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A Niagara Falls middle school teacher has been terminated following an investigation into an incident in which a racially offensive remark referencing slavery was made to students inside a classroom at Gaskill Preparatory School.      Niagara Falls City School District Superintendent Mark Laurrie confirmed Thursday, March 12th, that the teacher was terminated. The district is also moving forward with a Part 83 filing with New York State, which will allow state officials to de

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 6:51pm on March 6th after reports of a motor vehicle accident and subsequent assault at Walmart on Military Road in Niagara Falls. The incident occurred between Walmart and Hobby Lobby. The 911 caller said that after a two-vehicle accident both male drivers exited their vehicles and became argumentative. The altercation then became physical and punches started being thrown. Police responded to the scene. It i

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 3:15pm on March 6th after reports of a hit-and-run incident in the area of 74-76th block of Niagara Falls Boulevard in Niagara Falls. Police received multiple calls of a white female being dragged 20 feet by a vehicle that took off. The woman who was hit and dragged continued walking down the boulevard and was finally contacted by police at Popeyes. She was not injured. Police did not release any identifying

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 12:15pm on March 6th after reports of animal neglect on 2700 block of Falls Street in Niagara Falls. The 911 caller said that he is working in the property and that there's several emaciated dogs. He told police that they are being confined solely to a back patio area with no food, no water and filled with feces. Police responded to the scene. It is unknown if the owner was arrested. No further information is

Plans for the long-anticipated return of the Thunder of Niagara Air Show have been grounded once again after organizers confirmed that the event scheduled for this summer at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station will not take place in 2026. Officials with the 914th Air Refueling Wing announced Monday that the 2026 show has been cancelled due to operational demands tied to ongoing military missions overseas. “Due to the allocation of resources to ongoing operations in the U.S.

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 4:55pm on March 5th after reports of a domestic incident on Ontario Avenue in Niagara Falls. The 911 caller said that the mother of his child attempted to run him over with a vehicle. It was not clear from the police audio if their child was in the vehicle at the time of the incident.. Police responded to the scene. It is unknown if the woman was arrested. No further information is available at this time. The

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 8:37am on March 5th after reports of disorderly conduct on the 1300 block of Walnut Avenue in Niagara Falls. Several 911 callers - all third party passerby - stated that a black woman wearing only a thong and a bra was hitting vehicles with her bag in the roadway as they drove past. Police responded to the scene. It is unknown if the woman was arrested. No further information is available at this time. These

Niagara Falls Police responded to the 2400 bloc of Niagara Avenue around 5pm on March 2nd after reports of an assault.   Upon arrival, officers spoke with the victim who stated that her friend Hubert Pringle began arguing with her about wanting some beer, which she refused to give him. She stated Pringle then became irate and struck her on the top of the head with a closed fist.   This caused her to become “alarmed.”   The victim then stated Pringle pushed her onto the bed an

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 4:13pm on March 3rd after reports of an assault on the 8300 block of Buffalo Avenue in Niagara Falls. The 911 caller said that a male was attacking a female in a parking on along Buffalo Avenue. Police responded to the scene at which time the male fled the area. Police pursued the male suspect and detained him within minutes. The extent of any injuries sustained by the female are unknown. The male was arreste

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 8:15pm on March 4th after reports of a brawl on the 1500 block of 18th Street in front of Hometown in Niagara Falls. The 911 caller said - a passerby - said that that there was a group of about 10 people in the street looking like they were going to fight. Two of the people had knives. Police responded to the scene. By the time police arrived, the group had reportedly dispersed. No further information is avai

A major project aimed at strengthening military readiness and expanding regional economic activity is underway at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station. Officials have formally broken ground on a new $6.3 million advanced training facility for U.S. Air Force reservists.      The project, announced at the end of February by leadership of the 914th Air Refueling Wing, will introduce modern simulation technology designed to allow aircrews to train for complex aerial refueling mi

The Niagara University community continues to mourn the devastating loss of sophomore hockey player Bradly “Burdy” Burden whose life was cut short in a violent early-morning crash in Niagara Falls–an accident investigators say unfolded with catastrophic force and left behind heartbreak stretching from Western New York to his hometown more than 4,000 miles away in Alaska.      The following information is based on information that has been publicly reported and law enforcement

Pedestrian crossings between the United States and Canada at Niagara Falls have climbed sharply over the past year, defying broader declines in northern border traffic and underscoring the region’s continued strength as an international tourism destination.      New federal transportation data show the Buffalo–Niagara Falls port of entry at the Rainbow Bridge recorded a 54% increase in pedestrian crossings in 2025 compared to the previous year, even as vehicle traffic and ove

A proposal to relocate the Niagara Aerospace Museum to downtown Niagara Falls could bring a new year-round attraction to the city’s tourism district while preserving Western New York’s deep aviation and aerospace history.      Museum officials say they are pursuing plans to construct a new facility on state-owned property near Second and Niagara Streets–just blocks from Niagara Falls State Park and within walking distance of several of the region’s most visited attractions.  

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 5:12am on March 3rd after reports of a sex crime that occurred on the 500 block of 81st Street in Niagara Falls. The 911 caller said that a while male and white female were having sex in the roadway. The couple was reportedly not deterred by the caller seeing them and continued. Police responded to the scene. It is unknown if the either party was arrested. No further information is available at this time. The

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 12:13pm on February 27th after reports of menacing with a weapon on the 8200 block of Buffalo Avenue in Niagara Falls.   The 911 caller said that a male party was outside threatening to beat others with a baseball bat that had tons of nails sticking out of it. The caller also said that there is an order of protection safeguarding them against this male suspect.    The caller said that they live in the lower a

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 9:07pm on February 28th after reports of a subject with a knife on the 3000 block of Monroe Avenue in Niagara Falls.   The caller texted into 911 saying that she was fearful for her life. The suspect was a white male described as 5’6” and 175 lbs. The caller then contacted dispatch again stating that she locked herself in the bathroom. The male was in the basement where, according to the woman, there are “sev

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 6:57pm on February 28th after reports of a domestic incident on Falls Street in Niagara Falls.   The 911 caller – a third party – said that her next door neighbor showed up at her home completely naked stating that her boyfriend was “going to kill [her].”   Law enforcement responded to the scene. Limited details are available after law enforcement arrived. It is unknown if the male was arrested. No further in

By: Frank Parlato Special to Niagara Action      Please stop an insane mayor from destroying the city with a hockey arena that the city cannot afford. He'll do it if he can. He wants a legacy, maybe.      It's hard to even explain. Mayor Robert Restaino of Niagara Falls, in a city that can't afford it, wants to build a two-hundred-million-dollar-plus hockey arena.      He doesn't have the money to build an arena with no team to play in it. An arena that will cost fifteen mill

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 7:05pm on February 25th after reports a domestic incident and attempted assault on 101st Street in Niagara Falls. The 911 caller - a third party - said that a teenage male had a knife and was screaming at his mother. At that time, the neighbor said he/she did not see the incident begin and could not give additional information. The caller then contacted dispatch again and provided additional information, stat