Chautauqua County officials ask public’s help fighting invasive water...
STOW - Chautauqua County officials asked for the public’s help today in fighting a pair of invasive plant species that could threaten the ecosystem of Chautauqua Lake.Boaters and other recreational...
View ArticleSoftBank Capital raises $51 million for tech investments
New York’s funding-starved early-stage technology companies may find it a little easier to raise the cash they’re seeking.SoftBank Capital has raised $51 million in funds, mainly through an investment...
View ArticleLivestock trailer tips over on Royalton road
ROYALTON – A pickup hauling a trailer containing a cow and several calves overturned just before 1 p.m. today on Akron and Block Church roads. No injuries were reported to either the driver or the...
View ArticleJim Kelly confident he will beat cancer
BATAVIA – Legendary Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly met with reporters this morning to elaborate on this morning’s announcement he has cancer in his upper jaw.“When you hear the word cancer, it...
View ArticleCabela's Crossing in Cheektowaga to include hotel
Say goodbye to Walden Village shopping center. Say hello to Cabela’s Crossing, the soon-to-be-rebranded retail plaza featuring not only the nationally known outdoor retailer but also a new...
View ArticleEx-traffic engineer gets 23 years for sex crimes
Craig E. Walek, 50, of Milton Lane, Clarence, was sentenced Monday to 23 years in prison for several felony sex crimes against an underage girl.The former state traffic engineer previously pleaded...
View ArticleEPA plans Lockport meeting on Eighteen Mile Creek contamination
LOCKPORT – Federal environmental officials will be in Lockport Wednesday, hearing residents’ views on contamination along Eighteen Mile Creek and in the adjacent neighborhoods in the northern part of...
View ArticleTeen dies after jumping in river to save sister
A family outing on the north end of Squaw Island turned tragic this afternoon with the death of one family member, a 17-year-old, who was pulled from 61-degree water 45 minutes after he had rescued...
View ArticleCab driver’s wallet turns up missing
NIAGARA FALLS – A 48-year-old Niagara Falls cab driver told city police Sunday that he believes his wallet was stolen from his cab.The LaSalle Taxi driver said he dropped a 24-year-old woman off in...
View ArticleSingle engine private plane lands safely with tire problem
A single engine plane with two passengers landed safely at the Greater Buffalo International Airport about 5:25 p.m. today after calling in with a tire problems, Transit Authority police said. An...
View ArticleOne burglar placed on probation, another pleads guilty
LOCKPORT – A man who broke into a Lewiston home Oct. 13 and stole some smoke bombs was placed on five years’ probation Monday by State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr.Brian E. Schmiege, 26,...
View ArticleZoo's polar bear cubs appear together for 1st time
Luna and Kali, the Buffalo Zoo’s two polar bear cubs, appeared to have so much fun playing or gnawing on things to notice the throngs of people who came to watch them Monday when they went on public...
View ArticleSome sailors left high and dry by dock delay
As summer rolls in, sailors like Carl McElwin get anxious. They tinker with their rigging, buff their hulls and prepare for the weeknight races outside the Buffalo breakwater.But this summer, that...
View ArticleRocket Camp offered at St. Bonaventure
ALLEGANY – Friday is the deadline to register students for the two sessions of Rocket Camp this summer at St. Bonaventure University in the Dresser-Rand Challenger Learning Center.Rocket Girls, which...
View ArticlePhone pranksters plead not guilty
Two 20-year-old pranksters from Plymouth, Mass., who recorded a call from then-Buffalo Bills GM Buddy Nix and his counterpart in Tampa, Fla., last March, were in federal court today in Buffalo to...
View ArticleTasered robber who set legal precedent sentenced to eight years
LOCKPORT – Ryan S. Smith, a Niagara Falls man whose conviction for three violent crimes was overturned because police used a Taser on him to obtain a DNA sample, was sentenced Tuesday to eight years...
View ArticleState demands district offer transfer option to kids in failing schools
Children in failing Buffalo schools have the right to transfer to a school in good standing, regardless of whether the district has the space to accommodate them, the state Department of Education has...
View ArticleAttorney seeks bail for Falls businessman charged with shooting
LOCKPORT – A judge said today she will rule June 19 on whether she will permit bail for a Niagara Falls businessman charged with attempted murder.Defense attorney E. Earl Key sought bail for Timothy...
View ArticleIn Albany, Seneca president calls Cuomo 'bully'
ALBANY – The head of the Seneca Nation of Indians today took his cause to protect the tribe’s casino developments to legislative leaders in Albany.Seneca President Barry Snyder Sr., twice calling Gov....
View ArticleMan sentenced in fatal Cheektowaga shooting
Prosecutors wanted a murder conviction. The defense hoped for second-degree manslaughter.But neither side seemed dissatisfied Tuesday when Dontre Jones was convicted on a charge that fell between...
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