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An audit by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli discovered a $9.4 million surplus for the Lockport Central School District.

A state court should rule in the case of Lockport Smart Growth versus the town and Wal-Mart by April.

A Town of Tonawanda man has been charged with felony aggravated cruelty to animals after allegedly kicking his girlfriend's 10-month-old shih tzu puppy to death.

Tuesday's public hearing on Niagara County's tentative 2009 budget was a lightly attended affair.

Arrest warrants were issued Tuesday for eight property owners who didn't appear for arraignment on minor property maintenance citations in Lockport City Court.

As the economy slides downward, the number of people in need goes up dramatically.

The Sister Mary Loretto Memorial Soup Kitchen at the Lockport Salvation Army is cooking.

School districts received a warning from Gov. David Paterson after he withdrew his proposal to cut $836 million of the expected growth in state aid to schools during the current school year.

TOWN OF LOCKPORT ... A 22-year-old man was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated early Thursday morning on Day Road.

Drug dealer Henry L. Banks was sentenced to 18 months in prison Tuesday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza.

A mortgage company that disposed of a dilapidated Harvey Avenue house will pay a fine to satisfy charges it neglected the house while it still held the title.

The city's new parking garage will be paired with a park containing terraced steps to an Erie Canal overlook and perhaps an elevator down to the canal, city officials decided last week.

The 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix that was pulled from the Erie Canal on Monday afternoon was painted white - but it was hard to tell its color beneath all the dirt and muck.

SPECIAL TO THE US&J The Market Street Art Center's second annual "Off the Wall" Holiday Art Show starts Saturday at the center, 247 Market St.

The town board will consider a higher base sewer rate on all properties and addition of a water use charge on certain residential sewer users.

City of Lockport * SHOPLIFTING: Jermaine R. Webster, 28, 101 Vine St., lower, was charged Thursday afternoon with petit larceny.

The auditorium that could have some major work done on it was pretty empty Wednesday night for an informational meeting about the proposed improvement plan for Lockport High School.

The owner of four massage parlors that were shut down last year as part of a federal prostitution sting will serve six years in prison for her part in a sex trafficking operation.

Add "shop at the mansion" to your holiday to-do list. The 28th annual Holiday Gift Show at Kenan House and grounds will be held Friday through Sunday.

A city man was charged with armed robbery early today after he tried to rob the owner of Timkey Limousine and car service just after midnight, police said.