School bus hit by a BB pellet in the Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A school bus with children on it was struck by a pellet from a BB gun this afternoon at 18th Street and South Avenue.City Police Superintendent John R. Chella said the shot caused a...
View ArticleState suing FWS owners for furniture down payments
The owners of the defunct FWS furniture store in Buffalo are being sued by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman over as much as $250,000 in advance payments that its customers made for merchandise...
View ArticleWarsaw man charged with child porn possession
WARSAW – A 47-year-old man wanted for failing to pay a fine ended up in even worse trouble when Wyoming County sheriff’s deputies who came to arrest at his home found an “inappropriate image of a...
View ArticleLockport man charged in burglary of Elmwood Avenue apartment
LOCKPORT – A Glendale Drive man was arraigned on felony burglary and assault charges in City Court today.Tracy N. Shannon, 42, pleaded not guilty to second-degree burglary, third-degree menacing,...
View ArticleElderly driver plows into health clinic
GREAT VALLEY – A town motorist told authorities she misjudged the parking lot and crashed into the Salamanca Health Clinic on Route 219 just before 2 p.m. today.No charges are expected to be filed...
View ArticleNational Grid bills would drop under rate agreement
A typical National Grid residential customer’s monthly electricity bill would drop by nearly 7 percent beginning in April and then rise modestly during each of the following two years under a proposed...
View ArticleAccused killer of Clymer superintendent will be extradited from Virginia
CLYMER – A Virginia man arrested Sept. 28 near a national park outside Washington, D.C., and charged with the slaying a week earlier of Clymer School Superintendent Keith L. Reed Jr., is expected to be...
View ArticleWarrant issued for suspect in shooting of 2-year-old
NIAGARA FALLS – Police have issued an arrest warrant for a convicted drug dealer in the shooting two weeks ago of a 2-year-old girl in front of Hometown Grocery.Willie R. Scott Jr., 32, of LaSalle...
View ArticleJudge refuses to jail ex-convict on quest for health coverage
A federal judge Monday declined to jail Frank J. Morrocco, an ex-convict from Amherst who claims he got himself arrested in hopes of being sent to prison and getting high-quality health care for his...
View ArticleWould-be burglar causes $4,000 in damage to Lockport car wash
LOCKPORT – A man with a crowbar and hammer who tried to access a control panel at a Lincoln Avenue car wash Tuesday morning caused $4,000 in damage, according to Niagara County sheriff’s deputies.The...
View ArticleTraffic stop leads to drug, alcohol charges for North Tonawanda man
CAMBRIA – A North Tonawanda man stopped for speeding on Saunders Settlement Road earlier this week was found drinking in his car and in possession of marijuana, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies...
View ArticleRich Products buys two companies to grow pizza and milkshake business
Rich Products has acquired a pair of businesses to expand its line of pizza products and add a line of milkshake and other frozen beverages that are sold in convenience stores, the Buffalo-based food...
View ArticleFalls teen charged in an attempted armed robbery
NIAGARA FALLS – A city teen was named as a co-defendant in an attempted armed robbery from last month on Pine Avenue.The 17-year-old Portage Road boy was arrested on a warrant just before midnight...
View ArticleTonawanda police warn about daytime burglaries
Tis the season … for daytime burglaries.Town of Tonawanda police today warned residents about a string of daytime burglaries that have struck homes in the neighborhoods around Eggert Road between...
View ArticleMan admits role in Newfane burglary
LOCKPORT – Travis J. Watts, 28, of Hatter Road, Newfane, pleaded guilty Tuesday to taking part in the Aug. 2 burglary of a neighbor’s home.Last month, his live-in girlfriend, Sasha N. Botting, 23,...
View ArticleCounty Legislature overrides Poloncarz budget vetoes
An attempt by County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz to block $195,134 from being added to the 2013 budget failed Tuesday as legislators unanimously voted to override his budget vetoes.Poloncarz had vetoed...
View ArticleCocaine suspect asks to be considered for treatment
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man pleaded not guilty to a six-count cocaine possession indictment in Niagara County Court Tuesday, but he also asked to be screened for admission to the judicial diversion...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda man sent to prison for harassing woman
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III imposed a two- to four-year prison term Tuesday on a North Tonawanda man who repeatedly violated restraining orders obtained by his...
View ArticleSeneca Buffalo Creek’s hiring efforts not enough for LoCurto
A new report from the Seneca Gaming Corp. on efforts to market its Buffalo casino through such things as billboards on the Niagara Thruway and a banner on the building are not enough for one Common...
View ArticleBoot camp stint ordered for Town of Niagara burglar
LOCKPORT – A burglar who washed out of a court-supervised drug treatment program was sentenced Tuesday to a six-month tour in the state prison system’s boot camp-like “shock incarceration”...
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