Lockport News

The Niagara County Sheriff's Department is investigating an apparent murder/suicide that took the lives of two recent Wilson High School graduates Saturday morning in Ransomville.

Nicholas Smith, 18, and Antonio Sheppard, 18, are each accused of having sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl in March.

The city has been approved for a $1.5 million state grant to pay for roof repairs and other maintenance at Harrison Place, the former Harrison Radiator plant that it would like to sell or lease to businesses.

An attorney for one of the teens accused in the Wilson High School baseball hazing case said he is recommending his client turn down a plea offer from the Niagara County district attorney's office that would ...

After 15 years as Niagara County undersheriff and almost 35 years in the department, Samuel J. Muscarella Jr.

An attorney for two victims in the Wilson High School sexual abuse case says he would not be surprised if a plea bargain is offered to the three players and two coaches who stand accused.

Nicholas Smith, 18, and Antonio Sheppard, 18, are each accused of having sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl in March.

Many people who live in Niagara County are missing out on a free, health benefit.

There's no marker at the spot where Evelyn Krehan's brother is buried. When Klaus Walther, a U.S. Navy veteran, died last fall, Krehan expected to have his grave, which is next to the graves of both their ...

Rapids Volunteer Fire Company has been awarded a federal Assistance to Firefighters grant from the Homeland Security Department.

Tom Garlock, the general manager of the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, left the organization's top job Monday.

A popular purveyor of fresh local produce is branching out. Niagara Produce is now open and ready for business in Lockport, and the residents are ready.

The First Niagara Bank branch on East Avenue was closed Thursday after an apparent electrical short caused the building to lose power.

When Lockport resident Andy Chapman heard about the Molson Canal Concert Series, he was excited for what it could bring to Lockport.

Niagara County is studying the construction of an addition to the County Courthouse here and the transfer of all State Supreme and Family courts from Niagara Falls to Lockport.

LOCKPORT ... A city man accused of driving recklessly on several city streets Thursday ... forcing vehicles off the road, causing two accidents and then trying to flee from police on foot and by bicycle ... was ...

Two teens who were arrested in 2006 on charges of raping a 15-year-old girl have been arrested again on sexual misconduct charges.

If Kim Alexis hadn't needed some cash while a senior at Lockport High School, she might have spent the past three decades behind the pharmacy counter at Rite Aid on Lincoln Avenue instead of the covers of ...

Town Supervisor Marc Smith said this week he thinks lawsuits against the town and Wal-Mart Stores Inc.