05-21-25 Midday Headlines

School board elections and budget votes took place on Tuesday in Western New York. You can find results at https://nyenr.elections.ny.gov/.

A slew of charges now face a person in a pickup truck who intentionally drove through a fence off of Genesee Street and ended up in the grass near a runway at the Buffalo Airport on Tuesday morning.

Gear drive manufacturer Nuttall Gear will be closing its location on Niagara Falls Boulevard in August, according to a WARN notice by the New York State Department of Labor.

A teacher at West Hertel Academy has been placed on paid administrative leave, according to a spokesperson for the Buffalo Public School District. No word on why.

Northgate Manor workers in North Tonawanda walked off the job on Tuesday. They were among 1,000 workers participating in strikes at five Western New York nursing homes

Erie County launched a new local initiative to improve health crisis response systems in the area on Tuesday, called Crisis to Care Collaborative.