http://www.lockportjournal.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:52:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_337155357.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_337155357.html The struggling economy has evidently caught up with the local gaming industry.The Seneca Gaming Corp. announced on Tuesday plans to lay off a total of 210 of the 4,800 employees who work at its casino operations in Niagara Falls, Buffalo and Salamanca. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:16:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_266141731.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_266141731.html New York Mets executives are in Buffalo to announce that the Triple A Bisons will be the major-league team’s top farm club. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:13:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_263151410.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_263151410.html The Lockport police and fire departments are offering a free community emergency preparedness course. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:25:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_263132646.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_263132646.html Four school districts in eastern Niagara County will be holding school board meetings next week. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:40:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_263124104.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_263124104.html Adecco, the world’s biggest staffing agency, is opening a new payroll operations center in suburban Rochester that will create 200 new jobs by 2010. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:58:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_263095903.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_263095903.html State police say a 54-year-old man stole as much as $200,000 from a state bowling association while serving as its manager. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:56:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_262165720.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_262165720.html AT and T Inc. is expanding its third-generation, or 3G, high speed wireless network many areas of Niarage and Erie counties. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:43:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_262144417.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_262144417.html Sen. Charles Schumer plans to offer a broad economic proposal for the government to offer a financial lifeline to those banks that are willing to renegotiate mortgages for those on the brink of losing their homes. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:35:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_262113613.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_262113613.html The State Department has confirmed that a young American woman and her Yemeni husband were killed in a terrorist attack at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:24:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_262112442.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_262112442.html When police detective Andy Caldwell heard that O.J. Simpson was a suspect in a robbery, he said he couldn’t believe it. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:08:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_262100920.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_262100920.html Good government groups in Albany are urging Gov. David Paterson and New York lawmakers to address the ethics scandals that have recently plagued state government. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:36:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_261173813.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_261173813.html The deaths of a couple found in the charred ruins of a house in suburban Rochester have been ruled a murder-suicide. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_261153706.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_261153706.html Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver tells a gathering of business leaders in Buffalo that the failures on Wall Street will ripple through the state, making it harder, for example, to fund infrastructure and education. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:26:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_261132726.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_261132726.html A North Tonawanda woman faces drug and drunken driving charges after driving the wrong way on the Twin City Memorial Highway and striking another vehicle almost head on Wednesday morning. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:51:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_261125143.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/newtoday/gnnnewsrefresh_story_261125143.html The New York State Police conducted a road check on Route 78 on Tuesday afternoon, writing 38 tickets and arresting one man for allegedly driving while intoxicated.