Royalton sex offender imprisoned for three felonies
LOCKPORT – A Level 1 sex offender was sentenced Wednesday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas to four years in prison, 10 years of post-release supervision and fees totaling $1,425 for three...
View ArticleLockport woman admits sexual relationship with minor
LOCKPORT – A woman who had a long-running sexual relationship with an underage boy, including bearing his child, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge Wednesday in Niagara County Court.Christine...
View Article10th Street Gang member pleads guilty to drug charge
A former 10th Street Gang member could be released soon because of his guilty plea Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.Johnathan Serrano, 23, pleaded guilty to a marijuana...
View ArticleCounty to pay $600,000 to ex-Holding Center inmate
Erie County will pay $600,000 to a former Holding Center inmate who claims he was denied adequate medical treatment.Quandrell Ivey of Buffalo sued the county in 2010 claiming he was denied proper...
View ArticleHartland crash victim identified as Gasport woman
HARTLAND – The Niagara County Sheriff Department identified a driver killed in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday night as Filica Rutherford, 36, of Gasport.The cause of the crash remains under...
View ArticleTown of Sheldon man arrested for underage drinking party
WARSAW -- A 20-year-old Town of Sheldon man has been arrested for hosting an underage drinking party at his home last weekend, the Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office reported Wednesday.Bradley Clark, of...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda man gets 37 months in prison over cocaine charges
A North Tonawanda man convicted of dealing cocaine in Niagara and northern Erie counties has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to 37 months in prison.William Hutchins, 37,...
View ArticleMan sought in hold up try of Kenmore gas station
Kenmore police are searching for the man with a gun who tried to hold up a Military Road gas station Sunday night.The man entered the Gulf Mart at 877 Military Road and took two cans of Mountain Dew...
View ArticleUpstate New York takes lead in insured citizens
Not only do Western New York and upstate New York have lower uninsured rates than the state, and nation, as a whole, but the rate is lower today than the goal set for the country 10 years from now.If...
View ArticleS&P 500 ekes out another small gain, but IBM’s slump drops Dow index
NEW YORK – The Standard & Poor’s 500 index eked out its second small gain of the week Wednesday as investors pored over the latest earnings reports.Norfolk Southern climbed after the railroad...
View ArticleEBay earnings and revenue grow
NEW YORK – EBay said Wednesday that earnings and revenue grew in the last three months of 2013, driven by a strong holiday season for its e-commerce site and its fast-growing payments business,...
View ArticleCommunity Bank System’s net income falls 17.5 percent
Community Bank System reported a 17.5 percent drop in net income in the fourth quarter from a year ago, stemming in part from the sale of some assets.DeWitt-based Community Bank recorded net income of...
View ArticleTarget drops health insurance for its part-time employees
Target Corp. will end health insurance for part-time employees in April, joining Trader Joe’s Co., Home Depot Inc. and other U.S. retailers that have scaled back benefits in response to changes from...
View ArticleCity snow plow driver admits drunk driving
A City of Buffalo snowplow driver pleaded guilty today to drunken-driving, assault and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle for striking a building and a cab driver last month on the East Side.James...
View ArticleDiocese will challenge Vatican decision on St. Ann Church
The Diocese of Buffalo will appeal a Vatican decree that upheld parishioners who are trying to save historic St. Ann Church on Buffalo’s East Side, Bishop Richard J. Malone said Tuesday.The decree,...
View ArticleSloan man indicted, arraigned in dog cruelty case
A Sloan man charged in the death of a family dog has been indicted and arraigned on a felony charge of aggravated animal cruelty, Cheektowaga court officials announced today.Michael Tortorici, 58, had...
View ArticleBuffalo contingent joins thousands of anti-abortion protesters in D.C. today
WASHINGTON – Thousands of anti-abortion protesters, including a contingent from Buffalo, prepared this morning to testify to their faith in the harshest of conditions, as the 41st annual March for...
View ArticleWoman, boyfriend dead in Cattaraugus shooting
LIMESTONE – A man and woman were killed shortly afternoon Wednesday and another man is hospitalized with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Cattaraugus County sheriff’s officials reported.Cattaraugus...
View ArticleWith Buffalonians drinking the vodka, Lockhouse plans gather steam
Saturday, Buffalonians proved that they will line up for more than Popeyes fried chicken and Krispy Kreme doughnuts. They also will line up for vodka.Not just any vodka, though. People queued up for...
View ArticleA chronicler of Niagara talks about his poetry and more
LEWISTON – The Lewiston Arts Council has chosen local poet and retired college English professor E.R. Baxter III to launch its new poetry/music series beginning at 7 p.m. Feb. 11 in the Lewiston Opera...
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