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Sucro Sourcing signs contract to buy more land in Renaissance Commerce Park
Sugar refiner Sucro Sourcing has signed a contract to buy nearly 10 additional acres of land at the former Bethlehem Steel site in Lackawanna, almost doubling its property and allowing it to construct another warehouse and distribution facility. Under the agreement with the Buffalo and Erie County Industrial Land Development...
Clarence home sale is Erie’s most expensive this year, by a lot
A Buffalo waterfront home sale has been dethroned as the most expensive local residential real estate transaction of 2024 so far. While 48 Waterfront Circle sold for $2.5 million earlier this month, Ludvik and Christina Karl have sold 4745 Goodrich Road, Clarence, for $3.9 million to 22 Fresh Ice SMWK Inc., according to June 21 filings with the Erie County clerk’s office.
Kenmore woman enters guilty plea in fentanyl-related death of friend
A Kenmore woman who sold fentanyl-laced cocaine to a friend who later died of an overdose pleaded guilty before Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio on Tuesday to one count of criminally negligent homicide, according to the Erie County District Attorney's Office. Prosecutors said Ashley M. Holmes, 36, was...
Buffalo man sentenced to probation for accident that injured Depew pedestrian
The driver of a pickup truck who left the scene of an accident after injuring a pedestrian was sentenced Thursday to one year of probation for reckless driving, according to the Erie County District Attorney's Office. Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio also ordered Timothy M. Wagner, 29, of...
Two local churches proposed to close
Two local Roman Catholic churches, St. George’s in West Falls and St. Joseph’s in Holland, have been recommended to close. The two local churches are part of the 13 of the 30 total Catholic churches in eastern and southern Erie County that the Diocese of Buffalo has recommend be closed as part of its Road to Renewal comprehensive plan. The […]
Western New York reports record low violent crime but sees an uptick in property crime
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Violent crime is down in Western New York but the region is reporting an uptick in property crime. That's according to new data from the Division of Criminal Justice Services. More than 5,400 vehicles were stolen in Erie County last year, many of them in...
What’s Going On
Clarence Hollow historic walk Erie County Historian C. Douglas Kohler will lead a free Clarence Hollow historic walk at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 13, starting at the farmers market, 10717 Main St. He will also hold a Clarence Center historic walk at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, starting at Clarence Center and Goodrich roads. For questions or more information, call […]
Cheektowaga woman sentenced to 8 years in prison for keeping child locked in home
A woman who kept a child locked up in a bedroom and garage in a Cheektowaga home will spend eight years in prison, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced. “Beside an actual homicide, this may be the most egregious thing that I have seen in four years here," said Erie County District Attorney John Flynn.
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