Lockport Union Sun & Journal

The Lockport Union-Sun & Journal is an evening daily newspaper that is published seven days a week, from Sunday to Saturday, in Lockport, New York. This publication focuses on news from the municipalities located in eastern Niagara County. It is part of Greater Niagara Newspapers, which operates under Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.

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GNN Player of the Year: Jayce Wylke's progression mirrored Grand Island's rise to the top of the NFL

6 days ago | lockportjournal.com | Nick Sabato

GRAND ISLAND — Jayce Wylke didn’t get to bring Grand Island its first Section VI championship since 1992, but he’s leaving the program better than he found it. The Vikings won four games the year before Wylke arrived and won four again during his freshman campaign. Since then it has been a gradual climb, with Grand Island’s team success mirroring his individual improvement.
There's no real future without empathy

6 days ago | lockportjournal.com | Robert Koehler

From Gulf of America to mass expulsion of “illegals” (people of color) to continuing genocidal complicity in Gaza to whatever the daily news brings us...welcome to Trump America! Welcome to the small-minded, white nation so many long for, free once again from those large, inconvenient values — e.g., the Declaration of Independence — that keep disrupting the way things are supposed to be. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal . . .”kAmr@?6 @?P x?
Nearly 900K fewer people came to the U.S. from Canada last month

1 week ago | lockportjournal.com | Brian Niemietz

The number of people traveling to the United States from Canada plummeted in March. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said nearly 900,000 fewer people entered the U.S. from the north compared with the same period last year. That decline followed weeks of President Trump insulting Canada by referring to then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a “governor” and suggesting the mineral-rich country should become a U.S. state. kAm%CF>A 92D 2=D@ E9C62E6?65 E@ 4C:AA=6 E96 r2?25:2?
Trump planning to cut federal funding for NPR, PBS

1 week ago | lockportjournal.com | Brian Niemietz

A White House source confirmed to National Public Radio (NPR) that the Trump administration will send a plan to Congress proposing a federal funding cut to public media, including the 54-year-old outlet and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). The memo will reportedly be presented to legislators on April 28. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives and the Senate will have 45 days to approve the nearly total monetary severance or restore funding. kAm%CF>A :?5:42E65 @?
Options won't be scarce when the Bills hit the clock with the 30th pick

1 week ago | lockportjournal.com | Nick Sabato

The Buffalo Bills are back to using the NFL draft to refine their roster rather than replenishing it. There were no offseason roster purges and they didn’t have to watch any of their prized free agents walk away with a contract out of their price range. Yes, the Bills could use an upgrade at certain positions, but cornerback is the only starting spot left unfilled going into the draft. kAm%96 8@@5 ?6HD :D E92E 86?6C2= >2?286C qC2?5@? q62?6 92D >@C6 2>>@ E92?
Someone's generosity buoyed the Riveras - and me

1 week ago | lockportjournal.com | Mark Scheer

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WATCH VIDEO | FACES OF IMMIGRATION | Newcomers find 'lengthy and complex' process to obtain Green Cards, jobs, citizenship

1 week ago | lockportjournal.com | Dave Sutor

Most paths to getting a Permanent Resident Card, more commonly known as a Green Card, involve having either a work or familial connection to the United States. There are numerous subcategories listed by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, such as for immediate relatives of a citizen, fiancees, professionals, unskilled laborers, physicians, religious leaders and international broadcasters. kAm~E96C DA64:2=EJ @AE:@?D :?4=F56 AC@8C2>D 7@C C67F866D[ 2DJ=F> D66<6CD[ 9F>2?
Hochul stands firm on budget asks

1 week ago | lockportjournal.com | Alex Gault

ALBANY — New York lawmakers passed another budget extender, as the three sides negotiating the budget seemed to dig in even further on the policy issues that have kept them from coming to a final agreement on the quarter-trillion-dollar-plus spending plan. Lawmakers voted Thursday on another short-term extender bill to fund the state government through Tuesday, leaving today as a non-session day in honor of the Passover holiday. Meanwhile, Gov.
Microplastics an emerging concern for Great Lakes water quality

1 week ago | lockportjournal.com | Chris Brock

There is no escape from microplastics in today's world, and increasingly there is no escape from reports of the harm they may be causing to our environment and, possibly, to us. Microplastics and their impacts is a growing field of study. In July of 2024, the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Biotechnology Information, said in a report, "Recent research has uncovered a concerning link between microplastics and cancer, prompting urgent investigation.
THE GREAT OUTDOORS: What's happening, or not, in the Alabama Swamps

1 week ago | lockportjournal.com | Douglas H. Domedion

It appears that the main waterfowl migration is over. The tundra swans have headed back to their nesting grounds in the Arctic tundra country. The swans we’re seeing in the marshes now are trumpeter swans, local birds whose numbers have been growing slowly every year. Large masses of migrating Canada geese have also headed farther north to their breeding grounds. The geese we are seeing now are resident geese that remain here most of the year.