Sherman man charged in home break-in
FRENCH CREEK – A Sherman man was taken into custody after breaking into a French Creek home around 5:10 a.m. Sunday, according to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department.Benjamin D. Crane, 21, was...
View ArticleThree men rob Ontario Street convenience store
Three men robbed a 7-Eleven convenience store in the 500 block of Ontario Street at gunpoint at 4:14 a.m. Sunday. One of the suspects approached the sales clerk and displayed a short pistol shotgun....
View ArticleMan with box cutter steals cash, bike
A man was robbed of a $56.80, a pack of cigarettes and his bicycle after being threatened by an unknown suspect with a box cutter, according to police reportsThe victim was riding his bike on South...
View ArticleRiverside man knocked unconscious by two muggers
A man was knocked unconscious by two unknown suspects around 3:30 p.m. Friday at his Albert Avenue home in the Riverside section of the city, police reported.The suspects attacked the victim from...
View ArticleMan stabbed in fight at Cobblestone Bar
A man was stabbed after a fight broke out at around 1:30 a.m. Sunday at Cobblestone Bar and Grill, 130 South Park Ave., police said.The 39-year-old victim said the fight started near where he was...
View ArticleTires slashed on four vehicles in downtown parking ramp
Four vehicle owners reported their tires were slashed around 11:30 p.m. Saturday in a downtown parking ramp, Buffalo police reported.The vehicles were parked in the Augspurger Ramp near West Huron...
View ArticleCity's blooms impress tourists
Living in a place where the civic zeitgeist hovers somewhere between stubborn pride and deep-set inferiority, Buffalonians aren't always accustomed to hearing out-of-towners say nice things about the...
View ArticleKids have fun getting fit
Jillian Huber watched as her son, Jeffrey, ran down the inflatable track and sprinted over to the bounce house. The 2½-year-old was filled with toddler energy and he was using every morsel of it. Some...
View ArticleHow did Jessie die?
The school nurse sent Jessie home sick from Lockport High School on Friday, March 1. By the following Monday, the 19-year-old special education student was dead on the floor of his bedroom. When...
View ArticleSearch continues for Buffalo fisherman in gorge whirlpool
A Buffalo man is missing after falling into the Niagara Gorge whirlpool area around 6 a.m. this morning. The man was fishing with two friends when he approached the water and was swept away, said Lt....
View ArticleWeiner’s campaign manager in New York mayoral race quits
NEW YORK – Anthony Weiner vowed to stay in the race for New York City mayor Sunday despite the loss of his campaign manager and the drumbeat of critics questioning his fitness for public office.“We...
View ArticleHomespun ‘Field of Dreams’ is man’s tribute to a game...
LOCKPORT – George Davis spent the better part of a decade building the field before his dreams would come true.Like Kevin Costner’s character in the film “Field of Dreams,” Davis was haunted by...
View ArticleCanal Center director takes disABILITY History post
Douglas Farley, director of the Erie Canal Discovery Center in Lockport since its opening nearly a decade ago, has joined the Museum of disABILITY History in Buffalo, as its new director.“I loved my...
View ArticleSkydiving planned to support Project Homeless Connect
The Western New York Coalition for the Homeless is going to new heights to raise funds for its fifth annual Project Homeless Connect event.The agency hopes to raise $10,000 in donations through a...
View ArticlePSC hearing set on plan to bring gas line to Cambria Asphalt plant
SANBORN – The state Public Service Commission has scheduled public hearings for Wednesday on a request by Cambria Asphalt Products to construct a natural gas supply line to its Junction Road plant in...
View ArticleNiagara sheriff probes report of witness tampering
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – Sheriff’s investigators were looking into reports Sunday that a witness in a recent robbery case was offered a bribe to not show up to testify.The robbery occurred July 20, and...
View ArticleFalling water jug leads to two men being detained
A water jug falling off a pickup truck may have cost two Mexican men their freedom in America.Late Saturday night, a trooper from the State Police at Clarence was southbound on Transit Road in the...
View ArticleRoute 93 reopens to traffic
LOCKPORT – Route 93, between Upper Mountain Road and Route 31, which was closed for more than a week, reopened today.The entire road, both eastbound and westbound, was closed after power lines were...
View ArticleElderWood Senior Care locations sold to NYC-based firm
Post Acute Partners, a New York City-based health care services company, has completed its purchase of nearly all of ElderWood Senior Care’s facilities, a deal valued at $141.5 million.ElderWood, one...
View ArticleNew York Power Authority grants low-cost power to three local firms
Three Erie County businesses have been awarded 890 kilowatt-hours of low-cost hydropower by the New York Power Authority under a state program to encourage capital investment.None of the companies...
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