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Evans DWI checkpoints provide a sobering experience
The Town of Evans was a bad place to be at the beginning of last weekend -- if you were driving drunk.
Over the past few years, Western New York has been in the national spotlight because of the wind turbines installed in our area.
Fiance of 26-year-old Hamburg man says train crash was an accident
There is more information on the man who led south towns police officers on a deadly chase late Thursday night.
WNY windmill companies may be in legal trouble
State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says citizen complaints led him to investigate two wind power companies that have developed wind farms in five local counties.
Holland man charged in Thursday at the Square bomb threat
A 27-year-old Holland man is accused of lying to police when he told them that terrorists planned to bomb a Thursday in the Square concert in downtown Buffalo last month.
State Attorney General Launches Investigation into Wind
It's a state investigation into some wind power companies. This after allegations from citizens, groups and public officials, alleging improper relations between the companies and local officials, and other ...
Windfarm developers being investigated by state attorney general
The developer of the big wind turbine project in Lackawanna is under investigation by state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for possible improper dealings with local government officials upstate.
Why would a company from Langhorne, Pennsylvania join up with a company based out of Lackawanna, New York? The Orthotic and Prosthetic Assistance Fund, Inc.
Plan to add more wind turbines OK'd
The Lackawanna Planning Board Thursday approved site plans for the second phase of the Steel Winds turbine project along Route 5. The approval paves the way for 13 additional turbines to be erected on the ...
Police accuse man, 27, of harassing baby sitter
Lackawanna police have accused a 27-year-old man with breaking into a neighbor's home and making sexual comments to the teenage baby sitter.
Charges against animal control officer downgraded
A charge of animal cruelty against Lackawanna's animal control officer was downgraded to two misdemeanors, and the case was transferred from Lackawanna today.
Charges Reduced For Animal Control Officer
The Lackawanna Animal Control Officer accused of killing three cats in a Lackawanna basement last month saw the charges against him reduced, and the venue changed at an appearance in Lackawanna City Court.
At night driving out of Buffalo over the skyway Into Lackawanna you used to be able to see The sky on fire, then smell the acid air From blast furnaces molding I-beams and hope.
Rabies data lacking in cat-killing case
While supporters of Lackawanna's embattled animal control officer say Frederick S. Grasso would have shot to death three cats only if the animals were rabid, an Erie County SPCA representative said Thursday ...
Police use ruse for DWI checkpoint
The Erie County STOP-DWI Office and several area police agencies wanted the local media to know about a driving while intoxicated checkpoint planned for Thursday evening in Lackawanna.
Ted Bauer, left, and Dick Pacyon picket outside Lackawanna City Hall dressed as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger.
Lackawanna animal control officer accused of cruelty appears in court
An animal control officer accused of cruelty appears in court. It was a bizarre scene outside court Tuesday morning as a Lackawanna animal control officer charged with animal cruelty faced a judge.
Arrest made in use of stolen credit card
A Lackawanna man who is also believed to be involved in a recent Southtowns burglary ring was arrested Wednesday in New Jersey for allegedly using a stolen credit card, Hamburg town police reported.
Crackdown on illegal handicapped parking
Erie County Sheriff Tim Howard says parking access is a quality of life issue for people with disabilities.
Fake Nikes confiscated in raid on delicatessen
Three suspects were arrested and about 2,000 pairs of counterfeit sneakers valued at more than $100,000 were seized late Wednesday from Zack's Corner Store at Alma and Olympic avenues, Buffalo police said.