DNA is focus as Buffalo man stands trial in Falls home invasion
LOCKPORT – A Buffalo man, tied to a Niagara Falls home invasion by DNA and seemingly little else, went on trial Tuesday in Niagara County Court.Brandon D. Green, 31, of Davison Avenue, could face up to...
View ArticleFalls officer fights cancer and fights to return to his job
NIAGARA FALLS – Veteran Police Officer and Niagara Falls native William J. Gee has been in a battle with stomach cancer for more than six months.He says he’s prepared to “fight the cancer into...
View ArticlePlan calls for N.Y. City trash to power Falls incinerator
WHEATFIELD – Three hundred thousand tons of New York City garbage – enough to fill the Rose Bowl one and a half times – would be hauled by rail to a Niagara Falls incinerator to help power the Cataract...
View ArticleFalls man charged with sexually abusing 14-year-old
NIAGARA FALLS – An 87th Street man was charged Tuesday with sexual abuse and assault on a 14-year-old girl.Thomas R. Murray II, 38, was arrested at his home just after 11 p.m.City police activated the...
View ArticleFalls traffic stop leads to felony DWI charges
NIAGARA FALLS – A woman found to be driving drunk early today faces a felony charge after officers found she was previously convicted of driving while intoxicated, city police reported.Cheryl D....
View ArticleLewiston man stabbed in face during argument
LEWISTON – Lewiston Police continue to investigate a stabbing in the 2200 block of Mount Hope Road Sunday.The victim, John P. Hill, 37, Mount Hope Road, was found walking in front of the house bleeding...
View ArticleLockport woman pleads guilty in check fraud case
LOCKPORT – Shana L. Wallace, 21, of Lock Street, one of four women charged in a check fraud scheme, pleaded guilty Wednesday in State Supreme Court, where Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. set sentencing...
View ArticleGrand Island man takes plea during DWI trial
LOCKPORT – A Grand Island man cut short his jury trial on a felony drunken driving charge in Niagara County Court Tuesday by accepting a plea offer to misdemeanor driving while intoxicated.Timothy J....
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda man sentenced to three years on drug charge
LOCKPORT – A man who flunked out of court-supervised treatment programs for drug addiction and mental illness was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon...
View ArticleLockport teen struck by motorist on Transit Street
LOCKPORT – Mercy Flight was called when a 15-year-old city boy was injured this morning after he was hit by a car while crossing South Transit Street at Lincolnshire Drive.The boy, whose name was not...
View ArticleMedina tech firm may relocate entirely to Lockport
WHEATFIELD – Trek Inc., the Medina electronic instrument company that moved its research and development department to Lockport last year, may move the rest of its operations to Lockport next year.Trek...
View ArticleLockport receives offer to buy Sprint’s lease
:LOCKPORT – Mayor Michael W. Tucker and Corporation Counsel John J. Ottaviano told the Common Council on Wednesday that the city has received an offer to buy Sprint’s lease on cellphone tower space...
View ArticleNo foul play suspected in Lockport unattended death
LOCKPORT – No foul play is suspected in the unattended death of a 56-year-old Grand Street woman found in her home on Wednesday. There were earlier reports that had called the case a homicide, but...
View ArticleFire destroys Rathke Road house
WRIGHTS CORNERS – Two volunteer fire departments responded to a fire in a small wood-frame house on a dead-end street behind the Tops Plaza in Wrights Corners just before 1 p.m. today. No injuries were...
View ArticleLockport man charged with rape for alleged relationship with teen
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man was arrested by state troopers today after an investigation into his allegedly illegal sexual activities with a teenage girl in the Village of Barker last year, State Police...
View ArticleTown of Lockport may try to seize GM land
LOCKPORT – The Town of Lockport is ready to fight General Motors over a plan to expand the town’s industrial park.The town Industrial Development Agency’s board of directors voted unanimously Thursday...
View ArticleBarker library plans to change funding stream
The Barker Free Library is seeking a new way to stabilize its finances in uncertain budget times.The library wants funding from school taxes rather than yearly budget appropriations, which are more...
View ArticleRestitution, probation ordered in $337,541 theft from employer
An embezzler who sold her home to pay back some of the money she stole from her Buffalo employer was ordered Thursday to also pay $300 a month in additional restitution for the next 10 years.Janice...
View ArticleSchumer urges fast-tracking of parkway reconfiguration
NIAGARA FALLS — U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., called Thursday for a regional transportation agency to help speed up the reconfiguration of the Robert Moses Parkway south section.Schumer urged...
View ArticleLockport development agency gives approvals for Trek deal
LOCKPORT – The City of Lockport’s development agency met twice Thursday to give the green light to several aspects of the planned move of Trek Inc. from Medina to the former Harrison Radiator plant at...
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