Three staunch supporters of Lockport’s first responders will attend their final Common Council meeting this evening. Mark Devine, 3rd Ward alderman, Margaret Lupo, 5th Ward alderman, and Anita Mullane, 2nd Ward alderman finish their terms this month after a year of tension with Mayor John Lombardi III.
A Lockport man was sentenced to 40 years to life on Tuesday for his role in a fatal 2023 shooting. Joshua Z. Chandler was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree assault and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the shooting death of Rakeem Hamilton, 27, of Lockport.
29-year-old Jalik George has been found guilty for a shooting in 2024 in Niagara Falls.
State Assemblyman Jon Rivera and United Way Buffalo and Erie County are helping expand Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program in Erie County.
The Bills have signed veteran placekicker Michael Badgley to the practice squad with Matt Prater out for at least a week because of a right quad injury.