Lockport soldier dies in apparent drowning near Fort Hood
Pfc. Christopher Kent Heinz, 25, an Army combat engineer from Lockport, died Sunday in an apparent drowning near Fort Hood, Texas, the Fort Hood Public Affairs Office announced Wednesday. The drowning...
View ArticleState will aid Lockport homeowners and businesses for flood damage
Although federal authorities said no to helping Lockport homeowners and businesses damaged in the June 28 flash flood, the state said yes Wednesday.Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced that Niagara County...
View ArticleBeyond the brink: Five new views in and around Niagara Falls
When most local people visit Niagara Falls, they do some basic things: They stand at the brink of the Horseshoe Falls at Terrapin Point on Goat Island; they stand at the brink of the American Falls at...
View ArticleAdmitted drug dealer seeks names of informants
LOCKPORT – Loretta J. Everett, a 64-year-old diabetic who pleaded guilty to selling her painkillers, asked Wednesday that the names of “the people who ruined my life” be turned over to her.Niagara...
View ArticleFalls man indicted on Lockport drug charges
LOCKPORT – George M. Stephens, whose Jan. 17 arrest was one of the triggers for the proclamation of an anti-crime “impact zone” in central Lockport, was arraigned on a six-count indictment Wednesday...
View ArticleMiddleport man imprisoned for indecent photos on his cellphone
LOCKPORT – David L. Vercruysse, 39, of Main Street, Middleport, was sentenced Wednesday to 1 1/2 to three years in state prison for having photos of a naked adolescent girl on his cellphone.Niagara...
View ArticleSchumer urges EPA to buy out Lockport homeowners hit by flooding
LOCKPORT – U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer threw his weight behind the effort to help homeowners on Lockport’s Water Street, releasing a letter Tuesday to the Environmental Protection Agency urging the...
View ArticleMedical Center sets picnic to promote breastfeeding
NIAGARA FALLS – The benefits of breastfeeding babies will be touted at a free community picnic starting at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday in Hyde Park. It’s sponsored by Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center’s...
View ArticleLockport Community Market announces this week’s lineup
LOCKPORT – Music by Jeff Krull and Shawn Duchscherer will highlight the Lockport Community market, open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday on Canal Street.Krull will perform from noon to 1:30 and...
View ArticleFree summer program offered at Delavan Grider Center
The Delavan Grider Center, 877 E. Delavan Ave., is offering a free summer youth program for kids ages 8 to 14 from 2 to 7 p.m. each weekday.The program will provide a variety of fun, educational and...
View ArticleGOP changes lineup for Falls Council election
NIAGARA FALLS – Former Niagara County Legislator Vincent M. Sandonato has been given one of the Republican Party’s three nominations for Niagara Falls City Council in this year’s election.He replaces...
View ArticleNiagara Falls Library offers computer courses
NIAGARA FALLS – Free computer courses are being offered over the next several weeks in the Niagara Falls Public Library, 1425 Main St.The series begins Monday with how to use Microsoft Word. Tuesday’s...
View ArticleOut to Eat: DG Bread & Pizza in Niagara Falls brings back memories of...
Once upon a time in Niagara Falls, a bakery called Trusello’s weaved itself into the lives of families living along Pine Avenue. It made two things: Italian bread and pizza.It wasn’t your standard...
View ArticleGuilty plea to meth lab gets man treatment program
LOCKPORT – Jeffrey M. Budde, who was arrested May 10 as Niagara County sheriff’s deputies shut down a methamphetamine lab on Ruhlman Road in Lockport, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Niagara County...
View ArticleLockport police search for body in canal comes up empty
LOCKPORT – Lockport police searched for a possible body Wednesday in the Erie Canal after hikers found a pool of blood on the ground, a sharp implement and a suicide note in a notebook Tuesday night...
View ArticleBatavia man pleads guilty to Leandra’s Law DWI
LOCKPORT – A Batavia man pleaded guilty Wednesday in Niagara County Court to aggravated driving while intoxicated under the terms of Leandra’s Law, which prescribes extra penalties for driving drunk...
View ArticleConvicted child molester is denied reduced bail in Lockport case
LOCKPORT – Andrew K. Peyatt, a Lockport native now living in West Virginia, has a 1991 conviction in that state for molesting two 6-year-olds, a Niagara County prosecutor said in court Wednesday as...
View ArticleJudge brokers contract extension between SPCA and Niagara Falls
LOCKPORT – Niagara Falls Mayor Paul A. Dyster said Thursday that the city needs to have much more financial detail from the SPCA of Niagara before he will submit a six-month contract extension to the...
View ArticleLockport police seek man who may need help
LOCKPORT – City police were looking for a man whom they believe is in need of medical or psychiatric help, after a second pool of blood and suicide note were found Thursday morning near the Erie...
View ArticleTrayvon’s father spoke of his son in visit to Buffalo
Grown men had tears in their eyes after listening to Tracy Martin talk about his son and the outcome of George Zimmerman’s murder trial, according to those who heard him when Martin was in Buffalo...
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