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November 08, 2009, 8:29 AM / Oct. 13 A 48-year-old Ransomville woman told sheriff's deputies that she was in a bar in Pendleton on Beach Ridge Road and discovered her purse had been stolen from her unlocked vehicle at 10 p. m. She told deputies that she works as an agent for Border Patrol and had a government issued credit card, federal ...

Village residents couldn't believe what they were hearing as they approached the M&T bank on the corner of Main Street and Maple Avenue in Lyndonville early Thursday afternoon: The bank had been robbed.

BY JULIE OBERMILLER newsroom@lockportjournal.com October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and a time when pink ribbons are everywhere and the focus is on the disease that affects women each year.

Who done it? Who murdered Maggie Renttib? Was it Blanche Bacchus marketing whiz? Or Rusty Dusty Dustin Cooper, her former love interest? Have fun finding out on the third annual "Hallowine" event on Saturday and Sunday along the Niagara Wine Trail in Niagara County.

When Hollywood productions visit Western New York, like has happened a good deal in recent weeks, it's not just the region's image that gets a boost.

When Tim Bartlett meets a shopper who's not sure what the fuss is about Niagara County peaches, he doesn't argue.

Four people were arrested on drunk driving charges in separate incidents early this morning across Niagara County, including a Lockport woman who had an 8-month-old in her vehicle at the time.

The annual Lewiston Kiwanis Peach Festival, a three-day celebration of Niagara County's fabulous fuzzy fruit, gets under way at 5 p. m. today at Academy Park on Center Street.

August 05, 2009, 6:57 AM / Five proposals have been submitted to the Niagara River Greenway Commission in the latest round of review, including a wine store in Lockport, improvements to Buffalo's LaSalle Park and two proposals from the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy.

August 05, 2009, 6:57 AM / Five proposals have been submitted to the Niagara River Greenway Commission in the latest round of review, including a wine store in Lockport, improvements to Buffalo's LaSalle Park and two proposals from the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy.

City of Lockport * CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: Eric Sobers, 21, 144 Lock St., Apt. 4, was charged Friday with fourth-degree criminal mischief.

A local winery owner plans to open a store selling Niagara County farm products exclusively, while the man who first broached the idea charges he was double-crossed. Mayor Michael W. Tucker told the Greater Lockport Development Corp.

A black bear made itself at home on Crosby Road just a few streets away from the Lockport Town Hall on the 4th of July, eating from the bird feeders and drinking from the humming bird feeder.

Cherilyn D. Evert, 39, of Ferry Avenue, Niagara Falls, was charged with driving while intoxicated and improper lane usage after police stopped her car in the 1900 block of Cudaback Avenue just before 3 a. m., Niagara Falls police said.

An Appleton teen was charged Monday with assaulting another teen after reportedly following him through Newfane and Olcott.

Greater Lockport Development Corp. is taking action to ensure the Wine Emporium opens on Canal Street this summer.

City of Lockport * DISORDERLY CONDUCT: Dishan J. Barnes, 29, 45 Ontario St., Apt.

From left: James Cromitie, David Williams and Onta Williams, three of four suspects in a plot to bomb synagogues in the Bronx and shoot down military planes at an air base in Upstate New York, are escorted from Federal Plaza in New York, early Thursday, May 21, 2009.

It wasn't exactly the "dollar and a dream" scenario, but Niagara Falls resident Betty Lou Ross has become the New York State Lottery's newest millionaire.

Family farms in Niagara County are continents away from growers in Japan, but a Japanese senior writer from one of the world's largest agricultural daily newspapers said the two countries have much in common.