Ex-official in Falls is set for guilty plea to corruption
The FBI’s investigation into public corruption in Niagara Falls is about to snare a former top city official accused of accepting gifts in return for political favors.Guy A. Bax, a former Niagara...
View ArticleMan wounded at Fillmore and Riley
A shooting at Fillmore Avenue and Riley Street about 2 a.m. Tuesday morning seriously wounded a man, Buffalo police reported.The man was taken to Erie County Medical Center.Anyone with information is...
View ArticleCuomo to hold overall state spending under 2 percent growth
By Tom Precious ALBANY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo will, as he vowed, increase overall state aid to education by 4 percent over last year when he unveils his 2013 state budget later this...
View ArticleMeeting blog at 7 p.m.: Talk of raising chickens residentially in Amherst
Live from Amherst Town Board meeting, including talk of raising chickens in certain areas
View ArticleVA inspector general begins probe at Buffalo hospital
WASHINGTON – The inspector general at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has initiated a review of practices at the Buffalo VA Medical Center that could have exposed more than 700 patients to...
View ArticleNational Fuels hits big on five Pennsylvania gas wells
National Fuel’s stock jumped by more than 4 percent Tuesday afternoon after the Amherst-based energy company said five of the new wells it has drilled in the Marcellus Shale were producing natural gas...
View ArticleMaking resolutions stick – from those who have been there
This is right about the time when it gets difficult.If you made a New Year’s resolution on the first day of 2013, you’re just starting week 4.You’ve been watching what you eat, or trying not to smoke...
View ArticleWe’re in a deep freeze for a day or two
The Buffalo Niagara region remained in a big chill this morning, with temperatures dropping to about 5 degrees overnight and a cold air mass promising to keep the frigid temperatures around for...
View ArticleLevesque stepping down as NU president
Rev. Joseph L. Levesque, president of Niagara University for the past 13 years, announced he will step down as the university’s president at the end of the academic year.Levesque, who became Niagara’s...
View ArticleBills coaching search revisited: Enough stones overturned?
By Tim Graham On Jan. 1, the day the Buffalo Bills announced he would take over as team president, Russ Brandon declared twice he would "leave no stone unturned" in resurrecting the franchise. Six...
View ArticleFormer Falls official pleads guilty to corruption
For steering business to a favored contractor, former Niagara Falls Building Commissioner Guy A. Bax received an expense-paid fishing trip, free golf outings, home repairs that included a remodeled...
View ArticleCuomo budget won’t raise taxes but relies on ‘revenue...
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo today proposed a sizeable increase in the state budget for the coming year, but said much of the increase is due to federal aid to help with Hurricane Sandy relief efforts...
View ArticleTonawanda hires new school superintendent
The City of Tonawanda Board of Education has officially hired James Newton as the new district superintendent, approving a three-year contract worth $139,000 a year.Newton, a Tonawanda City School...
View ArticleJamestown officer put on leave after his arrest
JAMESTOWN – A city police officer today was placed on administrative leave after he threatened to harm himself during an off-duty incident last week at his home in the Town of Ellicott, Police Chief...
View ArticleBrocton woman arrested on pot, unlicensed driving counts
PORTLAND – A Brocton was arrested by troopers from Fredonia on charges of aggravated unlicensed driving and marijuana possession after a traffic stop on state Route 20 about 10:40 p.m. Sunday.Jennifer...
View ArticleCattaraugus County Court action sends five to prison
LITTLE VALLEY – Three men and two women were sentenced to state prison Wednesday by Cattaraugus County Court Justice Ronald Ploetz on a variety of convictions.Myron T. McCollum, 25, of Springville,...
View ArticlePerry woman charged with injuring three Buffalo officers
A Perry woman was arrested on assault and other charges Wednesday morning after she was accused of injuring three Buffalo police officers trying to restrain her while Bry-Lyn Hospital staffers were...
View ArticleNT man who put out girlfriend’s eye imprisoned
LOCKPORT – Donnell J. Kent, already serving state prison time for three Niagara Falls burglaries, picked up additional prison time Wednesday for blinding his girlfriend in the right eye by shooting...
View ArticleCheektowaga woman jailed for selling cocaine
LOCKPORT – A woman who sold cocaine Oct. 3 in North Tonawanda was sentenced to a year in Niagara County Jail Wednesday by County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.Sharee R. Bailey, 20, of Vern Lane,...
View ArticleBuffalo man charged with dumping defaced handgun
A Buffalo man was charged with two counts of felony criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly dumping a defaced 9-millimeter handgun while officers chased him through yards on Wende Street,...
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