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Inmates lose bid to get The News
Inmate Todd E. Fogle got the ball rolling. "I would like to know why The Buffalo News was stopped being delivered," he said in a grievance he filed at the Erie County Correctional Facility.
State's tour of prison still finds serious problems
State inspectors in a recent report describe the Erie County penitentiary as a management-challenged prison where deputies abandon their posts, legitimate inmate grievances go nowhere, and would-be reforms move slowly.
Hamburg voters cut Town Board from 5 to 3
Hamburg became the fifth town in Erie County to decide that, when it comes to the size of a Town Board, smaller is better.
"Political Downsizing" Latest Weapon Used By Voters
HAMBURG, N.Y. - Joe Killian rose at a taxpayers' forum one night to bemoan the chronically high cost of government in western New York.
Ceremony launches work on agri-business park
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday to inaugurate work on the Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park - the state's first such facility.
Alden man arrested for gun possession
November 14, 2009, 8:08 AM / An Alden man was arrested late Thursday after Erie County sheriff's deputies responding to a disturbance call recovered a handgun.
Man mistakenly freed from jail convicted of knifepoint rape
November 13, 2009, 4:39 PM / A Buffalo drug gang member was convicted today of the knifepoint rape of an 18-year-old Buffalo woman last March 4, days after he was mistakenly released from Erie County Correctional Facility in Alden.
Woman accused of DWI, leaving crash scene
November 12, 2009, 7:08 AM / An Alden woman was charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident at about 2:30 p. m. Wednesday on Clinton Street in Elma, Erie County sheriff's deputies said.
From the trusted cobblers at Clarks comes a new and somewhat unnecessary version of their Desert Boots.
Former attorney gets six months for two DWIs
November 05, 2009, 12:52 PM / Former lawyer Kevin J. Love said he's an alcoholic and has been one "for years" before being ordered today to spend at least another three months behind bars and to undergo more rigorous in-patient treatment after he's released.
Despite jail problems, Howard re-elected sheriff in Erie County
November 04, 2009, 7:15 AM / Sheriff Timothy B. Howard appeared to have survived the self-described albatross around his neck - the escapes, deaths and wrongful releases at Erie County's jails - to win re-election Tuesday.
It was a gorgeous Thursday afternoon when I moseyed through the main entrance of the Hilltop Inn.
Howard takes funding requests to lawmakers
Sheriff Timothy B. Howard weeks ago asked the county executive to budget 75 more jobs for the sheriff's office in 2010.
Accountability lacking in beating of inmate
She took a series of blows. The next night, hospital doctors recorded her injuries: A bruise to her temple.
County asks dismissal of U. S. lawsuit over jails
The Collins administration wants a federal judge to dismiss the U. S. Justice Department lawsuit against Erie County's jails.
On the Record / October 24, 2009
October 24, 2009, 8:25 AM / Hires/Promotions/ Honors Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute named David F. Schneeweiss to its board of directors.
Western New York Trick-or-Treating Times
Halloween is just over a week away, and we have the list of times for Trick-or-Treating times in each Erie and Niagara County town.
Drunken driver in fatal crash gets weekends in jail
October 22, 2009, 2:34 PM / A judge today ordered Ngoubdo Babagana to spend weekends in jail until early next year and to talk to school children about the dangers of drinking and driving in between those weekends as punishment for her fatal DWI crash last March.
Alden Eatery Warns Credit Card Users After Break-In
John and Mary's in Alden is sending out an alert to customers who used credit cards at their establishment during business hours Monday after their safe was stolen.