Lake Shore earnings drop 11 percent
Lake Shore Savings Bank’s parent company reported an 11 percent drop in profits in the second quarter from a year ago.Dunkirk-based Lake Shore Bancorp’s net income was $800,000, down from $895,000 a...
View ArticleShale drilling prompts National Fuel to boost production forecast by 6%
National Fuel Gas Co.’s natural gas wells in Pennsylvania are doing better than the company expected.The Amherst-based energy company said Monday that it expects its oil and natural gas production...
View ArticleSuperintendent asked to detail grant application failures
Buffalo school board member James Sampson is submitting a resolution for consideration at this Wednesday's board meeting asking that Superintendent Brown submit a detailed report about how and why the...
View ArticleFor trailblazing female firefighters, a tribute in South Wales
A siren would sound, calling firefighters to an emergency and setting Helen Silliman’s heart aflutter. At the scene, her adrenaline would kick in and the nervousness would ebb.Once the work was...
View ArticleConstruction worker hurt at Tonawanda High construction site
A construction worker suffered a broken leg Monday morning while helping install a light standard at the new athletic complex behind Tonawanda High School, according to a fire official.Shortly after...
View ArticleDemocrats say budget cut would jeopardize river cleanup
An 80 percent cut in Great Lakes cleanup funds proposed last week by House Republicans would seriously undermine the $44 million remediation project for the Buffalo River, said area Democrats who...
View ArticleHugh Laurie is returning to the Riviera
Hugh Laurie, known to millions as the cranky but lovable Dr. House on "House," returns to the area to share his love of the blues. Laurie will be in concert on Oct. 26 at the Riviera Theatre in North...
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‘Sore foot’ keeps Williams out of Bill practice
Mario Williams did not attend this afternoon's practice at St. John Fisher College because of a "sore foot." By Tim Graham PITTSFORD -- Mario Williams has an ambiguous injury, and the Buffalo Bills...
View ArticleSuspended Homeland Security supervisor admits sharing child porn
A suspended Homeland Security supervisor entered a guilty plea to possession of child pornography in a plea agreement Monday, admitting in U.S. District Court in Buffalo that he viewed and shared...
View ArticleCuomo signs Jay J’s Law, closing child abuse loopholes
ALBANY – Individuals convicted of repeatedly abusing children will face longer prison sentences under a bill signed into law today that was fueled by the beating of a young Western New York boy at the...
View ArticleInitial reports suggest University District double shooting was self-defense
A 50-year-old University District resident and his two sons were washing a family car in his driveway Sunday evening when all hell broke loose.One of two armed robbers approached the trio, put a gun...
View ArticleDowntown Buffalo is setting as ‘American Side’ begins 4-week...
Locations around the south end of Pearl Street in downtown Buffalo provided the settings Monday as “The American Side” began filming in Western New York.Eden native Greg Stuhr, co-writer and star of...
View ArticleFirst Niagara opens temporary branch at 1031 Main St.
First Niagara Bank has opened a temporary branch at 1031 Main St., at North Street, replacing a branch that closed at 973 Main St., at High Street.All of the closed branch’s employees have transferred...
View ArticleState education chief not coming to Buffalo amid backlash on Lafayette and...
Local and state leaders Monday called on State Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. to come to Buffalo this week and explain his actions to students and parents at Lafayette and East high...
View ArticleCanisius-Sabres partnership to bring Griffs’ games to HarborCenter
The worst-kept secret in Buffalo sports officially went public this morning.Canisius College and the Buffalo Sabres announced a partnership that will have the Golden Griffins hockey team playing in...
View ArticleMotorist charged with violating Leandra’s Law
A motorist pulled over for speeding in the Town of North Collins faces multiple charges – including driving while intoxicated, according to State Police.Sean M. Campbell, 31, was pulled over Sunday...
View ArticleChautauqua County man charged twice with DWI
After being charged once with driving while intoxicated, a 26-year-old Chautauqua County man picked a bad place to park a few hours later, as Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies investigated an...
View ArticleTwo charged with felony drug sale
A 39-year-old Riverside area man and a 29-year-old Hamburg man were charged with felony and misdemeanor drug charges after their arrests for an alleged drug sale in a parked car at the foot of Ontario...
View ArticleMan admits robbing two victims at gunpoint
A Buffalo man has admitted robbing two people at gunpoint in April.Anthony R. Pena, 21, of Lansdale Street, pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery and criminal possession of a weapon before State...
View ArticleFalls motel guest is robbed at gun point
NIAGARA FALLS – A Michigan trucker told police he was forced into his motel room and robbed at gun point just after 1:30 a.m. Monday.The victim said he had left his motel room on Niagara Falls...
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