Rice withdraws name from Secretary of State consideration
WASHINGTON — Susan Rice, the embattled U.N. ambassador, abruptly withdrew from consideration to be the next secretary of state on Thursday after an ugly standoff with Republican senators who declared...
View ArticleGrisanti, Termini support veto by Cuomo
ALBANY – The State Senate sponsor of legislation to kick-start historic rehabilitation projects says he is comfortable with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s explanation for vetoing the measure and the governor’s...
View ArticleGM Tonawanda plays lead role in engines for new trucks
New engines that will be produced at General Motors’ Town of Tonawanda engine plant will go into new versions of the automaker’s top-selling Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks, as the...
View ArticleNo one hurt in unscheduled airport landing
Nobody was injured Thursday night when a USAirways flight from Philadelphia to Buffalo made a precautionary landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport because of a suspected brake problem.C....
View ArticleTax evasion leads to prison time
A Lancaster man was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to 12 months in prison Friday for tax evasion.Eric J. Justin, 49, also was ordered to pay $216,295 in restitution to the...
View ArticleOne pleads guilty, another not guilty in NT painkiller cases
LOCKPORT – Steven J. Hummel, 20, of Oliver Street, North Tonawanda, pleaded not guilty Thursday in State Supreme Court to a four-count indictment accusing him of selling prescription painkillers.Hummel...
View ArticleNew York gets go-ahead to set up insurance exchange
WASHINGTON – The federal government Friday gave tentative approval to New York’s efforts to set up a health insurance exchange where uninsured New Yorkers and small businesses will be able to shop for...
View ArticleStunned Orchard Park parents cope with shooting
Parents flocked to Eggert Elementary School in Orchard Park on Friday for the annual Christmas concert, but they found themselves grappling with a national tragedy that undoubtedly hit home.“You’re not...
View ArticleNiagara County’s 2013 tax increase headed downward
LOCKPORT – When the Niagara County Legislature votes Tuesday night on amendments to the proposed 2013 county budget, cutting the 3.7 percent increase in the tax levy will be the main order of...
View ArticleDeli operator pleads guilty to food stamp fraud
A Buffalo deli operator faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced on his guilty plea to food stamp fraud, U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. reported Friday.Karem...
View ArticleTownhouse project gives Fruit Belt new life
Ground was broken Friday on new low-income townhouses hailed as part of the ongoing transformation of the Fruit Belt and the neighboring medical corridor.Construction of the $15.3 million, 49-unit...
View ArticleJamestown couple charged with growing marijuana
JAMESTOWN – A Jamestown husband and wife are facing criminal charges for marijuana possession and unlawfully growing the plants following a Nov. 30 search by Chautauqua County sheriff’s officials and...
View ArticleLockport man pleads guilty in drug case
LOCKPORT – Jermaine R. Webster, 32, of McCue Avenue, Lockport, pleaded guilty Friday in State Supreme Court to selling hydrocodone in Lockport April 23 and 24.Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. scheduled...
View ArticleContract ratified between Erie County, jail employees
Deputies and corrections officers in the Erie County Holding Center and Correctional Facility Friday ratified contracts with the county, replacing pacts that expired years ago.The contracts – with CSEA...
View ArticleEx-Buffalo man indicted for four bank robberies
A former Buffalo man was indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with four local HSBC Bank robberies in 2011, U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. reported Friday.Clifford B. Smith, 32, is...
View ArticleBuffalo parents stunned by school massacre
It wasn’t possible to hear what the dozen or so parents were talking about Friday afternoon, as they stood outside the Elmwood Village School waiting to retrieve their children.Such are the safety...
View ArticleBuffalo connections to Newtown shooting
Nick and C.J. Maurer were looking forward to leaving their Buffalo apartments for Christmas at their father’s house in Newtown, Conn.Now the visit home will take on a whole new meaning.After a gunman...
View ArticleWhat to tell your kids about the Connecticut massacre
It’s hard enough for adults to comprehend the magnitude of the horror that unfolded Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School.But how do you explain such evil to a child?There’s no sense in trying to keep...
View ArticleLocal superintendents say massacre will have lasting effects
Robert Christmann, the interim superindent of Grand Island schools, was glued to the television Friday, trying to learn the details of the shooting, just like millions of other Americans.Christmann...
View ArticleEsmonde: Kids had no chance vs. firepower
Where do you go? Where can you hide? What or where is “safe?”Twelve people were massacred in July while watching a movie in Aurora, Colo. Six more were slaughtered last August at a religious service in...
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