After a landslide victory over Candra Thomason in 2007, Mayor Dyster’s performance in general elections has gone south. This is probably due to the persistent poverty and crime, vacant storefronts on the city’s thoroughfares, slavish devotion to big money Albany and Buffalo interests and his tendency to characterize political opponents as “crazy” and “hateful”.
Delta pilot and Army veteran Brandon Newport has been held in the Pinellas County Jail without trial since May, accused by his wife, plastic surgeon Dr. Yvonne Pierpont, of drugging and sexually assaulting her. He denies the charges and says his wife — the prosecution's main witness and beneficiary of his multi-million
By Tony Farina Election Day is coming up on Tuesday, Nov. 3, and for the two Kenmore Broadcasting stations, there will be special election night coverage focusing completely on Niagara County from 8…
Wydysh's County Sat on $3.7M in Opioid Money as People Died The state sent Niagara County opioid settlement money. The county reported spending none through 2024. Becky Wydysh chaired the opioid task…
Niagara County's land bank discovered radioactive slag at a former Witmer Road drive-in in 2020 and voted unanimously to seek developers, while nearby residents learned of the contamination only years later from state letters. With no county executive, Legislature Chair Becky Wydysh was the county's highest elected off