Early-morning Amherst blaze routs four
An early-morning fire caused $135,000 in damage to an Amherst home, and forced four occupants to flee, fire officials said.No injuries were reported.Firefighters were called to 62 Cascade Drive at 5...
View ArticleFirefighters save pets from Newfane blaze
NEWFANE – Firefighters extinguished a blaze on Hess Road late Saturday night and saved several family pets in the process, officials said. No injuries were reported.The fire at 1912 Hess was reported...
View ArticleTruck stopped on I-86 bridge causes pileup, then flees
NORTH HARMONY – A multi-car collision – that started with a truck that was stopped on the Chautauqua Lake Bridge along Interstate 86 – left one woman with minor injuries and several other drivers with...
View ArticleLetters to judge pin illnesses on Tonawanda Coke
As the Tonawanda Coke court case moves to the sentencing phase, residents suffering illness in the affected areas had their say to the judge in personal stories of sickness and loss.A portrait of...
View ArticlePolice seek two robbers
Buffalo Police were looking for two men Sunday who allegedly shot a Carl Street man in the cheek and knee during a robbery.Rudell Jemes. 55, who was treated and released from Erie County Medical...
View ArticleBuffalo man arrested in sexual assault
A Buffalo man was arrested Saturday in the sexual assault of a female earlier this year.Calvin Dyson, of Stratford Road, was charged with rape in the third degeree in connection with an incident at...
View ArticleFive injured in Oakfield car-truck collision
OAKFIELD – A collision between a car and a pickup truck at Lewiston and Albion roads in Oakfield, Genesee County, sent five people to area hospitals Sunday.Genesee County Sherifff’s deputies said a...
View ArticleFoul play not suspected in death of UB student
Buffalo police today said they do not believe foul play was involved in the death of a University at Buffalo student whose body was discovered by friends Sunday afternoon in his University Heights...
View ArticleRollover crash leads to DWI charge in Wyoming County
A 48-year-old Wyoming County man was charged with driving while intoxicated following a one-vehicle rollover crash late Saturday night, state police at Warsaw reported Monday.Troopers say that Francis...
View ArticleFlames engulf small building near Tonawanda golf dome
Volunteers from at least two fire companies this morning battled a fire that fully engulfed a small building near the Paddock Golf Dome on Brompton Road in the Town of Tonawanda, police and fire...
View ArticleWest Seneca motorist arrested on multiple charges
Running a red light at Abbott and Berg roads led to the arrest of a 27-year-old woman on multiple charges, Orchard Park reported today.Yolanda D. Harris of West Seneca was pulled over on Abbott Road...
View ArticleThefts at Cockaigne Ski Resort under investigation
MAYVILLE – Recent thefts of equipment and material at the Cockaigne Ski Resort in Cherry Creek, including the theft of a snow-making device worth about $5,000 prompted the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleFundraising money stolen from a daycare center
WHEATFIELD – The owners of Small World Childcare on Commerce Court told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies Monday that someone took $350 from a classroom. The money was from a fundraiser held to...
View ArticleThree Lackawanna men arrested in federal cocaine trafficking probe
The arrest of three Lackawanna man charged by a federal grand jury with cocaine trafficking charges carrying possible federal prison terms of up to 40 years upon conviction were announced today by...
View ArticleTwo hurt in Elma accident
An 85-year-old man and an 83-year-old woman were admitted to Erie County Medical Center in serious condition with injuries they suffered when their car struck a tree at Bullis Road and Bowen Road in...
View ArticleSuspect sought in Hamburg store robberies
Town of Hamburg police are looking for a person they believe is responsible for three early morning robberies at convenience stores in the past two weeks. No weapon was displayed in any of the...
View ArticleMan charged with felony DWI after vehicle found in Newstead ditch
A report of a vehicle on its side in a Newstead ditch early Tuesday morning led to the arrest of a 23-year-old Genesee County man, according to the Erie County Sheriff’s Office.A deputy was sent to...
View ArticleHouse cleaner charged with stealing credit card of Elma client
A 29-year-old house cleaner stole a credit card from a client in Elma and used it to make approximately $1,000 in charges, state police reported Tuesday.Amanda J. Dryden of Alexander was charged...
View ArticlePedestrian injured after being hit by a car in Lockport
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – An unidentified pedestrian was hit by a car at the intersection of Centre Street and Bubbling Springs Drive in the Village Trailer Park at 7:45 a.m. todayThe pedestrian was taken to...
View ArticleSentencing for Hoskins adjourned; new date not yet set
Not surprisingly, the sentencing Thursday of Beth Lynne Hoskins on 52 counts of animal cruelty for mistreatment of her high-end Morgan horses has been postponed.Delays and adjournments have marked...
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