Olcott News

The no swimming signs have gone up again at one Niagara County beach located along Lake Ontario.

In the hands of trained professionals, fireworks crackle and pop, lighting up the night sky with an array of vivid colors.

Three people were picked up by a passing boat after their sailboat capsized in the water off Olcott on Wednesday afternoon.

Local residents can enjoy three full day of fireworks starting this holiday weekend at various Niagara locations.

An 86-year-old man escaped this morning from his burning Franklin Street home, the Niagara County Sheriff's Office reported.

The Niagara County Legislature rolled out the pork barrel last week, allocating $50,000 from the county's share of Seneca Niagara Casino revenue to a variety of local projects and events.

Following is a weekly listing of upcoming events of area faith groups held around Niagara County.

City of Lockport * MISCHIEF: John Apolito, 46, 9 Monroe St., was charged Sunday with criminal mischief.

A past chief of the Olcott Volunteer Fire Co. received a state award for his heroic rescue of a drowning woman last summer.

International Joint Commission leaders from Canada and the United States on the got an earful from a packed crowd at the Olcott Firehall on Tuesday.

Shoreline property owners on Lake Ontario are preparing to buck an environmental plan on a new strategy to regulate the levels of Lake Ontario.

NEWFANE ... A man on a motorcycle who Niagara County sheriff's deputies said they had told not to drive was charged with driving while intoxicated on Monday.

City of Lockport * HARASSMENT: Charles D. McMillan Jr., 38, 190 Erie St., Apt. 2, was charged Thursday night with second-degree harassment and third-degree menacing.

A burglary, the second in a week, occurred between Tuesday and Wednesday at the Olcott Yacht Club on Water Street.

A Cayuga Island resident told Niagara Falls police that sometime overnight someone stole a 3-foot-high wooden lighthouse from the lawn of his West Rivershore Drive home.

Town of Lockport * LARCENY: A Dysinger Road woman reported Tuesday afternoon that sometime over the weekend, someone stole a Dell laptop from her apartment.

Pendleton * LARCENY: An East Canal Road man reported Wednesday morning that he was driving on a trail on his property on Dunnigan Road when he saw a white van with South Carolina plates on the property, where ...

A fund that honors the work of a former representative from the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission will support the efforts of 21 Niagara County community organizations in the coming year.

City of Lockport * FIGHT: Three people - Marquelle R. Goldsmith, 18, 45 South Street, Apt.

NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO Police investigating spiked 'cookie' Niagara Regional Police were called to Alpine Park on Tuesday after a "cookie-like" object was found on a walkway in the park.