Wilson News

A fireplace sparked an early-morning fire that left three people injured and damaged a home at 43 Sunset Island, Niagara County sheriff's deputies said.

Niagara County Sheriffs Deputy Ray Needle suffered a broken leg while responding to a fire on Sunset Island at 2:13 a.m. Friday, according to reports.

A "Welcome to Wilson" sign on Ide Road valued at $1,600 was broken and damaged by an ax, Niagara County sheriff's deputies said.

A judge reserved on rendering a verdict after the non jury trial of two former members of the Wilson High School baseball team concluded Wednesday Night in Wilson Town Court.

A man accused of stealing a shotgun and a GPS from a family member was found by deputies after apparently getting lost near Roosevelt Beach.

Town of Lockport * LARCENY: A Gardenwood Drive woman told police Wednesday sometime between June 19 and the morning of June 20, someone stole 476 morphine tablets from a cupboard in her house.

Witnesses for the prosecution took the stand at Wilson Town Court in the alleged hazing case Saturday, and more witnesses are expected when the closed trial for two 18-year-old defendants resumes Monday.

It was a story that rocked the small Niagara County town of Wilson last year. Three Wilson high school baseball players charged in a high-profile hazing case.

One man pleaded guilty and another not guilty in separate driving while intoxicated cases Tuesday before Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza.

BUFFALO Feds say they've broken Canada-U.S. Ecstasy ring Federal authorities say they've disrupted a Canada-to-United States Ecstasy ring with the arrest of 20 people, most in Western New York.

City of Lockport * CHARGED: Timothy J. Zastrow, 51, 243 Pine St. was charged with passing a red traffic signal, driving while intoxicated and a seatbelt violation.

A man using gasoline to clean paint from a carpet in the basement of his Ide Road home is believed to have triggered a fire shortly before noon Wednesday, Niagara County sheriff's deputies said.

Photographs from the opening gala for the World Science Festival at Alice Tully Hall in New York, NY on Wednesday, June 10, 2009.

This weekend's concluding concerts of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra's 59th season are the fruit of typically creative programming by music director Robert Hanson.

A Niagara Falls man who violated his probation in a domestic violence case was sentenced to 2 1/2 to seven years in state prison Wednesday.

Ransomville and Wilson volunteer fire companies, along with Niagara County Sheriff Deputies, responded to an accident between an RV and a SUV at the corner of Ransomville and Youngstown-Wilson Roads.

Town of Lockport * LARCENY: A Hinman Road man reported Sunday that sometime since June 1, someone stole three aluminum wheel rims, together worth about $150, from his yard.

WHEATFIELD: The Summit Mall lives on ... for now! June 05, 2009 02:20 pm Ransomville and Wilson volunteer fire companies, along with Niagara County Sheriff Deputies, responded to an accident between an RV and a SUV at the corner of Ransomville and Youngstown-Wilson Roads.

Eastern Niagara school districts saw improvement in the annual state math tests, according to results released Monday by the state Education Department.

Four eastern Niagara school districts cracked the top 50 in Business First's 2009 ranking of all 97 public school districts in Western New York.