Wilson News Archives

The Halloween trick-or-treat hours are 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday in the city and in the towns of Lockport, Newfane and Wilson.

Falls firefighters out on a routine ride to check on hydrants were pressed into action Wednesday morning to battle a suspicious blaze in a home in the 1900 block of East Falls Street.

For Irene Daunce and her husband there's no holiday quite like Halloween. "We had a Halloween wedding," Irene said.

Three candidates are bidding for two seats on the Cambria Town Board. Veteran Robert E. Blackman and newcomer Randy M. Roberts earned the two Republican Party endorsements in the primary election.

One day Teagan Clark made a fish fry dinner, but no one could eat it. That's because it was made out of Play-Doh. Clark is one of 10 national finalists in the Hasbro "Ready, Go Play-Doh" food sculpture contest and New York state's only representative.

Battle flags and the Stars and Bars of the Old Confederacy were stiff in the breeze at Memorial Park at a re-enaction of the Southern Armiesa encampment sponsored by the Mineola Library.

Getting students out from behind their desks is a challenge that many teachers face.

Wilson will be making an appearance in another national magazine next month. In the upcoming November issue of Bicycling, Wilson's morning exercise program for students will be mentioned in an article about the effects of exercise on kids with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Seniors R.J. Seager and Amber Lehman are very busy people. To start, Seager is a semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship competition, while Lehman has been named a commended student.

October 17, 2009, 6:56 AM / Ryan Lacey's decision to drink and drive cost his girlfriend her life.

A 21-year-old Lockport man whose girlfriend was killed in July when he drove their car off Ruie Road in North Tonawanda pleaded guilty Friday in Niagara County Court.

October 13, 2009, 6:53 AM / Wilson resident Gerri Jones picked up her first camera eight years ago when her husband bought her a small point-and-shoot. Now, the dental assistant and mother of four never leaves her digital camera behind.

The finances of the Wilson Central School District are in very good condition, according to two different audit reports, the district said Tuesday.

Kathleen Nagel shudders to think that the double-fatal car crash on Church Road late last month could have been worse.

Niagara County Sheriff's deputies recovered nearly $4,000 worth of guns, ammunition and collectible coins from a Main Street home early Saturday.

October 04, 2009, 7:14 AM / A pair of ceramic circus elephant statues were stolen from the front lawn of a Pierce Avenue home sometime overnight, Niagara Falls police said.

Niagara County Sheriff James Voutour is getting personally involved in trying to reduce the speed limit in the area where two Wilson area teens were killed in a one-car crash last week.

WILSON Six handguns and $1,500 in jewelry taken A Wilson man told police Thursday six handguns, $1,500 in gold jewelry, a small black safe, $50 in sliver dollars and $400 in cash was taken from his Willow Road home.

Police are still investigating the cause of a car crash in Cambria that killed two teens Tuesday morning.