Niagara Falls News

Some Thruway projects have been put on the shelf, but work soon will begin on a major overhaul of the South Grand Island Bridges, a heavily traveled link to Niagara Falls.

Niagara County lawmakers may formally request help this week in dealing with a No.

Niagara Falls * ARREST: Felix J. Ruggiero, 49, 1809 Walnut Ave., was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest at 9:50 p.m. Saturday.

A green mayor? Of Niagara Falls, N.Y.? For those who know the history of mob wars, political corruption, industrial decline, and chemical pollution associated with this city, such a phrase goes beyond oxymoron.

One pastor spearheaded efforts to create a charter school in Niagara Falls. Another has trained and equiped lay leadership for ministry throughout Western New York.

Simpson was a hero when he played here in the 1970s at what was then called Rich Stadium.

Experts say to be aware of the following signs of domestic violence in a relationship: Physical violence. Threats to harm children. Verbal abuse that may include name calling or insults to intelligence. Extreme jealously, in some cases accompanied by accusations of affairs. A partner may obsessively call or send text messages. [MORE]

Niagara Falls n HOME INVASION: Police received a call at 10:46 p.m. Friday of a disturbance at a Jordan Gardens home.

Computer users can access... information online through New York’s Adoption Service photo album. A recent Web site check showed almost 500 faces of children who are without parents of their own.

The situation is a little different in Niagara County, where, on a recent day, there were 22 children in the process of being “freed” for adoption but virtually no children available for adoption.

“We do good in this county,” said Burt Marshall, director of Social Services. “We find families for all our children.”.

• BURGLARY: A 53-year-old 75th Street man reported to police Friday that sometime since Wednesday someone had broken into his home and taken five guns worth $1,300. The man said a Remington shotgun, Russian SKS, Chinese Mack-90, Mossberg shotgun, Remington 770 rifle and Ithica Featherlight were taken. The estimated value of the guns is $1,300.

Football fans who are also Time Warner Cable customers can pick up a free "rabbit ears" antenna today that will enable them to watch Sunday's broadcast of the game between the Buffalo Bills and the Arizona ...

A monthlong air-monitoring effort at Alliance Sanitary Landfill and in surrounding communities, designed to ultimately allow state and federal health officials to determine if the landfill poses a public health ...

When students in Maria Iacovitti's class are told they have a final exam, instead of grabbing a pen and paper, they're going for butter and sugar.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.–President Bush has signed a long-debated compact to prevent Great Lakes water from being sent to areas in need while requiring the region's eight states to regulate their own water use.

Bruce Battaglia was fired Thursday as publisher and chairman of the board of the Niagara Falls Reporter, a provocative weekly tabloid he launched eight years ago with former Niagara Gazette reporter Mike ...

Two days before Debra L. Richards was supposed to walk down the aisle, family and friends buried the 38-year old mother.

Listing of garden clubs, meetings, lectures and programs around the WNY area.

Time Warner Cable subscribers accustomed to seeing WIVB or WNLO on their system did not as of Oct. 3, as the stations' parent company pulled transmissions in a contract dispute.

It took just one bid and lasted less then a minute. Just that quickly, and for the sum of just $60,000, Lewiston businessman Emery Simon became the new owner of the Niagara Falls Armory.

A memorial was held Wednesday to honor Kari Gorman, a Wilson High School graduate who was killed in a murder-suicide this past summer.