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Cheektowaga Woman Sentenced for Forcibly Holding Child Victim Inside Her Home
(WNY News Now) – Cheektowaga, NY – Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announces that 58-year-old Carol Steinagle of Cheektowaga was sentenced yesterday morning before State Supreme Court Justice Deborah A. Haendiges to 8 years in prison followed by 5 years of post-release supervision. It was previously announced that her boyfriend and co-defendant, 44-year-old James K. McGonnell…
Kenmore Woman Admits Guilt in Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Overdose Case
(WNY News Now) – Kenmore, NY – Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announces that 36-year-old Ashley M. Holmes of Kenmore pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon before Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio to one count of Criminally Negligent Homicide (Class “E” felony). The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge, the highest sustainable homicide charge,…
Prominent Democrats ousted, progressives make some gains in races for ECDC
Democratic primary voters elected progressives and ousted several party stalwarts in races for the Erie County Democratic Committee (ECDC) in Tuesday’s primaries. Progressive candidates won election or re-election to the committee in five of the nine contested races in the City of Buffalo, election results from the Erie County Board of Elections show. They likely won’t be able to make any sweeping changes — the committee is composed of hundreds of members from across Erie County — but some progressive candidates said they were hopeful that they could continue to expand their numbers by getting more of their neighbors involved in the political process.
Here's what a single-engine, low-flying plane is looking for across WNY
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sightings on Air 1, the Erie County Sheriff's Office helicopter, have been common over recent months as police departments receive help in tracking stolen vehicles or missing people. Bur what if you see a single-engine, low-flying plane in the Erie County or Niagara County skies?. It...
Home Sells for $3.9 Million in Clarence, New York
A new Erie County residential benchmark for 2024, in terms of the sale price of a house, has been set with the sale of a sprawling Clarence estate. According to documents filed June 21 in the Erie County Clerk's office, a house on Goodrich Road in Clarence sold for $3.9 million.
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...
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