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Town’s only barber retiring after 72 years cutting hair
GLENWOOD, Wis. (KARE) - A Wisconsin mainstay is hanging up his clippers. After cutting hair in Glenwood for more than seven decades, Norm Hagen announced his retirement. Many people said they will miss the 92-year-old. Maybe it was inevitable that he’d become part of Glenwood’s history. It’s been...
Silver Creek High scholar and Eagle Scout is Courier Journal Student of the Week
Alex Minnic, a senior at Silver Creek High School, is the Courier Journal Student of the Week. Alex is a wonderful and accomplished student at Silver Creek High School. He is graduating summa cum laude this spring. He also earned his associate degree while in high school and is also graduating summa cum laude at Ivy Tech.
N.Y. Lottery: Player claims $1M in scratch-off game; 3 prizes remain
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A New York Lottery player has claimed a $1 million prize on a scratch-off game. Dawn Flierl of Lake View, New York, has claimed the prize on the Xtreme Winnings scratch-off game, which was purchased at NEHA Enterprises, located at 4878 Lakeshore Rd. in Hamburg.
‘It looks like the dumps’: Angola squatter’s possessions raise questions over downtown clean up
ANGOLA, N.Y. (WKBW) — A pile of trash has sat just off Main Street in Angola for months. Local businesses say it’s driving away customers, but the building owner’s hands are tied, because everything belongs to a squatter. Just off Main Street in Angola is one of...
Amazon driver sentenced for hit-and-run that killed Rochester man outside Bills game
Buffalo, N.Y. — An Amazon delivery driver who pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a crash that killed a Rochester man outside a Buffalo Bills game last fall received his sentence Thursday. Prosecutors said Khairullah Hasein, now 33, of Buffalo, was delivering packages Nov. 13 when his vehicle...
Loved ones react to 19 year-old’s guilty plea in Amherst crash that killed 3 teens
BUFFALO N.Y. (WIVB) – A 19-year-old from Colden could face a shorter sentence after admitting to causing a deadly crash in Amherst last year that killed three of her friends. Jayla Mueller pleaded guilty to manslaughter and reckless driving that claimed the lives of 19-year-old Isabella French, 18-year-old Azathiel Pabon and 20-year-old Dakota Eldridge. “She […]
Cattaraugus County man convicted of 2022 arson in Chautauqua County
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Cattaraugus County man has been convicted of setting fire to a home in Chautauqua County in 2022, the Chautauqua County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. 29-year-old Aubrey Baize of Randolph was convicted for starting the fire at a home in the Town of Kennedy on July 20, 2022. He was […]
Man airlifted after crash on I-43 NB in Sheboygan Co., lanes reopen
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — A 51-year-old man from Milwaukee was transported by flight for life after a crash Thursday morning on Interstate 43 Northbound near mile marker 116 in the Town of Holland. In the same car was a 59-year-old passenger also from Milwaukee. According to Seboygan's sheriff's office, he...
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