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Published 5 hours agoMedina earns first N-O field hockey win
Snapping a season opening four league game losing streak, Medina downed Newfane (2-4) 2-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game Thursday evening at Vets Park. Jenelle Stalker and Olivia Bessel each scored a goal for the Mustangs. Wilson 8, Roy-Hart 3 Wilson improved to…
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Published 5 hours agoAkron tips Medina in OT in N-O soccer; Barker/Lyndonville downs Albion
Akron nipped Medina 3-2 in overtime in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game Thursday at Vets Park. Sawyer Ranney scored the game winning goal in overtime for the Tigers which also got goals from Thatcher Ranney and Owen Kreher. Cam Fike and Tyler Raduns both scored goals for…
Niagara Action
Published 15 hours agoGoodyear to Close Niagara Falls Chemical Plant After 80 Years Amid Decades of Worker Cancers and Flagrant Air Violations
Goodyear to Close Niagara Falls Chemical Plant After 80 Years Amid Decades of Worker Cancers and Flagrant Air Violations After operating for eight decades and leaving a horrific imprint on the health of Western New York workers, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. chemical plant on…
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Published September 30Rivals will visit Flyers on Thursday
Looking to maintain a share of first place, Albion/Medina will visit Maryvale at 7 p.m. Thursday in a key B1 Division football game. Albion/Medina is currently tied for first place with McKinley at 3-0 (4-0 overall) while Maryvale is just a game off the pace at 2-1 (3-1).…
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Published September 29Albion boys, Akron girls score X-C sweeps
The Albion boys and Akron girls both scored a twin bill sweep in a Niagara-Orleans League cross-country tri-meet this afternoon at Albion. The Albion boys defeated Akron 23-33 and Newfane 19-40 to finish the dual meet portion of the N-O season at 5-1. Akron downed Newfane 23-36…
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Published 5 hours agoChild Found in Trunk of Vehicle at Niagara County Walmart
POLICE AUDIO CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE: Law enforcement received a call around 4:42pm on October 1st for a welfare check at Walmart on South Transit Road in Lockport, Niagara County. The 911 caller, a third-party, told dispatch that approx. three spots from the door…
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Published 6 hours agoMan Buries Hatchet in Suspect’s Head During Attempted Home Invasion in Niagara County
POLICE AUDIO CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE: Law enforcement received a call around 12:33am on September 30th after reports of an attempted home invasion on Willow Bend Drive in Lockport, Niagara County. The 911 caller told dispatch that there was a male who attempted to…
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Published 13 hours agoThree Erie County Dispatchers Suspended After Snooping on Coworker with Flock License Plate Readers
A high-tech surveillance tool designed to catch car thieves and wanted felons was turned into an internal tracking device inside the Cheektowaga Police Department, leading to the suspension of three public safety dispatchers. The disciplinary action follows an internal audit that…
Niagara Action
Published October 01The Grift in the Room: Calling BS on Nate McMurray
I. NATE MCMURRAY MAKES THE NAACP AWARDS ALL ABOUT HIM The room was supposed to be about the work. Not the clips. Not the headlines. Not the carefully staged confrontation that somebody’s going to screenshot and post before the appetizers are cleared. The NAACP awards ceremony in…
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Published October 01Woman Takes Clothes Off While Holding Large Butcher Knife on Niagara Falls Street
POLICE AUDIO CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE: Law enforcement received a call around 1:03pm on September 28th after reports of a person with a weapon on Nevada Avenue in Niagara Falls. The 911 caller, a third party, told dispatch that there was a person taking their…
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Published October 01Woman Burned with a Torch and Thrown Out of Vehicle in Niagara County, Found in Roadway
POLICE AUDIO CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE: Law enforcement received a call around 4:23am on October 1st after reports of an assault that took place at the intersection of Coomer Road and Wilson Burt Road in Newfane, Niagara County. The 911 caller, a third party, told…
Investigative Post
Published October 01Fun and gamesmanship at Dem re-org meeting
The main event at Saturday’s meeting of the Erie County Democratic Committee was the election of Jeremy Zellner to an eighth term as party chair. Zellner, facing two challengers, won that contest with more than 85 percent of the weighted vote. It took hours to to collect and…