Erie County News

A Depew woman is facing her second DWI after deputies say she crashed her vehicle into a mailbox and a ditch on Friday.

On Saturday, June 8, Niagara University is hosting a conference designed to offer attendees "best practices" for establishing citizen and community preparedness initiatives.

A North Tonawanda man pleaded guilty Friday, after allegedly crashing his vehicle into another crash scene on Niagara Falls Boulevard in March.

A News 4 viewer couldn't believe what he saw when his father was admitted to the emergency room at ECMC.

The board says the measure would cut down on fatal crashes caused by DWI and other problems related to drunk driving.

Erie County will hold a hazardous waste drop off event on Saturday, giving residents a safe and easy way to get rid of old paint, batteries, propane tanks and more.

Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Lake Shore Savings Bank, announced first quarter 2013 net income of $906,000, or $0.16 per diluted share, compared to net income of $1.0 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2012.

A missing dog returned to its home in Elma with the help of many local officials, including one brave firefighter.

U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins, D-South Buffalo, will be the featured speaker at the State University at Fredonia's 2013 commencement on Saturday.

Erie County Sheriff's Deputies made their 124th arrest Friday afternoon in Grand Island.

A grass-roots effort to reclaim a portion of under-utilized public space on the Niagara River came to fruition Saturday.

A Buffalo man was arrested Friday after a search warrant was executed by Erie County Sheriffs, resulting in the finding of approximately $40,000 worth of marijuana.

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A little-known but spectacular flame in Erie County, N.Y., is the focus of an article in the journal Marine and Petroleum Geology , co-authored by Agnieszka Drobniak, research scientist with the Indiana Geological Survey, and Arndt Schimmelmann, senior scientist in the Department of Geological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences.

The family of Richard Metcalf Jr. has already filed a notice of claim with Erie County and the Depew Police Department.

More than two years after an 8-year-old western New York girl was found dead in her mother's bed, a grand jury has indicted the mother on a murder charge.

West Seneca, NY Police in West Seneca say the suspect in the death of an elderly woman over the weekend has turned himself in.

The Erie County Medical Examiner's Office has ruled the death of a former inmate at the Erie County Holding Center a homicide.

Every summer after a heavy rain, high bacteria levels force the closure of many beaches, including Woodlawn Beach in Hamburg.

The Erie County Sheriff's Office says two people were arrested at the Correctional Facility in Alden for allegedly trying to smuggle controlled substances and other contraband into the building.