Sean Ryan looks to have taken a major step in his quest to unseat Buffalo’s sitting mayor. Ryan, a State Senator, won 46.4% of the total vote in Buffalo Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday night. Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon conceded around 10:45 p.m. He got 35.2% of the vote.
In Lockport, Third Ward Common Council candidate Rowland O’Malley II finished just ahead of Joe DiPasquale in Tuesday’s primary voting.
One person was hurt after they were shot in the head in a suspected targeted shooting on Bailey Avenue Wednesday morning. Police say the suspect and victim know each other.
Starpoint Schools Superintendent Sean Croft was found guilty and given one year of conditional discharge Tuesday night after he crashed into a tree while impaired last summer.
Firefighters in Niagara County worked to put out a house fire Tuesday afternoon on Gasport Road in the town of Royalton.
The Kenan Center will break new ground Friday to begin its long-planned construction of a new arena in its current sports field location.