Computer Task Group’s profits up 21 percent
Computer Task Group said Monday that first-quarter profits rose 21 percent from a year ago, driven by demand for electronic medical records and other health care information technology.The company...
View ArticleGetaway driver in pizza delivery robbery gets seven years in prison
A Buffalo man who acted as the getaway driver when he and two others robbed a pizza delivery driver of $205 was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison.Leland Jirdon, 35, of Montclair Street, had...
View ArticleLackawanna School Board adopts budget that holds line on taxes
Lackawanna voters will be asked to approve a $47.5 million budget for the Lackawanna School District that doesn’t increase their property taxes for the 2013-14 school year.The district’s Board of...
View ArticleBuffalo Niagara escapes worst of flight delays caused by furloughs
NEW YORK – Flight delays piled up across the country Monday as thousands of air traffic controllers began taking unpaid days off because of federal budget cuts, providing the most visible impact yet...
View ArticleBudgets were manipulated to hide landfill costs, Niagara legislators are told
LOCKPORT – For years, the budgets of the Niagara County Refuse Disposal District have been manipulated to conceal the true cost of operating the district’s only active landfill, county legislators...
View ArticleEnroth falls save short in Sabres’ loss to Jets
Jhonas Enroth did his best to ruin Winnipeg’s playoff chances. The Jets continue to soar, however.Enroth made 37 saves but needed one more as the Buffalo Sabres dropped a 2-1 decision Monday night in...
View ArticleBisons finish perfect 8-0 road trip
By Mike Harrington Absurdly-hot leadoff man Jim Negrych went 3 for 5 and drove in two runs today as the Buffalo Bisons completed what's believed to be the longest perfect road trip in their modern era...
View ArticleYahoo incentive package to save company $45 million
LOCKPORT – Yahoo will save more than $45 million under the terms of a state and local package of tax breaks and electricity discounts for the second phase of the company’s data center in...
View ArticleSerial graffiti vandal to do 1,000 hours of clean-up
A serial graffiti vandal described as “a total loser” was spared prison Monday and instead placed on probation and ordered to spend 1,000 hours cleaning up his and others’ graffiti.Erie County Court...
View ArticleBombing suspect charged, could face death penalty
BOSTON — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged in his hospital room Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill, and he could get the death penalty.Tsarnaev, 19, was...
View ArticleU.S. sources: Canada terror plot targets train that travels through Falls...
WASHINGTON – Canadian authorities Monday arrested two men on terrorism-related charges in connection with an al Qaeda-linked plot that, according to U.S. officials, would have involved blowing up a...
View ArticleMan who wanted to go to jail should be out in about a week
An ex-convict suffering from leukemia and once eager to return to jail in order to get treatment was sentenced to 100 days in federal prison Wednesday but should be out in about a week.Frank J....
View ArticleFailing to use seat belt puts man in jail
A 20-year-old Buffalo man remained in the Erie County Holding Center Wednesday evening, hours after his Buffalo City Court arraignment, all because his failure to use a seat belt attracted the...
View ArticleLockport man imprisoned for having 2 ounces of cocaine
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas sent Gary Kelly of Lockport, who was caught with more than two ounces of cocaine in his home, to prison for 3 1/2 years Wednesday.Kelly, 42, of John...
View ArticleProbation for first of five to plead in forged check scheme
LOCKPORT – Shana L. Wallace, 21, of Hawley Street, Lockport, was placed on three years’ probation Wednesday by State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. for her part in a forged check and...
View ArticleDefendant charged with shaking and seriously injuring his child
NIAGARA FALLS – An infant girl suffered five broken ribs and a head injury when she was allegedly shaken by her father late last month at a home on Ninth Street. “He assaulted his own baby,” said...
View Article$16,000 worth of jewelry stolen in Lockport
LOCKPORT – Three diamond rings, one of them valued at $9,000, were stolen from a house in the 4400 block of Lake Avenue on Monday, according to Niagara County sheriff’s deputies.The victim told...
View ArticleFirst Niagara executives tells shareholders bank is positioned for success
Executives of First Niagara Financial Group admitted to shareholders Wednesday that the performance of the bank and its stock price has fallen short, particularly related to the HSBC Bank USA branch...
View ArticleA fundamental concern with Bills drafting Nassib
By Tim Graham This has been my issue with the idea of the Buffalo Bills drafting Ryan Nassib as their supposed quarterback of the future: If the Bills do that, then they didn't hitch their wagon to...
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