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NIAGARA FALLS – A window screen appeared to have been cut to gain entry to a home in the 700 block of 60th Street on Monday.The victims told police that while they were out Monday, between 1 ... Read More

A 19-year-old Grand Island man was stabilized by Grand Island Fire Company medics after he was injured in a one-vehicle rollover accident on Carl Road near West Park Road on the island early Monday ... Read More

MAYVILLE – A 38-year-old Cocoa, Fla., woman driver and her passenger were flown to Hammot Hospital for treatment of injuries suffered in a two-car collision Saturday on Gerry Ellington Road... Read More

LOCKPORT – Following a weeklong trial, a jury of seven men and five women took just three hours Tuesday to find Javon J. Ellison Sr. of Niagara Falls guilty in the shooting and attempted... Read More

A 56-year-old Cheektowaga man was arrested on felony drug charges when Buffalo police pulled his car over after an improper turn at Edison and Weston avenues very early Tuesday. James Bridges was... Read More

A 16-year-old Riverside Avenue teen was arrested on a felony weapons charge Monday evening after police reported finding a loaded .22-caliber handgun in his jeans pocket and additional rounds... Read More

While several legal issues still hover over the continuing Jeffrey J. Basil murder case, local defense attorneys and law enforcement sources say it’s highly possible that the two sides could ... Read More

LOCKPORT – A Buffalo man was sentenced to four years in prison and 10 years post-release supervision for the statutory rape of a 13–year–old girl he said he met on an adult... Read More

As a product of a time and place, growing up on Buffalo’s East Side in the late 1960s, Hugh B. Scott got an early glimpse at America’s judicial system.And he set out to change it.... Read More

A 19-year-old St. Mary’s Road man was arrested late Wednesday night on attempted rape and other charges after allegedly forcing his way into the home of a McCarley Walk woman after asking... Read More

A 27-year-old Hertel Avenue man was charged with a felony offense for having a fake state inspection sticker on his car after he was pulled over Wednesday evening in the third block of East Street... Read More

LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man accepted a plea deal Thursday in Niagara County Court on a charge of burglary.John E. McAllister III, 26, of Buffalo Avenue had been charged with second-degree ... Read More

An Elmwood Avenue man was arrested early Thursday on drunken driving and speeding charges after allegedly driving along Elmwood Avenue at speeds of up to 70 mph and along Amherst Street at speeds... Read More

Throughout his political career, Steven M. Casey remained mostly loyal to his mentor G. Steven Pigeon, a former county Democratic chairman and political agitator. They cut deals together. They saw... Read More

State and federal investigators Thursday searched the homes of three Western New York political operatives – confidants to the New York governor, Buffalo mayor and a member of Congress... Read More

LOCKPORT – A Lackawanna man charged with selling painkillers said he is trying to change his behavior and “fix this” in Niagara County Court on Thursday.Patrick J. Murtha, 40,... Read More

NIAGARA FALLS – A 32-year-old motorcyclist died late Thursday in a collision with a minivan, whose driver was charged with driving while intoxicated, according to city police.The accident... Read More

The death of a 57-year-old man found along a curb early Friday is under investigation by Buffalo police. Police said it has not yet been determined whether foul play was involved. The man’s... Read More

NIAGARA FALLS – A motorist whose car went down an embankment off the Robert Moses Parkway has been charged with driving while intoxicated, according to state police.Marie C. Spillman, 33, of ... Read More

A 24-year-old Amherst man was arrested Wednesday night in connection with a police search that yielded 33 bags of heroin.Buffalo narcotics detectives executed a search warrant on a 2012 Honda... Read More

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