Pediatrician blasts state flu shot rules
LOCKPORT – The president of the Niagara County Board of Health blasted state policies on flu vaccine distribution during Thursday’s board meeting.Dr. Jerome Ulatowski II of Lewiston, a pediatrician,...
View ArticleProbation violator sent to Niagara County Jail
LOCKPORT – Probation on a 2007 drug possession charge was going well for Nicholas J. Koch of Lockport – until he lost his job last year.Koch, 25, of Passaic Avenue, Lockport, started drinking and...
View ArticleCopper thief pleads guilty, headed for drug treatment
LOCKPORT – William A. Robinson, 51, of Phelps Street, Lockport, admitted in Niagara County Court Thursday that he stole copper pipes from a house on Grand Street in Lockport and sold the metal to get...
View ArticleWoman sentenced for burlarizing dead neighbor’s house
LOCKPORT – Kristen L. Wallace, who was caught in a deceased neighbor’s house Nov. 30 stealing crackers and a bottle of laundry detergent, was admitted to the judicial diversion program of...
View ArticleHead of Housing Authority criticized by state comptroller
The executive director of the Niagara Falls Housing Authority has come under sharp criticism in an audit by the office of State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli that was released Thursday. Auditors said...
View Article$75,000 in grants awarded to 11 nonprofit groups
Grants totaling more than $75,000 were awarded to 11 nonprofit organizations last year by the Niagara Area Foundation, an affiliate of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.The grants, ranging...
View ArticleLast phase of capital project ready to go out for bids
The final phase of the $11.9 million capital project for the Tonawanda City School District is ready to go out for bidding. Officials hope to take advantage of the building season to complete a new...
View ArticleMolestation defendant still missing as alleged victim testifies
LOCKPORT – As the search continued for runaway sex-crime defendant Paul S. Turley, one of his alleged victims offered graphic testimony Thursday about Turley repeatedly molesting her when she was...
View ArticleTown of Lockport may try to seize GM land
LOCKPORT – General Motors’ effort to impose restrictions on future use of 91 acres of land caused the Town of Lockport to seek to take the land through the use of eminent domain power, town officials...
View ArticleKing, Dobbs seek re-election to Falls school board
NIAGARA FALLS – Two long-serving members of the School Board said Thursday that they will seek re-election when their present terms expire at the end of the current school year.They are: Don J. King,...
View ArticleFor women, no more limit in war
Uncle Sam has, at last, officially acknowledged reality.When Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta on Thursday lifted the ban on women serving in combat units, he was just affirming what already happens,...
View ArticleShort warm-up of weather on the way
It might not have felt like it this morning when the mercury dropped to a meager 1 degree – but it’s going to start warming up today.The 1 degree mark recorded this morning marked the coldest...
View ArticleCase of runaway sex suspect headed for jury
LOCKPORT – A Niagara County Court jury will deliberate Monday on the fate of runaway sex crime defendant Paul S. Turley.Testimony wrapped up Friday afternoon in the case of Turley, 47, of Lincoln...
View ArticleWilson man sent to prison for baseball bat assault
LOCKPORT – Keith E. Blose was sentenced to two to four years in state prison by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III Friday for breaking a woman’s jaw with a baseball bat.Blose, 28, had pleaded...
View ArticleMan imprisoned for Lockport gas station robbery
LOCKPORT – One of the defendants in the Sept. 15 robbery of the Gulf gas station at Walnut and Washburn streets in Lockport was sent to state prison Friday by State Supreme Court Justice Richard C....
View ArticleAlleged shooter of 2-year-old girl arraigned
LOCKPORT – The man who allegedly shot a 2-year-old Niagara Falls girl in the face Nov. 27 was arraigned Friday in Niagara County Court.Judge Matthew J. Murphy III set bail at $200,000 for Willie R....
View ArticleNT man pleads guilty to cocaine possession
LOCKPORT – Jeffrey M. Tretter, 20, of Eddy Drive, North Tonawanda, pleaded guilty Friday in Niagara County Court to fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. He had about...
View ArticleOne sentenced, one pleads guilty in Niagara DWIs
LOCKPORT – A Cambria drunken driver was sentenced Friday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas to months of weekends in jail, five years’ probation and fines and fees totaling $5,520.Donald J....
View ArticleWoman avoids jail in dumping of overdose victim
LOCKPORT – A woman who helped dispose of the body of a man who died of a drug overdose in a North Tonawanda apartment was placed on six months of interim probation Friday by Niagara County Judge Sara...
View ArticleFederal mediator to join talks at Falls hospital
NIAGARA FALLS – A federal mediator will join contract talks on Monday between Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center and Local 1199, Service Employees International Union, United Healthcare Workers...
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