5 charged with welfare fraud
Four Niagara Falls residents and a Buffalo woman were arrested today on welfare fraud charges after recent investigations conducted by the Niagara County Department of Social Services and the Niagara…
ALERT: Fatal crash closes Stone Road in Lockport
TOWN OF LOCKPORT — Stone Road is closed between Sunset Drive and Purdy Road due to a fatal crash. Reports say that the crash involved a pedestrian and a motorcycle.…
Police search for missing teen
MEDINA — Local law enforcement is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 17-year-old girl, who they say was last seen on Friday when he left BOCES on…
Falls woman charged with welfare fraud
NIAGARA FALLS — A 32-year-old Niagara Falls woman was charged earlier today following an investigation conducted by Niagara County Department of Social Services and the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office Welfare…
Town of Lockport gas station robbed
TOWN OF LOCKPORT — The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery that took place early this morning at a Transit Road Sunoco Station. According to the Sheriff’s Office,…
Emergency drill slated for Niagara Power Project on Wednesday
LEWISTON — The New York Power Authority will host on Wednesday a first responders training at the Niagara Power Project. NYPA security and staff will work with the Niagara County…
Three charged with welfare fraud
TOWN OF LOCKPORT — Three women were charged with welfare fraud following investigations by the Niagara County Department of Social Services and the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office Welfare Fraud Unit,…
Nearly 200 tickets issued from Labor Day crackdown
Law enforcement agencies throughout Niagara County issued nearly 200 traffic tickets and arrested 20 people between Aug. 19 and Sept. 5 as part of a “Labor Day National DWI Crackdown…
Fire destroys Lockport home
TOWN OF LOCKPORT — Two adults and a dog are safe despite a fire that engulfed their Badger Drive home this afternoon. According to the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office, numerous…
Two from Lockport charged with welfare fraud
LOCKPORT — A pair of Lockportians were charged Tuesday with welfare fraud, according to Niagara County Sheriff Jim Voutour Fourty-five-year-old Irving Burkhardt and 30-year-old Casey Roberts were arrested on several…