Niagara Falls, Ont., man cutting grass seriously injured when struck by SUV
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – 31-year-old Niagara Falls man was seriously injured at 7 a.m. Wednesday when hit by an SUV while cutting grass on Beaverdams Road. just west of Kalar Road.The victim was being...
View ArticleLarkin, First Niagara set for exhibit recognition
Special recognition will be given to Larkin Development Co. and First Niagara Bank for their support during closing ceremonies at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 20, for the YWCA of WNY’s Second Annual...
View ArticleMotorcyclist, driver seriously injured in crash on Grider Street
A motorcyclist and the driver of a minivan were listed in critical condition in Erie County Medical Center following a crash just before 2 p.m. Wednesday in the 300 block of Grider Street.The Buffalo...
View ArticlePoloncarz startled from sleep as burglar climbs into home, flees with...
Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz had a scare Monday when a burglar broke into his Delaware Avenue home while he was sleeping.Poloncarz said he was awakened at about 5:45 a.m. by the noise of...
View ArticleThree injured in two-car crash on Broadway
Three persons were injured in a two-car crash at Broadway and Ash Street just before 7 a.m. Wednesday.All three were taken to Eruie County Medical Center. Buffalo Police said one car was heading north...
View ArticleHigh street man charged with hitting friend with a brick
A High Street man arrested early Wednesday on third-degree assault and harassment charges is accused of throwing a brick at a friend during an argument. Police said Mark James, 44, hit the victim on...
View ArticleWheatfield business defrauded of more than $95,000
WHEATFIELD – A local business that complied with a $95,343 refund request to an InIndonesian customer learned later the request was bogus and the money had disappeared, Ceres Crystal Industries,...
View ArticleNurse assigned to watch a patient is punched in the face
The patient, idcentified as Rashaad R. Welch, 22, of Niagara Street, was charged Monday with two counts of second-degree assault and third-degree menacing.The attack occurred last Thursday, said...
View ArticleBristol street man charged with setting fire inside house
A Bristol Street man is charged with felony arson for starting a fire inside a house in the 400 block of Bristol about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said. Dominique Bailey, 28, also was charged with...
View ArticleWest 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 ArticleYoung motorcyclist killed in Cambria crash leaves legacy of devotion to...
CAMBRIA – Thomas J. Burley, a 2011 graduate of Lewiston-Porter High School and a volunteer firefighter who planned to pursue a career in law enforcement, was identified Wednesday as the motorcyclist...
View ArticleLancaster cops wrangle escaped horses
Two Lancaster horses made a break for it Tuesday afternoon and went running down Peppermint Road, but not before getting corralled by the police in Walden Pond Park. Lancaster Police received a flurry...
View ArticleUB football adding concert series to home games
By BOB DICESARE The push to increase the relevance of UB football reached another level today with announced plans for a concert series before all home games. Nationally renowned recording artists...
View ArticleBuffett celebrates growth at GEICO center in Amherst
Even with the 2,500th worker on board at GEICO’s Amherst customer service center, the insurance giant is keeping the “Now Hiring” sign turned on.“It ain’t over yet, fellas. We’re going on from here,”...
View ArticleBPO Rocks in 2013-14 with power voices
The 2013-14 season of BPO Rocks! promises to be a yearlong tribute to power voices of rock. The fun kicks off in September with the songs of Queen. The season ends next April with one of the great...
View ArticleKaleida Health announces tentative agreement with three unions
A tentative agreement has been reached with three unions representing more than 7,300 employees of Kaleida Health, averting the threat of a potential strike with Friday’s expiration of the current...
View ArticleRansomville home in deplorable shape officially condemned
RANSOMVILLE – Niagara County sheriff’s deputies called to check on the well-being of a Harris Avenue man Wednesday found his home in deplorable conditions and officially condemned it.The man, who had...
View ArticleLoss estimated at more than $9,000 in theft from Falls home
NIAGARA FALLS –A laptop computer and jewlery were stolen from a home in the 8800 block of Pershing Avenue Wednesday Afternoon, police said.A resident who returned home discovered a door open and...
View ArticleTwo charged in a Haeberle Avenue copper theft
NIAGARA FALLS – Two people were charged in the theft of copper during a break-in just before 2 a.m. Thursday in the 1100 block of Haeberle Avenue.Steven A. Willard Jr., 21, of 20th Street and Cameron...
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