Owner of Ying’s Wings and Things charged with assaulting employee
The restaurateur who last month accused Town of Tonawanda police of harassment and racial profiling was arrested Tuesday on a felony charge of strangulation and misdemeanor assault against one of his...
View ArticlePolice reports show McParlane’s car swerved before fatal crash
Daniel S. McParlane’s car crossed over the center line and into the path of an oncoming motorist on Indian Church Road in West Seneca early in the morning of Nov. 27, causing a crushing T-bone...
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View ArticleTwo feet of snow falls in parts of the Southtowns
The output from the lake-effect storm that enveloped Western New York could be swept from the pavement in Buffalo, West Seneca and Amherst.In parts of the Southtowns, however, you needed a backhoe to...
View ArticleFCC, Transportation Department yield to public pressure against in-flight...
WASHINGTON – The Department of Transportation will consider banning the use of cellphones for voice calls onboard airplanes, a reaction to widespread public outrage over a proposal by the Federal...
View ArticleTobacco companies use countries’ trade agreements as a shield
NEW YORK – Tobacco companies are pushing back against a worldwide rise in anti-smoking laws, using a little-noticed legal strategy to delay or block regulation. The industry is warning countries that...
View ArticleMissing-person alert issued for Basom woman
BASOM – State police have issued a missing person alert for a Basom woman last seen at a Main Street bank in Clarence Monday morning. The subject was identified as Joy A. Howard, 49. Police also said...
View ArticleHouse’s OK of budget deal follows Boehner’s stinging words
WASHINGTON – Battle-fatigued and suddenly bipartisan, the House voted Thursday night to ease across-the-board federal spending cuts and head off future government shutdowns, acting after Speaker John...
View ArticleScientists eye oil, gas industry as earthquakes shake Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma has never been known as earthquake country, with a yearly average of about 50 tremors, almost all of them minor. But in the past three years, the state has had thousands of...
View ArticlePomona Place man charged with growing marijuana and choking woman
A Pomona Place man was charged early Thursday with growing marijuana in his home and choking a neighbor in front of her three children during an argument. Michael A. Haynes, 30, was charged with...
View ArticleFormer union president given home detention for fake invoices
A former union president who filed false invoices to get reimbursed for expenses he never incurred in 2007 and 2008 has been sentenced to six months of home detention and two years probation, U.S....
View ArticleLewiston Man delivering food dies when hit by vehicle crossing road
LEWISTON – A motorist struck and killed a pedestrian who was crossing Model City Road near his home about 5 p.m. Thursday, Lewiston police said. Officers said Jose Martinez, 84, was walking across the...
View ArticleHoliday shopping spree not for everyone
NEW YORK – Many Americans are watching the annual holiday spending ritual from the sidelines this year.Money is still tight for some. Others are fed up with commercialism of the holidays. Still others...
View ArticleCorbit, Harris and K-9 handlers to graduate in Albany ceremony
Corbit and Harris and their K-9 unit handlers are among 11 teams statewide that will graduate from the State Police Canine Handlers Course during ceremonies Tuesday at the State Police Academy in...
View ArticleWisconsin firm negotiating to buy Niagara Ceramics factory
A Wisconsin development company that also handles liquidation sales is negotiating to buy the former Niagara Ceramics factory in Buffalo, city development officials said Thursday.Under the deal now...
View ArticleGrant builds momentum for Williamsville’s vision
Williamsville’s vision for a secondary business district around the historic water mill on Spring Street is gaining momentum.Just last week, Sweet Jenny’s – the popular village ice cream and chocolate...
View ArticleErie County Legislature votes 9-2 to ban fracking on county-owned property
The Erie County Legislature on Thursday voted, 9-2 to, approve a local law banning hydraulic fracturing on county-owned property.The law also prohibits introducing drilling waste into any county-owned...
View ArticleAfter Sandy Hook, a new wave of school security
Orchard Park Police Lt. Patrick Fitzgerald used to see teachers grading papers in the back of the room during presentations on school security. It was, after all, a quiet, suburban school...
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