Holland schools beat financial expectations
The Holland School District had a better-than-anticipated year financially in 2012-13, interim business leader Thomas Bagley recently told the School Board.While the district’s fund balance dropped...
View ArticleTwo charged for their roles in an armed robbery
NIAGARA FALLS – A man who allegedly robbed a victim at gunpoint and a woman who apparently lured the victim there, were both charged on a warrant Tuesday for their roles in a Nov. 3 armed robbery in...
View ArticleSardinia man charged with being drunk while hunting in Wyoming County
JAVA – Authorities say a Sardinia man’s blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit when he pointed a gun at police who confronted him while he was hunting in Wyoming County.The...
View ArticleLandlord finds his tenants gone and all the copper piping and duct work as...
NIAGARA FALLS – A landlord in the 1600 block of Michigan Avenue told police Monday that he broke into his house after the tenants changed the locks and he found that they had moved out and trashed the...
View ArticleJudge finds killer of Merge co-worker not responsible because of mental...
A dishwasher who fatally shot one co-worker and wounded another at a downtown Delaware Avenue restaurant more than three years ago was found mentally ill and not responsible for his crimes by a judge...
View ArticleNiagara County Jail inmate found carrying a hypodermic needle
LOCKPORT – A Ransomville man faces further charges after a Niagara County Jail corrections officer found him carrying a hypodermic needle in a left pocket in his jacket after he was dropped off at the...
View ArticleLockport man imprisoned on meth charge
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man voiced his regret at becoming involved with making methamphetamine Tuesday, as Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III sentenced him to 4 1/2 years in state prison and...
View ArticleHeroin addict pleads guilty to stealing money again
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda heroin addict was promised drug treatment Tuesday in exchange for his guilty plea to stealing more than $6,000 earlier this year.For Jonathan M. Grant, 25, of Robert...
View ArticleGrants awarded for visual effects at Daemen College
A visual effects and animation company that plans to partner with Daemen College on a venture that could bring 150 jobs to Buffalo within five years was formally granted the $4.5 million in aid that...
View ArticleTyson plant here faces OSHA fines
Tyson Foods’ deli meat plant in Buffalo is facing $121,700 in fines from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration for a series of alleged safety violations at its Perry Street...
View ArticleBest Buy going all out for holiday sales
NEW YORK – Best Buy says it is committed to “winning” the holiday season with price-matching, doorbusters and deals, as well as its earliest ever opening hours on Thanksgiving – even if that means...
View ArticleState approves $750,000 settlement in discrimination case
New York State will pay $750,000 to a former doctor at the Albion Correctional Facility to settle her 11-year old claims of race discrimination.The suit by Dr. Gwendolyn Cole-Hoover, an...
View ArticleCampbell’s down 6.2% as market slips amid disappointing news on...
NEW YORK – Disappointing news about earnings helped push the stock market lower Tuesday.Campbell’s Soup fell sharply after reporting that its profit slumped as sales of soups and V8 beverages fell....
View ArticleNew orders, production surged at Western New York manufacturers in October
The Buffalo Niagara region’s manufacturers grew at their fastest rate since before the recession during October, buoyed by a surge in new orders and production, a local purchasing managers group said...
View ArticleNRA affiliate wants SAFE Act hearing in Buffalo
ALBANY – The state affiliate of the National Rifle Association has asked a federal judge in Buffalo to schedule a hearing to outline its case in public against New York’s SAFE Act gun control law.The...
View ArticleGrandmother who led drug ring gets 15 years
Theresa Anderson, the head of a family drug-dealing business that spanned three generations, was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison.Anderson, 58, pleaded guilty earlier this year to...
View ArticleButterball shortage won’t bother Buffalo
The nation’s largest turkey producer said it was facing a shortage of fresh large birds weeks before Thanksgiving.But Buffalo-area turkey lovers needn’t worry.Butterball said its poultry had trouble...
View ArticleCEPA Gallery wins national award from White House
CEPA Gallery’s Youth Education Program, which provides hands-on photography and writing experience to students, will receive a National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award on Friday during an...
View ArticleProtesters gather downtown for Cuomo appearance
More than 100 protesters turned out along Pearl Street this afternoon anticipating the arrival of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo downtown.About two-thirds of the crowd showed their...
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