Drone role OK’d for Guard unit at Falls base
WASHINGTON – An Air National Guard unit based in Niagara Falls will soon be directing unmanned drones on missions around the globe, and that unit also may get to keep at least some of the four C-130...
View ArticleUnited Cerebral Palsy Association of Niagara County hit with $11.1 million...
A jury Tuesday awarded $11.1 million to a 59-year-old blind and developmentally disabled man who has lived for 26 years in a Niagara Falls group home run by the United Cerebral Palsy Association of...
View ArticleLockport teen charged with attacking school resource officer
SANBORN – A Niagara Academy student was charged Tuesday morning with disorderly conduct.The student was accused of swearing at staff and fighting with Niagara County sheriff’s deputies and a school...
View ArticleNiagara County endorses private casino for Falls
TAG GOES HERELOCKPORT – The Niagara County Legislature voted Tuesday to endorse state legislation to place a private casino in downtown Niagara Falls.The measure, which was tabled two weeks ago, was...
View ArticleChamberlain firm to start work next week on Trek project
TAG GOES HERELOCKPORT – D.R. Chamberlain, a Lockport contracting firm, may start work as soon as next week on interior renovations in Building 4 at Harrison Place, which is expected to become the new...
View ArticleWelcome to your home, Marine
NORTH TONAWANDA – A lot of people will be coming home for the holidays in the next week.Good luck finding a homecoming that can match the one that happened Tuesday on Sherwood Avenue.Hundreds of people...
View ArticleNiagara Legislature reduces, but doesn’t eliminate, 2013 tax increase
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Legislature adopted a 2013 budget Tuesday night that reduced the increase in the property tax levy from the 3.7 percent in the tentative budget to a final figure of 1.89...
View ArticleFalls man charged with rape
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Avenue man was arrested Tuesday charged with rape and assault.Darryl J. Hill, 33, was charged on a warrant with first-degree rape and third-degree assault, city police...
View ArticleRochester man charged with beating Falls man for prescription pills
NIAGARA FALLS – A Rochester man faces four felony charges after he allegedly broke into a Falls home and beat a man with a chain in order to get prescription pills.Lastonza Moxley, 60, was arrested on...
View ArticleDisturbing text about assault rifles found on a reckless driver’s...
An Amherst man was arrested earlier this week on reckless and drugged driving charges after he sideswiped a truck on Niagara Falls Boulevard – but what was most disturbing to Niagara County sheriff’s...
View ArticleRobber takes plea, faces up to 17 years in prison
LOCKPORT – Paul J. Schubert of Niagara Falls finally pleaded guilty Wednesday, on his third courtroom appearance since being presented with a plea offer in connection with as many as six armed...
View ArticleNiagara County taxes to rise 1.89 percent
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Legislature adopted a 2013 budget Tuesday night that increased the amount to be collected in property taxes by 1.89 percent.The budget passed by a 10-5 vote at about 11:30...
View ArticleFalls man shot three times sent to prison for gun possession
LOCKPORT – Christopher W. Cessna-Carter, whose attorney said he has been shot three times in the past year and a half, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison and three years of post-release...
View ArticleFalls slasher pleads guilty
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls woman who slashed another woman with a razor blade in a Cleveland Avenue confrontation June 12 accepted a plea offer Wednesday in Niagara County Court.Shawnquilla N....
View ArticleDecision on company expansion could come next week
LOCKPORT – The Town Board may take action at its next session on approval of a zoning amendment that would allow Lafarge North America to expand its stone quarry in the town.Supervisor Marc R. Smith...
View ArticleRoss, Burmaster, Updegrove return to top Legislature spots
LOCKPORT – “The Coach” will stay behind the bench of the Niagara County Legislature in 2013.William L. Ross, C-Wheatfield, was chosen to continue as Legislature chairman Wednesday at the majority...
View ArticleEmergency drills conducted by district
SANBORN – Emergency drills have been conducted this week in each of the school buildings of the Niagara Wheatfield School District.Interim School Superintendent James Knowles told the School Board on...
View ArticleParking lot to replace downtown parking ramp in Lockport
LOCKPORT – The Common Council made its choice of a replacement plan for the downtown parking ramp Wednesday.The Council chose a plan to tear down the existing five-story ramp and replace it with a...
View ArticleMan denies injuring Falls cop during drug arrest
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man, charged with injuring a policeman’s thumb during a July 24 drug arrest, was arraigned Thursday in Niagara County Court.Claude J. Wilson, 35, of LaSalle Avenue, pleaded...
View ArticleFalls sex offender arraigned on two felonies
LOCKPORT – A Level 1 sex offender who allegedly left the state without permission pleaded not guilty to a two-count felony indictment in Niagara County Court Thursday.Derrick J. Houser, 26, whose last...
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