Wilson News

Two western New York high school baseball players have been cleared of charges that they took part in a sexually oriented hazing on a team bus.

Two of three boys charged in a hazing case in Wilson, N.Y., have been found not guilty.

Lawyers for the alleged victims in the Wilson baseball team case are preparing to take their civil lawsuits to court against the school district.

Thomas Baia and William Atlas were coaches and teachers in Wilson until they were charged with child endangerment in April 2008.

Concerned Parents, a loosely organized group of residents formed in response to the Wilson hazing incident, are awaiting the decision before the town court on charges against two 17-year-old high school students.

Jury selection for the trial of William Atlas and Thomas Baia was about to begin Monday when the Niagara County District Attorney's office dismissed the complaint without explanation.

A decision for the coaches in the case of the Niagara County hazing incident. The Niagara County district attorneys office motioned Monday morning to Justice George Berger to have the charges against the two former coaches dismissed and Justice Berger did agree to do so.

A fireplace sparked an early-morning fire that left three people injured and damaged a home at 43 Sunset Island, Niagara County sheriff's deputies said.

Niagara County Sheriffs Deputy Ray Needle suffered a broken leg while responding to a fire on Sunset Island at 2:13 a.m. Friday, according to reports.

A "Welcome to Wilson" sign on Ide Road valued at $1,600 was broken and damaged by an ax, Niagara County sheriff's deputies said.

A judge reserved on rendering a verdict after the non jury trial of two former members of the Wilson High School baseball team concluded Wednesday Night in Wilson Town Court.

A man accused of stealing a shotgun and a GPS from a family member was found by deputies after apparently getting lost near Roosevelt Beach.

Town of Lockport * LARCENY: A Gardenwood Drive woman told police Wednesday sometime between June 19 and the morning of June 20, someone stole 476 morphine tablets from a cupboard in her house.

Witnesses for the prosecution took the stand at Wilson Town Court in the alleged hazing case Saturday, and more witnesses are expected when the closed trial for two 18-year-old defendants resumes Monday.

It was a story that rocked the small Niagara County town of Wilson last year. Three Wilson high school baseball players charged in a high-profile hazing case.

One man pleaded guilty and another not guilty in separate driving while intoxicated cases Tuesday before Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza.

BUFFALO Feds say they've broken Canada-U.S. Ecstasy ring Federal authorities say they've disrupted a Canada-to-United States Ecstasy ring with the arrest of 20 people, most in Western New York.

City of Lockport * CHARGED: Timothy J. Zastrow, 51, 243 Pine St. was charged with passing a red traffic signal, driving while intoxicated and a seatbelt violation.

A man using gasoline to clean paint from a carpet in the basement of his Ide Road home is believed to have triggered a fire shortly before noon Wednesday, Niagara County sheriff's deputies said.

Photographs from the opening gala for the World Science Festival at Alice Tully Hall in New York, NY on Wednesday, June 10, 2009.