Ontario News

City of Lockport * CHARGED: Jeffrey J. Farrell, 20, 53 Dayton St. was charged with unlawful dealing with a child.

For the thousands of western New York residents whose property is home to millions of now-endangered ash trees, the advice from Albany is to sit tight.

State Police say that a 14-year-old teen from Ontario, NY was injured in an ATV accident on West Lake Road in the Town of Depeyster yesterday afternoon.

The campaign to add wind energy sites in Western Massachusetts continues, with a company in Otis having added a 600-kilowatt wind turbine, the Berkshire Eagle reports.

Nearly a quarter of a million dollars will be pumped into the area economy this summer when Niagara Falls is host to the annual convention of the Firemen's Association of New York.

My trusty 10-speed bicycle took me everywhere as a kid - the corner store, the mall, friends' homes, local tennis courts and tennis lessons at Kodak Park, my brothers' baseball games and just plain exploring.

Two popular Lake Ontario swimming spots operated by Monroe County--the Durand Eastman and Ontario beaches--have been closed since Sunday.

If you are a fan of the Viburnum family like I am, heads up. It's the time of the year when the viburnum leaf beetle rears its voracious head, and it's doing so with gusto.

Sixty-three-year-old Mont gomery resident Mike Miller is starting a 3,629-mile bicycle ride on Monday to raise money for cancer research.

A bill that would prohibit text messaging while driving and increase safety measures for teen drivers passed the Assembly unanimously today and moved to the Senate, where it will be stalled unless that chamber resolves its leadership stalemate.

The Ithaca Town Board voted unanimously to support a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in New York state.

The man accused of four murders during a Valentine's Day rampage across two counties is expected in Ontario County court Monday morning.

A 22-year-old Webster man accused of sending a threatening cell phone text message to a woman has been charged with second-degree aggravated harassment.

Douglas Wagner last year made a purchase offer on a Webster home contingent on the well water being judged safe.

New York is targeting another potential invasive species, a tree-eating beetle named the Emerald Ash Borer.

Residents on Webster's Van Alstyne Road watched a power shovel rip through yards one morning late last month.

The dragstrip is a magical place. Once you get a taste of racing, the sights and sounds have a funny way of sinking their hooks in, and the ultimate desire to go faster takes over.

It takes more than an old mule named Sal to haul this load on the Erie Canal. A barge loaded with 10 concrete vaults weighing more than 800 tons is making its way westward on the canal, headed for a final destination on Lake Ontario's southern shore.

Three adult Ontario County residents have tested positive for H1N1, commonly called swine flu, Ontario County Public Health Director Mary Beer announced Wednesday.

With the new era of border-crossing documentation now in effect, at least one member of Congress remains skeptical and wants further proof that the stricter identification mandates are not hurting the U.S. and Southern Ontario economies.