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Thursday, December 06, 2012  A police officer has been charged with assaulting another woman during a country music concert at a western New York venue last summer.

Thursday, October 25, 2012  Baldwinsville teen Kelly Gleason's condition has been upgraded to serious and there was a blood drive dedicated to the family at Baldwinsville's Baker High School Wednesday.

Monday, October 22, 2012  A Baldwinsville woman was killed in a two car crash Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Route 20 and Warner Road in Darien, according to The Buffalo News.

Tuesday, September 04, 2012  Authorities say a 35-year-old man tried to swallow several counterfeit $50 bills after he was caught trying to use the bogus money at a western New York amusement park.

Thursday, August 18, 2011  Darien Lake's Ride of Steel rollercoaster will remain closed for the rest of the season.

Monday, August 15, 2011  A military funeral at the historic Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia is being held for the double-amputee Iraq war veteran who was thrown to his death from a western New York roller coaster.

Thursday, August 11, 2011  32 passengers aboard the The Ride of Steel roller coaster at Darien Lake were forced to evacuate the ride on stairs high above the ground Thursday night after a malfunction.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011  Singer Chris Brown will perform at Darien Lake.

Friday, July 22, 2011  The State Labor Department is slapping Darien Lake with two violations following the death earlier this month of a man on a rollercoaster.

Friday, July 15, 2011  An Iraq war veteran who died falling out of a rollercoaster at Darien Lake told park officials he already had a copy of the rules on the day he died.

Thursday, July 14, 2011  A funeral is set for an Iraq war veteran who lost his legs in a roadside bombing and died when he fell off an upstate New York roller coaster.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011  No criminal charges will be brought in the death of a legless Iraq war veteran who was thrown from a roller coaster at a western New York theme park last week, the county sheriff said Wednesday.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011  Funeral services are scheduled for later this week for Army Sgt. James Hackemer, the amputee war veteran who fell to his death off an upstate New York roller coaster.

Monday, July 11, 2011  An investigation is continuing into the death of an Iraq war veteran and double amputee who fell from a 208-foot-tall roller coaster in upstate New York.

Saturday, July 09, 2011  A U.S. Army veteran who lost both legs in Iraq and had been trying to rebuild his life was killed after he was thrown from a roller coaster at an upstate New York amusement park.