West Seneca man facing prison in plea deal on sex attack
LOCKPORT –A West Seneca man charged with sexually attacking a 12-year-old girl in North Tonawanda last year accepted a plea deal Wednesday in Niagara County Court.Justin C. Wheeler, 21, of Westminster...
View ArticleFalls sex offender pleads guilty to three felony charges
LOCKPORT – A Level 3 sex offender is headed back to prison after admitting Wednesday that he had sex with a 15-year-old girl last year.Isaac L. McDonald, 29, of 24th Street, Niagara Falls, pleaded...
View ArticleNo spending cuts in Wilson contingency budget
WILSON – Despite a second defeat at the polls, the Wilson Central School budget for the coming school year will stay at $24.3 million, officials said Wednesday.Voters turned that number down twice,...
View ArticleAccord reached in Lockport to honor Parete among ‘fallen heroes’
LOCKPORT – The controversy over a monument in her hometown for fallen Buffalo Police Officer Patricia A. Parete was resolved amicably Wednesday, as her strongest supporter agreed with city officials...
View ArticleVoters in Clarence easily pass new budget
Clarence Central School District voters overwhelmingly approved the budget Tuesday, ending weeks of rancorous debate that stoked passions on both sides of the school funding issue.In six Western New...
View ArticleLocal band to get ‘Royal’ treatment on USA Network
Local indie rockers Colors in the Air had no grand celebrations planned for their eighth anniversary in August. But tonight, they’ll get a pretty good early birthday present: two featured songs and an...
View ArticleTAM Ceramics signs deal on zirconia
Niagara Falls ceramic powders manufacturer TAM Ceramics has signed a preliminary agreement to purchase up to 24,000 tons of zirconia annually from a mine that a Canadian company is attempting to...
View ArticleSeneca Gaming job fair set
Seneca Gaming Corp. has 200 job openings and is holding a job fair from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday in the Seneca Niagara Events Center at Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel.Full-time, part-time and...
View ArticleHartland man denies role in home, store burglaries
LOCKPORT – A Hartland man pleaded not guilty Tuesday in State Supreme Court to an indictment accusing him of burglarizing two homes and a convenience store.James W. Kohl, 33, of Orangeport Road,...
View ArticleLockport woman sent to prison’s drug treatment facility
LOCKPORT – A Lockport woman is headed for the state prison system’s secure drug treatment facility after pleading guilty Tuesday in Niagara County Court.Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas said Paula C....
View ArticleNiagara Falls man faces animal cruelty charges
NIAGARA FALLS – A 12th Street man turned himself in to authorities Wednesday morning for his alleged role in the abandonment of three dogs, which included a puppy that died a four days later.Donald...
View ArticleWildlife federation sues EPA over ballast permits
WASHINGTON – Many people already know about the quagga mussel, the zebra mussel and the round goby that now infest the Great Lakes after stowing away and then getting released from the ballast tanks...
View ArticleTeen admits serving as lookout in 7-Eleven robbery
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls 16-year-old pleaded guilty Wednesday in Niagara County Court to serving as a lookout during one of a series of armed robberies of 7-Eleven stores in the Niagara Falls area...
View ArticleFalls teen pleads guilty in home invasion case
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls 17-year-old faces up to seven years in state prison after pleading guilty Wednesday in connection with a failed Jan. 12 home invasion on Linwood Avenue in the Falls.K’Shawn...
View ArticleChild molester’s wife sentenced to 90 days for helping him flee
LOCKPORT – Diane G. Turley, the wife of a man who fled the area during his trial for molesting two girls, was sentenced Wednesday to 90 days in jail for hindering prosecution.Turley, 51, of Cassadaga,...
View ArticleArtpark’s ‘Sound of Music’ brings the colorful von...
The innumerable von Trapp children, clad in floral lederhosen and ready to sing their hearts out, will swarm the stage of Artpark’s Mainstage Theater for “The Sound of Music,” which opens at 8 tonight...
View ArticleLockport mayor sees little chance of federal aid for flood damage
LOCKPORT – There doesn’t seem to be much chance of federal aid to Lockport property owners, or to the city itself, for damage caused by the June 28 flash flood, Mayor Michael W. Tucker told the Common...
View ArticleEPA mulls relocating some in Lockport due to Eighteenmile Creek contamination
The federal government is weighing whether to permanently relocate residents from about a half-dozen contaminated Water Street homes in the City of Lockport because of the contamination of...
View ArticleTwo new Castellani shows explore ethnic cultures of Western New York
As the demographic makeup of Western New York shifts to include many more cultures, a natural curiosity among the region’s longtime residents has taken hold. From the recently opened West Side Bazaar...
View ArticleWegmans cuts health benefits for part-time workers
Et tu, Wegmans?The Rochester-based grocer that has been continually lauded for providing health insurance to its part-time workers will no longer offer that benefit.Until recently, the company...
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