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Hometown Headlines Archives for 2018-05

Hometown Headlines 5/31/18

SUMMER IS STILL THREE WEEKS AWAY, BUT TEMPERATURES SOARED INTO THE MID 90S IN NIAGARA COUNTY YESTERDAY.

 

A ROYALTON MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE IN THE OVERDOSE DEATH OF HIS OLDER SISTER.

 

A FORMER FALLS COP IS GETTING PROBATION FOR HER ROLE IN A DRUG CONSPIRACY.

 

FOUR ARRESTS ON THE CITY POLICE REPORT AND ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN THE COUNTY WEDNESDAY.

 

THOMAS BROOKS OF BUFFALO IS GOING TO STATE PRISON FOR SEVEN YEARS FOR RAPING A WOMAN.

 

THE JAMESTOWN MAN WHO KILLED HIS DOG BY HANGING LAST MONTH HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM JAIL.

 

FOUR MEN WILL BE ORDAINED PRIESTS IN THE DIOCESE OF BUFFALO SATURDAY MORNING.

 

CHUCK SCHUMER WANTS THE NIAGARA FALLS AIRPORT TO GET ITS FAIR SHARE OF $4-BILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS.

 

AND LOCKPORT MAYOR ANNE McCAFFREY HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE NEW YORK CONFERENCE OF MAYORS.

Hometown Headlines 5/30/18

FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON COUNTY HIGHWAYS TUESDAY AND TWO ARRESTS ON THE CITY POLICE REPORT.

 

NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM L-F-D ON AN INCIDENT ON WASHBURN NEAR GENESEE LAST NIGHT.

 

BRIBERY CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST TWO MEN INVOLVED IN THE “BUFFALO BILLION” SCANDAL.

 

AN ERIE COUNTY HOLDING CENTER INMATE HAS DIED AFTER HE WAS FOUND WITH A NOOSE AROUND HIS NECK LAST WEEK.

 

A BUFFALO MAN WHO SHOT THE OWNER OF ZOE RESTAURANT IS PLEADING GUILTY TO MORE CHARGES.

 

LACKAWANNA P.D. IS INVESTIGATING A THREAT THAT PUT TWO SCHOOLS ON LOCKDOWN YESTERDAY.

 

AUTHORITIES IN WAYNE COUNTY HAVE CANCELED THE AMBER ALERT FOR A MISSING TODDLER.

 

MORE THAN 200 VACANT CITY-OWNED LOTS ARE BACK ON THE MARKET IN BUFFALO’S FRUIT BELT NEIGHBORHOOD.

 

AND, VILLA MARIA COLLEGE’S LONG-TIME PRESIDENT IS STEPPING DOWN AFTER 40 YEARS ON THE JOB.

Hometown Headlines 5/29/18

STILL NO I.D. OF THE BODY OF A MAN PULLED FROM THE ERIE CANAL NEAR UPSON PARK SUNDAY NIGHT.

 

AND, BUFFALO P.D. STILL HASN’T IDENTIFIED THE 19-YEAR-OLD MAN SHOT SUNDAY ON THE CITY’S EAST SIDE.

 

A BUFFALO MAN IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO RUN DOWN TWO WOMEN EARLY SUNDAY.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY ON MEMORIAL DAY.

 

NIAGARA FALLS P.D. INVESTIGATED TWO AUTO THEFTS OVER THE WEEKEND WHERE KEYS WERE LEFT IN THE CAR.

 

FIFTEEN YOUNG PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AT A DARIEN LAKE CONCERT SATURDAY.

 

A GENESEE COUNTY MAN WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA SMASHING THE WINDSHIELD OF A CAR IN A RESTAURANT PARKING LOT.

 

AUTHORITIES IN WAYNE COUNTY CONTINUE THEIR SEARCH TODAY FOR A MISSING TODDLER.

 

AND, BUFFALO IS HOSTING THE NHL COMBINE THIS WEEK FOR YOUNG HOCKEY HOPEFULS.

Hometown Headlines 5/28/18

THE BODY OF A MAN WAS PULLED FROM THE CANAL LAST EVENING NEAR UPSON PARK.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN THE COUNTY OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS AND SIX ARRESTS ON THE POLICE REPORTS.

 

IN BUFFALO, 2 MOTORCYCLE OFFICERS WERE INJURED WHEN THEY CRASHED DURING THE BUFFALO MARATHON SUNDAY.

 

QUEEN CITY COPS ARE INVESTIGATING THE SUNDAY SHOOTING DEATH OF A 19-YEAR-OLD ON THE EAST SIDE.

 

A TENURED LEW-PORT MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER HAS BEEN TERMINATED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES.

 

AUTHORITIES IN WAYNE COUNTY CONTINUE THEIR SEARCH TODAY FOR A MISSING TODDLER.

 

THE “UNOFFICIAL” FIRST WEEKEND OF THE SUMMER SEASON BRINGS NEAR RECORD WARMTH TO THE AREA TODAY.

 

AND, A CAR CRUISE, VILLAGE FAIR AND CONCERT IN THE PARK HIGHLIGHT MEMORIAL DAY ACTIVITIES IN NIAGARA COUNTY.

Hometown Headlines 5/23/18

A MALE BYCYCLIST WAS HIT AND KILLED TUESDAY MORNING ON TWIN CITIES HIGHWAY IN N.T.

 

FOUR OTHER EMERGENCIES REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY.

 

MYSTERY SURROUNDS MONDAY’S DISCOVERY OF THE BODY OF DAN FITZGIBBONS IN CATTARAUGUS CREEK.

 

THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT ZONING BOARD HAS REJECTED A REQUEST FOR VARIANCES TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF A CELL TOWER.

 

FOUR MEN FROM BUFFALO AND ROCHESTER HAVE BEEN INDICTED ON FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES.

 

A NIAGARA FALLS WOMAN WHO INJURED TWO PEOPLE WHILE DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE IS GOING TO PRISON.

 

ONE ARREST ON THE CITY OF LOCKPORT POLICE REPORT TODAY.

 

SIX FLAGS WILL BE BACK AS OPERATOR OF DARIEN LAKE THEME PARK THIS SUMMER.

 

AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE BUFFALO-NIAGARA REGION IS STEADY, BUT STILL ON THE HIGH SIDE.

Hometown Headlines 5/22/18

GOOD BUSINESS NEWS FROM GM’S TONAWANDA ENGINE PLANT WHERE THEY’LL BE BUILDING TRUCK ENGINES FOR CHEVY.

 

A BODY FOUND IN CATTARAUGUS CREEK HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ERIE COUNTY OFFICIAL DAN FITZGIBBONS.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS MONDAY.

 

A TOWN OF LOCKPORT WOMAN ADMITTED IN COUNTY COURT MONDAY TO SELLING COCAINE.

 

AN OFFICIAL OF THE L.P. CIMINELLI CORPORATION IS WAITING TO BE SENTENCED ON FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES.

 

BUFFALO POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED TWO HOMICIDE VICTIMS.

 

AN AMHERST MAN WHO SET FIRE TO AN ALLENTOWN APARTMENT BUILDING WAS SENTENCED TO PROBATION MONDAY.

 

A BUFFALO MAN FACES 15 YEARS IN PRISON ON DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES.

 

AND A WHEATFIELD WOMAN WAS ARRESTED THIS WEEKEND AFTER SHE THREW A PIZZA AT AN UBER DRIVER.

Hometown Headlines 5/21/18

LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOLS WILL HAVE CUTTING EDGE SECURITY TECHNOLOGY IN ITS BUILDINGS THIS FALL.

 

THREE AREA POLICE DEPARTMENTS WILL BE RECEIVING STATE FUNDING TO HELP FIGHT CRIME.

 

THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS LOOKING FOR 84-YEAR-OLD MARLENE MARTIN OF WILSON WHO WENT MISSING SUNDAY.

 

THE BODY OF A CALIFORNIA MAN WAS FOUND IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY SUNDAY.

 

DEPUTIES IN ERIE COUNTY ARE ATTEMPTING TO I.D. A MAN WHO WAS STRUCK AND KILLED ON TRANSIT ROAD SATURDAY.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON COUNTY HIGHWAYS SUNDAY AND SEVEN ARRESTS ON LOCAL POLICE REPORTS.

 

TWO NCCC STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH RANSACKING THE DORM ROOM OF A FEMALE STUDENT.

 

UB SECURITY IS INVESTIGATING A MASSIVE SECURITY BREACH OF STUDENTS, FACULTY AND ALUMNI.

 

AND CONGRESSMAN COLLINS IS PUSHING BFOR A SOLUTION FOR “DREAMERS.”

Hometown Headlines 5/18/18

A TODDLER HIT BY A BULLET LAST NIGHT ON BUFFALO’S EAST SIDE IS EXPECTED TO BE OK.

 

A MAN SHOT WEDNESDAY MORNING ON GRIDER STREET HAS BECOME BUFFALO’S 13TH HOMICIDE VICTIM OF THE YEAR.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS THURSDAY AND FOUR ARRESTS ON THE CITY POLICE REPORT.

 

NIAGARA FALLS POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO PULLED A GUN ON STAFF AT SENECA NIAGARA CASINO.

 

AMHERST P.D. HAS IDENTIFIED THE DRIVER WHO STRUCK AND KILLED A WOMAN LAST WEEKEND ON N-F-B.

 

THE TOWN OF AMHERST IS NOT “RUBBER STAMPING” THE RENEWAL OF THE GAME ROOM LICENSE AT CHUCK E CHEESE.

 

THE ROCHESTER POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING VIDEO OF A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO ON-DUTY OFFICERS.

 

CARL PALADINO’S FORMER BUFFALO SCHOOL BOARD SEAT IS ONCE AGAIN VACANT.

 

AND FORMER BILLS QB JIM KELLY IS LOOKING AT TWO MORE FOLLOW-UP SURGERIES THIS SUMMER.

Hometown Headlines 5/16/18

SCHOOL BUDGETS PASSED IN ALL EASTERN NIAGARA DISTRICTS IN VOTING TUESDAY.

 

23-YEAR-OLD BRADLEY CHAWGO OF LOCKPORT WAS ID’D AS THE MOTORCYCLIST KILLED MONDAY NIGHT IN CAMBRIA.

 

FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS TUESDAY.

 

IN BUFFALO, FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON THE SCENE OF AN EARLY MORNING STORE FIRE ON THE CITY’S EAST SIDE.

 

A NIAGARA FALLS MAN IS GOING TO PRISON FOR SIX YEARS ON CHARGES OF BURGLARY AND DRUG DEALING.

 

FEDERAL AND STATE REIMBURSEMENT FOR LAST SPRING’S SHORELINE FLOODING ALONG LAKE ONTARIO HAS ARRIVED.

 

ERIE COUNTY IS THE EIGHTH WORST WATER PROVIDER IN THE COUNTRY ACCORDING TO A SURVEY.

 

IN BUFFALO, CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN ON THE NEW SENECA BABCOCK COMMUNITY CENTER.

 

AND THE BUFFALO MUSIC HALL OF FAME IS HOSTING YOUNG SONGWRITERS AT THE HARD ROCK CAFE TONIGHT.

Hometown Headlines 5/15/18

THE LATE NIGHT CRASH OF AN SUV AND MOTORCYCLE ON ROUTE 31 IN CAMBRIA HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A 23-YEAR-OLD MAN.

 

TWO OTHER TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON COUNTY HIGHWAYS MONDAY INCLUDED A SCHOOL BUS-DUMP TRUCK CRASH.

 

IN GENESEE COUNTY, A MAN WAS KILLED SUNDAY NIGHT WHEN HIS A-T-V ROLLED OVER.

 

A FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY COURT IS GIVING TOPS MARKETS THE GREEN LIGHT TO CLOSE UNDER-PERFORMING STORES.

 

F-B-I AGENTS RAIDED THE OFFICES OF A WESTERN NEW YORK REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER MONDAY.

 

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT MONDAY OPENED THE DOOR TO LEGALIZED SPORTS BETTING IN UPSTATE NY & ELSEWHERE.

 

TWO ARRESTS ON THE CITY OF LOCKPORT POLICE REPORT.

 

A LOCKPORT MAN WAS ARRAIGNED MONDAY IN COUNTY COURT ON RAPE AND ASSAULT CHARGES.

 

AND ABOUT 100 CARS AND GREAT WEATHER MADE FOR A GOOD START TO THE 19TH SUMMER OF MONDAY NITE CRUISES.

Hometown Headlines 5/14/18

LOCKPORT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A 21-YEAR-OLD WOMAN’S BODY WAS PULLED FROM THE CANAL FRIDAY.

 

IN AMHERST, A WOMAN WAS KILLED FRIDAY WHEN HIT BY A CAR ON A BUSY STRETCH OF NIAGARA FALLS BOULEVARD.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON COUNTY HIGHWAYS SUNDAY AND SEVEN ARRESTS ON THE POLICE REPORT.

 

A CHEEKTOWAGA MAN IS IN JAIL AFTER LEADING BUFFALO P.D. ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE EARLY YESTERDAY.

 

POLICE IN CHEEKTOWAGA ARE INVESTIGATING A REPORT OF “SHOTS FIRED” AT WALDEN GALERIA SUNDAY.

 

THE LONG-TIME PRESIDENT OF THE LANCASTER TEACHERS ASSOCIATION DIED IN A WEEKEND BOATING ACCIDENT.

 

BILLS’ FANS ARE REMEMBERING FORMER HEAD COACH CHUCK KNOX WHO DIED SATURDAY AT AGE 86.

 

AND GOOD WEATHER AS THE 19TH SUMMER OF CLASSIC CAR CRUISES KICKS OFF IN DOWNTOWN LOCKPORT TONIGHT.

Hometown Headlines 5/11/18

LONG ISLAND PROSECUTOR MADELINE SINGAS HAS BEEN PICKED TO LEAD THE SCHNEIDERMAN INVESTIGATION.

 

PRESIDENT TRUMP YESTERDAY NOMINATED BUFFALO ATTORNEY JOHN SINATRA JUNIOR TO THE FEDERAL BENCH.

 

LOCKPORT POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR FOUR THIEVES WHO BROKE INTO KENYON’S VARIETY ON LINCOLN AVENUE WEDNESDAY.

 

ON THE TRAFFIC BEAT, A CAR COLLIDED WITH A “WE CARE” BUS YESTERDAY AT ROUTE 31 AND UPPER MOUNTAIN ROAD.

 

IN GENESEE COUNTY, THE DEPUTY WHO SHOT AND KILLED A MAN IN PEMBROKE LAST MONTH WILL NOT FACE CHARGES.

 

ANOTHER SHOOTING ON BUFFALO’S EAST SIDE SENT A 23-YEAR-OLD MAN TO E-C-M-C WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

 

A HIT-AND-RUN IN ROCHESTER LAST NIGHT PUT A MOTOR- CYCLIST IN THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

 

A FORMER BUFFALO V.A. EMPLOYEE WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY AND ACCUSED OF THREATENING AN ARMY CHAPLAIN.

 

AND LOCKPORT CELEBRATES THE OPENING OF THE 2018 ERIE CANAL SEASON WITH TWO SPECIAL EVENTS TOMORROW.

Hometown Headlines 5/10/18

THE LOCKPORT TOWN BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO OKAY AN EXPANSION OF THE LAFARGE MINE AGAINST OPPOSITION.

 

A FALLS MAN ADMITTED TO STEALING EQUIPMENT AND GAS FROM THE LAFARGE SITE LAST YEAR.

 

A TWO-ALARM BLAZE IN AKRON EARLY TUESDAY DESTROYED A HOUSE AND THREE VEHICLES.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS WEDNESDAY AND ONE ARREST ON THE CITY POLICE REPORT.

 

IN ROCHESTER, A TEENAGE GIRL IS DEAD AFTER A STREET SHOOTING.

 

A NORTH BUFFALO MAN ACCUSED OF BLOWING UP HIS HOME IN A BOTCHED SUICIDE IS BEING EXAMINED MENTALLY.

 

NO 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS IN NIAGARA FALLS THIS SUMMER DUE TO THE CITY’S FINANCIAL WOES.

 

ELEVEN NEWLY-TRAINED OFFICERS GRADUATED YESTERDAY FROM THE NIAGARA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY.

 

AND NEW YORK STATE PLANS TO INSTALL 10,000 ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING STATIONS BY 2021.

Hometown Headlines 5/9/18

FORMER NEW YORK A.G. ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED AND MAY FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES OF ABUSE.

 

REPEAT FELON, 34-YEAR-OLD MARQUIS HILL OF LOCKPORT, IS GOING TO STATE PRISON FOR 15 YEARS FOR ASSAULT.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS TUESDAY AND ONE ARREST ON THE CITY POLICE REPORT.

 

BUFFALO P.D. HAS IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM KILLED IN AN ALLEGED GANG SHOOTING THIS PAST WEEKEND.

 

TWO PEOPLE FROM BUFFALO WERE BUSTED TUESDAY BY STATE POLICE FOR POSSESSION OF 4 1/2 POUNDS OF COCAINE.

 

IN GENESEE COUNTY, A MAN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A FALL FROM A SILO NEAR BATAVIA.

 

TWO EARTHQUAKES IN THE PAST WEEK WERE DETECTED UNDER LAKE ONTARIO.

 

THE SEARS STORE AT THE FORMER SUMMITT PARK MALL IN WHEATFIELD WILL CLOSE IN EARLY AUGUST.

 

AND FORMER US&J SPORTS EDITOR JOHN HOY DIED SATURDAY IN KENMORE.

Hometown Headlines 5/8/18

NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN WILL RESIGN TODAY AMID ABUSE ALLEGATIONS.

 

FORMER LOCKPORT PRIEST, FATHER FABIAN MARYANSKI HAS BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE BY BISHOP MALONE.

 

SINCE LAST THURSDAY, BUFFALO P.D. IS INVESTIGATING SEVEN SHOOTINGS - ONE OF THEM FATAL.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS MONDAY AND FOUR ARRESTS ON THE CITY POLICE REPORT.

 

IN NORTH TONAWANDA, A 2-YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS INJURED IN A FALL FROM A SECOND-STORY WINDOW.

 

THE MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING UP A CHEEKTOWAGA DOLLAR GENERAL PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO NEW CHARGES YESTERDAY.

 

THE SEARS STORE AT THE FORMER SUMMITT PARK MALL IN WHEATFIELD WILL CLOSE IN EARLY AUGUST.

 

AND UB CAMPUS POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO TWO CASES OF ALLEGED FORCIBLE TOUCHING THIS PAST WEEKEND.

Hometown Headlines 5/7/18

FORMER LPD CAPTAIN BRIAN WENTLAND IS FACING A FELONY CHARGE OF EAVESDROPPING.

 

A FORMER LOCKPORT PRIEST - ACCUSED OF HAVING CONTACT WITH A TEENAGE GIRL - IS STILL CELEBRATING MASSES.

 

FOUR VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES RESPONDED TO AN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FIRE IN LEWISTON.

 

IN GENESEE COUNTY, FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED A TWO-ALARM BLAZE IN A TOWN OF PAVILLION GARAGE.

 

A FRIDAY FIRE IN A HISTORIC FREDONIA CHURCH DID SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.

 

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS SUNDAY AND TWO ARRESTS ON THE CITY POLICE REPORT.

 

BUFFALO P.D. INVESTIGATED AT LEAST FOUR SHOOTINGS IN THE QUEEN CITY OVER THE WEEKEND.

 

LAKE ONTARIO WATER LEVELS ARE WELL BELOW THE PROBLEMATIC LEVELS OF LAST SPRING.

 

AND STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE WARNING OF A POSSIBLE MEASLES OUTBREAK IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

Hometown Headlines 5/4/18

EXPECTED MANAGEMENT CHANGES AT EASTERN NIAGARA’S TWO HOSPITALS HAVE BEGUN WITH THE EXIT OF CEO CLARE HAAR.

 

A LOCKPORT FAMILY WAS DISPLACED BY A FIRE IN THEIR BEATTIE AVENUE HOME YESTERDAY MORNING.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS WEDNESDAY AND ONE ARREST ON THE CITY POLICE REPORT.

 

IN COUNTY COURT YESTERDAY, 30-YEAR-OLD SHAWN PITTLER OF LOCKPORT GOT HIS “LAST CHANCE” TO AVOID PRISON.

 

AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN THE ORLEANS COUNTY DEATH OF A MOTHER AND HER SON.

 

UB HAS IDENTIFIED THE STUDENT WHO WAS HIT BY AN OFF-DUTY BUFFALO DETECTIVE THIS WEEK.

 

A BUFFALO MAN IS ACCUSED OF BEING INVOLVED IN A DOG-FIGHTING RING.

 

AND THE NFL IS LOOKING INTO THIS WEEK’S RESIGNATION “UNDER FIRE” OF BILLS’ AND SABRES’ CEO RUSS BRANDON.

Hometown Headlines 5/3/18

CHANEL RIGGS OF LOCKPORT IS IN JAIL ON CHARGES OF THREATENING A WITNESS IN A DRUG TRIAL.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WITHIN 24 HOURS THIS WEEK INVOLVED BUFFALO POLICE OFFICERS.

 

NINE EMERGENCY CALLS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY AND FOUR ARRESTS ON COUNTY POLICE REPORTS.

 

WESTERN NEW YORK POLITICAL CONSULTANT MICHAEL CAPUTO WAS GRILLED BY FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS YESTERDAY.

 

AN ERIE COUNTY TEEN IS GOING TO PRISON FOR 20 YEARS FOR KILLING A 2-YEAR-OLD CHILD.

 

A HUNG JURY IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF ANDRE LEWIS WHO SHOT AND KILLED HIS FORMER STEPFATHER LAST YEAR.

 

BUFFALO’S KIM PEGULA IS NOW THE MOST POWERFUL WOMAN IN AMERICAN SPORTS.

 

TWO NEW L-P-D OFFICERS WERE SWORN IN AT CITY HALL THIS WEEK.

 

AND GET READY TO RIDE “THE TAMTRUM” - DARIEN LAKES’ NEWEST THRILL RIDE.

Hometown Headlines 5/2/18

RUSS BRANDON HAS RESIGNED AS PRESIDENT OF THE PEGULA SPORTS EMPIRE (WHICH INCLUDES THE BILLS AND SABRES).

 

PLEASANT SPRING WEATHER IS ASSISTING IN THE MILLING AND EVENTUAL PAVING OF LOCK CITY STREETS.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS TUESDAY AND TWO ARRESTS ON THE CITY POLICE REPORT.

 

ALEX BROWN OF ROCHESTER PLEADED GUILTY TO SETTING A LOCKPORT APARTMENT FIRE LAST YEAR.

 

A CLARENCE CENTER MAN PLEADED GUILTY TUESDAY TO HOLDING UP THE 7-11 ON DAVISON ROAD LAST NOVEMBER.

 

POLICE IN GENESEO THINK THEY MAY HAVE THE HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER WHO KILLED AN EAST AMHERST MAN SATURDAY.

 

IN THE SOUTHERN TIER, A JAMESTOWN MAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER A VIOLENT HOME INVASION.

 

A FARMERSVILLE MAN WHO CAUSED AN AMBER ALERT LAST YEAR WAS IN COURT THIS WEEK ON SEXUAL MISCONDUCT CHARGES.

 

AND STORMY DANIELS IS SCHEDULED FOR AN APPEARANCE IN TONAWANDA THIS AUGUST.

Hometown Headlines 5/1/18

LOCKPORT FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED A MID-MORNING BLAZE AT THE FORMER ST MARY’S SCHOOL ON WALNUT STREET MONDAY.

 

LOCKPORT’S “POTHOLE REPAIR PATROL” CONTINUES TODAY WITH THE MILLING OF EAST AVENUE.

 

THE STATE IS COUGHING UP ANOTHER $5M FOR ADDITIONAL PAVING IN W-N-Y AFTER A HARSH WINTER ROUGHED UP ROADS.

 

NO ARRESTS ON COUNTY POLICE REPORTS AND ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN THE CITY YESTERDAY.

 

BUFFALO POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A MONDAY AFTERNOON SHOOTING NEAR WILLIAM AND COIT.

 

A 24-YEAR-OLD EAST AMHERST MAN WAS KILLED THIS WEEKEND IN A HIT-AND-RUN NEAR GENESEO.

 

IN NIAGARA FALLS, A 25TH STREET WOMAN TOLD POLICE SHE WAS THREATENED BY A SWORD-WIELDING MAN SATURDAY.

 

WESTERN NEW YORK GAS PRICES HAVEN’T BEEN THIS HIGH SINCE 2015.

 

AND THE NEW BRIBERY TRIAL OF FORMER STATE ASSEMBLY SPEAKER SHELDON SILVER CONTINUES IN FEDERAL COURT.

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