08-13-25 Midday Headlines

Lockport Common Council members say they had no choice but to approve the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement that will strain the city’s finances, saying they were first given the terms of the deal just a week before they were expected to vote on it

Opening statements could begin on Thursday in the trial of a Falls man charged in a 2022 homicide. Prosecutors and defense attorneys reportedly made slow but steady progress on Tuesday during jury selection in the murder trial of Al Villane.

Several parishes in the Catholic Diocese met Tuesday morning at the State Supreme Court to ask a judge for more time before having to pay a portion of the clergy sex abuse settlement.

A Niagara Falls man operating an e-scooter died on Friday after a crash with a tow truck in Niagara Falls. The man was identified by police on Tuesday as 59-year-old Scott Read.