The Buffalo News

Thousands of records may have been lost or damaged at VA hospitals in Buffalo, Batavia

Published: 05/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/22/2013 10:21 pm
Suspected heroin dealer busted in Falls

Published: 05/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/22/2013 10:16 pm
Longtime Falls School Board members ousted

Published: 05/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/22/2013 10:08 pm
Town of Lockport accepts school sidewalk grant

Published: 05/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/22/2013 9:18 pm
Classmates ask to name a Lockport park after Officer Parete

Published: 05/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/22/2013 9:17 pm
Niagara SPCA improving but needs more financial support

Published: 05/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/22/2013 5:09 pm
Man steals beer and demands cash at knife point in Falls

Published: 05/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/22/2013 4:35 pm
Woman convicted of burglarizing neighbor’s home

Published: 05/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/22/2013 4:09 pm
Clarence voters reject 10% tax hike in school budget

Published: 05/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/22/2013 1:25 pm
One injured in Wheatfield rollover accident

Published: 05/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/22/2013 11:39 am
Hazmat crew called to suspicious bottle in Niagara Falls

Published: 05/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/22/2013 11:37 am
Cuomo due here with latest plan for Buffalo billion

Published: 05/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/22/2013 9:24 am
Lew-Port budget is one of three defeated by voters

Published: 05/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/22/2013 2:19 am
SPCA seeks public’s help for dog badly burned in Buffalo fire

Published: 05/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/22/2013 12:40 am
Greenway Commission rejects 2 proposals due to get money anyway

Published: 05/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/21/2013 10:47 pm
Niagara County Legislature invites Bills to consider moving to Falls

Published: 05/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/21/2013 10:26 pm
Live results: The latest on today’s school elections

Published: 05/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/21/2013 9:34 pm
Peace Bridge work on hold amid dispute over legislation to dissolve agency

Published: 05/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/21/2013 4:20 pm
Lewiston Village Board OKs tennis court, wellness center

Published: 05/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/20/2013 9:40 pm
Lockport man injured in shooting on South Transit Street is expected to survive

Published: 05/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/20/2013 7:32 pm
Falls scales back street repaving, cites cash crunch

Published: 05/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/20/2013 11:36 am
Pearce to be keynote speaker at NAACP awards dinner

Published: 05/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/20/2013 7:44 am
Villa Maria, GCC hold graduation ceremonies

Published: 05/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/20/2013 7:40 am
Niagara County real estate transactions

Published: 05/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/20/2013 7:27 am
Niagara County plans to hire second welfare fraud investigator

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/19/2013 10:07 pm
Niagara County Democrats propose inspections for apartments rented to welfare clients

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/19/2013 9:05 pm
Lockport fires back in lawsuit on city ramp demolition

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/19/2013 6:41 pm
Victim in Town of Cambria motorcycle crash identified

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/19/2013 6:38 pm
Victims in fatal Lewiston car crash identified

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/19/2013 6:33 pm
Lawsuit, back taxes dog agency that serves developmentally disabled clients

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/19/2013 6:15 pm
Falls man shot to death outside home

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/19/2013 2:01 pm
One killed, two hurt when car hits pole in Lewiston

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/19/2013 12:29 pm
Niagara County School District Elections

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 5:50 pm
History Center readies program commemorating War of 1812

By Teresa Sharp
Niagara correspondent

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 5:50 pm
Public pianos part of Lockport’s “sweet summer” plan

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 5:50 pm
Niagara County faith-related events

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 5:49 pm
Around Town / Niagara County meetings and hearings this week

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 5:48 pm
Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement campaign starts Monday

NEWS NIAGARA BUREAU

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 5:47 pm
Overdue makeover to brighten scene at N. Tonawanda court

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 5:47 pm
Niagara Honor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishments of WNYers

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 5:47 pm
Flying a kite is a good way to remain grounded

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 5:34 pm
Life is working out for bodybuilder

By Jonah Bronstein
niagara correspondent

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 5:34 pm
For women in abusive relationships, a haven in Falls

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 5:33 pm
Events for people with disabilities

Published: 05/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 5:21 pm
Local airmen make a connection in fight against cancer

Published: 05/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/19/2013 10:28 am
Today’s mental health squad: The police

Published: 05/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/18/2013 11:35 pm
Niagara County School District Elections

Published: 05/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/18/2013 10:36 pm
Tax woes trouble 3 School Board candidates in Falls

Published: 05/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/18/2013 7:26 am
Neighborhood complaints prompt Falls drug arrests

Published: 05/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 10:48 pm
Army base acquisition gains speed in Niagara

By Thad Komorowski
NEWS NIAGARA CORRESPONDENT

Published: 05/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 10:37 pm
Using power sale proceeds to fund Launch NY is attacked

Published: 05/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 10:11 pm
North Tonawanda man pleads guilty to vehicular assault

Published: 05/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 9:44 pm
Niagara USA Chamber urges defeat of Lew-Port budget

Published: 05/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 9:12 pm
Entire Lockport Council running for re-election

Published: 05/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 9:12 pm
Falls sets anti-drunk driving program

Published: 05/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 9:12 pm
Niagara expected to extend 8 percent sales tax

Published: 05/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 9:11 pm
Cleanup coming soon for dry cleaning site, Lockport mayor says

Published: 05/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 8:12 pm
BPO announces summer season

Published: 05/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 6:49 pm
Snyder: Cuomo employing ‘playground bully tactics’

Published: 05/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 5:01 pm
Man in drug treatment pleads guilty to more crimes

Published: 05/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 8:49 am
Woman kicked by donkey is treated at ECMC

Published: 05/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 8:43 am
Convicted man rated Level 2 sex offender

Published: 05/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 7:32 am
Lockport town planners approve new Basil VW dealership

Published: 05/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 1:35 am
Falls businessman accused of trying to murder rival in March shooting

Published: 05/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 12:45 pm
Old Falls Street concert schedule announced

Published: 05/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/17/2013 1:06 am
Judge frustrated by further delay in case of strangled 5-year-old

Published: 05/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/16/2013 10:39 pm
Cuomo raises possibility that Seneca casinos could close in 3 years

Published: 05/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/16/2013 1:22 pm
Gus Macker tournament to be held June 29-30

Published: 05/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/16/2013 12:31 pm
Powerball jackpot soars to $475 million

BARBARA RODRIGUEZ
Associated Press

Published: 05/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/16/2013 11:31 am

No winning tickets sold in latest Powerball drawing; jackpot soars to $475 million
Victoria Day Weekend means heavy border traffic

Published: 05/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/16/2013 9:01 am
Cocaine, guns seized in arrest of Falls man

Published: 05/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/16/2013 8:54 am
SPCA event to honor man who drowned trying to rescue dog

Published: 05/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/16/2013 8:52 am
Newfane seeks vendors for August Festival

Published: 05/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/16/2013 8:50 am
Lockport Common Council OKs leasing paver

Published: 05/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/16/2013 8:49 am
Tops in Lewiston redone

Published: 05/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/16/2013 7:18 am
Falls roofer admits defrauding now-destitute elderly man out of $600,000

Published: 05/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/16/2013 2:39 am
Environmentalists decry plan to truck weapons-grade N-waste through N.Y.

Published: 05/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/16/2013 12:53 am
Ross, Lockport funeral director, to be appointed coroner

Published: 05/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/15/2013 10:12 pm
Furloughs for civilians at Niagara air base to begin in early July

Published: 05/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/15/2013 5:02 pm
Falls’ credit rating downgraded for 2nd time in 5 months

Published: 05/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/15/2013 2:53 pm
Orphaned polar bear cub arrives but may not stay long

Published: 05/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/15/2013 1:53 pm
Angelina Jolie’s mastectomies provoke conversation, awareness, worry

Published: 05/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/15/2013 9:38 am
Ceremony planned to mark signing of treaty with Senecas

Published: 05/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/15/2013 8:13 am
North Tonawanda school budget raises tax levy by 2.56 percent

By Jonah Bronstein
NIAGARA CORRESPONDENT

Published: 05/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/15/2013 7:25 am
Falls School Board candidates cover teacher evaluations, other issues at forum

Published: 05/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/15/2013 1:30 am
Falls junkyard fire blocks Amtrak service

Published: 05/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/15/2013 8:11 am
Mario Williams’ ex-fiancee pushes back with countersuit

Published: 05/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/15/2013 12:52 am
Cost overrun on new Niagara radio towers trimmed

Published: 05/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/14/2013 10:25 pm
As longtime Somerset clerk retires, deputy aims to step up

Published: 05/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/14/2013 10:22 pm
Burning tires cause cloud of smoke at Niagara Falls scrap yard

Published: 05/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/14/2013 6:20 pm
Getaway car driver pleads guilty in Lockport bank robbery

Published: 05/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/14/2013 4:51 pm
Mass email by Dent Neurologic inadvertently breaches privacy of 10,200 patients

Published: 05/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/14/2013 4:29 pm
Man gets 2 years in jail for assaults on ex-girlfriend

Published: 05/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/14/2013 8:39 am
Man facing drug charges sent to ‘shock’ program

Published: 05/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/14/2013 8:37 am
Big chill could numb memories of warmth

Published: 05/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/13/2013 1:17 pm
U.S. sues Niagara County in corrections officer’s pregnancy bias case

Published: 05/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/14/2013 12:28 pm
Entrepreneurship highlighted in first round of NYPA funding

Published: 05/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/14/2013 11:08 am
State’s pension fund shows 10.4% gain for year

Published: 05/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/14/2013 2:30 am
Tuition rises as enrollment falls at NCCC

Published: 05/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/13/2013 10:45 pm
Local attorney seeks North Tonawanda city attorney spot

Published: 05/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/13/2013 10:41 pm
Dyster’s plans for ice rink repairs leave some Council members cold

Published: 05/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/13/2013 10:41 pm
Public invited on virtual ride-along with sheriff’s deputies

Published: 05/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/13/2013 10:30 pm
Niagara Falls man arrested after brief foot chase

Published: 05/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/13/2013 9:55 pm
Niagara Falls area to get help from feds to boost tourists from around the world

Published: 05/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/13/2013 9:04 pm
Orphaned Alaskan polar bear cub arriving Wednesday

Published: 05/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/13/2013 2:55 pm
Niagara County Real Estate Transactions

Published: 05/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/13/2013 2:01 pm
State attorney general prepared to unveil bill to regulate charities

Published: 05/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/12/2013 11:10 pm
19 groups in Niagara gain grants as Falls bridge panel pushes partnerships

Published: 05/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/12/2013 10:51 pm
Four seeking appointment as Niagara County coroner

Published: 05/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/12/2013 6:55 pm
Demonstrators protest drones at Niagara Falls air station

Published: 05/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/12/2013 5:14 pm
Duff’s spreads its wings to the Falls

Published: 05/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/11/2013 11:25 pm
Swiss Chalet lovers trek over the border to get their fix

Published: 05/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/11/2013 11:46 pm
Tax break sought for housing at Lewiston site owned by supervisor’s mother

Published: 05/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/11/2013 11:31 pm
Niagara Honor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers

Published: 05/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/11/2013 11:31 pm
Love Canal lawsuit moved to federal court

Published: 05/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/11/2013 11:31 pm
Legislature candidates in Falls already digging in

Published: 05/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/11/2013 11:31 pm
Newfane Apple Festival offers something for all ages to enjoy

By Teresa Sharp
Niagara correspondent

Published: 05/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/11/2013 11:30 pm
NCCC baseball coach develops players for next level

By Jonah Bronstein
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Published: 05/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/11/2013 11:30 pm
Youngstown resident has toured the world on two wheels

By Teresa Sharp
Niagara correspondent

Published: 05/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/11/2013 11:29 pm
Welcome back, farmers!

Published: 05/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/11/2013 11:26 pm
Hospice unit in Falls to be named for veteran of hospital’s kitchen

Published: 05/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/11/2013 11:26 pm
Mother of 13 has extended family, too

By Teresa Sharp
niagara correspondent

Published: 05/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/11/2013 11:26 pm
In Peace Bridge dispute, Cuomo’s style of diplomacy faces international test

Published: 05/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/11/2013 11:25 pm
Speakers offer words of wisdom to this year’s college graduates

Published: 05/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/11/2013 8:45 pm
Sky-high workers’ comp claims dominate Niagara board meeting

By Thad Komorowski
NEWS NIAGARA CORRESPONDENT

Published: 05/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/10/2013 9:07 pm
Two men sentenced on cocaine charges in Niagara

Published: 05/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/10/2013 9:07 pm
Man charged with trying to kill girl loses lawyer

Published: 05/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/10/2013 9:06 pm
Town of Lockport meth lab busted

Published: 05/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/10/2013 9:06 pm
Man convicted of raping best friend’s girlfriend

Published: 05/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/10/2013 9:02 pm
Ex-Falls building commissioner gets probation for accepting gifts

Published: 05/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/10/2013 1:58 pm

Former Niagara falls official gets sentenced
Turley gets 15 to 30 years in jail for sex abuse

Published: 05/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/10/2013 12:27 pm
Falls School Board rejects challenges to Dobbs, King nominating petitions

Published: 05/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/10/2013 8:40 am
Wireless access extended for Grand Island, Falls

Published: 05/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/10/2013 6:50 am
Cuomo gives ultimatum on casino funds

Published: 05/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/10/2013 7:52 pm
Firth film is just what two Buffalo doctors ordered

Published: 05/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/10/2013 1:15 pm
Audit of Village of Lewiston produces changes in purchasing

Published: 05/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/09/2013 11:27 pm
Niagara County Board of Elections deputy commissioner pleads guilty to drunken driving

Published: 05/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/09/2013 10:45 pm
Gooding Co. seeks tax breaks to double size of plant

Published: 05/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/09/2013 10:34 pm
Lockport residents will be asked to approve a $22.1 million project for schools

By Jonah Bronstein
niagara correspondent

Published: 05/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/09/2013 10:29 pm
Fire company treasurer accused of stealing $10,000

Published: 05/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/09/2013 5:16 pm
20 Buffalo VA patients test positive for hepatitis

Published: 05/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/09/2013 4:58 pm
Falls man robbed at gunpoint

Published: 05/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/09/2013 4:48 pm
Kellie Pickler headlines Lockport concert lineup

Published: 05/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/09/2013 3:10 pm
Driver dies after crashing barrier, plunging into river

Published: 05/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/09/2013 2:57 pm
Stars Along Scajaquada marks War of 1812

Published: 05/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/09/2013 8:29 am
Town of Lockport planners hear proposal for Custom Laser building

Published: 05/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/09/2013 8:27 am
Town of Lockport cuts recreation fee charged developers

Published: 05/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/09/2013 8:22 am
Medical charges are low in WNY but vary among hospitals

Published: 05/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/09/2013 6:26 am
Lockport plans city parking study, despite suit over ramp demolition

Published: 05/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/09/2013 1:01 am
Proposed Niagara Wheatfield budget carries 5.91% tax hike

By Thad Komorowski
NEWS NIAGARA CORRESPONDENT

Published: 05/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/08/2013 10:49 pm
Niagara IDA approves tax breaks for Falls hotel, Wheatfield greenhouse

Published: 05/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/08/2013 10:40 pm
Falls to be topic at state’s first Tourism Summit

Published: 05/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/08/2013 3:02 pm
Bill would boost funding for dredging of Great Lakes ports

Published: 05/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/08/2013 7:49 am
Senate Republicans want to exclude WNY from casino expansion

Published: 05/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/08/2013 4:21 pm
Six area hospitals get a D in patient safety report card

Published: 05/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/08/2013 4:13 pm
Lockport man charged in rape of unconscious woman goes on trial

Published: 05/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/07/2013 9:24 pm
Some of ‘Buffalo Billion’ going to Niagara Falls for Moses Parkway removal

Published: 05/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/07/2013 12:01 pm
Area school districts putting phys ed back into play

Published: 05/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/07/2013 8:52 am
Falls schools seek more taxpayer money

Published: 05/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/06/2013 8:45 pm
Fire breaks out at West Street Elementary School in Sanborn

Published: 05/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/06/2013 12:54 pm
Two suspects nabbed after gas-station robbery in Lockport

Published: 05/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/06/2013 9:08 am
Local churches included in statewide open house

Published: 05/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/06/2013 8:14 am
Wings of Love plans service for parents of deceased babies

Published: 05/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/06/2013 8:12 am
Niagara County Real Estate Transactions

Published: 05/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/06/2013 7:11 am
Spotting planes, rescuing airmen, avoiding headhunters in India

Published: 05/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/06/2013 7:25 am
Benefits for man’s medical costs will now aid the children he loved

Published: 05/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/04/2013 6:56 pm
Erie Canal’s floating libraries inspire Lockport native’s ‘The Book Boat’s In’

By Jean Westmoore / News Staff

Published: 05/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 12:13 pm
Casting city in new light

Published: 05/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/05/2013 1:33 pm

A three-phase project to light up the grain elevators offers a bold and audacious vision for Buffalo's waterfront that celebrates the city's industrial heritage and the arts.
Niagara County meetings and hearings this week

Published: 05/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/04/2013 11:02 pm
May 5-12/

Published: 05/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/04/2013 11:02 pm
Both sides of the Lower Niagara delight as 4 villages put their history into a book

Published: 05/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/04/2013 11:02 pm
New dog park to open in Wilson

By Teresa Sharp
News Correspondent

Published: 05/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/04/2013 11:02 pm
Wilson high student gets scholarship in memory of domestic violence victim

Published: 05/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/04/2013 11:00 pm
Roy-Hart to hold public hearing on school budget

Published: 05/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/04/2013 10:59 pm
Jaime Pabilonia: Left the Philippines to practice child psychiatry in the Falls

Published: 05/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/04/2013 10:59 pm
Police honor their own

Published: 05/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/04/2013 10:59 pm
Tickets available to North Tonawanda Historic Treasures Tour

Published: 05/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/04/2013 10:58 pm
No date in sight for third Robie Drake murder trial

Published: 05/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/04/2013 10:56 pm
Roy-Hart and Barker schools to share superintendent.

Published: 05/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/04/2013 12:53 am
SUV ends up balancing on a guy wire after crash

Published: 05/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/04/2013 2:05 pm
Spring comes bouncing back

Published: 05/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/04/2013 9:51 am
Elizabeth C. Tower, 93, philanthropist, gifted artist

Published: 05/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 11:34 pm

Feb. 23, 1920 - May 2, 2013
Buffalo Niagara now a ‘seller’s market,’ realtors say

Published: 05/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 11:05 pm
Area shops celebrate Free Comic Book Day

Published: 05/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 11:03 pm
Lockport man admits to stealing jewelry to buy drugs

Published: 05/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 10:15 pm
Woman charged with drunken driving found with a toddler in car

Published: 05/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 10:15 pm
Lockport woman arraigned for allegedly hitting a woman with her SUV

Published: 05/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 9:56 pm
Falls police arrest reputed coke peddler

Published: 05/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 9:47 pm
Lockport man, woman charged with manufacturing drugs

Published: 05/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 8:36 pm
Buffalo man found dead in car in Cambria

Published: 05/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 8:36 pm
Firefighters battle house fire in Cambria

Published: 05/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 5:12 pm
Falls man, 24, indicted in Lockport bank robbery

Published: 05/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 8:11 am
Man pleads not guilty to break-in, choking

Published: 05/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 8:09 am
Orphaned polar bear cub will be coming to Buffalo

Published: 05/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 7:55 am
Louis Turco dies; popularized foot-long hot dog in WNY

Published: 05/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/03/2013 6:46 am
Feds order shutdown of Falls tour bus firm

Published: 05/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/02/2013 10:25 pm
Schumer bill would make it a federal crime to steal copper, other metals

Published: 05/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/02/2013 8:47 pm
Man found dead in his vehicle, cause being sought

Published: 05/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/02/2013 8:45 pm
Six running for two seats on Niagara Falls Board of Ed

Published: 05/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/02/2013 1:00 pm
Character reference becomes an issue for Walker

Published: 05/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/01/2013 10:49 pm

rim 2 Niagara Falls councilman goes to bat for pot dealer
Drug raids continue in Niagara Falls with 2 arrests

Published: 05/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/01/2013 10:41 pm
Unattended cooking blamed for Falls fire

Published: 05/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/01/2013 2:57 pm
Forum to discuss reform of Rockefeller-era drug laws

Published: 05/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/01/2013 8:14 am
Frank Lloyd Wright expert to speak at Burchfield Penney

Published: 05/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/01/2013 7:28 am
$1,000 reward offered in discarding of puppy

Published: 05/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/01/2013 7:16 am
Tax cap for schools increases to 4.6 percent

Published: 04/30/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/01/2013 10:15 am
Volunteers hit the roads to sell Kids Day editions of The News

Published: 04/30/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/01/2013 1:35 am
Cuomo, legislative leaders hold 1st casino expansion talks

Published: 04/30/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/01/2013 1:06 am
Tonawanda man gets 15 years for kidnapping young girl

Published: 04/30/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/01/2013 1:06 am
Schumer wants federal funds to keep NFTA counterterrorism team going

Published: 04/30/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 05/01/2013 1:05 am
Police investigating after child falls from second-floor window in Falls

Published: 04/30/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/30/2013 10:35 pm
Town of Niagara to take lead on Fashion Outlets expansion project

By Thad Komorowski
Niagara correspondent

Published: 04/30/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/30/2013 10:34 pm
96-year-old woman dies in Falls house fire

Published: 04/30/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/30/2013 4:15 pm
Man violates his DWI probation and pays the price

Published: 04/30/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/30/2013 4:14 pm
Five-car accident on Grand Island Bridge sends two to hospital

Published: 04/30/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/30/2013 1:31 pm
Joint ward meeting set in Lockport

Published: 04/30/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/30/2013 8:27 am
Kids Day: Blindsided by son’s cancer diagnosis

Published: 04/30/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/30/2013 8:16 am
Kids Day: Pickup ballgame leads to scary diagnosis for boy hit in the head

Published: 04/30/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/30/2013 8:11 am

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War memorabilia sought for Lockport exhibition

Published: 04/30/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/30/2013 7:56 am
Mothers of Twins Clubs convene here

Published: 04/30/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/30/2013 7:55 am
Joint effort to provide tickets to BPO Carnegie Hall concert

Published: 04/30/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/30/2013 7:25 am
More details awaited in Canada train terror probe

Published: 04/29/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/30/2013 2:15 am
Veterans get one-stop center to deal with needs

Published: 04/29/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/30/2013 1:12 am
Lockport woman hurt in Friday crash dies

Published: 04/29/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/29/2013 7:28 pm
Three Buffalonians arrested in Syracuse drone protest

Published: 04/29/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/29/2013 2:43 pm
Greenway success relies on teamwork

Published: 04/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/29/2013 2:30 pm
Niagara Falls drug raids net six arrests

Published: 04/29/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/29/2013 1:06 pm
Tourism conference in Niagara Falls this week

Published: 04/29/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/29/2013 11:55 am
Deadline Sunday for Denton Cottier & Daniels music scholarships

Published: 04/29/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/29/2013 8:35 am
Benedict gets part-time Lockport legal post

Published: 04/29/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/29/2013 8:32 am
Falls OKs sale of vacant homes to Isaiah 61 Project

Published: 04/29/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/29/2013 8:30 am
LaSalle Yacht Club to hold ‘Boom Days’ bash

Published: 04/29/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/29/2013 8:28 am
Niagara IDA sets May 7 hearing on hotel tax break

Published: 04/29/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/29/2013 8:26 am
Hispanic Heritage Council plans ‘Day of the Child’ events

Published: 04/29/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/29/2013 8:23 am
Niagara County Real Estate Transactions

Published: 04/29/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/29/2013 7:14 am
Counting on new workers as immigration debate brews

Published: 04/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/28/2013 11:53 pm
Theresa B. Kinyon, registered nurse, hospital volunteer

Published: 04/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/28/2013 11:36 pm
Ohio Street's rebirth is rowing on the river

Published: 04/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/28/2013 8:50 am
Post-prom party gives Falls students a night to look forward to

Published: 04/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/27/2013 11:08 pm
Making music at an old Italian social club

Published: 04/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/27/2013 11:08 pm
Houghton College plans night degree programs in Lockport, Falls

Published: 04/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/27/2013 11:07 pm
New Directions’ fundraiser features local wineries, samples from around the world

Published: 04/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/27/2013 11:07 pm
Niagara Honor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers

Published: 04/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/27/2013 11:07 pm
Renewable energy fair in Appleton

By Teresa Sharp
NEWS niagara CORRESPONDENT

Published: 04/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/27/2013 11:06 pm
Citizen’s group sues to block Lafarge expansion of quarry

Published: 04/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/27/2013 8:58 pm
Five-year sentence for man who beat up pro boxer

Published: 04/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/27/2013 1:48 am
Woman injured in collision with truck in town of Lockport

Published: 04/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/26/2013 9:25 pm
Sex offender charged with molesting boys in Batavia, Somerset

Published: 04/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/26/2013 9:10 pm
Woman charged with violating probation in DWI fatal is freed

Published: 04/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/26/2013 8:56 pm
Meals on Wheels seeking donations

Published: 04/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/26/2013 9:21 am
Lockport to print more visitor guides

Published: 04/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/26/2013 9:19 am
County frets as state fails to pay early-intervention providers

Published: 04/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/26/2013 9:15 am
Border-entry fee proposal is universally bashed

Published: 04/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/26/2013 12:44 am
HOME marks 50th year battling housing discrimination

Published: 04/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/25/2013 11:22 pm
10th grader imprisoned for child molestation

Published: 04/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/25/2013 8:12 pm
Puppy believed beaten, thrown in a trash can

Published: 04/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/25/2013 1:44 pm
Yahoo to receive more than $30 million in tax breaks

Published: 04/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/25/2013 12:42 pm
Sylvia Browne visits Niagara Falls

Published: 04/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/25/2013 10:24 am
PILOT for hotel project set for IDA public hearing

Published: 04/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/25/2013 1:22 am
Sandra Bernhard, loving life, brings her new show to the Riviera Theatre

Published: 04/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/24/2013 8:50 pm
‘Sign guy’ skips court, may face jail

Published: 04/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/25/2013 1:46 am
Norris resigns as chairman of Niagara County GOP

Published: 04/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/25/2013 1:46 am
Cow Bingo: A tradition returns to Sanborn

Published: 04/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/25/2013 12:51 am
Kindergarten stays but budget cuts 6 teachers

By Thad Komorowski
NEWS NIAGARA CORRESPONDENT

Published: 04/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/25/2013 12:33 am
Lockport police officer fired after layoff last week

Published: 04/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/24/2013 10:35 pm
New Era to establish pavilion at new Children’s Hospital

Published: 04/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/24/2013 9:32 pm
Wilson schools take extra precautions during a search

Published: 04/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/24/2013 9:22 pm
Copper stolen from a vacant house in Falls

Published: 04/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/24/2013 8:40 pm
Medication, cash and jewelry stolen in Falls

Published: 04/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/24/2013 8:37 pm
Falls man admits crack possession, enters treatment

Published: 04/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/24/2013 7:50 pm
$16,000 worth of jewelry stolen in Lockport

Published: 04/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/24/2013 5:35 pm
Defendant charged with shaking and seriously injuring his child

Published: 04/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/24/2013 5:28 pm
Probation for first of five to plead in forged check scheme

Published: 04/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/24/2013 5:08 pm
Lockport man imprisoned for having 2 ounces of cocaine

Published: 04/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/24/2013 5:04 pm
Second man pleads guilty in Falls mugging

Published: 04/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/24/2013 4:42 pm
Falls man takes plea in assaults on women

Published: 04/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/24/2013 4:33 pm
5 to 10 years in prison for man who shot up Lockport house

Published: 04/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/24/2013 4:29 pm
North Tonawanda concert series announced

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/24/2013 8:10 am
Manslaughter charges replace murder in North Tonawanda slaying

Published: 04/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/24/2013 1:09 am
North Tonawanda Council president to run for Niagara County Legislature

Published: 04/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/24/2013 1:08 am
Gallagher-Cohen named to run Buffalo Niagara Partnership

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/24/2013 9:01 am
Buffalo Niagara’s unemployment rate dips as fewer seek employment

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/24/2013 6:58 am
How to handle panhandlers

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/23/2013 11:28 pm
Niagara Falls man arrested for drunken driving after a crash

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/23/2013 8:35 pm
One-year sentence for Falls man in gun case

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/23/2013 6:40 pm
Kenmore man pleads guilty in NT burglary

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/23/2013 6:37 pm
Newfane man surrenders license at County Court appearance

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/23/2013 6:35 pm
Shoplifter assigned to drug treatment program

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/23/2013 6:33 pm
Man stopped for trespassing faces additional charges

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/23/2013 4:41 pm
Livestock found shot in Ransomville

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/23/2013 4:38 pm
About 70 packs of cigarettes stolen in a gas station burglary in Wheatfield

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/23/2013 4:36 pm
Broken down vehicle burglarized in Niagara Falls

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/23/2013 4:32 pm
WNY’s most toxic site defies U.S. effort, threatens water

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/23/2013 1:44 pm
Historical timeline of West Valley Demonstration Project site

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/23/2013 9:06 am
Stephanie Miller to speak at NCCC commencement

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/23/2013 7:48 am
Srock challenges Godfrey for legislature seat

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/23/2013 7:46 am
Palace Theatre in Lockport debuts digital projector

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/23/2013 7:44 am
Lilly Ledbetter tells Daemen audience the fight for equal pay continues

Published: 04/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/23/2013 7:14 am
Canada terror plot targets train that travels through Falls and Buffalo, U.S. sources say

Published: 04/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/23/2013 11:47 am
Man’s body pulled from the Upper Niagara River

Published: 04/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/23/2013 7:49 am
Yahoo incentive package to save company $45 million

Published: 04/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/22/2013 10:49 pm
Budgets were manipulated to hide landfill costs, Niagara legislators are told

Published: 04/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/22/2013 9:24 pm
Drunken driver sent to state prison

Published: 04/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/22/2013 5:35 pm
Lockport man charged with drunken driving after he runs out of gas

Published: 04/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/22/2013 4:29 pm
Several sites in Niagara County will collect prescription drugs

Published: 04/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/22/2013 4:26 pm
Warrant arrest leads to drug charge

Published: 04/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/22/2013 4:24 pm
Man charged after hit-run crash in tavern parking lot

Published: 04/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/22/2013 8:48 am
BB or pellet gun damages doors at funeral home

Published: 04/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/22/2013 8:46 am
Portable pitcher’s mound stolen from Falls park

Published: 04/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/22/2013 8:44 am
Chairmen announced for Niagara Cup Classic

Published: 04/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/22/2013 8:42 am
Rotary scholarships available in Lockport, Starpoint, Newfane

Published: 04/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/22/2013 8:40 am
Feet or Famine Walk aids Community Missions

Published: 04/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/22/2013 8:39 am
Rock-a-Thon Friday to benefit Memorial Medical Center

Published: 04/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/22/2013 8:37 am
Niagara County Real Estate Transactions

Published: 04/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/22/2013 6:57 am
Quiet agreements on teacher evaluations imperil funds, commissioner says

Published: 04/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/22/2013 12:07 pm
As activists try to shut landfill, CWM ponders expansion

Published: 04/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/22/2013 11:44 am
Something fishy in Lewiston

Published: 04/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 5:02 pm
Adrian McQueen: A recruiter and student mentor

Published: 04/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 3:22 pm
Project Runway models a pathway to clean and drug-free living for young women in Niagara Falls

Published: 04/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 3:16 pm
Old Fort Niagara preparing for big anniversaries

By Teresa Sharp
NEWS CORRESPONDENT

Published: 04/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 2:03 pm
Barker looking for volunteers to deal with feral cats

By Teresa Sharp
News correspondent

Published: 04/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 1:42 pm
Mount St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation to hold fundraiser

Published: 04/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 11:38 am
Talk to be given on Buffalo Germans basketball team

Published: 04/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 11:23 am
Healthy Kids Day at Niagara Falls Family Y

Published: 04/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 11:15 am
Genealogy group to host archives expert

Published: 04/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 11:15 am
Toxic legacy’s time bomb

Published: 04/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/21/2013 7:54 am
North Tonawanda library budget passes

Published: 04/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/20/2013 10:35 pm
Niagara Wheatfield picks Alden superintendent to lead district

By Thad Komorowski
News CORRESPONDENT

Published: 04/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/20/2013 10:33 pm
Brownfield cleanup slated for North Tonawanda apartment site

Published: 04/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/20/2013 8:58 pm
One and done? Not for these gardeners

Published: 04/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/20/2013 3:09 pm
Falls visitors are grilled as bombing suspects

Published: 04/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/20/2013 9:55 am
DEC sets excavations at Falls toxic site

Published: 04/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/19/2013 10:14 pm
Guilty plea in Urban Park Towers burglary

Published: 04/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/19/2013 8:55 pm
Masschusetts brothers stopped in Niagara Falls turn out to be tourists

Published: 04/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/19/2013 11:17 am
U.S. eyes fee at land border crossings

Published: 04/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/19/2013 1:43 am
Waterfront renovation

Published: 04/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/19/2013 12:29 am
Lowry pleads guilty in slaying of North Tonawanda woman

Published: 04/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/19/2013 12:23 am
Tax breaks sought from Niagara IDA for 4-story hotel in Falls

Published: 04/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/19/2013 12:22 am
Clarence IDA likes accounting firm’s plan for new building

Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/19/2013 12:33 am
School bus struck in rear near Lewiston Porter School campus

Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 7:59 pm
Tools stolen in two separate theft in Falls

Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 6:13 pm
Copper pipe and wiring stolen from a newly renovated Falls house

Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 6:09 pm
Man robbed a gunpoint in his Niagara Falls home

Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 6:06 pm
Falls man arrested in chase is indicted on gun charge

Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 5:37 pm
Man who climbed through 12-year-old’s window admits to rape

Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 5:31 pm
Men charged with electronics store break-in

Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 5:28 pm
Man who torched Falls house pleads guilty

Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 5:25 pm
State Police Troop T targeting cell phone-using thruway drivers this coming week

Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 5:21 pm
Jail guard leaves his car unguarded in Newfane

Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 4:04 pm
Man caught smoking dope in jail

Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 4:01 pm
Tire with rim stolen in Newfane

Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 3:55 pm
War of 1812 events announced

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Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 11:06 am
Bone marrow drive set at UB South Campus

Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 8:55 am
Scholarship Gala set Saturday at Statler

Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 8:51 am
NU professor to discuss his time as Somalia premier

Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 7:32 am
Old Falls Street Deli has room to improve

Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 7:00 am
Dionne questions constitutionality of majority not deciding gun vote

NEWS STAFF REPORT

Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 6:20 am
Niagara Legislature OKs direct payment of rent to landlords with welfare tenants

Published: 04/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 12:03 am
Niagara IDA rejects tax breaks for Ransomville car dealer

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/18/2013 3:00 am
CSEA challenges privatization of Lockport ambulance billing

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 11:57 pm
James M. McIntyre, retired land surveyor

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 11:50 pm
Budget cuts won’t stop safety rules from taking effect, FAA chief says

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 11:49 pm
North Tonawanda to spruce up Memorial Pool

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 10:40 pm
Man with a violent past of drug dealing and homicide is targeted in Falls

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 9:23 pm
Senate immigration bill unveiled with support of upstate farmers

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 8:55 pm
Shot fired at house in Falls

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 7:07 pm
Plea deal in Falls crash

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 5:21 pm
Booted from drug treatment, crack user goes to prison

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 5:19 pm
Town of Lockport man denies pill charges

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 5:15 pm
Canadian company plans plant in Niagara County industrial park

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 4:51 pm
Mount View buyer seeks variance

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 4:45 pm
Traffic issues, other impacts of Fashion Outlets expansion discussed

By Thad Komorowski
NEWS NIAGARA CORRESPONDENT

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 1:39 pm
Gala for Hope benefit set for Thursday

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 8:55 am
Canal Clean Sweep is this week

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 8:53 am
April 23 is deadling for YWCA scholarship

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 8:49 am
Falls Council to cut $35,000 from church-run youth program

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 8:48 am
Gun group seeks injunction against state’s SAFE Act

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 2:04 am
Deputy comptroller explains pension woes to Niagara Legislature

Published: 04/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 12:13 am
WNY gun-rights advocates hold fire on Senate compromise

Published: 04/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 1:12 am
Greenway panel OKs $11 million for Falls athletic fields

Published: 04/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 1:07 am
Suspicious backpack prompts closing of Carnegie Building in Falls

Published: 04/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/17/2013 1:04 am
Two injured in a street fight

Published: 04/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/16/2013 8:48 pm
Father of three pleads guilty to robbery, burglary

Published: 04/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/16/2013 5:17 pm
Guilty plea in armed holdup at Falls 7-Eleven

Published: 04/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/16/2013 5:14 pm
Tuscarora man denies pot, weapons charges

Published: 04/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/16/2013 5:12 pm
Lockport man imprisoned for equipment theft

Published: 04/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/16/2013 5:08 pm
Falls man pleads guilty in mugging

Published: 04/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/16/2013 5:04 pm
Stray bullet found in front of a Starpoint elementary school

Published: 04/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/16/2013 4:54 pm
Falls man pleads guilty in slaying of uncle

Published: 04/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/16/2013 4:17 pm
Senecas not intimidated by state’s talk of a Falls casino

Published: 04/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/15/2013 5:56 pm
Western New York runners describe scene at Boston Marathon after blasts

Published: 04/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/15/2013 5:54 pm
Lockport robbery suspect arrested in Buffalo

Published: 04/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/15/2013 5:08 pm
Driver facing multiple charges following rollover crash in Lockport

Published: 04/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/15/2013 4:41 pm
Woman charged for texting and drunken driving in Lockport

Published: 04/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/15/2013 4:39 pm
Teen charged with stealing a car and driving drunk

Published: 04/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/15/2013 4:32 pm
Frequent customer charged with robbing Lockport credit union

Published: 04/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/15/2013 2:27 pm
Police and firefighters pull car from Hyde Park Lake

Published: 04/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/15/2013 1:09 pm
Police identify man who died in Lewiston house fire

Published: 04/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/15/2013 9:18 am
Maid of Mist opens Friday for season

Published: 04/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/15/2013 7:37 am
Niagara County Real Estate Transactions

Published: 04/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/15/2013 6:51 am
Pendleton woman’s story illustrates stakes of gene-patent court case

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/15/2013 6:14 am
We deserve the best deal on Maid of the Mist

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/15/2013 6:21 am
Lockport schedules public planning session for ideas on downtown

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/14/2013 11:18 pm
Bidding planned for Lincoln Ave. reconstruction in Lockport

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/14/2013 9:40 pm
Elderly man found dead in burning house

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/14/2013 11:54 am
Q&A with Ron Cary, teacher turned tavern music singer

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/14/2013 11:00 am
Amid heavy hearts, Prudoms hardy as ever as family vows to rebuild farmhouse after fire

By Teresa Sharp
NIAGARA Correspondent

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/14/2013 7:27 am
County spends big money on labor attorneys

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 4:24 pm
Barker residents to vote on Barker library’s future

By Teresa Sharp
News Correspondent

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 2:40 pm
Gardens of compassion being planted in Falls

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 11:45 am
Small tax rate increase for Middleport residents

By Teresa Sharp
NEWS CORRESPONDENT

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 2:30 pm
Personal safety tips offered

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 2:25 pm
Public hearing in Lewiston on lowering sewer and water rates

By Teresa sharp
News Correspondent

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 2:25 pm
Wilson’s new mayor appoints Republican to fill old trustee seat

By Teresa Sharp
News CORRESPONDENT

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 2:24 pm
Double golds to two Niagara wines

By Teresa Sharp
News Correspondent

Published: 04/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 11:46 am
Niagara River Greenway funds land far from river

Published: 04/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/14/2013 8:50 am
School districts feel forced to keep raising tax levies

Published: 04/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/13/2013 10:46 pm
State lawyers fund pays back victims of fraud

Published: 04/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/13/2013 7:14 pm
Judge denies Barnes new hearing in ’86 killings

Published: 04/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/13/2013 7:04 pm
State law means no tax break for Mantelli Trailer

Published: 04/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/13/2013 6:22 pm
Tree planting blitz targets Medical Campus

Published: 04/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/13/2013 5:48 pm
Injured workers from Senecas’ hotel lose legal challenge

Published: 04/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/13/2013 2:13 am
Suits filed in body tampering, injured cop cases

Published: 04/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/13/2013 2:12 am
Deputy state comptroller to discuss pension funds here

Published: 04/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/13/2013 1:06 am
Yard waste collections will get under way Monday

Published: 04/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/13/2013 1:03 am
Choirs set Falls concert to benefit Habitat

Published: 04/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/13/2013 12:49 am
Niagara University offers Guatemala trip

Published: 04/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/13/2013 12:49 am
United Way re-elects officers, presents awards

Published: 04/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/13/2013 12:48 am
School project grows into 5K for Camp Good Days

Published: 04/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/13/2013 4:47 pm
Rain puts strain on area drains

Published: 04/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/13/2013 4:47 pm
CDC says no new illnesses tied to Rich Products food

Published: 04/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 11:42 pm
Man charged with Falls crime spree takes plea deal

Published: 04/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 8:37 pm
Hit-and-run DWI suspect fails to appear in court

Published: 04/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 8:28 pm
Lockport men deny drug-dealing charges

Published: 04/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 8:28 pm
Judge refuses to throw out charge in murder case

Published: 04/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 7:40 pm
Pease is new marketing director of tourism agency

Published: 04/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 8:24 am
Lockport library budget with 2 percent tax hike approved

Published: 04/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 8:22 am
Fire hall to be made accessible so it can remain voting site

Published: 04/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 8:20 am
Memorial Medical Center reaches accord with union

Published: 04/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 7:30 am
Dinner, auction to benefit Cradle Beach

Published: 04/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 7:27 am
Judge allows Maid of Mist project to continue; bidding issue unsettled

Published: 04/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 3:19 pm
Amherst man’s gun permit reinstated after error

Published: 04/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 3:15 pm
Column critical of vaccine for teen HPV stirs outrage

Published: 04/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 12:55 pm
Attorney for alleged accomplice rethinking strategy in murder case

Published: 04/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 11:16 am
Taylor Devices’ profits rise, revenues slip

Published: 04/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/12/2013 12:15 am
Popular programs at risk in Niagara Wheatfield

By Thad Komorowski
niagara correspondent

Published: 04/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/11/2013 10:27 pm
Falls bust nets over 100 prescription drugs packaged for sale, loaded gun

Published: 04/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/11/2013 10:21 pm
Autistic man remains in critical condition at ECMC

Published: 04/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/11/2013 9:33 pm
Over $7,000 worth of electronics stolen in Falls burglary

Published: 04/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/11/2013 5:40 pm
Judge lifts restraining order on Maid of Mist construction

Published: 04/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/11/2013 1:46 pm
Five Guys Burgers to expand

Published: 04/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/11/2013 12:34 pm
Buffalo News staffers win state awards

Published: 04/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/11/2013 8:46 am
Made in America shop to open at Falls visitor center

Published: 04/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/11/2013 7:21 am
10,000 students cheer state tax credit bill to help private schools

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/11/2013 12:26 am
Influential lobbying firm hired to protect against closure of Falls air base

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 11:53 pm
Town of Lockport seeks answers from Lafarge on quarry expansion

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 11:53 pm
Lockport School Board adopts budget with 2 percent tax increase

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 11:53 pm
Five school districts rid themselves of recalled food

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 11:21 pm
Chance of sleet, freezing rain a possibility in forecast

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 11:18 pm
Lockport awards ramp contract, but legal challenge is expected

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 10:59 pm
Falls man is threatened by a man with a gun

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 6:05 pm
Woman robs Lockport credit union

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 4:27 pm
Injured Niagara Falls man pleads guilty to selling morphine

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 4:18 pm
Judge urges defendant to take DNA test to clear himself

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 4:16 pm
Falls woman takes plea deal in assaults

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 4:13 pm
Rape charge dismissed against Falls man

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 4:11 pm
Lockport man accused of attempting to strangle a woman

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 4:08 pm
Buffalo Niagara region’s consumer confidence takes a hit

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 11:29 am
Two brush fires extinguished on Niagara Glen hiking trail

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 8:01 am
Hearing set on Lewiston Village sewer, water rates

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 7:56 am
Popular fishing spots open for the season

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 7:54 am
Lockport town attorney resigns; garbage contractor’s pact renewed

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 1:58 am
New tourist boat service planned between North Tonawanda, Niagara Falls

Published: 04/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 1:55 am
Rich Products turns to suppliers in search for E. coli

Published: 04/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 12:46 pm
Elderly mother, daughter victims of North Tonawanda fire

Published: 04/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 1:09 am
Preservation Buffalo Niagara leader welcomes Maid of Mist halt

Published: 04/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 12:46 am
Mihalich ends Niagara run, heads for Hofstra

Published: 04/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/10/2013 12:39 am
Anthony J. ‘Nin’ Angelo, famed bowler was a member of multiple Halls of Fame

Published: 04/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 11:05 pm
Niagara County may make welfare payments directly to landlords

Published: 04/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 10:29 pm
City architectural landmarks set for showcasing at conference

Published: 04/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 9:52 pm

Society of Architectural Historians five-day conference opens in Buffalo Wednesday. Close to 600 people are expected from around the world.
Federal marshals serving a warrant uncover meth lab in Falls

Published: 04/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 9:38 pm
City’s architectural landmarks set for showcasing at conference

Published: 04/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 9:14 pm

Society of Architectural Historians five-day conference opens in Buffalo Wednesday. Close to 600 people are expected from around the world.
Two sisters allegedly stole from family to support drug habit

Published: 04/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 5:29 pm

Two girls charged with stealing bonds and jewelry from mother and grandmother, drugs suspected
Sex offender jailed for failing to report Internet info

Published: 04/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 5:16 pm
Falls man, extradited from Vegas, denies drug charges

Published: 04/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 4:57 pm
Burglar who left diversion program is imprisoned

Published: 04/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 4:55 pm
Former Seneca leader loses bid to regain benefits

Published: 04/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 4:43 pm

Former Seneca Nation leader Bergal Mitchell has lost his suit against the Nation
More than $3,000 worth of prepaid credit cards stolen from van in the Falls

Published: 04/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 4:17 pm

olive garden employee has purse stolen in Falls
Large marijuana growing operation found in Cambria

Published: 04/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 10:13 am
Two women die in North Tonawanda house fire

Published: 04/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 10:11 am
Architectural historians holding conference this week

Published: 04/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 1:44 am
Dining Out for Life to benefit AIDS fight

Published: 04/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 1:40 am
Preservationist cites support from Hornblower amid Maid suit

Published: 04/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/09/2013 1:36 am
Numerous brush fires reported over weekend in Niagara County

Published: 04/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/08/2013 7:42 pm
Falls man sentenced in child porn case.

Published: 04/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/08/2013 6:45 pm
Propane tank leak in Lockport

Published: 04/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/08/2013 5:46 pm

Fire crews respond to a leaking propane tank
Burgard team places 11th in auto tech competition

Published: 04/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/08/2013 4:56 pm
Gallery: Photos of the week

Published: 04/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/08/2013 2:05 pm
Vacant house damaged by fire in Newfane

Published: 04/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/08/2013 12:59 pm
‘Dining Out’ HIV/AIDS fundraiser set for Tuesday

Published: 04/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/08/2013 11:51 am
3 safely escape Dysinger Road house fire

Published: 04/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/08/2013 8:12 am
Police investigate theft from woman’s bank account

Published: 04/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/08/2013 8:08 am
Out-of-control bonfire torches 3 acres in Lockport

Published: 04/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/08/2013 8:06 am
Lake waves rose quickly, rescued boater says

NEWS STAFF REPORTS

Published: 04/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/08/2013 7:52 am
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes to be held April 27

Published: 04/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/08/2013 7:49 am
Volunteers sought for state parks cleanup

Published: 04/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/08/2013 7:46 am
Niagara County Real Estate Transactions

Published: 04/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/08/2013 6:49 am
Sequester expected to cost Roswell Park $6 million in research funds

Published: 04/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 10:06 am
Watchdogs critical of ‘gimmicks’ in state budget

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/08/2013 8:49 am
Deputies release name of bicyclist killed when hit by car

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/08/2013 7:39 am
DEC completes plan for remediation of Lockport dump

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/07/2013 10:30 pm
3 rescued after boat capsizes in Lake Ontario

By Mike Kurilovitch
NIAGARA CORRESPONDENT

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/07/2013 10:25 am
Labor of love lights up Lackawanna church

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/07/2013 10:25 am
Disqualified Olympian sues maker of supplement over failed drug test

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/07/2013 7:30 am
Coast Guard rescues 3 men from frigid Lake Ontario

By Mike Kurilovitch
NIAGARA CORRESPONDENT

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/07/2013 7:25 am
Restaurant review of Los Nino de la Casa Cardenas

By MIKE KURILOVITCH News Niagara Correspondent

Published: 04/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 5:41 pm
Q&A with Rachel Hutchinson, founder of Taste of Jamaica festival

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 5:00 pm
Volunteers needed for Artpark concerts and events

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 4:35 pm
Doctors on call to serve up drinks

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 4:35 pm
Teen suicide prevention has allies at Mental Health Association

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 4:02 pm
Water Board employee running for Falls council seat

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 2:34 pm
Lewiston plans $8 million recreation center

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 1:45 pm
Stepping up to bat for Niagara Hospice

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/02/2013 4:46 pm
Woodcock Brothers beer to be distributed

By Teresa Sharp News Correspondent

Published: 04/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/02/2013 4:34 pm
3 rescued after boat capsizes in Lake Ontario

By Mike Kurilovitch
NIAGARA CORRESPONDENT

Published: 04/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/06/2013 10:52 pm
Disqualified Olympian sues maker of supplement over failed drug test

Published: 04/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/06/2013 6:45 pm
Two escape fire that heavily damages Newfane home

Published: 04/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/06/2013 4:07 pm

fire destroys a house in Newfane
Beilein’s road to Final four started at ECC

Published: 04/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/06/2013 12:13 pm
Judge bars Maid from work on storage site

Published: 04/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/06/2013 11:21 am
Bidding goes awry on Lockport parking ramp demolition

Published: 04/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/06/2013 2:08 am
Newfane home raided as a meth lab by state police and niagara county sheriff

Published: 04/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/06/2013 2:08 am
Slight warm-up expected in area over next few days

Published: 04/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/06/2013 2:00 am
Gun-show operators agree to new rules

Published: 04/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/06/2013 1:43 am
Free workshop to profile business incentive programs

Published: 04/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/06/2013 2:22 am
Double felon assigned to drug-treatment program

Published: 04/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/06/2013 2:22 am
Sex offender avoids jail for moving without notice

Published: 04/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/06/2013 2:22 am
Retrial set for Falls burglary suspect

Published: 04/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/06/2013 2:22 am
Falls man denies selling crack in Lockport

Published: 04/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/06/2013 2:21 am
Bidding goes awry on Lockport parking ramp demolition

Published: 04/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 11:51 pm
Beilein’s road to Final four started at ECC

Published: 04/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 9:30 pm
Newfane home raided as a meth lab by state police and niagara county sheriff

Published: 04/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 8:44 pm
7 Newfane High athletes face shoplifting charges

Published: 04/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 7:52 pm
Man who violated probation facing “shock incarceration” program

Published: 04/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 7:44 pm
U.S. looks to ’02 plan as path to peace

By Sheera Frenkel
MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

Published: 04/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 7:36 pm
Gun-show operators agree to new rules

Published: 04/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 7:36 pm
Judge halts construction of Maid of the Mist facility

Published: 04/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 1:50 pm
Late spring is cold comfort for farmers

Published: 04/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 10:06 am
Free Wilson workshop set on business incentive programs

Published: 04/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 8:02 am
State agency seeks developer for abandoned Falls mall

Published: 04/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 2:01 am
Report of missing kayakers turns out to be unfounded

Published: 04/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 1:32 am
Confession aired in killing of 5-year-old girl in Falls

Published: 04/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/05/2013 7:48 pm
Lockport man pleads guilty to apartment burglary

Published: 04/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/04/2013 4:52 pm
Falls hospital, union reach pact

Published: 04/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/04/2013 7:49 am
Amish boy coming home after 15 months in Boston hospital

Published: 04/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/04/2013 7:44 am
Michael’s Italian Restaurant serves exceptional food at reasonable prices

Published: 04/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/04/2013 6:44 am

Cheap eats review of Michael's in Niagara Falls
Distribution of Yahoo charitable donations questioned

Published: 04/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 8:25 pm
Baldwinsville firm hired to handle Lockport’s ambulance billing

Published: 04/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 10:32 pm
Wife of fugitive sex offender arraigned in Niagara County Court

Published: 04/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 9:44 pm
Thruway Authority cuts more than 200 jobs

Published: 04/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 9:23 pm
Couple’s quarrel resolved but prior criminal case still pending

Published: 04/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 5:22 pm
Fire crews respond to Lockport thrift store

Published: 04/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 5:03 pm

fire crews called to respond to a fire at thrift store
Strange find prompts further testing

Published: 04/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 4:59 pm

horse hair found in rusty barrell
DNA ties parole violator to 2008-09 burglaries

Published: 04/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 4:46 pm
Rape trial postponed as attorneys discover conflict

Published: 04/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 4:44 pm
Homeless man pleads guilty in Falls crime spree

Published: 04/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 4:43 pm
Falls man charged with crack cocaine sales

Published: 04/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 4:41 pm
Rape suspect freed; prosecution admits trial unlikely

Published: 04/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 4:39 pm
Man pleads guilty in electronics store break-in

Published: 04/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 4:35 pm
Apartment found burglarized in Lockport

Published: 04/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 4:29 pm

burglary in Lockport
Traffic stop leads to drug charge

Published: 04/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 4:24 pm

traffic stop leads to drug charge
Contract agreement reached at Niagara Falls Medical Center

Published: 04/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 10:26 am
Head of cocaine ring in Wheatfield gets 8-year prison term

Published: 04/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 7:59 am
Road extension and bridge project authorized

Published: 04/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 2:22 am
Nonprofits here say 24 agencies save taxpayers $200 million

Published: 04/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 12:17 am
In Focus: Barbara Carr, executive director, SPCA Serving Erie County

Published: 04/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 6:39 am
Governor ‘very serious’ about state casino in the Falls

Published: 04/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/03/2013 1:11 am
Memorial Medical Center, union reach tentative pact

Published: 04/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/02/2013 11:44 pm
Information sessions offered for seniors eligible for EPIC

Published: 04/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/02/2013 11:42 pm
Tax credits will help 121,000 in Western New York buy insurance

Published: 04/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/02/2013 9:13 pm
Medina man charged with stealing fish from a Lockport pet store

Published: 04/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/02/2013 5:49 pm

shoplifter steals fish from a pet store
A discarded cigarette leads to fire

Published: 04/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/02/2013 5:26 pm

discard cigarette leads to fire
A vacant building in the Falls is damaged by gunfire

Published: 04/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/02/2013 5:23 pm

three bullet holes in knights of columbus windows
Over $1,000 worth of electronics stolen from Falls vehicle

Published: 04/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/02/2013 5:18 pm

electronics stolen from Falls vehicle
Two locked out end up locked up on felony drug charges

Published: 04/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/02/2013 4:48 pm

drug possession in Lockport hotel
Falls teen jailed on home invasion indictment

Published: 04/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/02/2013 4:39 pm
Cuomo champions newly signed budget during Western New York visit

Published: 04/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/02/2013 12:35 pm
Dyngus Day brings snow, kielbasa to parade route

Published: 04/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/02/2013 3:03 am
Tax break, subsidizing minimum-wage hike more costly than estimated

Published: 04/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/02/2013 1:07 am
McGuire Development plans business ‘incubator’ in Lockport

Published: 04/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/02/2013 12:43 am
Canadians now developing U.S. side of the falls

Published: 04/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/02/2013 12:24 am
Enrollment in NEXUS shows big increase

Published: 04/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/01/2013 10:23 pm
Basom man driving in the dark without lights on charged with aggravated DWI

Published: 04/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/01/2013 6:37 pm

aggravated dwi and unlicensed driver
Two men sought in theft of laptop computers from Walmart

Published: 04/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/01/2013 5:23 pm

two men took laptops and rode off on bike
Gunshots pepper vehicle parked in Falls alley

Published: 04/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/01/2013 4:37 pm

two cases of shots fired
Independent Health reports 2012 net loss of $50.1 million

Published: 04/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/01/2013 1:26 pm
Gallery: Photos of the week

Published: 04/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/01/2013 12:32 pm
Hospital grant aims to reduce drug abuse in young women

Published: 04/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/01/2013 9:21 am
Niagara County Real Estate Transactions

Published: 04/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 04/01/2013 6:43 am
Gathering on Civil War history set for April 20

By Teresa Sharp NIAGARA CORRESPONDENT

Published: 03/31/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/31/2013 12:19 am
Hartland town board to discuss cart-based, twice-a-month recycling program

By Teresa Sharp NIAGARA CORRESPONDENT

Published: 03/31/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/31/2013 12:19 am
Volleyball, softball player is Wilson High’s first to win Niagara PAL Athlete of the Year Award

By Teresa Sharp NIAGARA CORRESPONDENt

Published: 03/31/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/31/2013 12:19 am
Lockport sees success with drug drop off program

Published: 03/31/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/31/2013 12:19 am

Nia/Wknd - Success of drug drop off continues in city
Becker Farms shows how farming can be big business

Published: 03/31/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/31/2013 12:19 am
Finding inspiration in beauty of flowers

Published: 03/31/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/31/2013 12:18 am

A Q&A with Sharon Low, Lewiston Garden Club president
New plans suggested for Rainbow Mall

Published: 03/31/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/31/2013 12:18 am

New study by Urban Land Institute recommends new uses for the vacant Rainbow Centre mall in Niagara Falls.
Barker, Wilson, Lewiston to hold hearings Monday on village budgets

By Teresa Sharp NEWS CORRESPONDENT

Published: 03/31/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/31/2013 12:17 am
Lockport library proposes small tax increase

Published: 03/30/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/30/2013 7:14 pm
Little can of chicken soup carries a lot of weight in online auction

Published: 03/30/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/30/2013 11:24 am
Little can of chicken soup carries a lot of weight in online auction

Published: 03/29/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/29/2013 8:52 pm
Two well-loved Wilson residents mourned following crash

Published: 03/29/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/29/2013 8:01 pm
Lockport police continue hunt for tire-slashing vandals

Published: 03/29/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/29/2013 7:05 pm
Somerset woman charged with welfare fraud

Published: 03/29/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/29/2013 6:59 pm
Falls athletic fields project likely to get Greenway funding

Published: 03/29/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/29/2013 6:37 pm
Barnaby gets $50,000 engagement ring back from ex-fiancee

Published: 03/29/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/29/2013 7:53 am
Border authorities warn of busy weekend on the bridges

Published: 03/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/29/2013 12:33 am
Assembly moves quickly toward budget passage

Published: 03/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/29/2013 12:02 am
Community Health Assessment to begin in Niagara

Published: 03/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 10:50 pm
Animal cruelty charges dismissed against Lockport dog breeder

Published: 03/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 10:43 pm

Animal cruelty charges dismissed in case of lady found with more than 60 Pomeranians
Two well-loved Wilson residents mourned following crash

Published: 03/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 10:36 pm

wilson fatal update
Five-day jail term wraps up burglary case

Published: 03/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 9:13 pm
Teen burglar pleads guilty, faces 15-year sentence

Published: 03/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 9:08 pm
Clarence man admits using forged pill prescription

Published: 03/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 9:05 pm
Man charged with three Niagara Falls cocaine deals

Published: 03/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 9:02 pm
Shot fired in an armed robbery in Falls

Published: 03/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 6:36 pm

store robbed of cash
Man found stopped in roadway charged with drunken driving

Published: 03/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 6:31 pm

Driver inhaling gas and charged with DWI
Grease fire causes heavy damage in Falls

Published: 03/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 6:21 pm

grease fire causes heavy damage. dog rescued
Luna’s star about to rise higher as cub goes on display

Published: 03/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 12:50 pm
National Fuel Gas Co. proposes freezing delivery rates

Published: 03/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 10:12 am
3 dead after collisions in Wilson, Byron

News Staff Reports

Published: 03/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 9:47 pm
New pope’s simple lifestyle spurs debate about bishop’s mansion

Published: 03/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 8:16 am
Districts welcome boost in state aid

By Barbara O’Brien News Staff Reporter

Published: 03/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/28/2013 8:03 am

School districts facing $1 million-plus budget gaps are relieved at news.
Lockport plans school tax increase, sets policy on renaming schools

Published: 03/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/27/2013 10:58 pm
Mongielo continues to deny court’s authority in sign case

Published: 03/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/27/2013 10:46 pm
Cambria woman takes plea deal in drugstore burglaries

Published: 03/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/27/2013 8:41 pm
Man sentenced to probation in Falls drug case

Published: 03/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/27/2013 8:38 pm
Probation violation charged against driver in DWI fatal

Published: 03/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/27/2013 8:24 pm
Defiant burglary suspect takes plea deal

Published: 03/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/27/2013 8:22 pm
Falls man draws five years in prison for double stabbing

Published: 03/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/27/2013 8:19 pm
Ex-trooper gets probation for role in parties with prostitutes

Published: 03/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/27/2013 1:00 pm

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Physicians group announces new leadership

Published: 03/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/27/2013 8:37 am
Sex offender awaiting sentencing is charged again

Published: 03/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/27/2013 8:30 am
NT highway chief gets OK for new way to level sidewalks

Published: 03/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/27/2013 8:27 am

NT Public works director has developed a plan, inspired by the work of a Tonawanda concrete company, to straighten crooked "trip hazard" sidewalks instead of the more usual, and expensive, strategy of simply replacing them...
Niagara Falls business owner shot by two posing as deliverymen

Published: 03/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/27/2013 1:31 am

Niagara Falls police are investigating an overnight shooting in Niagara Falls
Town of Niagara acts on expansion

By Thad Komorowski Niagara correspondent

Published: 03/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/27/2013 1:29 am
State budget increases school aid by $1 billion

By Barbara O’Brien News Staff Reporter

Published: 03/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/27/2013 8:35 am

State aid for schools
High court hesitant to hear ban on gay marriage in first such case

Published: 03/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/27/2013 12:43 am
Catholic Charities at 80 percent of goal

Published: 03/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 11:52 pm
It’s not Easter without kielbasa for many WNY families

Published: 03/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 11:34 pm
Man on a bicycle is a suspect in three robberies

Published: 03/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 10:27 pm
Three men are charged in Lockport assault

Published: 03/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 10:26 pm
Man who shot up a passing vehicle pleads guilty

Published: 03/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 8:55 pm
Man pleads guilty to unemployment benefit fraud

Published: 03/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 8:51 pm
Cuban may be deported after serving time for pot, fraud

Published: 03/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 8:48 pm
Olmsted Parks gives Herrera-Mishler seven-year contract extension

Published: 03/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 8:48 pm
Owen named president of Olmsted Center for Sight

Published: 03/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 8:48 pm
NT man, wanted for 25 years, appears in court

Published: 03/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 8:44 pm
Gasport man charged with stalking

Published: 03/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 8:37 pm

Gasport man accused of looking into a juvenile female's bedroom window
Tourists loses a knapsack with thousands of dollars worth of gold and jewelry

Published: 03/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 6:58 pm

knapsack with thousands of dollars worth of jewelry reported stolen in Falls
Fight is on to restore Golden Age Games here

Published: 03/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 12:59 pm

games golden agers
United Way Niagara announces award recipients

Published: 03/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 8:37 am
USA Niagara president cited by state development agency

Published: 03/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 1:06 am
State Senate passes law named in honor of Alix Rice

Published: 03/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 12:56 am
Partnership, business groups upset over state budget

Published: 03/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 9:42 am
Fire engulfs shed in Hartland

Published: 03/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 8:20 am
AES plant worker hurt by falling pipe

Published: 03/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/26/2013 8:19 am
Man in raft with bicycle charged in Canada after crossing Lower Niagara River

Published: 03/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/25/2013 11:27 pm

Chinese man in his 30's arrested after he crosses Lower Niagara River from U.S. into Canada
Niagara landfill ends Saturday hours during off-season

Published: 03/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/25/2013 10:16 pm
Davis sentencing in Falls killing delayed; judge mulls new trial

Published: 03/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/25/2013 10:02 pm
Falls police investigating six unrelated armed robberies

Published: 03/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/25/2013 10:00 pm
Cash and family photos stolen in Royalton burglary

Published: 03/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/25/2013 6:44 pm

window forced open in Royalton burglary
Taxi driver accused of fighting with customer and driving off with her money

Published: 03/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/25/2013 6:41 pm

cab driver accused of taking fare's money and driving off
Fresh indictment unsealed against convicted sex offender

Published: 03/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/25/2013 4:58 pm
Theft of $311,000 earns paralegal time in prison

Published: 03/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/25/2013 12:54 pm
Gallery: Photos of the week

Published: 03/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/25/2013 12:32 pm
Davis sentencing delayed as attorney seeks to cancel verdict

Published: 03/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/25/2013 10:47 am
Storytellers Conference April 13 at UB

Published: 03/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/25/2013 8:35 am
Niagara County Real Estate Transactions

Published: 03/25/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/25/2013 7:06 am
In ski country, winter is still going strong

Published: 03/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/24/2013 10:35 pm

Long tentacles of winter story focused on Holiday Valley ski resort
Three arrested in beating of Lockport woman

Published: 03/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/24/2013 8:45 pm
Catholic Charities on pace with $8.25 million

News staff report

Published: 03/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/24/2013 6:09 pm
Myrna Young on Women’s History Month

Published: 03/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/24/2013 12:25 am

This is an interview with Lewiston resident Myrna Young, executive director of Everywoman Opportunity centers
Recent homicides bring urgent focus to issue of avoiding more tragedies from domestic violence

Published: 03/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/24/2013 12:25 am

tragic murder is a reminder of domestic violence
Lockport School Board considers renaming junior high for desegregation pioneer

Published: 03/24/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/24/2013 12:24 am
Stars come out in force for pre-telethon revue

By Seamus Gallivan

News Contributing reviewer

Published: 03/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/23/2013 11:59 pm
Downtown parking to be examined in Lockport

Published: 03/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/23/2013 11:16 pm
Ordinary bus ride results in extraordinary actions from a Lewiston-Porter student

Published: 03/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/23/2013 11:14 pm

Alexandra “Alex” Tavano knew something wasn’t right when her school bus to Lewiston-Porter High pulled up to a stop but the doors didn’t swing open. The kids outside were banging on the windows, asking to be let in. Then someone announced that the driver had passed out.
Gonzalez entitled to return of animals, judge rules

Published: 03/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/23/2013 11:05 pm
Marine killed in training exercise was Jamestown native

Published: 03/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/23/2013 11:04 pm
Four companies join Yahoo in hydropower deals

Published: 03/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/23/2013 11:01 pm
Recent homicides bring urgent focus to issue of avoiding more tragedies from domestic violence

Published: 03/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/23/2013 9:45 pm

tragic murder is a reminder of domestic violence
Town of Lockport water superintendent to help out in retirement

Published: 03/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/23/2013 9:44 pm
New mayors take the reins in Wilson, Barker

By Teresa Sharp

News Correspondent

Published: 03/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/23/2013 9:42 pm
Awards to state parks workers laud hard work, creativity, excellence

Published: 03/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/23/2013 9:42 pm
Myrna Young on Women’s History Month

Published: 03/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/23/2013 9:41 pm

This is an interview with Lewiston resident Myrna Young, executive director of Everywoman Opportunity centers
Lockport School Board considers renaming junior high for desegregation pioneer

Published: 03/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/23/2013 9:41 pm
Little-known Civil War hero won medal he never received

By Teresa Sharp

News Correspondent

Published: 03/23/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/23/2013 9:41 pm
A pal for baby polar bear at zoo

Published: 03/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/23/2013 2:33 pm

Orphaned polar bear cub coming to Buffalo Zoo this spring.
Buffalo continues to climb on nationwide survey of bookish cities

Published: 03/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 10:13 pm
Attacker jailed to await substance abuse treatment

Published: 03/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 9:56 pm
Lockport man wins appeal of sentence in drug case

Published: 03/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 9:52 pm
Sex offender imprisoned after committing another sex crime

Published: 03/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 9:52 pm
Inmate denies heroin sale charges

Published: 03/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 8:19 pm
Tuscarora man draws praise as he is imprisoned in DWI fatal

Published: 03/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 7:22 pm
Falls airport tower spared sequester shutdown

FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

Published: 03/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 7:17 pm
Wallenda feels like ‘kid at Disney World’ in return visit to Niagara Falls

Published: 03/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 2:27 pm

Nik Wallenda is back in town, may be putting attraction here.
Veteran educator runs for Falls Council

Published: 03/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 9:15 am
CWM pays $892,994 to Porter, Lewiston, 3 school districts

Published: 03/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 9:13 am
Yahoo to hire 115 for second data center, call center in Lockport

Published: 03/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 1:15 am
City Council meeting time change sparks outcry

Published: 03/22/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 12:03 am

Niagara Falls City Council is moving its meeting times, and the public is not happy.
Spring is upon us, but recent pattern of cold, snowy days is par for course

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 5:44 pm

Wintry Weather continues to pummel parts of WNY.
Skelos opposes movie industry exemption from gun law

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/22/2013 7:44 am
Three imprisoned in near-fatal shooting of teen in Falls

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 11:57 pm
Niagara Wheatfield limits tax hike possible in budget plan to 5.91%

By Thad Komorowski

Niagara correspondent

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 11:53 pm
Cyberattacks could be fatal to small companies, Collins warns

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 10:14 pm
Wallenda will return to Niagara Falls

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 9:13 pm
Drug seller, drunken driver plead guilty before Kloch

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 9:00 pm
City of Tonawanda man draws probation in painkiller case

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 8:55 pm
Man pleads guilty to Lockport stabbing

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 8:51 pm
Woman pleads guilty in forged check scam

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 8:47 pm
Judge orders mental competency exam for murder defendant

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 8:41 pm
Ransomville woman pleads to federal drug charges

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 8:25 pm
Over $2,000 worth of copper pipe stolen in Newfane

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 5:43 pm

Over $2,000 worth of copper pipe stolen from an abandoned building in Newfane
Two suspected drug houses were closed in unrelated raids by Falls police

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 5:39 pm
A Falls man is beaten and slashed in a knifepoint robbery

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 5:27 pm

Falls man is beaten and robbed at knifepoint
Copper thefts reported in Niagara Falls

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 5:19 pm

copper thefts in falls
West Seneca man accused of stealing silver antiques and jewelry

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 5:14 pm

man wanted in jewelry theft caught
NRA group files suit here against state gun law

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 1:41 pm
Yahoo to hire 115 for second data center, call center in Lockport

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 10:15 am
Niagara Legislature refinances old bonds

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 8:28 am
Cuomo, lawmakers reach accord on 2013 state budget

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 2:46 am
Remnants from meth lab removed from Niagara Falls home

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 12:36 am

Niagara Falls police found remnants of a meth lab in a basement on 18th Street
Topic at St. Joe’s will be ‘Higher Education in WNY’

Published: 03/21/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 12:03 am
High price of success

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 11:24 am
Crosby comes with much praise

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 6:14 am
Cuomo now backs allowing 10-bullet gun clips

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 2:35 am
Veteran pleads not guilty to 1st SAFE Act violation

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/21/2013 12:27 am

profile of defendant in safe act arrest and court folo
Bids for demolition of ramp downtown are due April 5

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 11:52 pm
Completion date set for work on original Erie Canal locks

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 11:50 pm
Panel OKs Gillbrand measure on Asian carp lake invasion

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 11:49 pm
Lockport Council authorizes $1.35M in borrowing

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 10:42 pm
Falls murder defendant rejects plea offer

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 10:41 pm
Exterminator tries to clear sea gulls from planned Lockport Walmart

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 10:41 pm
Oracle of Omaha picks Gonzaga to win

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 10:34 pm

Warren Buffett
Falls man denies sexual abuse charges

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 10:12 pm
Trial scrubbed as defendant undergoes mental exams

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 10:10 pm
Falls man awoken and robbed

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 8:43 pm

three men break in while man is sleeping
Lockport woman found driving a stolen vehicle also a suspect in an attempted robbery

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 8:40 pm

women faces a long list of charges after she is found in a stolen car
Falls woman has her vehicle’s rear window shot out as she stops for gas

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 8:38 pm

A woman has her car window shattered while getting gas at a Falls gas station
Three masked men enter a home and pistol whip a Falls man and his wife

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 8:36 pm

man and his wife are pistol whipped and robbed in their Eighth street home
Dems in Niagara Legislature back Bills move to Falls

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 5:48 pm
Adult women face deadline to apply for scholarships

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 1:33 am
German Easter traditions will be topic Saturday

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 1:31 am
SPCA of Niagara hosting Easter egg hunt, other events

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 1:29 am
Proposed Yahoo expansion would add 115 jobs

Published: 03/20/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 12:23 am
Koelmel replaced in rift with bank board

Published: 03/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 10:15 am

John Koelmel replaced
Man caught in police chase, accused of stealing appliances

Published: 03/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 8:17 am

Man caught after burglary call and chase.
Man allegedly dealing drugs at Niagara Falls motel

Published: 03/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 8:16 am

Dealer busted operating out of a room in a Niagara Falls motel.
Giving gift of reading to the needy, Books for Kids kicks off 19th drive

Published: 03/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/20/2013 12:27 am
A long road to eternal rest as a handyman’s daughter embraces him anew

Published: 03/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/19/2013 11:41 pm
Two new mayors elected in Niagara County

By Teresa Sharp

Niagara correspondent

Published: 03/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/19/2013 10:48 pm
Smith issue continues to roil Niagara Legislature

Published: 03/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/19/2013 9:26 pm
Judge OKs adding 10 defendants to Love Canal lawsuit

Published: 03/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/19/2013 9:12 pm
Falls sex offender admits felony

Published: 03/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/19/2013 6:09 pm
Former county official becomes the victim of identity fraud

Published: 03/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/19/2013 5:30 pm

Former county treasurer is the victim of identity fraud
Jogging off-duty officers help rescue Lockport man from burning home

Published: 03/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/19/2013 9:46 am
Goodwill opens retail store at Mid-City Plaza on Payne

Published: 03/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/19/2013 8:00 am
Village elections are today

Published: 03/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/19/2013 7:46 am
Niagara Falls says no thanks to help from Buffalo-based charities

Published: 03/19/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/19/2013 12:41 am
Ex-restaurateur faces prison, deportation after admitting to sexually abusing girl

Published: 03/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/18/2013 10:47 pm
Yahoo to meet with Lockport IDA about expansion plan

Published: 03/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/18/2013 7:42 pm
Town of Niagara burglary suspect being sought

Published: 03/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/18/2013 6:42 pm
Deputies track down man who fled on foot, leaving drugs behind in a rental car

Published: 03/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/18/2013 4:51 pm
African Children’s Choir broadens horizons in Buffalo visit

Published: 03/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/18/2013 3:03 pm
Fire destroys Falls garage, damages car

Published: 03/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/18/2013 1:46 pm
Mixed bag of late-winter weather heading this way

Published: 03/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/18/2013 10:01 am
Niagara County real estate transactions

Published: 03/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/18/2013 9:53 am
Niagara County seeks $2 million in sixth Medicaid lawsuit

Published: 03/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/18/2013 9:12 am
‘Training wage’ poses Albany budget snag as Democrats resist GOP in talks over minimum

Published: 03/18/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/18/2013 9:00 am
Buffalo Niagara region’s most and least effective leaders

Published: 03/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/18/2013 9:01 am
African Children’s Choir broadens horizons in Buffalo visit

Published: 03/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/18/2013 9:00 am
Lack of ‘dark fiber’ hinders data center deals for Lockport IDA

Published: 03/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/17/2013 7:12 pm
How the News’ survey was done

Published: 03/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/16/2013 10:33 pm
Survey respondents identify leaders beyond the News’ 25

Published: 03/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/16/2013 10:32 pm
Real Irish aren't wearin' the green on St. Patrick's Day

Published: 03/17/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/16/2013 11:27 pm
Niagara County inundated with pistol permit, ‘opt-out’ applications

Published: 03/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/17/2013 11:07 am
Niagara County looks to polls as village elections play out

By Teresa Sharp

Niagara Correspondent

Published: 03/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/16/2013 11:13 pm
Q&A: Greg Lureman, of Twin Cities Community Outreach, finds joy in volunteering

Published: 03/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/16/2013 10:26 pm
Revitalizing downtown ‘from the ground up’ seen as key as national experts are upbeat on Falls

Published: 03/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/16/2013 10:24 pm
St. Pat’s Party, parade turn Falls Irish for a day

Published: 03/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/16/2013 10:23 pm
Booming ice cream maker seeks IDA tax break

Published: 03/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/16/2013 8:07 pm
Gliding Stars gives people with challenges a place to shine

Published: 03/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/16/2013 8:06 pm
Antiques take center stage in Niagara County – and yes, you can buy them

By Teresa Sharp

Niagara Correspondent

Published: 03/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/16/2013 8:04 pm
Tasered robber pleads guilty, is promised reduced sentence

Published: 03/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/16/2013 7:34 pm
Victims in North Tonawanda car-pedestrian crash sue driver, city

Published: 03/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/16/2013 7:26 pm
Judge reinstates – and warns – Hartland firefighter

Published: 03/16/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/16/2013 6:34 pm
Heritage brings healing

Published: 03/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/16/2013 3:10 pm
Child molester who fled trial is jailed in Lockport

Published: 03/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/16/2013 2:44 pm
New Niagara Falls program turns rundown houses into hope

Published: 03/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/16/2013 9:09 am
Appellate court upholds Allen’s murder conviction in counselor killing

Published: 03/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/15/2013 10:18 pm
Falls narcotics officers arrest two, seizing drugs, cash in two raids

Published: 03/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/15/2013 9:51 pm
Former heroin addict succeeds in diversion program

Published: 03/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/15/2013 8:21 pm
Two women plead guilty in forged check scam

Published: 03/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/15/2013 8:17 pm
North Tonawanda woman admits to burglary, purse theft

Published: 03/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/15/2013 8:14 pm
Falls man with domestic violence history imprisoned

Published: 03/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/15/2013 8:13 pm
Mom who drove under the influence avoids jail

Published: 03/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/15/2013 8:10 pm
Falls air base will lose two planes, not four

Published: 03/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/15/2013 7:14 am
State likely to take on cleanup of ravine filled with incinerator ash

Published: 03/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/15/2013 12:16 am
Judge orders stabber to admit to his family that he was at fault

Published: 03/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/15/2013 12:16 am
DWI-related injuries charged in Falls-area cases

Published: 03/15/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/15/2013 12:15 am
Coming soon: ‘Hockey Heaven,’ the Sabres’ two-rink showcase across the street from home ice

Published: 03/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/15/2013 7:07 am
Variance gives green light to building of Dollar General

Published: 03/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/14/2013 11:14 pm
Falls men arraigned on painkiller charges

Published: 03/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/14/2013 9:13 pm
Former mattress store worker denies thefts

Published: 03/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/14/2013 9:08 pm
Armed robber draws 12-year sentence

Published: 03/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/14/2013 9:04 pm
Judge upholds Niagara SPCA’s $1,000 membership charge

Published: 03/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/14/2013 1:45 pm
Focus of conference will be faith and hunger

Published: 03/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/14/2013 1:46 am
Canal center gets grant to produce brochure

Published: 03/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/14/2013 1:43 am
Lockport allows Conservancy access to city property

Published: 03/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/14/2013 1:43 am
Furloughs set for 280 at Falls base

Published: 03/14/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/14/2013 12:56 am
Locally, pontiff’s cultural, Jesuit heritages are embraced

Published: 03/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/14/2013 10:01 am
Tam Ceramics’ tax break revoked; company owes county $627,000

Published: 03/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/13/2013 10:27 pm
Woman surrenders in Lockport dog theft

Published: 03/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/13/2013 6:57 pm
Lockport judge sets trial in animal cruelty case

Published: 03/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/13/2013 6:50 pm
Falls man charged in crack case; Rochester man pleads

Published: 03/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/13/2013 6:38 pm
Falls woman avoids jail in Leandra’s Law case

Published: 03/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/13/2013 6:33 pm
Man in uniform wrote bad checks for his gambling - not deployment

Published: 03/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/13/2013 6:15 pm
Burglary trial on hold after defendant goes to mental unit

Published: 03/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/13/2013 2:38 pm
Niagara IDA names new chairman, OKs four tax breaks

Published: 03/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/13/2013 2:11 pm
Niagara University names Vincentian priest as new president

Published: 03/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/13/2013 12:20 pm
Niagara Legislature OKs bond refinancing

Published: 03/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/13/2013 9:12 am
Hearing today on Fashion Outlets tax break

Published: 03/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/13/2013 9:11 am
Political charges fly over Smith’s departure

Published: 03/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/13/2013 2:50 am
Three Gratwick Park concerts in the works

Published: 03/13/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/13/2013 2:49 am
Rep. Collins backs Ryan plan to balance budget in 10 years

Published: 03/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/13/2013 12:44 am
Three illegal aliens stopped at bridges from canada

Published: 03/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/12/2013 9:16 pm
Alleged getaway driver arrested in Lockport bank heist

Published: 03/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/12/2013 8:29 pm
Fire heavily damages Town of Niagara apartment complex

Published: 03/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/12/2013 8:22 pm
Niagara County Real Estate Transactions

Published: 03/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/12/2013 11:17 am
Grand Island schools talk possible personnel cuts, solar panels

By Laura E. Winchester

SUBURBAN CORRESPONDENT

Published: 03/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/12/2013 2:15 am
Veterans forum to discuss infection diseases

Published: 03/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/12/2013 2:14 am
Tourism, business leaders come out in support of Maid of the Mist

Published: 03/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/12/2013 2:14 am
With cap in place, Niagara Wheatfield School District faces $1.4 million shortfall

By Thad Komorowski

Niagara correspondent

Published: 03/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/12/2013 2:13 am
Three arrests reported in Impact Zone fights

Published: 03/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/12/2013 1:23 am
Clerk’s Office to accept electronically filed forms

Published: 03/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/12/2013 12:59 am
Lockport companies to seek IDA aid for expansions

Published: 03/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/12/2013 12:57 am
Tourism officials join Canadian marketing effort

Published: 03/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/12/2013 12:55 am
Construction career fair planned for March 20

Published: 03/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/12/2013 12:48 am
Airport announces debut of reserved, covered parking

Published: 03/12/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/12/2013 12:44 am
Amid SAFE Act, two new indoor gun ranges on tap

Published: 03/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/12/2013 7:46 am
Riviera poised for brighter lights

Published: 03/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/11/2013 7:29 pm
Alleged drug trafficker from Puerto Rico arrested

Published: 03/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/11/2013 5:27 pm
Falls man charged with Friday’s Lockport bank robbery

Published: 03/11/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/11/2013 8:51 am
Many Love Canal plaintiffs no longer live in Falls

Published: 03/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/11/2013 6:26 am
Hamburg girl wins News spelling bee after long competition

Published: 03/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/10/2013 11:31 pm
Gun-control laws create ‘stampede’ of weapon buying

Published: 03/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/10/2013 8:36 am
Do Catholics care who fills Peter’s chair?

Published: 03/10/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/10/2013 8:28 am
From the blotter / Police calls and court cases, Feb. 21 to March 2

Published: 03/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/09/2013 11:13 pm
Picture a penguin and win a prize

By Teresa Sharp

News niagara correspondent

Published: 03/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/09/2013 11:13 pm
Niagara Wheatfield board votes to keep tax hike under limits

By Thad Komoroswki

News Niagara Correspondent

Published: 03/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/09/2013 11:10 pm
Dollar General prepared to build in Wilson

By Teresa Sharp

NIAGARA CORRESPONDENT

Published: 03/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/09/2013 11:09 pm
Four community leaders to be honored for contributions

Published: 03/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/09/2013 11:09 pm
Mist-ified by lawsuit? Pay attention as state, Falls boat tour operator defend themselves in court

Published: 03/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/09/2013 11:08 pm
A river rescue by Officer Daryl Truty

Published: 03/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/09/2013 11:08 pm
DEC plans Thursday meeting on capping ash in Lockport ravine

Published: 03/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/09/2013 11:06 pm
NYSEG plans excavation of Lockport street to remove coal tar

Published: 03/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/09/2013 11:06 pm
GOP charges that timing of Smith’s departure is tied to health insurance

Published: 03/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/09/2013 11:06 pm
New radio system part of planned Niagara security boosts

Published: 03/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/09/2013 9:08 pm
College fair to feature workshops, 200 schools

Published: 03/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/09/2013 9:03 pm
NU coach is certain his mom’s spirit infused team

Published: 03/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/09/2013 8:19 am
Niagara SPCA volunteers plan rally

Published: 03/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/09/2013 12:24 am
NACC plans art auction, basket raffle

Published: 03/09/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/09/2013 12:23 am
UB, EPA to host green infrastructure forum Tuesday

Published: 03/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/11/2013 9:31 am
DeMarco hangs up badge after 26 years with Niagara Falls Police Department

Published: 03/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/09/2013 11:13 pm
Lawsuits put Maid of Mist in a bind as time is running out for construction to begin

Published: 03/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/09/2013 1:34 am
Teen arrested in Newfane ‘milk smashing’ prank

Published: 03/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 11:48 pm
Court cancels transfer of contaminated Lockport store

Published: 03/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 11:13 pm
Hospital launches Medicaid center

Published: 03/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 11:13 pm
Fire damages Town of Lockport house

Published: 03/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 10:47 pm
Teaming up to take on cancer of the colon

Published: 03/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 9:15 pm
Authorities call off search for body in Niagara Gorge

Published: 03/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 9:05 pm
Sex offender pleads guilty in three cases, faces more charges

Published: 03/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 8:27 pm
Man robs Lockport M&T Bank branch

Published: 03/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 8:13 pm
Peace Bridge plan will restore Front Park

Published: 03/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 7:43 pm
Falls man gets 2 years in prison for drug-dealing

Published: 03/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 8:35 am
Hartland woman gets probation for role in burglaries

Published: 03/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 8:31 am
All brush collection will be on same day in Lockport

Published: 03/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 1:58 am
Postal Service attempting to fill 50 carrier positions

Published: 03/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 1:52 am
Alleged shooter of 2-year-old loses his lawyer

Published: 03/08/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 12:19 am
Extended benefits for jobless are being cut

Published: 03/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 9:11 pm
Teen charged in Newfane “milk smashing” case

Published: 03/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/08/2013 2:56 pm
Florida woman accused of ripping off parents in Falls

Published: 03/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/07/2013 6:51 pm
Two Lockport teens stopped for reckless driving and underage drinking

Published: 03/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/07/2013 6:11 pm
Furnace, water heater, pipes stolen from Falls home

Published: 03/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/07/2013 3:37 pm
Two gas stations hit by robbers, including one with assailant wearing hockey mask

Published: 03/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/07/2013 2:57 pm
Falls man faces drug charges after a vehicle search

Published: 03/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/07/2013 2:46 pm
Check Out Hunger drive draws record donations

Published: 03/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/07/2013 12:38 am
City plans new water line to serve school

Published: 03/07/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/07/2013 12:08 am
United Way of Greater Niagara to review all funded agencies

Published: 03/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/07/2013 12:50 pm
Will new breed of high-tech smart watches catch on?

Published: 03/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/07/2013 9:59 am
Former Somerset justice placed on probation in car incident

Published: 03/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/07/2013 12:52 am
Residents again batter Lockport Town Board over Lafarge

Published: 03/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/06/2013 10:54 pm
State Supreme Court rules in favor of N. Tonawanda dispatch

Published: 03/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/06/2013 10:11 pm
Newfane woman removed from treatment program, faces prison

Published: 03/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/06/2013 4:28 pm
Woman indicted on check scam, two drugstore burglaries

Published: 03/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/06/2013 4:26 pm
Bouncer sent to jail after denying role in beating

Published: 03/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/06/2013 4:23 pm
Man found in ditched car pleads guilty to felony DWI

Published: 03/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/06/2013 4:21 pm
Two-story house in Cambria heavily damaged by fire

Published: 03/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/06/2013 4:01 pm
Falls man sent to prison in hit-run that killed woman, injured son

Published: 03/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/06/2013 12:06 pm
Former Summit Mall may be bought, revived

Published: 03/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/06/2013 6:57 am
‘Milk smashing’ pranks are online, local trend

Published: 03/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/06/2013 6:52 am
Ross saluted at 200th meeting as Legislature chairman

Published: 03/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/06/2013 12:34 am
North Tonawanda will borrow $1.9 million for equipment, repairs

Published: 03/06/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/06/2013 12:34 am
First female federal judge is on horizon for WNY

Published: 03/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/06/2013 9:10 am
13 WNY nursing homes get top ranking; 8 others rated worst

Published: 03/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/06/2013 7:47 am
In Focus: Franklin J. Sciortino

By Brian Meyer

News Staff Reporter

Published: 03/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/06/2013 7:07 am
8 security cameras installed at SPCA of Niagara

Published: 03/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/05/2013 11:56 pm
Protest targets proposal to cut disability services

Published: 03/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/05/2013 11:37 pm
History Center receives grant linked to War of 1812

Published: 03/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/05/2013 11:32 pm
Mayoral candidates will debate Thursday

Published: 03/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/05/2013 11:29 pm
Grants will fund initiative to help seniors prevent falls

Published: 03/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/05/2013 10:55 pm
Trek lease should be signed today, Tucker says

Published: 03/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/05/2013 10:31 pm
Lockport man pistol-whipped and robbed in his home

Published: 03/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/05/2013 4:36 pm
Falls secretary injured when she fights off an office robbery

Published: 03/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/05/2013 4:34 pm
Fifty cats taken from an abandoned North Tonawanda home

Published: 03/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/05/2013 10:57 am
Batavia man charged with DWI under Leandra’s Law

Published: 03/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/05/2013 8:48 am
Safety Conference set March 13-14

Published: 03/05/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/05/2013 7:22 am
Falls seeks spot in Cuomo’s aid program

Published: 03/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/05/2013 12:35 am
Acquest project at Fort Niagara park moving forward

By Teresa Sharp

Niagara correspondent

Published: 03/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/05/2013 12:17 am
‘Alternative healing services’ to set up shop on Grand St.

Published: 03/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/04/2013 11:00 pm
Alzheimer’s Association offering online training

Published: 03/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/04/2013 10:58 pm
Workshop to break down issues of farm funding

Published: 03/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/04/2013 10:54 pm
Health Foundation announces grants for fall-prevention initiatives

Published: 03/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/04/2013 10:53 pm
Honor Flight Buffalo schedules two trips to Washington, D.C.

Published: 03/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/04/2013 10:53 pm
Ten potential defendants added to Love Canal suit

Published: 03/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/04/2013 10:16 pm
Coin-operated dryer damaged in Lockport

Published: 03/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/04/2013 4:49 pm
Three charged with drunken driving after Polar Bear Swim

Published: 03/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/04/2013 4:34 pm
Falls man reports $3,800 damage to vehicle

Published: 03/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/04/2013 4:16 pm
Canadian rival sues over New York’s deal with ‘Maid’

Published: 03/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/04/2013 3:50 pm
Niagara County Real Estate Transactions

Published: 03/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/04/2013 1:14 pm
Photos of the week

Published: 03/04/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/04/2013 1:03 pm
Swindled clients get $164,564 from lawyers’ fund

Published: 03/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/04/2013 2:53 pm
UB goes to great lengths to recruit top medical talent to Buffalo

Published: 03/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/04/2013 9:04 am
Polar plungers take a wade-and-see approach

Published: 03/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/04/2013 9:03 am
Charles J. Montedoro, history teacher, football coach

Published: 03/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/03/2013 11:56 pm
Both longtime and new officers honored at Niagara Falls Police Awards

Published: 03/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/03/2013 7:36 pm
Parents seek aid for prescription drug addicts

Published: 03/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 11:34 pm
Canadian casinos, in midst of swift decline, offer lesson for New York

Published: 03/03/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 11:34 pm
Cigarette distributors face lawsuit

Published: 03/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 11:35 pm
Gun buybacks a success in Lockport and Niagara Falls

Published: 03/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 11:35 pm
Trying to solve an identity crisis, forum will focus on Main Street in Falls

Published: 03/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 11:35 pm
Keepsake coin to honor Tuscaroras, raise funds for monument

Published: 03/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 11:34 pm
Community garden seeds being planted in Lockport by nonprofit group Imagine

Published: 03/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 11:34 pm
From the blotter / Police calls and court cases, Feb. 19 to 26

Published: 03/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 11:34 pm
Niagara Honor Roll / Achievers and achievements

Published: 03/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 11:34 pm
Niagara County meetings and hearings this week

Published: 03/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 11:34 pm
Restaurant Review / Niagara’s biggest fish secret

By Mike Kurilovitch

NIAGARA CORRESPONDENT

Published: 03/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 11:34 pm
Volunteer with style improves others’ lives

Published: 03/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 11:34 pm
Plan to build canal boat for Lockport locks is unfunded

Published: 03/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 11:34 pm
Man Tasered for DNA sample refuses to give another

Published: 03/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 11:00 pm
Driver lands on LaSalle Expressway after high-speed crash

Published: 03/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 8:51 pm
Electronics and designer watches stolen in a Falls burglary

Published: 03/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 8:00 pm
Residents may bring court challenge to Lafarge expansion

Published: 03/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 7:37 pm
News publication WNY Refresh will make its debut next Saturday

Published: 03/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 2:07 am
Sequestration cuts go into effect, have little local impact

Published: 03/02/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 12:13 am
Convenience store robber to serve up to 15 years

Published: 03/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/02/2013 12:20 am
Local governments group votes for repeal of state’s gun safety law.

Published: 03/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/01/2013 11:26 pm
Red Cross assisted 110 after fires in February

Published: 03/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/01/2013 11:25 pm
Officials honor Olcott firefighters for lake rescue

Published: 03/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/01/2013 10:47 pm
Falls Heritage Area offers grants

Published: 03/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/01/2013 10:47 pm
Lawsuit seeks to invalidate Niagara SPCA election

Published: 03/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/01/2013 9:45 pm
Gunman placed on probation, at least for now

Published: 03/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/01/2013 8:59 pm
Man indicted on charges of pot growing, gun possession

Published: 03/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/01/2013 8:59 pm
Convicted robber admits to Falls shooting

Published: 03/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/01/2013 8:59 pm
Man pleads not guilty to indictment over beating

Published: 03/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/01/2013 8:59 pm
Search for jumper at Grand Island bridge proves unsuccessful

Published: 03/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/01/2013 8:50 pm
Church Notes / News of area faith groups

Published: 03/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/01/2013 7:21 pm
Accused killer rejects plea, may argue self-defense

Published: 03/01/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 03/01/2013 12:48 am
Metro Rail extension eyed to shuttle workers to Medical Campus

Published: 02/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/28/2013 11:05 pm
Niagara Health Dept. seeks more security amid wandering patients

Published: 02/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/28/2013 10:43 pm
Sex offender avoids prison for failure to register

Published: 02/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/28/2013 9:07 pm
Man accused of rape given deadline to plead guilty

Published: 02/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/28/2013 9:04 pm
North Tonawanda Police Chief Randy Szukala to retire

Published: 02/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/28/2013 8:59 pm
Youngstown burglar pleads guilty

Published: 02/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/28/2013 7:37 pm
Lockport developers face new storm water regulations

Published: 02/28/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/28/2013 1:14 am
More than 550 notices of claim have been filed in Love Canal lawsuit

Published: 02/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/28/2013 12:33 pm
Fashion Outlets seeks tax incentives for 50-store expansion

Published: 02/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/27/2013 9:53 pm
Judge’s brother pleads guilty to pot felony

Published: 02/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/27/2013 9:15 pm
Burglar hits Niagara Falls soup kitchen

Published: 02/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/27/2013 9:10 pm
Traffic stop in Lockport finds a man carrying marijuana

Published: 02/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/27/2013 9:07 pm
Falls inspectors launch new blight crackdown

Published: 02/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/27/2013 6:49 pm
New York tribes’ casino revenues declining

Published: 02/27/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/27/2013 11:58 am
Bill seeks to protect children on slopes

Published: 02/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/27/2013 1:29 am
Kaleida Health, ECMC will integrate cardiac services at Gates Vascular

Published: 02/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/27/2013 1:13 am
Another mild winter, but is that a trend?

Published: 02/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/27/2013 12:44 am
Budget mess delays flight simulator project at Falls air base

Published: 02/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/26/2013 10:53 pm
Drunken motorist admits to hitting pedestrians, driving into canal

Published: 02/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/26/2013 10:04 pm
Lockport man sent to state prison in tattoo parlor burglary

Published: 02/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/26/2013 8:42 pm
Lockport man sentenced to jail weekends in DWI case

Published: 02/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/26/2013 8:40 pm
Falls man, Lockport woman arraigned in drug cases

Published: 02/26/2013 12:00 am Last Updated: 02/26/2013 8:39 pm

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