Symposium set Sunday on the subject of cats
Those who are captivated by cats will have an opportunity to learn all about them Sunday, when the Canisius College Institute for the Study of Human-Animal Relations holds a symposium on the subject...
View ArticleProgram will focus on mission in Guatemala here
The Western New York Peace Center’s Latin America Support Committee will hold a program about the Heifer Mission in Guatemala at 7 p.m. Monday in Daemen College’s Wick Center, 4380 Main St., Snyder....
View ArticleWNY politicians are moving targets in wake of gun control
Western New York politicians are preparing to pay a price for their pro or con stands on gun control, and the bills already are starting to arrive.After new gun-control legislation on the state and...
View ArticleMan who failed to care for mother imprisoned but could collect estate
Harold C. Shaver Jr. was sent to prison Friday because he failed to provide any care for four years for his 85-year-old mother, who spent 24 hours a day on a couch soaked with urine and feces, and...
View ArticleRedefining the term ‘assault weapon’
The gun used to unleash unimaginable carnage at a Connecticut elementary school a month ago was a Bushmaster semiautomatic rifle. It was equipped with a protruding pistol grip and a 30-round...
View ArticleVA officials don’t think they received insulin pen alert
WASHINGTON – Officials at the Buffalo VA Medical Center don’t think they received the warnings issued by two federal agencies about the dangers of reusing insulin pens on different patients, a...
View ArticleFed agents, local police bust meth ring
The crystal methamphetamine was made in a Mexican drug cartel’s “super lab” and made it to the streets of Buffalo.Friday, federal agents and local police said they “obliterated” the drug ring...
View ArticleMan robbed in Chippewa District
A man was robbed early Saturday in the Chippewa District.The robber – wearing a black hat and blue parka – approached the man about 3:45 a.m. at Franklin and Chippewa streets with his hand in his...
View ArticleRotary and high schoolers plan Lockport food drive Monday
LOCKPORT – Members of the Rotary Club of Lockport and its sponsored High School Interact Club will gather donated nonperishable food Monday for St. John’s Outreach Center in the city.Prospective...
View ArticleProperty-damage accident leads to felony DWI charge in N. Collins
A North Collins woman was charged with felony driving while intoxicated, following a minor property-damage crash Friday on Route 62, state police reported.A vehicle, driven by 43-year-old Deanna...
View ArticleShooting death along Kensington Avenue is Buffalo’s first homicide of...
Buffalo police say they are investigating the city’s first homicide of 2013, after a man was fatally shot while sitting in a vehicle along Kensington Avenue early Saturday.The deadly incident occurred...
View ArticleAccused copper thief found in West Side attic
Buffalo police nabbed a suspected burglar on Saturday and accused him of breaking into a home on the Upper West Side.Reymundo Nieves-Rojas, 40, was charged with second-degree trespass, possession of...
View ArticleChevy truck stolen in city’s Kenfield neighborhood
A truck with keys in the ignition and left running was stolen while outside a home in the city’s Kenfield neighborhood, police said Saturday.The 2009 white, Chevy truck contained a number of bulky...
View ArticleBesecker stepping down as CEO of Hospice Buffalo
Flint Besecker is stepping down as chief executive officer of the Center for Hospice & Palliative Care.Besecker has served in that role since October 2010 and has been a leader with the center’s...
View ArticlePlanners discuss themes at Grape Discovery Center
WESTFIELD – Planners working on the Grape Discovery Center met last week to discuss exhibits, themes and other issues.“This was an exciting meeting,” said Andrew Dufresne, who is leading the committee...
View ArticleEpiscopal church to host inauguration celebration
St. Philip Episcopal Church will host “Obama Day II, a Celebration of Our Nation and Our Neighborhoods” in conjunction with the second inauguration of President Obama.The event will be held from 9...
View ArticleWinds to send temperatures plummeting Sunday
Hope you enjoyed those unseasonably warm temperatures on Saturday, because things are about to change.A high wind warning will run through 4 p.m. today, as the region faces wind gusts of up to 60 mph,...
View ArticleNew standards on indigent defense stir controversy
LOCKPORT – A new set of guidelines for assigning defense lawyers to clients may lead to increased costs for Niagara County – or not, depending on whom you ask.The county has a small staff of part-time...
View ArticleAn island where science thrives A cluster of high-tech firms has quietly...
One of the area’s major clusters of life sciences and chemical companies isn’t located downtown on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, and it isn’t found near the University at Buffalo’s Amherst...
View ArticleFrom the blotter / Police calls and court cases, Jan. 10 to 15
A Niagara Falls man was arraigned in Niagara County Court on charges that he nearly struck a police car and did crash into another vehicle about 5:30 a.m. Sept. 1 on 10th Street in that city.Lysander...
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