CRIME & SAFETY
Man arraigned on charges for alleged bomb threat on Buffalo hospital
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Genesee County man has been arraigned on two charges in connection to allegedly making a bomb threat to Buffalo General Medical Center in March, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. 31-year-old Lordseth Phoenix, of Corfu, is accused of falsely reporting in a 911 call on the morning of […]
Niagara County Sheriff's Office has stolen vehicle pursuit & two weekend fires
Information Courtesy of the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office. On Saturday at 5:21 a.m., the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office communications division received a 9-1-1 call from a female caller in the 800 block of Sunnyside Drive in the Town of Niagara. She stated that a male in a mask approached her idling vehicle and stole it from her driveway.
Town of Newfane house fire deemed total loss
NIAGARA COUNTY, N.Y. — The Niagara County Sheriff's Office reported that on Sunday night in the Town of Newfane officials received calls regarding a house fire located on Lockport Olcott Road. Reports said that the house was vacant, and the fire was extinguished by the Olcott Volunteer Fire Department,...
Letter to the Editor: Parking and construction of the new police station
Letter to the Editor from Donald Weyer:Come one, come all, step right up! We have a gen-u-wine, er genuine three-ring circus setting up its big top in the confines bounded by Bank, State, Main Streets, and Washington Avenue! The center tent pole smacks dab in the Alva Place parking
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