Lockport News

Nurses and other health workers at Eastern Niagara Hospital 's Newfane site have voted to approve a new labor contract by a margin of almost four-to-one. The agreement between hospital negotiators and 110 members of 1199 SEIU includes wage increases of at least 7.2 percent over three years.

A small explosion and fire at the VanDeMark Chemical Corp. plant Friday resulted in no injuries and an undetermined amount of damage.

Niagara County officials are taking a "common sense" approach in the wake of a positive confirmation of a case of the H1N1 virus at the courthouse building in Lockport.

With the specter of a bankruptcy auction looming next month, the Statler Towers has lost another tenant.

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A classic Broadway musical will hit the stage in Lockport this weekend, as Curtain Up Productions puts on a version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" Rehearsals are wrapping up for the show, which opens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and continues through next weekend.

Aaron's Inc. will complete its move to downtown within a week. The rent-to-own store is heading to 1 Walnut St.

A vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed slammed into a Town of Lockport garage Sunday evening before striking two parked vehicles, the Niagara County Sheriff's Department reported today.

Officer Steven Ritchie was treated at Eastern Niagara Hospital Lockport and released.

Town of Lockport * HARASSMENT: William G. Harris, 22, 51 Elmhurst Drive, was charged Thursday afternoon with first-degree harassment.

According to a broadcast press conference on YNN, the Town of Lockport has been chosen by Internet giant Yahoo! for a data center.

Wednesday was "James Scapelliti, Kevin Pratt and Michael Barnwell Day" in the city.

A Town of Lockport teen has been charged with possessing fireworks after sheriff's deputies reportedly saw a box in his pickup during a traffic stop.

Ulrich City Centre will pay the tab for two additional, uniformed city police officers to provide additional security on Friday nights during the 2009 Canal Concert Series.

A city man has been charged with assault after allegedly breaking another man's nose in a fight over a woman.

All day long they came by to pay their respects. But the message was clear - a fire Tuesday that destroyed Macaluso's Shoe Repair at 93 Locust St.

It's official. Yahoo! is coming. The well-known Internet services company's plan to build a data center in the Town of Lockport was given the green light Tuesday.

Following weeks of speculation, Governor Paterson and Senator Charles Schumer announced Tuesday that yes, indeed, Yahoo! will build a new data center in Western New York.

Healthcare workers at Eastern Niagara Hospital 's Inter-Community Hospital site in Newfane have voted to picket if a negotiating session on July 2 fails to produce results.

Three people ended up in hospitals Saturday evening following a two-car crash on Carmen and Seaman roads in the Town of Hartland, Niagara County sheriff's deputies report.