Gun-control laws create ‘stampede’ of weapon buying
At the Niagara Gun Range on the border of North Tonawanda, pistol permit classes are booked through May.People coming for target practice have had to wait an hour and a half to shoot.And the store can...
View ArticleDo Catholics care who fills Peter’s chair? Local Catholics are...
Jim Conrad of Clarence hopes to see an evangelical pope who emphasizes tradition and orthodoxy.Phylis Slattery of Williamsville expects whoever is elected as Benedict XVI’s successor to clean up the...
View ArticleHelicopters assist rescue of hiker near Niagara Glen
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – Two helicopters were used to move an injured man Sunday afternoon after he fell in the Niagara Glen along the Niagara River near an area known as Pebble Beach, Niagara Parks...
View ArticleListless start brings down Sabres in Philly
PHILADELPHIA — The Buffalo Sabres didn’t show up on time to play Sunday night. Plain and simple. No deep analysis necessary.They were down, 2-0, didn’t have a shot on goal after 10 minutes and that...
View ArticleMany Love Canal plaintiffs no longer live in Falls
Nearly one-third of the people who recently applied to join a Love Canal lawsuit no longer live in Niagara Falls.And at least one of those people, according to a Buffalo News analysis of court...
View ArticleCounty looking for Spanish-speaking foster parents
Rolando Gomez saw a need.As the county’s Hispanic and Latino population has grown, the number of foster families who speak Spanish hasn’t kept up.So Gomez, a case worker for the county, and a team...
View ArticleGraphic Controls makes a big push into medical products
Graphic Controls Corp. is pushing hard to rebuild its medical products business.The Buffalo company more than a decade ago got more than two-thirds of its sales from medical products, before a former...
View ArticleBriere sees a stranger behind the Buffalo bench
PHILADELPHIA — Daniel Briere was in Pittsburgh getting ready for a game against the Penguins late on the afternoon of Feb. 20 when big news broke in Buffalo. It was something he never thought he’d...
View ArticleFalls man charged with Lockport bank robbery
LOCKPORT – Lockport detectives arrested a Niagara Falls man at his home about 3 a.m. Monday and charged him with Friday morning’s robbery of the M&T Bank branch at Pine and Walnut streets in...
View ArticleGenesee County man dies in burning home
A 47-year-old Town of Alexander man died after being pulled unconscious from his burning home late Sunday night, Genesee County sheriff’s officials reported.Scott A. Cramer, the only occupant at 11000...
View ArticleState police charge Jamestown man with aggravated DWI
A Jamestown man has been charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated after being accused of having a blood-alcohol level of 0.19 percent, more than twice the legal limit, State Police at...
View ArticleUnconscious man one of two people arrested for DWI
Erie County sheriff’s deputies arrested two people for driving while intoxicated over the weekend, including a Brant man found unconscious behind the wheel of his vehicle.Responding to an accident...
View ArticleMan shot in back in University District
A man shot in the back Sunday night in the city’s University District was treated at Erie County Medical Center for what Buffalo police called a non-life-threatening wound.Shakille Dothard was shot on...
View Article‘Domestic’ call leads to recovery of concealed drugs
Northwest District police called to investigate a domestic incident in the city’s Forest Avenue-Grant Street area early today found anything but a domestic dispute.Instead, according to police...
View ArticleDog perishes, woman uninjured in Kiantone house fire
KIANTONE – A woman escaped from a burning house on Warren Jamestown Boulevard Monday morning after she was awakened by a smoke detector going off, according to the Chautauqua County Fire Investigation...
View ArticleTown of Boston woman charged with aggravated DWI
A Town of Boston woman was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated after her blood alcohol level test was measured at more than three times the legal limit last week, state police said...
View Article$100,000 Club gets comptroller's scrutiny
Erie County government has a “$100,000 Club” – and taxpayers, as well as county officials, need to know about it.That’s the conclusion of a new report by County Comptroller Stefan I. Mychajliw being...
View ArticlePaladino, dysfunction bring attention to School Board races
Buffalo School Board elections for years have attracted few voters, with the fate of the school district left to just the diehards who bother to cast ballots.Three years ago, in fact, half of the six...
View ArticleTeen pleads guilty to manslaughter in grisly killing
A teenager has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the stabbing death of 16-year-old Darren Brown, whose burned body was left in a wooded area behind a popular custard stand on Colvin...
View ArticleCuomo criticizes Albany’s one-house budgets
ALBANY – With the Senate and Assembly poised to start passing their largely symbolic, one-house budget measures, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo today said the legislative plans are out of balance.“I get the...
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