Lockport News

The 15-day jail sentence for a Town of Lockport businessman, twice convicted of violating the town's law against video signboards, has been stayed until Sept.

That sounds right. We can get streaming video of just about any movie we want on our 56-inch televisions or Blu-ray players that make the picture impossibly clear.

On Saturday, police say they arrested 21-year-old Ryan Lucas, of Lewiston, for allegedly being in possession of cocaine.

Niagara County History Center is hosting its annual spring festival titled "Strawberries & Antiques," on the grounds of the History Center at 215 Niagara St., Lockport.

A Gasport man has been charged with third-degree grand larceny for allegedly bilking a Lockport- area woman out of $7,500 through a Craigslist scam linked to a residential loan the victim was seeking, state police reported Wednesday.

It may be hard to believe, but in Niagara County the Sheriff's Office says there have been at least five, separate incidents of people cutting live, high voltage wires in order to get to the copper inside.

LOCKPORT, NY - Thieves in the Town of Lockport made off with 25-feet of live, high-voltage copper wiring from a Big Lots Store on Monday.

Greenway funding was approved by the Host Community Standing Committee on Tuesday for projects in Niagara Falls, Lockport and Hartland.

If the late Big Willie Robinson taught us anything, it's the simply elegant joy of "run whatcha brung." That tenet works equally well in motorcycling, as Wes Siler found out on his first flat-track outing at Ventura Raceway.

A Rochester man who had been making $10,000 every three days as part of a drug ring in Lockport was denied youthful offender status and sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in state prison by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III.

City officials, determined to solve the issue for years to come, have made a long series of out-of- court settlements on assessment challenges from commercial property owners this year.

LOCKPORT, NY - Niagara County Sheriff's, New York State Police, North Tonawanda Police K-9 Unit and City of Lockport Police and S.W.A.T Teams responded to a residence on Willow Street in Lockport just after 5:00 p.m. Saturday.

Buffalo Seminary, an independent high school for girls, promoted Helen L. Marlette to assistant head of school/director of external relations.

LOCKPORT, N.Y. - In just three and a half months, authorities say a Lockport couple took over $50,000 using stolen credit cards.

LOCKPORT, N.Y. - Authorities said the victim Dale Billips, 55, was walking eastbound on Transit Road at Robinson Road when a red Nissan Versa struck him.

The surgeons at Great Lakes Surgical Associates in Lockport, N.Y., are awaiting approval from the state Department of Health to open a new surgery center in Lockport, according to a Business First report .

The Western New York Land Conservancy is hosting a Wildflower Hike from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at the Frank L. and Julia Dersham Young Niagara Escarpment Preserve on Leete Road in Lockport.

Troopers say the accident happened around 11:30 Thursday night near the intersection of South Transit Road and Robinson Road.

NEIGHBOR PROBLEM

The Common Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a money-saving plan to move six police dispatchers to the Niagara County Sheriff's Office this summer, a decision that followed almost two years of consideration and employee union protests.