Scholarship Gala set Saturday at Statler
SUNY Buffalo State’s 16th annual Foundation Scholarship Gala will be held on Saturday at the Statler, 107 Delaware Ave.Festivities begin at 6 p.m., followed by dinner, dancing and a live auction...
View ArticleBone marrow drive set at UB South Campus
A bone marrow donor drive will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday in the atrium of the University at Buffalo Biomedical Education Building on the South Campus.Thousands of patients with blood...
View ArticleWar of 1812 events announced
Asking, “When did the War of 1812 take place?” is a little bit of a trick question: The conflict between the United States and British-ruled Canada went on for three years. For those marking the...
View ArticleTire with rim stolen in Newfane
NEWFANE — A 20-inch tire and rim valued at $450 were reported stolen after being left outside of an apartment in the 3900 block of Lockport-Olcott Road, sometime between 12:30 and 4:30 p.m....
View ArticleMan caught smoking dope in jail
LOCKPORT – Authorities, led by the smell of marijuana smoke, made an arrest Wednesday night after finding an innmate in possession of the drug, who had allegedly been smoking in the Niagara County...
View ArticleJail guard leaves his car unguarded in Newfane
NEWFANE – A corrections officer from the Niagara County Jail is one of a number of residents whose unlocked vehicles are being targeted by thieves in the Ketchum Avenue area.The 61-year-old...
View ArticleState Police Troop T targeting cell phone-using thruway drivers this coming...
Using a cell phone while driving on the Thruway could become very expensive this coming week.State Police Troop T is gearing up to have increased patrols starting Monday all along the state...
View ArticleMan who torched Falls house pleads guilty
LOCKPORT – A man who set fire to a condemned Niagara Falls house from which he had just been evicted pleaded guilty to two felonies Thursday in Niagara County Court.William M. Bradley, 31, of Buffalo...
View ArticleMen charged with electronics store break-in
LOCKPORT – Two Niagara Falls men have been indicted in the Feb. 17 burglary of an electronics store.Ramses Cruz-Cartagena, 22, of 17th Street, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Niagara County Court to...
View ArticleMan who climbed through 12-year-old’s window admits to rape
LOCKPORT – A man who climbed a ladder to enter a 12-year-old girl’s bedroom and have sex with her faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to first-degree rape.Michael D. Johnson,...
View ArticleFalls man arrested in chase is indicted on gun charge
LOCKPORT – A man who allegedly was part of a Niagara Falls police car chase on New Year’s Day was arraigned Thursday in State Supreme Court on a charge of having a sawed-off shotgun.Jheryl B. Carter,...
View ArticleMan robbed a gunpoint in his Niagara Falls home
NIAGARA FALLS – A 42-year-old Niagara Avenue man told police a man wearing a black ski mask forced his way into his home at gunpoint, beat him and robbed him of cash at 10 p.m. Wednesday.The victim...
View ArticleCopper pipe and wiring stolen from a newly renovated Falls house
NIAGARA FALLS – A house undergoing renovation in the 1800 block of Linwood Avenue was burglarized and about $1,300 worth of recently installed copper wiring and pipes were stolen, according to Niagara...
View ArticleTools stolen in two separate theft in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Thousands of dollars worth of tools were reported stolen Wednesday in two unrelated thefts.A man said a garage door in the 400 block of 19th Street was pried open, breaking the lock,...
View ArticleSchool bus struck in rear near Lewiston Porter School campus
A school bus was struck in the rear by another vehicle at about 4:15 p.m. Thursday on Creek Road near the Lewiston Porter Central School campus.Authorities said no school children were in the bus, and...
View ArticleClarence IDA likes accounting firm’s plan for new building
Tronconi Segarra & Associates got a favorable reception from the Clarence Industrial Development Agency to a $4.6 million office building it plans to build with McGuire Development.The Clarence...
View ArticleTax breaks sought from Niagara IDA for 4-story hotel in Falls
Frank Strangio is seeking tax breaks to build a $9.6 million, 110-room hotel on a vacant lot he bought late last year at Rainbow Boulevard and Fourth Street in Niagara Falls.Strangio is asking the...
View ArticleLowry pleads guilty in slaying of North Tonawanda woman
LOCKPORT – Brian C. Lowry pleaded guilty as charged Thursday in the murder of his girlfriend, Heather M. Rylowicz of North Tonawanda.He admitted slicing her throat with a knife and smashing her skull...
View ArticleWaterfront renovation
Kathy Schlaich recalled the day a friend visited and remarked: “There are so many places to sit in this house. I could never decide!”Among the inviting choices in this renovated waterfront Youngstown...
View ArticleU.S. eyes fee at land border crossings
WASHINGTON – The federal government is considering imposing a fee on passenger vehicles and pedestrians crossing the Canadian and Mexican borders.The Department of Homeland Security suggested studying...
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