ArticleRotary and high schoolers plan Lockport food drive Monday
LOCKPORT – Members of the Rotary Club of Lockport and its sponsored High School Interact Club will gather donated nonperishable food Monday for St. John’s Outreach Center in the city.Prospective...
View ArticleDeborah McElwain Rapp finds a new life and new waters
Deborah McElwain Rapp has made fewer regular stops in Niagara Falls in the years since her parents died.But even now , the city where she grew up is still influencing her passion for water that gave...
View ArticleNew standards on indigent defense stir controversy
LOCKPORT – A new set of guidelines for assigning defense lawyers to clients may lead to increased costs for Niagara County – or not, depending on whom you ask.The county has a small staff of part-time...
View ArticleMobile Command Center goes operational for Niagara County Sheriff’s...
LOCKPORT – After more than two years of planning by the Niagara County’s Sheriff’s Office, a new and improved Mobile Command Center became operational last week.Featuring the latest in communications...
View ArticleFrom the blotter / Police calls and court cases, Jan. 10 to 15
A Niagara Falls man was arraigned in Niagara County Court on charges that he nearly struck a police car and did crash into another vehicle about 5:30 a.m. Sept. 1 on 10th Street in that city.Lysander...
View ArticleNiagara River chamber settles into new home
LEWISTON – The Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce, which is just getting settled into its new home in the Lewiston Welcome Center and has elected a new chairman of its board of directors, is...
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