Aldermen in Lockport were encouraged by the 2024 city audit figures provided last week. The short presentation by Jermey Smith, CPA, showed that last year’s revenue had increased over the previous year as a result of an increase in total property taxes and departmental income.
A Niagara Falls man was found guilty of second-degree murder in a fatal stabbing in September 2022. Al Villane, 35, was found guilty by a jury of stabbing 47-year-old Hollis Stewart, of Niagara Falls, on Sept. 19 in a residence on the 700 block of 20th Street in Niagara Falls, officials said.
Three people from Buffalo were charged and another suspect is still on the loose after they allegedly broke into a home in Orchard Park, assaulted a person, and stole property worth over $30,000.
A Tonawanda man, 43 year old Detrick Gray, has been found guilty of four different charges in connection to shooting a victim during an auto repair dispute in 2023.
A pair of cyclists undertaking a cross-country Ride Against War on Gaza stopped in Lockport on Wednesday to talk up their cause while refueling at Scripts Cafe.