Ortt to meet with flood victims in Olcott
STAFF REPORTS NEWFANE – State Sen. Rob Ortt, R-North Tonawanda, will speak with more residents affected by the flooding on Lake Ontario at 10:15 a.m. Friday at Town of Newfane…
Local residents receive RIT Excellence in Student Life awards
STAFF REPORTS ROCHESTER — Twenty-five graduating students from Rochester Institute of Technology received an Excellence in Student Life award on May 8 for fostering and encouraging the goals of engagement…
Schneiderman joins chorus of those asking for independent counsel following Comey’s firing
STAFF REPORTS Today, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in calling for the immediate appointment of an independent special counsel to investigate…
Amanda Brown added to incoming NU women’s lacrosse freshman class
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS NIAGARA UNIV. — Niagara women’s lacrosse head coach Wendy Stone announced that Amanda Brown has signed her National Letter of Intent (NLI) to join the Purple Eagles…
State settles with ticket-bot companies
STAFF REPORTS NEW YORK — New York State settled wth six ticket brokers that illegally purchased and resold hundreds of thousands of tickets in New York State since 2011, including…
GCC students sweep Garfinkel Essay Contest category
STAFF REPORTS BATAVIA — Genesee Community College is pleased to congratulate students Danielle E. Kinney of Java Village, New York, Anna K. Lewis of Avon, New York and Shannon R.…
Salamanca man arraigned on fraud, money laundering charges
STAFF REPORTS BUFFALO — Sergiy Bezrukov, 33, of Salamanca, pleaded not guilty to a 48-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to defraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, and money…
Buffalo man sentenced in drug conspiracy
STAFF REPORTS BUFFALO — Elias Figueroa, 47, of Buffalo, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin, was sentenced to 78 months in…
Ontario woman re-arrested on new bank fraud charges
STAFF REPORTS ROCHESTER — Cortney Vogt, 37, of Ontario was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with bank fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison…
Crash leads to arrests in Kennedy
STAFF REPORTS KENNEDY — A 30-year-old Jamestown woman and a 36-year-old Panama man were arrested Monday following an accident investigation by New York State Police. According to the NYSP report,…