Middleport News

A 17-year-old Middleport resident told the Niagara County Sheriff's Office that two teens struck him on the head and back with a large wrench and punched him while he was at a friend's house on Rose Road in Middleport early Saturday.

A singing group that's been a fixture in the community for a decade has recorded its first CD.

A former city woman who pleaded guilty to causing police Capt. Jeffrey Brodsky to break his ankle while quelling a domestic incident last year got a break of her own in sentencing Wednesday from Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III.

The Western New York group MUFON is bringing one of the "founding fathers" of UFOlogy to the area for a lecture on landing and material evidence cases.

On Monday morning Michael Cancilla was a little black and blue. And red. And green.

A small church with big-hearted members is serving Thanksgiving dinner to anyone who wants it today.

Keeping the roads safe is the job of area police departments, as well as a goal of the AAA.

November 18, 2009, 7:28 AM / Look for a significant tax rate increase in the Town of Newfane next year, while the Town of Royalton rates will decrease slightly, as both towns hold public hearings on their proposed 2010 town budgets tonight.

The Halloween spirit will be on the screen and in the seats Saturday night in the Hamburg Palace Theater, 31 Buffalo St.

The little bridge over Tonawanda Creek that connects Niagara County to Erie County could cause big headaches for commuters for the next nine months.

Some time ago, Darrell Scott - the father of Rachel Scott - received a call from Austin, a disc jockey in Colorado who just had a baby girl.

City of Lockport A* CONTEMPT: Anthony J. Bennett, Jr., 24, 6489 Dysinger Road, Apt.

Sept. 21 A 56-year-old Lockport man told sheriff's deputies than someone broke a padlock and entered his work trailer in the 8100 block of State Street in Gasport overnight and stole a large amount of tools and at least two nail guns.

There is nothing more fun than unearthing a treasure, and when it turns out to be in your own backyard, it's even more satisfying.

A film about brain-eating zombies, sweeping romances, thought-provoking documentaries and entertaining shorts - ImageOut has it all.

A Wright Corners man charged in a Middleport burglary accepted a plea deal Monday in Niagara County Court.

"It's strictly the economy," is what Loretta Bensley, owner of Middleport's The Gift Garden, had to say about closing the doors to her flower and gift shop for good this weekend.

Two Middleport men charged with trespassing were caught harvesting marijuana Tuesday in a field behind a convenience store in the 7900 block of Rochester Road on Tuesday, Niagara County sheriff's deputies said.

Eighteen months ago, Mary Ann Stroka and her husband, Terry Andress, were mesmerized by some strange-looking animals at Andes Dandies on neighboring Salt Road.

Lockport police are closing in on the remaining two suspects in Monday's armed robbery of the Kentucky Fried Chicken on West Avenue, according to Detective Lt.