Felony burglary charges lodged in theft of 3 ATVs
OAKFIELD – Genesee County sheriff’s investigators arrested an 18-year-old Oakfield man on two felony burglary charges after accusing him of stealing three ATVs in a pair of incidents in the Town of...
View ArticleUrbik receives extension
The Buffalo Bills finally have found stability in the interior of their offensive line over the past two years. They moved to keep that stability going by signing guard Kraig Urbik to a contract...
View ArticleOffice Depot today debuts smaller format, new design at North Buffalo store
Office Depot is moving into a smaller, new-format store in North Buffalo, an approach the chain is adopting around the country in a bid to draw more customers.The new store opens today on Delaware...
View ArticleIdeas for HSBC tower include observation deck
Views from Buffalo’s tallest building might soon be more accessible to more people. An observation deck and banquet facility are under consideration for the top floors of the HSBC tower, a top official...
View ArticleOne officer suspended, one demoted over alleged dog theft
A Ferry-Fillmore District police officer has been suspended and the chief of the district demoted in an investigation over allegations that the officer stole a dog from a Herman Street residence...
View ArticleTaglianetti arraigned in Clymer superintendent’s murder
MAYVILLE – The Virginia man wanted in the Sept. 21 shooting death of Clymer School Superintendent Keith L. Reed Jr. was formally indicted by a Chautauqua County grand jury on a count of second-degree...
View ArticleFamily friend gets 24 years for sex crimes against 12-year-old girl
A 59-year-old Michigan Avenue man found guilty of sex crimes against a 12-year-old girl was sentenced Wednesday to 24 years in prison.“I think you stole her innocence. You destroyed her trust,” Erie...
View ArticleHolland man charged with BAC more than three times legal limit
A Holland man was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated early today, after a witness called authorities to report a possibly intoxicated man at a Town of Elma gas station, the Erie County...
View ArticleFalls man charged with rape
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Avenue man was arrested Tuesday charged with rape and assault.Darryl J. Hill, 33, was charged on a warrant with first-degree rape and third-degree assault, city police...
View ArticleRochester man charged with beating Falls man for prescription pills
NIAGARA FALLS – A Rochester man faces four felony charges after he allegedly broke into a Falls home and beat a man with a chain in order to get prescription pills.Lastonza Moxley, 60, was arrested on...
View ArticleMan on Jamestown’s most wanted list arrested after standoff
JAMESTOWN – A Pennsylvania Avenue man who was on the city police department’s Top Ten Most Wanted list was arrested late Wednesday morning following a brief standoff, officials said.David R. Olson, 48,...
View ArticleCity planners seek input on Green Code
City planning officials are taking their proposed new zoning Green Code on the road again this week, presenting it to businesses, property owners, developers and others, in at least three different...
View ArticleObama: He and Boehner ‘pretty close’ to deal
WASHINGTON — Optimistic despite a tightening deadline, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he and House Speaker John Boehner are "pretty close" to a grand fiscal deal to avoid a first-of-the-year...
View ArticleCity board denies man’s request to sell guns from his home
A man who trains clients in proper gun use and safety was told today that he cannot sell the weapons out of his home. Howard Slaughter, who lives on the East Side, approached the city about selling...
View ArticleDisturbing text about assault rifles found on a reckless driver’s...
An Amherst man with mental health issues was arrested earlier this week on reckless and drugged driving charges after he sideswiped a vehicle on Niagara Falls Boulevard – but what was most disturbing...
View ArticleWNY gets $52.8 million in state economic development funding
ALBANY – Western New York was not among the big winners among the state’s 10 regions in the competition for the top funding prizes from a $738 million state economic development program. But it did...
View ArticlePoloncarz encouraged by talks about keeping Bills in Buffalo
ALBANY – Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was sounding confident Wednesday after what he described as “significant talks’’ held Tuesday night between representatives of the county, state and...
View ArticleNiagara County taxes to rise 1.89 percent
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Legislature adopted a 2013 budget Tuesday night that increased the amount to be collected in property taxes by 1.89 percent.The budget passed by a 10-5 vote at about 11:30...
View ArticleDefensive stats a sore point of Gailey’s Buffalo tenure
Here is Chan Gailey’s take on statistics:“I think we make too much out of numbers sometimes,” the Buffalo Bills’ coach said Wednesday. “Statistics are for people to make evaluations that sometimes are...
View ArticleMore New York Army National Guard soldiers return home
About 29 Buffalo-area soldiers from the New York Army National Guard’s 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team returned home early Thursday morning, military officials said.The soldiers pulled up in a bus at...
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