Case 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 ArticleBuffalo teens lead the March for Life
WASHINGTON – Forty years after the Supreme Court legalized abortion, 40 teens from the Buffalo area led the way Friday during the annual “March for Life,” each of them carrying a white flag that...
View ArticleWhen vulnerable seniors wander, Silver Alert provides a safety net
Early one April morning, before the sun was up, an 81-year-old woman crept out of her Williamsville home – and wandered away.Luckily, she was found – by a group of girls out delivering the newspaper –...
View ArticleTruck hauling grapes strikes power pole, overturns
A Canadian trucker suffered minor injuries early Saturday when his tractor-trailer loaded with grapes struck a power pole on Shawnee Road in Wheatfield and overturned, Niagara County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleBuffalo Bishop names new head of Catholic schools
Sister Carol Cimino, a national consultant, college professor and author, has been named the new superintendant of Buffalo Catholic Schools.Bishop Richard J. Malone will introduce his selection of the...
View ArticleHiggins comments on parkway stoke long-running debate
Soon after adding Niagara Falls to his expanded congressional district, Rep. Brian Higgins took aim at the thoroughfare that is one of the city’s most recognized and, arguably, most despised: the...
View ArticleDiversion program brings success in small doses
LOCKPORT – Success stories are relatively rare in a program that tries to keep nonviolent, drug-abusing felons out of prison by compelling them to obtain treatment.State statistics show that in...
View ArticleTale-telling knight has returned to his roots
NORTH TONAWANDA – When Karl Kindt III went to visit his father’s military grave in France 17 years ago, a statue of King Arthur inspired him to invent a new job for himself: as a storytelling...
View ArticleLack of state funding may not deter Kibler Park plan
LOCKPORT – The Lockport City School District may include a driveway through Kibler Park in a capital project referendum this May, despite word from Albany that no state aid will be available for the...
View ArticleHealth officials probe radiation in former Falls tire store
NIAGARA FALLS – Local and state health officials are working on ways to reduce radiation levels inside a former Niagara Falls Boulevard tire store in hopes of improving chances of its reuse.The vacant...
View ArticleFrom the blotter/Police calls and court cases, Jan. 17 to 22
Charles E. Boardway, 48, of Park Avenue, Medina, pleaded guilty in Niagara County Court to a felony count of driving while intoxicated.County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III set sentencing April 4 for...
View ArticleCompetitor was willing to pay state $100 million more than Maid of the Mist
Local government officials last month cheered the state for saving Niagara Falls’ most popular tourist attraction from extinction.But to Terry MacRae, the new lease on life for the Maid of the Mist is...
View ArticleNew Wilson food pantry fills a community need
WILSON – A new food pantry serving residents of the community is slowly growing in clientele and donations, helping fill a void created when a former, long-standing resource closed its doors in the...
View ArticlePolice probing death of woman found unconscious
Lockport police are investigating the death Saturday of a woman discovered outside the former Niagara County infirmary.Police say the woman was unconscious when they arrived at the scene after getting...
View ArticleNiagara Falls aims for ‘Elmwood north’ with loan program
After decades of population loss, Niagara Falls has found a way to draw young people downtown by offering to pay off their student loans.Now comes the challenge of drawing the businesses the young...
View ArticleHopeful signs spur optimism in Niagara Falls
The year just ended was a time of hopes, promises and dreams for Niagara County.Only time will tell which of those hopes, promises or dreams may come true any time soon for a county that has limped...
View ArticleBurglar may have caused massive flood in former Summit mall
WHEATFIELD – Frozen valves caused three water pipes to burst inside the former Summit mall over the weekend, resulting in as much as $1 million worth of water damage.Police are investigating whether a...
View Article“All this over a hit-and-run?,” asks driver charged with...
NIAGARA FALLS – City police said they had to forcibly arrest a man fleeing the scene of a hit-and-run crash Saturday night.A witness to the crash, which occurred in the area of Honey’s restaurant on...
View ArticleMarket Street Art Center to reopen after improvements
LOCKPORT – The Market Street Art Center will reopen Monday after renovations to its Joseph A. and Kathleen M. Whalen Gallery and to the Art and Soul gift shop, and the center’s first exhibit for 2013...
View ArticleUnpaid charges may cost TAM Ceramics its tax break
WHEATFIELD – TAM Ceramics may lose its property tax break from the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency because of more than $600,000 in unpaid sewer bills and special district taxes.IDA...
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