Police investigate theft from woman’s bank account
RANSOMVILLE – Investigators are trying to figure out how an elderly Randall Road woman’s bank card information may have been stolen recently, resulting in more than $800 being emptied from her...
View Article3 safely escape Dysinger Road house fire
LOCKPORT – Three persons escaped safely Sunday afternoon from a fire that resulted in heavy fire and water damage to a home at 6565 Dysinger Road, near Raymond Road in the Town of Lockport, the...
View ArticleDriver charged with aggravated DWI after being found slumped over at the wheel
A 24-year-old Sherman man found slumped over in the driver’s seat of a vehicle that was stopped in the travel lane, with its motor running, was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated over...
View ArticleFake bomb prompts traffic diversion in North Buffalo
What appeared to be three sticks of dynamite left on the steps of a business on the 1800 block of Elmwood Avenue this morning turned out to be a fake bomb, authorities said.But for more than an hour,...
View ArticleBills logo was artist's crowning achievement
He never played a down for the Buffalo Bills. He never lived in Buffalo. And if he ever attended a Bills game, he never saw one in Buffalo.But Stevens Wright, who died March 18 in his native...
View ArticleReckless driving charged after vehicle clocked at 108 mph
A Pennsylvania man’s vehicle was stopped after being clocked at 108 mph on Route 86 in Chautauqua County on Sunday afternoon, State Police at Jamestown reported.The vehicle driven by Nathan T. Koman,...
View Article‘Dining Out’ HIV/AIDS fundraiser set for Tuesday
Nearly 100 participating restaurants in Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties are accepting reservations from the public to dine in the 11th annual Dining Out For Life community...
View ArticleCuomo administration: Gov. not trying to take out Silver
By Tom Precious ALBANY -– The Cuomo administration is shooting down a story today in the New York Post that reported Gov. Andrew Cuomo and top aides were working over the weekend on a plan to lead a...
View ArticleHigh winds blamed for spreading Niagara County brush fires
Crews from a number of Niagara County volunteer fire departments were called to fight brush over the weekend, including two fires in the Lewiston area.A large swamp fire was reported just after 3:30...
View ArticleVacant house damaged by fire in Newfane
NEWFANE –Investigators are attempting to determine what sparked a fire Sunday afternoon in a vacant house on McKee Road.Emergency personnel were called out just after 2 p.m. Sunday at 6051 McKee...
View ArticleGallery: Photos of the week
Our staff photographers capture life around Western New York on a daily basis. Here’s some of their best work over the past week.To read the full story, please click here.
View ArticleSequestration hurts medical campus, researchers warn
Federal cuts to research will slow medical progress and impede the economic growth downtown spurred by the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, leaders of major scientific institutions here warned...
View ArticleProud to help shatter racial barriers in the Marines
Roscoe L. Brown comes from humble roots, born on his family’s Texas farm, where he picked cotton as a boy and hunted for food.When he was old enough, he followed in his father’s footsteps and defended...
View ArticleClarence man with frog phobia wins $1.6 million verdict
Water runoff has turned most of Paul Marinaccio’s 40 acres in Clarence into a wetland.How it happened angers him.What came along with all that water terrifies him – frogs.“I’m petrified of the little...
View ArticleHanover board hears water-level worries
SILVER CREEK – Concerns about low water levels at the Hanover Boat Launch and the need for dredging Cattaraugus Creek dominated the Hanover Town Board meeting Monday. Highway Superintendent Steve...
View ArticleDining Out for Life to benefit AIDS fight
Nearly 100 restaurants in Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties are accepting reservations from the public to dine in the 11th annual Dining Out for Life community fundraiser...
View ArticleFarmers’ market is topic of annual meeting tonight
The Clarence Hollow Farmers’ Market will host its annual market meeting at 6 p.m. tonight at the Town Park Clubhouse, 10405 Main St.The program will include an overview of the market’s scheduled...
View ArticleArchitectural historians holding conference this week
Hundreds of people are expected to attend the Society of Architectural Historians’ annual conference Wednesday to Sunday in the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center and other sites.There will be numerous...
View ArticleOpen Buffalo awarded $100,000 planning grant
Open Buffalo – a new collaborative involving four Buffalo nonprofits, PUSH Buffalo, the Coalition for Economic Justice, Partnership for the Public Good and VOICE-Buffalo – has been awarded $100,000...
View ArticleJesuit commentator to talk at Canisius College about Pope Francis
The Rev. Thomas J. Reese chuckles when he recalls the origins of his role as a “go-to” commentator on all things Catholic.Reese, a Jesuit priest and political scientist writing for the Catholic...
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