Migrant worker robbery suspect extradited to Wyoming County
WARSAW – An Arcade man was returned from Charlotte, N.C., where he was jailed after his arrest by U.S. marshals for his alleged role in the robbery of two Mexican migrant workers in the Town of...
View ArticleWest Seneca man indicted on predatory sex charges
LOCKPORT – A West Seneca man faces a potential sentence of life in prison if convicted as charged in a sex crime indictment unsealed Wednesday in Niagara County Court.Justin C. Wheeler, 20, of...
View ArticleHamburg teachers accuse district of threatening jobs
Hamburg teachers Tuesday accused the district of threatening teachers with their jobs if they do not vote in favor of a teacher evaluation plan.The Hamburg Teachers Association and district...
View ArticleTermini gets go-ahead for lofts project
Developer Rocco R. Termini’s plan to return a highly visible North Buffalo building to its former glory won approval Tuesday from the Planning Board.The former home of General Railway Signal Co. on...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda man off to prison for pharmacy burglaries
A North Tonawanda man was sentenced Thursday to nearly six years in prison following his conviction for burglarizing a pharmacy and selling stolen prescription drugs.Prosecutors said Timothy J....
View ArticleBuffalo man pleads guilty to federal heroin charges
A Buffalo man charged with selling heroin has pleaded guilty to federal drug conspiracy charges before U.S. District Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio, U.S. Attorney William G. Hochul Jr. reported...
View ArticleLockport mayor to announce impact program for Washburn Street area
LOCKPORT – Mayor Michael W. Tucker will host police leaders and elected officials at a news conference at 1 p.m. Friday in City Hall to announce details of an impact program to clean up the Washburn...
View ArticleLockport police gave 150 improper parking tickets
LOCKPORT – Because of Common Council inaction, Lockport police handed out more than 150 parking tickets since Jan. 1 showing fines the Council hadn’t yet approved.City Clerk Richelle J. Pasceri said...
View ArticleElectronic license plate reader helps police nab car thief
Buffalo police arrested a man on stolen car and other charges thanks to an electronic license plate reader in a patrol car.Mohamud H. Mohamud, 20, no address listed, was arrested by Officers Eric J....
View ArticleFDA warned in 2009 not to reuse insulin pens
WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration warned hospitals nationwide against reusing insulin pens on multiple patients in March 2009, 19 months before the Buffalo VA Medical Center began a...
View ArticleSchumer plans Obama Inauguration with local flavor
WASHINGTON – It’s a classic scene from every Inauguration Day: the president at the head of a table and 200 or so of the most powerful people in Washington before him, at a luncheon in his honor.And...
View ArticleNT woman was dead as long as 19 days before body found
LOCKPORT – Heather M. Rylowicz, the North Tonawanda woman found dead in her home Nov. 21, may have died as early as Nov. 2, prosecutors revealed Thursday as her boyfriend was arraigned on murder...
View Article‘Gun Appreciation Day’ rally planned for Niagara Square
Hundreds are expected to turn out at noon Saturday in Niagara Square for a “Gun Appreciation Day” rally organized locally by New York Tea Party leader Rus Thompson.“What started out as a small thing...
View ArticleElmwood Village residents re-imagine Women & Children’s Hospital
The sprawling current site of Women & Children’s Hospital could be readapted for a wide range of new uses when the hospital moves to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, according to speakers at a...
View ArticleDepew schools fire elementary principal for misuse of funds
Robert J. Puchalski, the 12-year veteran principal at Cayuga Heights Elementary School, was fired by the Depew Union Free School District on Tuesday for allegedly misappropriating school funds and...
View ArticleFort Erie mansion burns to the ground
FORT ERIE, Ont. – A million-dollar mansion on the Niagara Parkway in rural Niagara Falls burned to the ground early Thursday evening.The family of four who lived in the sprawling house overlooking the...
View ArticleHomeland Security grant will fund firefighter training
The City of Batavia Fire Department on Thursday was awarded $60,367 in federal funding to train new firefighters and upgrade the equipment used by its first responders, announced Sen. Kirsten E....
View ArticleLe Roy resident is chosen to lead GCC Foundation
BATAVIA – Robert L. Boyce, of Le Roy, a seven-year member of the Genesee Community College Foundation, has been named its president for a one-year term. He succeeds Russell P. Romano.Boyce is an...
View ArticleNews conference will address cleanup of Washburn St. area
LOCKPORT – Mayor Michael W. Tucker will host police leaders and elected officials at a news conference at 1 p.m. today in City Hall to announce details of an impact program to clean up the Washburn...
View Article4 Cheektowaga school districts consider consolidation
Four school districts in Cheektowaga are reconsidering their futures as separate entities, as they agreed to join together to pursue a state efficiency grant that would examine the possibility of...
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