NU women’s basketball hosts Canisius for Battle of the Bridge
NIAGARA UNIV. — The Niagara University women’s basketball team will host Canisius at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Gallagher Center. The Purple Eagles earned a 62-59 victory over Manhattan in…
UB women’s hoops heads to Bowling Green
BUFFALO — The University at Buffalo women’s basketball team (12-4, 2-3 MAC) will look to win their second straight road MAC game as they head to Bowling Green to take…
Parents of Alden students must pick kids up at school
ALDEN — The Alden School District is asking parents to pick up their children at the school — with photo identification — due to an ongoing police matter in the…
Canisius’ Williams honored again by Atlantic Hockey
BUFFALO — Senior Canisius goaltender Charles Williams has been named the Atlantic Hockey Team Travel USA Goaltender of the Week, league officials announced on Tuesday. The honor marks the fourth…
Poloncarz goes to bat for Obamacare
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz is making a public push to voters to call on their elected members of Congress to allow the Affordable Care Act to remain. Poloncarz sent…
Dhaliwall and Rodriguez named UB’s Athletes of the Week
BUFFALO — The Univesity at Buffalo has named Jaskiran Dhaliwall and Nick Rodriguez as its athletes of the week. Dhaliwall did well in the first track and field meet of…
Brooklyn man charged with scaming Lowe’s out of millions of dollars
BUFFALO — Kenneth Cassidy, 50, of Brooklyn, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a…
Rochester man sentenced to prison in Jamaican lottery scam case
ROCHESTER — Roydel Nicholson, 64, of Rochester, was convicted following a jury trial of mail fraud and international money laundering for his role as a money-mule in the Jamaican lottery…
Rochester man sentenced for failing to pay federal income taxes
ROCHESTER — David Mura, 67, of Rochester, who was convicted of failing to file federal income tax returns, was sentenced by U.S. Magistrate Judge Marian W. Payson to one year…
TOMMUNIST: Putin annexes Depew just before historic dissolution vote
On the eve of an historic vote in which citizens of Depew would decide whether to dissolve the Village, the point became moot as Russian Vladimir Putin ordered his military…