Lockport Union-Sun & Journal: Two dead after one-vehicle accident in the town
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Lockport Union-Sun & Journal: Two DeSales students receive the Mullane Family Scholarship this year
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An elderly driver and his female passenger were killed in a one-vehicle rollover accident Wednesday night on Ridge Road in the town of Lockport.
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