It will be a white Christmas
Santa Claus and his elves will have just about perfect Christmas weather tonight and Tuesday – just enough snow on the ground for his reindeer and sleigh, but not enough wind or snowfall for whiteouts...
View ArticleLast Week in Congress / How our representatives voted
WASHINGTON – Here are the votes of Western New York’s four members of the House of Representatives on major legislation in Congress last week. A “Y” means the member voted for the measure; an “N” means...
View Article2 shot after bar disturbance
Two people shot early Saturday after a disturbance inside a Clinton Street bar spilled outside were treated in area hospitals, Buffalo police said.A fight broke out after 3:10 a.m. in the bar at 898...
View ArticleSheridan Parkside fire blamed on kids with lighter
A blaze blamed on children playing with a lighter caused $25,000 damage Saturday to an apartment building in the Sheridan Parkside neighborhood in the Town of Tonawanda, police reported.The fire...
View ArticleMan with machete menaces family
A West Side man menaced his family with a machete and punched his mother and sister over the weekend before fleeing their home, Buffalo police said.The attack occurred at about 5:15 p.m. Friday during...
View ArticleSix WNY nominations of historic places announced
Six Western New York nominations to the State and National Registers of Historic Places were among 25 announced last week by the State Board for Historic Preservation.They are:• F. N. Burt Co. Factory...
View ArticleAngola offers free Community Christmas Dinner
All are invited to enjoy a free Christmas dinner that will be held on Christmas Day in the Village of Angola, organizers of the event said.The Community Christmas Dinner event will take place from 1 to...
View ArticleChristmas Day closings
HOlidayThis is how the following area offices and services will be affected Tuesday by the Christmas Day holiday:City courts Closed County courts Closed State courts Closed Federal courts Closed City...
View ArticleLockport man denies cocaine possession charges
LOCKPORT – A man accused of having nearly an ounce of cocaine when police raided his Lockport home Sept. 12 was arraigned last week in Niagara County Court.Ulford G. Jenkins, 41, of Elmwood Avenue,...
View ArticleMortuary work in Iraq drives Marine to help vets
Her work provided an unlikely gift for the families of those who fought and died for America in Iraq.The work was not for the faint of heart.But when Jessica L. Goodell and members of the Marine Corps’...
View ArticleMentoring programs for girls fill a void
The pre-teen girls are in high spirits after their late-afternoon snack as they quickly fill up two activity tables and part of another in a small meeting room in the William C. Baird Boys & Girls...
View ArticleFire routs Eggertsville family
One adult and two children were left homeless from an early-morning house fire on Margaret Road in Eggertsville, Amherst fire officials said.The $120,000 blaze started about 2 a.m. today in the...
View ArticleRochester man arrested with more than two-dozen license suspensions
ALABAMA – Genesee County sheriff’s officials said Rochester man arrested Sunday had 31 suspensions and revocations of his driving privileges dating back to 2000.Alberto Laboy-Bertran, 74, was arrested...
View ArticleRochester man arrested for drug-impaired driving
A property-damage crash in the Town of Alden late Sunday led to a Rochester man being arrested and charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, Erie County sheriff’s officials said.Deputies...
View ArticlePolice seeking public’s help in finding two missing children
Buffalo police are looking for the public’s help in locating two missing children – ages 5 and 13 – reported missing Monday from their Cambridge Avenue home.Police say the 13-year-old girl may have...
View ArticleMotive a mystery in ambush deaths of Webster firemen
WEBSTER — A man who set his house on fire, then lured firefighters to their deaths in a blaze of flames and bullets, had attracted little attention since he got out of prison in the 1990s for killing...
View ArticleBreak-in at Catholic church in Dunkirk fails to disrupt Christmas Mass
DUNKIRK – Christmas Midnight Mass was scheduled to go on as scheduled at a Dunkirk Catholic church, following the report of a burglary just hours before the holy day.Dunkirk police are investigating...
View ArticleStabbing near Kensington Avenue leads to assault charge
Northeast District police have arrested a 22-year-old man accused of using a butcher knife to stab another man multiple times inside a vehicle on Northumberland Avenue on Sunday night.The victim,...
View ArticleWhite Christmas to be followed by whiter post-Christmas
Virtually all Western New Yorkers should enjoy the perfect kind of white Christmas today – with a light coating of snow creating a picture-perfect Christmas postcard, but not enough snow or howling...
View ArticleKwanzaa founder to highlight Buffalo’s celebration
Maulana Karenga, the founder of Kwanzaa, is scheduled this week to make an appearance in Buffalo to mark the city’s annual observance of the holiday, which traditionally begins on the day after...
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