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Published 12 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…
Niagara Action
Published 23 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…
Niagara Action
Published 4 hours agoWoman Runs to Niagara Falls 7-Eleven Reporting Sexual Assault, Begged for an Ambulance
POLICE AUDIO CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE: Law enforcement received a call around 4:31am on October 2nd after reports of a sexual assault at 7-Eleven on Pine Avenue in Niagara Falls. The 911 caller, a third-party, told dispatch that a woman came into the store and…
Investigative Post
Published 7 hours agoICE may use tents or trailers in Batavia
The ICE detention center in Batavia. Photo by J. Dale Shoemaker. The Trump administration this week confirmed its plans for a major expansion of the ICE detention center in Batavia — a project that could include tents or trailers. Documents show ICE plans to spend up to $8.8…
Niagara Action
Published 12 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…
Niagara Action
Published 13 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…
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…
Niagara Action
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…
Niagara Action
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…
Niagara Action
Published September 30Caller Says Uncle Beat Pregnant Girlfriend for Hours as She Begged Him to Stop in Niagara Falls
POLICE AUDIO CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE: Law enforcement received a call around 11:25pm on September 27th after reports of a domestic incident and assault with injuries on 18th Street in Niagara Falls. The 911 caller, a third party and niece of the suspect, told…
Investigative Post
Published September 30Niagara County dallies as overdose deaths mount
Over three years, Niagara County spent less than half the $8 million it received to battle the ravages of opioid addiction. Those funds, originating from settlements to lawsuits against drug manufacturers, came in two pots — one over which the state exercises oversight, another…
Orleans Hub
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…