Labor Dept. approves aid for former Hostess workers
The U.S. Department of Labor has certified more than 18,000 former Hostess workers around the country, including 572 at its plants in the Buffalo Niagara region and across the rest of New York, as...
View ArticleFour deputies injured in two separate Holding Center attacks
Four Erie County sheriff’s deputies have been injured by inmates during separate attacks at the Erie County Holding Center over the past two days.The more recent attack happened at about 10:30 a.m....
View ArticleFirefighters battle fires on Cazenovia Street
Two Buffalo firefighters were injured early Saturday morning in a blaze that caused $170,000 in damages to three South Buffalo homes and forced seven adults to seek emergency help from the Red...
View ArticleMother who tried to save 3-year-old son in fire dies
A 23-year-old East Side mother died Friday afternoon from burns suffered when she apparently tried to save her critically injured three-year-old son from a raging early-morning fire in their Timon...
View ArticleBusti Avenue demolitions start after court ruling
Demolition of eight vacant houses on Busti Avenue began Saturday, following a federal court decision favoring the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority. Two houses were down as of 10:30...
View ArticleMayor revives Paladino’s hotel project at waterfront
Carl Paladino’s plan for a hotel, apartments and office space on the waterfront that was passed over six months ago has been brought back to life by Mayor Byron W. Brown. Paladino and his business...
View ArticleOwner of rundown Roycroft warehouse promises improvements
The owner of the rundown Roycroft warehouse has promised East Aurora village officials that some improvements to the property will begin this summer.But despite his assurances, village officials were...
View ArticleSword swallower gives a sharp performance
Sword swallowing just isn’t the career it used to be.You’re always having to carry around X-rays to prove it isn’t a trick. The job opportunities have waned since the days of the circus sideshow. And...
View ArticleGM’s Lockport plant is a survivor
Leaders and employees at the General Motors Components Holdings plant in Lockport have a lot on their minds.They are determined to launch their manufacturing of thermal products for new GM vehicles as...
View ArticleNFL combine notebook: Bills extend contract of Assistant GM Whaley
INDIANAPOLIS – Over the past few days, Buffalo Bills President Russ Brandon and General Manager Buddy Nix each made vague comments about assistant GM and player-personnel director Doug Whaley sticking...
View ArticleMiller turns into slugger at game’s end
You want frustration? Pretty easy visual when you see Ryan Miller, mask off, trying to throw punches.That’s what happened with four seconds left in Saturday night’s dreary 4-0 loss to the New York...
View ArticleTe’o takes his turn in pressure cooker
INDIANAPOLIS – For 14 minutes and 22 seconds Saturday, Manti Te’o went through an NFL interrogation.Facing a throng of national reporters, the Notre Dame linebacker stood on a podium inside Lucas Oil...
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MondayBusiness groups • Cornell Cooperative Extension, Western New York Reduced Tillage Grower Discussion Group, 1-4 p.m., Cornell Cooperative Extension – Genesee County, 420 East Main St, Batavia....
View ArticleStocks in the news / Week of Feb. 18
INCREASED DIVIDENDS Quarterly unless noted otherwise Abercrombie & Fitch .20 from .175 Analog Devices .34 from .30 Brookfield Asset Mgmt .15 from .14 Chemung Financial .26 from .25 Chesapeake...
View ArticleMan fatally stabbed on Tonawanda Street late Saturday
A dispute between two, maybe more, people led to the stabbing death of a 20-year-old man Saturday night.Buffalo Police said the stabbing occurred in the 400 block of Tonawanda Street just before 11...
View ArticleWestfield infant dies of injuries suffered in I-86 crash in Mina
MINA – A 1-year-old boy died Saturday of injuries from a crash in Chautauqua County last week.Achilles McBride of Westfield was a passenger in a pickup driven by Matthew McBride, 39, which crashed...
View ArticleSearch continues for man believed to have been swept over falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A man was spotted early Saturday evening walking onto the ice and into the Niagara River near the brink of Horseshoe Falls.Niagara State Park Police are still searching for the man but...
View Article14 accused of trespassing at vacant Perrysburg site
PERRYSBURG – State police charged 14 people Sunday with trespassing at a vacant state hospital in Perrysburg.Police said a tip about footprints and tire trucks at the J.N. Adam facility led troopers...
View ArticleDWI charges logged in arrests following crashes, altercation
Local police arrested four people for driving while intoxicated over the weekend following two accidents and an altercation with officers.Erie County Sheriff’s deputies said they arrested Scott A....
View ArticleTwo men linked to Ontario burglary ring
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – Two Niagara Falls, Ont., men were arrested Sunday in connection with a string of burglaries at local businesses.Niagara Regional Police said Kenneth Chapman, 47, and John Visca,...
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