Falls man takes plea deal for bail jumping
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man, who failed to show up in Niagara Falls City Court for appearances on a stolen car case, accepted a plea offer Thursday.Dejuan R. Savage, 24, of Eighth Street, admitted...
View ArticleFalls man pleads guilty to second drug felony
LOCKPORT – Vintaun D. Weathers, who was kicked out of the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment in May because of a cocaine possession arrest, pleaded guilty to his second drug...
View ArticleLyndonville man admits selling painkillers in Newfane
LOCKPORT – A Lyndonville man pleaded guilty Thursday in Niagara County Court to selling the painkiller oxymorphone to a police informant in Newfane July 23.Christopher Bitsas, 31, of Marshall Road,...
View ArticlePrison for mentally ill man in Lockport burglary
LOCKPORT – A man who has been receiving mental health treatment since age 6 was sentenced to one to three years in prison Thursday for stealing a computer Feb. 25 from an apartment in Lockport’s Urban...
View ArticleRash of burglaries overnight in Lockport
Lockport police are looking for suspects who boldly went into occupied homes through ground floor windows and unlocked doors overnight, after three burglaries were reported this morning on Franklin,...
View ArticleMoney stolen from a Yellow Goose ATM
WRIGHTS CORNERS – A district manager for a Yellow Goose store in the 3900 block of Lockport-Olcott Road told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies Wednesday that $180 was taken from the store’s ATM...
View ArticleHidden cash stolen in a Newfane burglary
NEWFANE – Someone took $1,100 in cash and a watch in a burglary in the 5600 block of McKee Road, some time between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to Niagara County sheriff’s deputies.The...
View ArticleMore than 50 grams of marijuana found in a traffic stop
CAMBRIA – Two Amherst men were arrested by Niagara County sheriff’s deputies on marijuana-related charges after deputies investigating a stopped car at 3 a.m. Wednesday on Lower Mountain Road said...
View ArticleJody Hanson’s meditative paintings, made with salt, go on view in...
Jody Hanson, a local artist and former art preparator for the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, makes graceful, meditative paintings using salt as her medium. Hanson’s working process involves dissolving...
View ArticleHope for Hamister proposal remains
An intervention Thursday by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has pulled the Hamister Group’s $25 million development proposal for downtown Niagara Falls back from the brink of extinction.Cuomo spoke by phone with...
View ArticleNiagara prosecutor pursues her own case of gender disparity in pay
LOCKPORT – A Niagara County assistant district attorney who prosecutes sex crimes is expected to file a federal case shortly, contending that she is underpaid because she’s a woman.Andrew P. Fleming,...
View ArticleCocaine and a loaded gun found in two drug busts in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Two men were arrested after warrants were served Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning.After a five- to six-month investigation, Niagara Falls Narcotics investigators, along with...
View ArticleLockport Town Board gets referendum petitions on wards, bylaws
LOCKPORT – Councilman candidate Paul R. Black presented the Town Board with referendum petitions Wednesday, calling for the establishment of wards in the town and a package of new rules for the...
View ArticleFire Department gets $40,644 federal grant
NORTH TONAWANDA – The North Tonawanda Fire Department has been awarded a $40,644 Assistance to Firefighters grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency.The...
View ArticleYurt structures slated for Four Mile Creek park
YOUNGSTOWN – The yurts are coming to Four Mile Creek State Park. The domed-roof structures, with windows, wood floors and fabric walls, similar to those used traditionally by nomads in Central Asia,...
View ArticleCollins joins call to dredge Lake Ontario harbors
Rep. Chris Collins, R-Clarence, has joined with state and local leaders to renew a call for dredging of Lake Ontario harbors by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after touring the harbors at Olcott and...
View ArticleHamister deal in Niagara Falls isn’t quite dead
Developer Mark Hamister still wants to build a $25 million development project in downtown Niagara Falls, but it sure came close to not happening.Hamister said Friday he was “99 percent” leaning...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda schools put the fun back in physical fitness
NORTH TONAWANDA – Fitness can be drudgery, especially for kids.But last week, about 4,000 kindergarten through 12th-grade students in North Tonawanda returned to school to find new fitness rooms...
View ArticleNiagara Celtic Heritage Festival marks 13th year
OLCOTT – Music will fill the air and mugs will overflow with Guinness and mead as the 13th annual Niagara Celtic Heritage Festival and Highland Games get under way Saturday and Sunday in Krull...
View ArticleNiagara Honor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers
Tim Widjaja received Leadership Niagara’s Chairman’s Award for Excellence at special reception attended by the board of directors, alumni and friends Tuesday at Four Points by Sheraton in Niagara...
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