Judge to decide whether to return animals in cruelty case
LOCKPORT – Barbara Hale Gonzalez of Hartland had her dogs and a horse taken from her when she was charged with animal cruelty in 2009.The criminal case against her ended without a conviction, and she...
View ArticleHotel upgrades lift spirits in Falls tourism district
NIAGARA FALLS – Two new hotel plans for downtown Niagara Falls have tourism officials smiling.But proposals to build a new hotel at the city’s main entrance and renovate another at the edge of Niagara...
View ArticleLegislature calls on state to amend law on housing allowances
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Legislature has passed a set of resolutions urging the state to allow direct payment of welfare recipients’ housing allowances to landlords if the clients don’t use the...
View ArticleFrom the blotter/Police calls and court cases, Feb. 12 to 19
Niagara Falls police received a number of reports of overnight car break-ins and damaged vehicles.In the 1500 block of LaSalle Avenue, a man said his mother-in-law’s car alarm went off at 2:45 a.m....
View ArticleDEC officer will share the wild life of dealing with wildlife
WILSON – Did you hear about the guy who performed mouth-to-mouth on a deer?Richard J. Lang didn’t hear the story; he saw it happen. The incident is one in a treasure trove of stories he collected in...
View ArticleRed Cross responds to a spike in fires to aid Niagara County families
When the American Red Cross is busy, it usually means that something bad has happened.That has been especially true the past month in Niagara County.An unusual spike in fires has put the Red Cross...
View ArticleCreating robots is a ‘team thing’ for students in Newfane,...
NEWFANE – High school students working on perfecting their Frisbee skill isn’t exactly news.Designing and building robots to do it? That’s different.And that’s precisely what students at Newfane and...
View ArticleNiagara leaders hope to scale down new public works facility
LOCKPORT – One of the motivations for Niagara County’s push for a renewed commitment for sharing public works services with towns is the hope of saving millions of dollars on a new Public Works...
View ArticleLions get ready to brrrrrrring the Polar Bears to Olcott
OLCOTT – Organizers of the Polar Bear Swim for Sight are keeping an eye on thick, encroaching ice at Olcott Beach, as well as next Sunday’s weather forecast for the Olcott Lions Club’s premier...
View ArticleWith spring approaching, big changes in the air
Lindy Ruff may be a guy out of a job.But he also may be something a little less downbeat:A symbol.It’s true. Everywhere you look these days around the Buffalo region, there are striking changes – and...
View ArticleSword swallower gives a sharp performance
Sword swallowing just isn’t the career it used to be.You’re always having to carry around X-rays to prove it isn’t a trick. The job opportunities have waned since the days of the circus sideshow. And...
View ArticleGM’s Lockport plant is a survivor
Leaders and employees at the General Motors Components Holdings plant in Lockport have a lot on their minds.They are determined to launch their manufacturing of thermal products for new GM vehicles as...
View ArticleDrop-off days reduced amid Refuse Disposal District cost-cutting
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Refuse Disposal District will reduce household hazardous waste drop-off days and may close its construction and demolition landfill on some Saturdays.The district also...
View ArticleSequester seen impacting border, Buffalo schools
WASHINGTON – Longer waits at the U.S.-Canadian border, larger class sizes in Buffalo city schools and big reductions in programs for the poor are looming, thanks to a series of automatic federal...
View ArticleFalls detective cites quick confession in girl’s killing
LOCKPORT – Once his accomplice told police what happened, it didn’t take long for John R. Freeman Jr. to confess to killing a 5-year-old girl, a Niagara Falls detective testified Monday.Detective...
View ArticleEugene G. Miller, author and professor of languages
May 30, 1931 – Feb. 24, 2013Eugene G. Miller of Sanborn, an author and longtime professor of English and German, died Sunday in Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence in Lewiston. He was 81.Known as...
View ArticleMan who took his life in falls identified as college student
NIAGARA FALLS – A man who witnesses said took his life by walking into the Niagara River above the falls at Goat Island has been identified by Houghton College.College officials said on their website...
View ArticleIn Falls, a grisly murder-suicide aftermath
NIAGARA FALLS – A city man apparently strangled his girlfriend and slashed her throat before fatally shooting himself Monday night in her 29th Street home, police said.The deceased were identified as...
View ArticleMan charged with beating 2-year-old daughter
LOCKPORT – A Cheektowaga man was arraigned Tuesday in Niagara County Court on a seven-count indictment accusing him of beating his 2-year-old daughter in Niagara Falls Jan. 21.Bradley P. Zadul, 33, of...
View ArticleSex offender pleads guilty to two felonies
LOCKPORT – A Level 2 sex offender pleaded guilty in Niagara County Court Tuesday to failing to register a change of address and possession of powdered cocaine.Jason M. Klinger, 37, of Hewitt Parkway,...
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