President invited to deliver State of Union on Feb. 12
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner has invited President Barack Obama to deliver the State of the Union speech on Feb. 12.In a letter sent Friday, Boehner says the country faces immense...
View ArticleEx-Norampac employee sentenced to prison for stealing from company
An Alden woman was sentenced Friday to one to three years in prison for embezzling from her employer, Norampac Industries Inc.The money Lynn Montgomery misappropriated and the company’s related costs...
View ArticleMiller, Ehrhoff make Buffalo practice debuts
The ice and rink continue to fill up as the NHL season draws near. The Sabres have 19 players on the ice this morning in Northtown Center at Amherst. They are surrounded by hundreds of fans. The...
View ArticleVideo: Bucky & Sully Show
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View ArticleFalls man pleads guilty in cocaine possession case
LOCKPORT – Claude J. Wilson, 35, of LaSalle Avenue, Niagara Falls, pleaded guilty in Niagara County Court Friday to having had two baggies of cocaine when Falls police checked him out in a parked car...
View ArticleAkron man pleads guilty in Pendleton DWI case
LOCKPORT – Anthony J. Brough, 49, of Main Street, Akron, pleaded guilty Friday to felony driving while intoxicated before State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr.Brough was pulled over by a...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to two felonies in domestic assault
LOCKPORT – Terrill D. Pettway, 23, of Ely Avenue, Niagara Falls, pleaded guilty Friday to two felonies stemming from a July 4 incident with his ex-girlfriend and her 6-year-old daughter.Pettway...
View ArticleGasport man jailed for not obtaining sex counseling
LOCKPORT – A man who violated probation in a sexual misconduct case by not obtaining proper sex offender treatment was sentenced to a year in Niagara County Jail Friday by County Judge Sara Sheldon...
View ArticleBurglar sentenced to prison for breaking into women’s shelter
A felon who broke into a battered women’s shelter was sentenced Friday to eight and a half years in prison.A jury in August convicted Ernest Brown, 30, of Buffalo of second-degree burglary.Erie County...
View ArticleChaffee man faces multiple charges after fleeing crash scene
JAVA – A Chaffee man faces driving while intoxicated, leaving the scene and other traffic charges following an incident late Thursday on Chaffee Road in the town of Java, according to Wyoming County...
View ArticleBurglar hits Clarendon Place home
A burglar broke into a home in an exclusive Buffalo neighborhood and made off with thousands of dollars of loot, according to Buffalo Police reports.A resident on Clarendon Place told police that the...
View ArticleNational Monopoly champ lobbies for his beloved thimble
Pardon Richard J. Marinaccio for waxing sentimental – and poetic – about his favorite Monopoly game token, the thimble.Often bypassed by Monopoly players for the more popular Scottie dog, race car or...
View ArticleFire under control at former Curtiss Aircraft factory
With some help from above, Buffalo firefighters succeeded Friday afternoon in dousing a stubborn and stealthy three-alarm fire in a massive North Buffalo structure that once housed a Curtiss Aircraft...
View ArticleDowntown bar shut down in wake of shooting
The State Liquor Authority has revoked the license of a downtown bar where a fight early on New Year’s Day led to a shooting outside the establishment, Mayor Byron W. Brown announced Friday.The...
View ArticleDrug charge against East Aurora teacher dropped by district attorney
A drug charge against an East Aurora High School teacher has been dropped at the request of a prosecutor.Ryan J. Ellis, 36, a high school technology teacher and golf coach, was arrested Dec. 3 after...
View ArticleCatholic leaders push back against Cuomo's abortion plan
By Tom Precious ALBANY -- The leaders of the Catholic Church in New York came out swinging this afternoon against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposal to put into state law stronger protections for access...
View ArticleBalance training provides bevy of benefits
Balance training can benefit people of all ages. Children as young as 18 months can learn balance by walking a line chalked on the floor.Seniors avoid injury through balance drills that can help...
View ArticleBack in his comfort zone, Miller takes it all in
Ryan Miller took his time Friday.He lingered in the locker room after his first skate with his Buffalo Sabres teammates. He lounged against a wall for a long chat with reporters after giving a lengthy...
View ArticleDowntown bar shut down in wake of shooting
The State Liquor Authority has revoked the license of a downtown bar where a fight early on New Year’s Day led to a shooting outside the establishment, Mayor Byron W. Brown announced Friday.The...
View ArticleDyster says Cuomo’s stand on casinos is good news for Niagara
NIAGARA FALLS – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s suggestion Thursday that there would be no new casinos in Western New York was seen by Mayor Paul A. Dyster as a sign of a more cordial relationship between the...
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