Neighbors of disruptive tenants want action taken against landlord
TOWN OF NIAGARA – The Town Board is preparing to take legal action against a Niagara Falls landlord regarding the disruptive actions of her tenants.The board members agreed at a work session Thursday...
View ArticleEight guns stolen from 72nd Street home in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Eight guns, including shotguns, rifles and a muzzleloader, were stolen from a bedroom closet in a 72nd Street last week.The weapons were described as brown/camouflage, 12-gauge...
View ArticleMachete wielded in robbery of pizza deliveryman
Thieves displayed a large machete before robbing a pizza deliveryman of almost $200 worth of food and cash late Friday night in the city’s Bailey-Genesee area, Northeast District police said.The...
View ArticleStabbing victim suffers puncture wound in robbery attempt
A Buffalo man who suffered a deep puncture wound in a stabbing late Friday night has been treated and released from Erie County Medical Center, authorities said.Darrel Gibson told South District...
View ArticleArea gun shows come under fire
When Elsie Dawe learned from a reporter that a local gun show operator was advertising that an upcoming gun show in Cheektowaga would benefit Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, she got on the...
View ArticleFire forces 13 residents from Amherst senior-care home
Thirteen residents were evacuated from their senior-care community late Friday night when a fire broke out in a bathroom ceiling fan, Amherst fire officials said.Firefighters responded to the 9:32...
View ArticleFire damages vacant house in Hartland
HARTLAND – A fire late Friday night damaged the roof and part of a vacant house in the Town of Hartland, Niagara County sheriff’s officials said.A passerby spotted the flames at 2370 Quaker Road and...
View ArticleSuspected Molotov cocktail found in car of man ejected from bar
OLCOTT – A Molotov cocktail was discovered in the car of a man who had been ejected from a Main Street bar early Saturday, authorities said.Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies said they went to Time Out...
View ArticleLaSalle-area man accused of threat to teenage girl at coin laundry
NIAGARA FALLS – A LaSalle-area man was arrested shortly after 3:30 p.m. Friday after police said he threatened a girl with a knife in a Niagara Falls Boulevard coin laundry.Mason M. Smith, 21, of 74th...
View ArticleLocal stars set to dance at benefit
Eight local celebrities will compete in “Suneel’s Celebrity Gala,” a fundraiser inspired by “Dancing with the Stars,” from 6 p.m. to midnight Feb. 1 in Statler City.The dance contest will feature...
View ArticleHamburg teachers reject evaluation plan as deadline looms in 6 days
With less than a week to go before a state deadline is reached, teachers in the Hamburg Central School District Friday overwhelmingly rejected a teacher evaluation plan. The vote was 217 to 82.Chris...
View Article716 patients at VA may have been exposed to HIV
WASHINGTON – More than 700 patients at the Buffalo VA Medical Center may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C because of the inadvertent reuse of insulin pens that were intended to be...
View ArticleCuomo declares flu emergency
The severity of this year’s flu season prompted Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to declare a public health emergency for New York State on Saturday, clearing the way for vaccinations to reach children more...
View ArticleFrom the blotter / Police calls and court cases, Jan. 2 to 9
A Lewiston-Porter school bus aide said she was threatened by a female student from Niagara Academy.Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said a case has been filed in Cambria Town Court against the...
View ArticleSon of jail suicide victim sues Niagara County
LOCKPORT – The son of a man who threw himself to his death minutes before he would have been taken to state prison on a rape conviction filed suit against Niagara County last week.The lawsuit claims...
View ArticleSlaughter’s parting gift is a lesson in politics
ROCHESTER – Louise M. Slaughter never fit the mold of a typical Buffalo pol.A woman representing Buffalo in Congress? Unheard of.Neither did she satisfy other “requirements” – ethnic, Catholic,...
View ArticleMilt Northrop’s Sunday Playbook: Patriots resume title quest
The New England Patriots. It seems like they are always there at the end. Actually, seven Super Bowls have passed since the Patriots won pro football’s ultimate prize.The Patriots resume their quest...
View ArticleSchedule has Sabres home for 10 of last 14 games
The NHL playoff races figure to be decided by a razor-thin margin during the shortened 48-game season. If things come down to a late-season rush for the Buffalo Sabres, they’ll have the benefit of...
View ArticleThe wait is finally over for Ott, Sabres teammates
Steve Ott is – how shall we put this? – rambunctious when he’s on the ice. He’s pestilent, intense and energetic during the most normal of NHL times.This, however, is not an ordinary time. The Buffalo...
View ArticleGraham comes up huge in Baltimore’s upset victory
DENVER (AP) – Welcome to NFL immortality, Joe Flacco.Somewhere up there in the all-time playoff archives near the “Hail Mary” by Staubach and the “Immaculate Reception” by Franco now lives the “Flacco...
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