Lockport News

State police have charged two suspects in the Oct. 28 burglary of a home on Elmhurst Drive in the Woodlands Trailer Park.

It takes a small army of volunteers to pull off the Kenan Arts Council's annual Holiday Gift Show.

Four Kalieda Health employees have been arrested for allegedly using a computerized bonus point system to steal.

Two teens were arrested on counterfeiting charges after State Police got word of someone trying to pass funny money at Smokin Joes.

The driver of a pickup truck was injured slightly when a deer smashed through the windshield of a pickup truck just before 3 p.m. Monday.

BY BILL WOLCOTT and JOE OLENICK An unsteady stream of mourners visited a makeshift memorial Wednesday on Porter Street, the day after a 17-year-old Lockport High School junior was allegedly run down by a pickup and killed.

The unemployment rate is down in Lockport but so is the number of jobs. In October, Lockport had a 9.1 percent unemployment rate, according to figures released Thursday by the state labor department.

A second potential suspect gave a statement to detectives Friday about this week's fatal hit-and-run crash.

Day three of Daryl Burton's trial for allegedly raping two women began with the judge declining a request that the allegations be split into separate trials.

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A 17-year-old is dead and Lockport Police say it may have been the result of a drug deal gone bad.

Defense attorney David E. Blackley, representing alleged rapist Daryl Burton, raised several questions during a cross examination of the prosecution's second witness - the victim - in day two of Burton's trial in Niagara County Court.

City police have taken two suspects custody and charged one of them today in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash Tuesday afternoon.

Lockport Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian accident Tuesday. Investigators say they received a 911 call reporting the accident.

The first Downtown Meltdown for United Way ends Saturday. When the contenders weigh in, who'll be the winner? As of last week, Mayor Michael Tucker was poised to be the biggest weight-loser for charity, but he's suddenly been pushed into second place.

Lockport police used a Taser on a city man while assisting U.S. Marshals on Friday in their attempt to serve a warrant.

Bradley Marble was appointed town prosecutor by the town board Friday. Marble, of Northledge Drive, will begin his new duties immediately.

A routine traffic stop by the Lockport Police turned into a drug bust Friday. Anthony E. Luke, 41, 178 Green St.

Niagara County's tentative 2010 budget includes no increase in the amount to be raised by taxes and is expected to result in decreases in property tax rates for home owners living in all but three municipalities.

Paroled sex offender James McKinney violated a half dozen terms of his controversial release last spring, according to Assistant state Attorney General Wendy Witing.