Alden man arrested after high-speed chase
An Alden man faces dozens of traffic violations after leading Depew and Lancaster police officers on a high-speed chase early Saturday.Derrick P. Campbell, 22, was arrested after a chase through...
View ArticleSpringville-Griffith questions cost of school resource officer
The addition of $100,000 for a school resource officer in Springville-Griffith School District’s 2013-14 budget was questioned during the School Board’s meeting last week.The post is budgeted in a...
View ArticleResidents may bring court challenge to Lafarge expansion
LOCKPORT – A court challenge to the Town Board’s approval of an expansion of the Lafarge North American stone quarry may be in the offing.Residents who live near the affected area have retained Barry...
View ArticleElectronics and designer watches stolen in a Falls burglary
NIAGARA FALLS – Designer watches were stolen from a home in the 2200 block of Weston Avenue overnight Wednesday, police said. Someone smashed a kitchen window and then made off with a 60-inch...
View ArticleConvenience store robber to serve up to 15 years
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who robbed as many as six convenience stores in western Niagara County last fall led a parade of robbers and other thieves past the Niagara County Court bench...
View ArticleZoo opens fundraising for 'Arctic Edge' habitat
All eyes were on a cuddly three-month-old polar bear cub as she made her first public appearance at the Buffalo Zoo on Friday, while artist renderings nearby revealed what her new home will look like...
View ArticleCigarette distributors face lawsuit from state
ALBANY – The state’s attorney general is stepping up efforts to combat the movement of tax-free cigarettes from Indian-owned companies in Canada to New York tribes, including the Seneca Nation of...
View ArticleEnemies in high places – Paladino vs. Higgins
Every day for the last six months, approximately 37,000 commuters on the southbound Niagara Thruway get an in-your-face dose of one of the most bitter and deeply personal feuds in the history of...
View ArticleCanadian casinos offer lesson for New York
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – Casino gambling made this city a boomtown, spurring hotels, restaurants and all the draws of a teeming tourism capital.But the glitzy casinos that tower over Niagara Falls are...
View ArticleParents seek aid for prescription drug addicts
ALBANY – When advocates get their way on an issue at the state Capitol, they usually disappear, quietly and happily.Not so with a group of Buffalo parents who helped lead the political push in Albany...
View ArticleInvestigators use receipt to track down Randolph man accused of dumping
ELLINGTON – Detective work led to the arrest of a Randolph man accused of illegal dumping, state police said.Corry Green, 25, was paid $50 to take garbage to a landfill but instead dumped it on the...
View ArticleIdentity of man killed by CSX train in Dunkirk still being withheld
DUNKIRK – Dunkirk police said Sunday they are not releasing the name of a man killed on CSX Railroad tracks early Saturday morning, pending notification of relatives.A police spokesman said they were...
View ArticleHunt continues for body of man who jumped from Isle bridge
Thruway State Police said Sunday said they are continuing their search for a man believed to have jumped off the South Grand Island Bridge Friday morning.Witnesses reported seeing the man jump from...
View ArticleBoth longtime and new officers honored at Niagara Falls Police Awards
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Falls Police officers were honored for heroism, service and dedication to police work during the recent annual Police Awards Ceremony.Capt. John DeMarco, who has served for the...
View ArticleWalmart shoppers were evacuated Sunday morning after a fire broke out in an overhead heating unit at the Transit Road superstore in Clarence, reported Amherst Fire Control.Firefighters from the Harris...
View ArticleAn Angelica man was charged with felony DWI after a traffic stop late Thursday on I-86, NY State Police in Amity reported.Scott L. Loper, 48, was also charged with marijuana possession and several...
View ArticleSwindled clients get $164,564 from lawyers’ fund
Two clients of disbarred Niagara County attorney Robert J. Niemel and a client of late Buffalo attorney Richard L. Baumgarten have been awarded a combined $164,564 through the New York State Lawyers’...
View ArticleCouncilman questions cost of Tonawanda workers’ comp administrator
Payments for workers’ compensation claims have dropped by about $500,000 since an Albany-based firm was hired a few years ago to administer the Town of Tonawanda’s program, but a councilman questions...
View ArticleInvestigator defends audit of Erie County’s use of aid following...
WASHINGTON – A top federal investigator is defending his agency’s critical audit of Erie County’s use of disaster aid following the surprise snowstorm of October 2006, saying that the county hasn’t...
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