Man admits stealing $160,000 in father’s Social Security benefits
A Buffalo man who stole more than $160,100 worth of Social Security benefits by failing to notify the federal agency of his father’s death admitted to theft of public money and faces up to 10 years in...
View ArticleCounty clerk offers email alert for pistol permit form
Erie County pistol permit holders can now sign up for an email alert to notify them when a new public disclosure exemption form is available.The Erie County Clerk’s Office has set up a web page at...
View ArticleSex offender from Connecticut faces child porn charges
A Selkirk Street man identified by Buffalo police as a registered sex offender in Connecticut has been charged with possession of obscene sexual performances after he was reportedly caught with child...
View ArticleLockport man indicted on predatory sex charges
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man was arraigned in Niagara County Court Friday on child sexual abuse charges that could land him in prison for the rest of his life if he is convicted.Juan Rivera-Stupia III,...
View ArticleChanges made to comptroller’s reorganization plan to address cost
A new proposal has emerged to reorganize the Erie County Comptroller’s Office to address concerns from top budget staff that a plan to hire more accountants would cost the county extra money.Deputy...
View ArticleChampions from WNY schools to compete in News Spelling Bee
School champions from throughout Western New York will take a written test Wednesday in hopes of qualifying for the 86th annual Buffalo News Spelling Bee. Twenty students with the highest scores will...
View ArticleHispanics United wants back two houses sold by its director
Buffalo’s largest Hispanic organization has big plans for two big vacant houses it has owned for three years in a prominent Lower West Side location.“We’re ready to do the rehab from top to bottom,”...
View ArticleSpringville aims for perfection with graduation rate
All students know that a grade of 88 is not bad, but 100 is better.The Springville-Griffith School Board feels the same way about the high school graduation rate.The board this week heard details of...
View ArticleCouncil agrees to spend rainy day fund only in emergencies
The Common Council has informally agreed to a policy crafted by the comptroller that would govern how it can spend the city’s rainy day fund. The city set aside enough money to cover its expenses for...
View ArticleLancaster man sentenced to five years for soliciting child pornography
A Lancaster man was sentenced to five years in prison and five years of supervised release on his conviction on child pornography charges Friday.Joseph Marranca Jr., 68, was accused of posting an ad...
View ArticleLake-effect snow headed into city, Northtowns
Plows, shovels and snow throwers are due for a rigorous workout today in Buffalo and the Northtowns as a band of lake-effect snow that deluged the Southern Tier on Friday moves farther up into the...
View ArticleA lifetime of skill honored
WASHINGTON – Norman McCombs’ life began in a modest country home without indoor plumbing, back when much of Amherst was still country.And it culminated 75 years later in the most famous house in...
View ArticleBrown holds back on gun-control law
Mayor Byron W. Brown, who presides over a city that recorded 43 firearms-related homicides last year, is refusing to offer his opinion on core provisions of the new gun-control legislation championed...
View ArticleVictim testifies at Garner trial
A prostitute testified Friday that she agreed to have sex with Antoine J. Garner for $20 and willingly – but nervously – accompanied him into an abandoned house on Jewett Avenue on June 26, 2011.The...
View ArticleBuffalo and Northtowns getting brunt of this storm
Lake effect snow is falling this morning in the Buffalo metro area and the Northtowns, and accumulations are expected to total up to a foot when all is said and done, according to National Weather...
View ArticleParalyzed officer Patricia Parete dies
Patricia Parete, the police officer who was shot and paralyzed while on duty in December 2006, has died, according to the Buffalo Police Benevolent Association.“It is with great regret and sadness...
View ArticleVideo: A Paladino run for a School Board seat?
It looks like Carl Paladino will run for a seat on the Buffalo School Board. Buffalo News Political Reporter Bob McCarthy talks with Brian Meyer about this twist and about the death of former New York...
View ArticleSowing smiles on a sad day
He was the kind of bus driver who made a point of getting to know his passengers. He also could make anybody smile,So on Friday – a year to the day that an armed man gunned down Metro Bus driver Brian...
View ArticleTown of Hamburg man arrested for DWI following disturbance in Boston
A Town of Hamburg man involved in a disturbance early today in the Town of Boston subsequently was arrested on a felony charge of driving while intoxicated, Erie County sheriff’s deputies...
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