02-14-25 Midday Headlines

The role of cell phones in the classroom has become a hot topic and on Thursday night it was at the center of a major discussion in East Amherst.

Lockport Common Council voted this week to transfer funds from a contingency budget line “to cover additional costs” for the 2025 dog sheltering contract.

A 22-month-old girl, Sophia Watson, is in urgent need of life-saving treatment for a tumor, but an insurance dispute has left her family without coverage.

One week after Legislator Taisha St. Jean Tard introduced a resolution to dissolve the Erie County Corrections Specialist Advisory Board, lawmakers on the public safety committee debated the topic during their session.

President Donald Trump’s newly installed attorney general, Pam Bondi, went after New York leaders Wednesday over the state’s immigration policies, announcing a lawsuit in the latest effort by the Republican administration to carry out the president’s hardline immigration campaign pledges.

Sabres host the Rangers Saturday night. Puck drops at 5:30.