Man who shot up a passing vehicle pleads guilty
LOCKPORT – Eric A. Easton, who according to a prosecutor reacted to his cancer diagnosis by getting drunk and randomly shooting at houses and a vehicle with a rifle, entered his third guilty plea...
View ArticleThree men are charged in Lockport assault
LOCKPORT – Three Lockport men, two of whom are brothers, were charged for their roles in a the gang assault of a woman just after 4 a.m. Sunday on Willow Street.Brothers Sheldon W. Allen III, 20, and...
View ArticleMan on a bicycle is a suspect in three robberies
NIAGARA FALLS – Victims in three separate robberies told police that a man on a bicycle stole their cell phones Monday night.A 15-year-old boy said that just before 7 p.m. in the 1500 block of Pine...
View ArticleIt’s not Easter without kielbasa for many WNY families
In the spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. If he’s Polish, garlic, coarsely ground pork and marjoram may also be involved.That’s because Easter is kielbasa time for some...
View ArticleCatholic Charities at 80 percent of goal
Catholic Charities of Buffalo on Tuesday announced that a total of $8.6 million has been raised so far in its 2013 drive, which runs through June 30. The total represents 80.2 percent of the $10.7...
View ArticleHigh court hesitant to hear ban on gay marriage in first such case
WASHINGTON – Like many a nervous suitor thinking about popping the question, several Supreme Court justices Tuesday pondered making gay marriage the law of the land and said, each in his or her own...
View ArticleState budget increases school aid by $1 billion
All but one school district in Erie and Niagara counties will see an increase in state aid next year as the state budget increases aid by nearly $1 billion.The State Senate finished passing budget...
View ArticleTown of Niagara acts on expansion
TOWN OF NIAGARA – The Town Board agreed Tuesday to take lead agency status in the state environmental quality review process for the proposed expansion of the Fashion Outlet of Niagara...
View ArticleNiagara Falls business owner shot by two posing as deliverymen
NIAGARA FALLS – The owner and president of Integrated Controls told police he opened the door to the office of his Hyde Park Boulevard business to someone claiming to be a pizza deliveryman Tuesday...
View ArticleNT highway chief gets OK for new way to level sidewalks
NORTH TONAWANDA – Public Works Superintendent Bradley Rowles has helped to develop a cheaper, faster solution for fixing crooked “trip-hazard” sidewalks that he will begin applying as weather warms in...
View ArticleSex offender awaiting sentencing is charged again
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls sex offender, awaiting sentencing on three felonies, was arraigned Monday in Niagara County Court on a new indictment accusing him of a series of sex acts with an underage...
View ArticlePhysicians group announces new leadership
The Optimum Physician Alliance has announced new leadership of the physicians group.Dr. Thomas Rosenthal will serve as chief medical executive, and Dr. John J. Bodkin II, a family physician at...
View ArticleEx-trooper gets probation for role in parties with prostitutes
Titus Z. Taggart, an 18-year veteran of the State Police who was fired last summer after an internal investigation into allegations he was involved with off-duty parties with prostitutes, was...
View ArticleFalls man draws five years in prison for double stabbing
LOCKPORT – Derrick L. Hall, who stabbed two men in the abdomen in a confrontation over alleged vehicle break-ins in Niagara Falls, was sentenced Wednesday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas...
View ArticleDefiant burglary suspect takes plea deal
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who told police he would beat a burglary charge pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges Tuesday in Niagara County Court, as a felony charge was dismissed.Marc Madore,...
View ArticleProbation violation charged against driver in DWI fatal
LOCKPORT – A Tuscarora Indian Reservation woman, who received a probation sentence after pleading guilty to crashing her car and killing her cousin, was jailed without bail Wednesday after being...
View ArticleMan sentenced to probation in Falls drug case
LOCKPORT – Five years’ probation was the sentence from Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas Wednesday for a Niagara Falls man who pleaded guilty to having nearly half an ounce of cocaine when...
View ArticleCambria woman takes plea deal in drugstore burglaries
LOCKPORT – A Cambria woman will be sentenced to either one year in Niagara County Jail or five years’ probation after accepting a plea bargain Wednesday in connection with two 2011 drugstore...
View ArticleMongielo continues to deny court’s authority in sign case
LOCKPORT – David J. Mongielo, the auto shop repair owner fighting the Town of Lockport’s law against video signs, continued to deny Wednesday that Town Court has any power over him, but the legal...
View ArticleLockport plans school tax increase, sets policy on renaming schools
LOCKPORT – The property tax levy in the Lockport City School District may rise 2.75 percent under terms of a budget to be voted on at the April 10 Board of Education meeting.Wednesday, the board,...
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