Ransomville News

Do not, under any circumstances, pour gasoline on a campfire! Niagara County Fire Coordinator James C. Volkosh added the exclamation point to that declaration Wednesday after two people in Niagara County were burned seriously in recent days doing just that.

Niagara Falls * ROBBERY: Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred early Sunday at a home in the 700 block of 8th Street.

Niagara County sheriff's deputies are investigating a possible hate crime and a disturbing display.

WHEATFIELD Guide dog injured during attack Two dogs reportedly got loose from a Ferchen Road home Thursday morning and attacked a neighbor's German shepherd guide dog.

The Baptist Church in Ransomville was struck by lightning about 2 p.m. on Thursday, as storms raced through the northern Niagara County area.

Having succeeded with the debut Ransomville Street Dance last summer, the event is back in 2009.

Town of Lockport * ASSAULT: Deputies responded to Dysinger Road about 12:53 a.m. Friday for a report of an assault and reportedly found a 23-year-old man lying on the ground outside his apartment building.

Larry and Lillian Neumann, familiar faces in town, will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary June 30.

A spectacular summer day featuring sunshine and warm temperatures suddenly disappeared this afternoon when a fast-moving weather system hammered the region with strong thunderstorms and high winds.

Jun. 24--David Lacki, vice president of tourism for the Buffalo Niagara Convention and Visitors Bureau, has left his 23-year position at the CVB, he confirmed Tuesday.

Although it has spent less than half of its nearly $1 million allocation of Seneca Niagara Casino profits, the Niagara County Legislature began to curtail the use of those funds last week.

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A group of citizens and elected leaders in Niagara County has created a new environmental organization to deal with water pollution issues, not only here but in the entire Great Lakes Basin.

Olcott * HARASSMENT: A Lockport-Olcott Road woman reported Sunday that her neighbor, with whom she has an ongoing dispute over the property line, came onto her property and began removing survey markers.

A Ransomville man is facing a criminal nuisance charge after he allegedly alarmed his neighbors by running down the street with a shotgun.

Porter Town Board members accepted a $5,000 grant Monday from Keep America Beautiful, submitted on Porter's behalf by Waste Management, parent company of Porter's CWM Chemical Services.

Sheriff's deputies are investigating a possible sexual assault at a Ransomville nursing home.

FUNDRAISER:"Labor Supports the United Way," a fundraiser, starts at 6 p. m. Friday at Ransomville Speedway.

Ransomville and Wilson volunteer fire companies, along with Niagara County Sheriff Deputies, responded to an accident between an RV and a SUV at the corner of Ransomville and Youngstown-Wilson Roads.

Kellyanne Davis has named her new kitten Miracle, and with good reason. Miraculous is the survival of the 6-week-old female feline that logged approximately 40 miles in the undercarriage of Davis' car.