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A Buffalo man has been extradited from Alabama and arraigned after being accused of killing his step-daughter .According to Erie County District Attorney’s Office, Peter D. Brown, 38, has been charged with one count of murder in the second degree. District Attorney Michael Keane says on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, Police found Kayshawna M. Jordan, 20, dead inside one of the bedrooms.
A Depew man is facing charges after a dog died from being locked in a hot car, according to the Erie County Attorney’s Office. Erie County District Attorney Michael Keane says Daniel J. Kowalczyk, 29, is charged with one count of Overdriving, one count of Torturing and one count of Injuring Animals; Failure to Provide Proper Sustenance.
Santa Claus is coming to Walden Galleria for a series of special events. Located on the lower level of the mall, near the Apple Store, Santa will be lounging by the fire, listening and taking note of everyone’s Christmas wishes. To avoid waiting in line, reservations are strongly encouraged for all guests. Walk-up visits to see Santa will be available as space allows throughout the day. Reservations can be made at Where is Santa .com

As Lockport Common Council continues to review and reduce Mayor John Lombardi III’s proposed 2026 budget, aldermen have put pressure on the mayor to turn over his city vehicle to reduce liability, gas costs and complaints.

Update on a story we told you about earlier; Aguacates Mexican Restaurant on Elmwood Avenue announced on Thursday that it was “closed for maintenance.”
ICE confirmed on Friday that it detained four people at the restaurant. ICE said that the four, described as “illegal aliens,” used “evasive maneuvers in an attempt to flee the officers and escape arrest.”

A Buffalo man, 47 year old Antonio Prieto, has pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge in connection to killing his wife with an axe in 2024. Authorities say he killed his wife, 29-year-old Elizabeth Salazar, by hitting her with an axe at their apartment on the 300 block of Rhode Island Street.

A 56-year-old woman from Buffalo is in the hospital after she was struck by a vehicle Thursday around 9 p.m on Main Street near Youngs Road.

With winter right around the corner, M&T Bank and Tops Friendly Markets are again teaming up to help everyone stay warm during the harsh weather ahead.
The two locally based companies are announcing the return of the Gift of Warmth campaign at the Tops location on Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo.

For two months, a young Venezuelan woman who had been hired to clean the Buffalo Bills’ Highmark Stadium has been detained by ICE. The woman, Yusgleidy Villa Alvarez, 18, has no criminal history was in the Niagara County Jail for a month but has been moved to another facility.

Aguacates Mexican Restaurant on Elmwood Avenue announced on Thursday that it was “closed for maintenance.” This came after witnesses alleged that an operation unfolded Thursday morning in which federal agents detained people at the restaurant.

A Buffalo woman, 55 year old LaChria Bowden, has pleaded guilty to charges in connection to stealing more than $270,000 from a church on Buffalo’s East Side, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday.

The Niagara County Department of Health on Thursday confirmed a case of rabies in a raccoon found in the Town of Lockport. The raccoon, which was submitted for testing on Nov. 7, had an encounter with a dog on Old Dysinger Road a day before. No human exposure was reported.

The Buffalo Sabres lost their fifth straight game on Thursday night in a 6-3 road defeat to the Colorado Avalanche.

The Americarb campus on Niagara Falls Boulevard will look quite different in a few years’ time. Its planned $29 million worth of improvements would add a new 50,000-square-foot building and refurbish the four already existing buildings for increased manufacturing capacity.

Niagara Falls Mayor Robert Restaino’s handpicked temporary operator for the Hyde Park Ice Pavilion says he’s running the facility “like a business,” and isn’t happy about recent questions about his management of the public building from elected officials and some city council candidates.

A frustrated Buffalo Common Council voted to tap into the so-called rainy day fund in order to close out a $6.8M variance from the 2024-2025 fiscal year.

Cannabis dispensary “The Good Life” is opening its first location in Buffalo on Thursday. Customers can visit the company’s fourth location at 577 Forest Avenue in Elmwood Village.

The sixth annual Children’s Hospital Toy Drive kicks off on Saturday, with drop-off locations in Lockport and North Tonawanda. The campaign seeks donations of new, unwrapped toys until Dec. 17 for children hospitalized at John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital in Buffalo.

A Rochester-area machining company wants to make the move to North Tonawanda and is asking the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency for assistance. Precision Industrial, currently renting space in the Rochester suburb of Webster, wants to invest $1.28 million into the vacant building at 59-61 Felton St., previously home to Riley Gear.

Niagara Falls Mayor Robert Restaino’s handpicked temporary operator for the Hyde Park Ice Pavilion says he’s running the facility “like a business,” and isn’t happy about recent questions about his management of the public building from elected officials and some city council candidates.

A frustrated Buffalo Common Council voted to tap into the so-called rainy day fund in order to close out a $6.8M variance from the 2024-2025 fiscal year.

Highmark has launched a new community effort targeting food insecurity during the holidays. (un)Hungry is designed to raise awareness and complement existing food and monetary donations during the holiday season.

Utah beat the Sabres, 5-2 last night.

A cooking-related accident is believed to be the cause of a fire that broke out in a unit of a Park Avenue apartment complex on Tuesday. One occupant of the building had to be extricated by Lockport firefighters and was taken to Lockport Memorial Hospital as a precaution for smoke inhalation.

The Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls USA on Military Road has had a rough year and it’s taking another hit with an anchor tenant leaving. Saks Off 5th, an off-price chain of the Saks Fifth Avenue brand, plans to close its Niagara Falls location this January.

For the second year in a row, acting Mayor Chris Scanlon is proposing a capital budget that surpasses the recommended cap by the city comptroller. Scanlon is proposing a $94M capital budget, $38.4M of which is for city spending, and the remaining $53.9M is for Buffalo Public Schools.

For fans of the Goo Goo Dolls, we have good news and bad news. Good News: The Buffalo band announced a second benefit concert to help FeedMore WNY. Bad News: Tickets for the second show sold out almost immediately. The Goo Goo Dolls will now be playing Ballroom on November 19th, and 20th.

A Niagara Falls man will spend more than two decades in prison for the stabbing death of another city man in 2022. A judge handed down a term of 22 years to life to Al Villane for his conviction on charges of second-degree murder and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon in the stabbing death of Hollis Stewart.

Several mothers are speaking out after they say an employee at Victory Learning Center in Lackawanna hurt their children. Last week, OLV Human Services announced it placed three employees on leave due to allegations of physically mistreating students.

The Amherst Town Board passed a resolution Monday night to enter into a redevelopment partnership with Benderson Development and pursue eminent domain of the Boulevard Mall.

Erie County executive Mark Poloncarz said in a release that state officials informed the county that SNAP EBT benefits have started and will continue through Monday, November 17.

The LA Clippers are paying homage to Buffalo with their brand-new 2025-26 Nike NBA City Edition uniform. The team says the uniform represents “A Brave Beginning,” a two-year story that traces the franchise back to its earliest roots as the Buffalo Braves

A Buffalo man, 44 year old Wendell Brooks, has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, leaving the scene of an incident without reporting resulting in death, and tampering with physical evidence following the death of a Buffalo woman in July, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office said Monday.

22 year old Iyanna Scott of Buffalo pleaded guilty to manslaughter last week after she hit and killed a man following an argument in Cheektowaga last May.

The Amherst Town Board passed a resolution Monday night to enter into a redevelopment partnership with Benderson Development and pursue eminent domain of the Boulevard Mall.

Erie County executive Mark Poloncarz said in a release that state officials informed the county that SNAP EBT benefits have started and will continue through Monday, November 17.

The Buffalo Bills will be without top tight end Dalton Kincaid for at least a week and rookie defensive end Landon Jackson will miss even more time because of injuries sustained during Sunday’s loss on the road against the Miami Dolphins.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced that 1,000 eight-inch lake sturgeon have been released into Cattaraugus CreekThe release was carried out in partnership with the Seneca Nation of Indians and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is the first step in a 25-year plan to reestablish a self-sustaining spawning population in the creek.
For a sixth straight year, the Aquarium of Niagara turned to one of its most popular residents – Stryker the harbor seal – to deliver Western New York’s winter weather outlook.His latest prediction calls for a frigid season ahead. The aquarium says Stryker has a perfect 5 for 5 record with past forecasts, correctly predicting a mix of mild and frigid winters since 2020.
A dazzling spiral in the sky had residents across the Northeast doing double takes this week, According to experts, it wasn’t… or aliens. Professor John Crassidis, a SUNY Distinguished Professor in aerospace engineering at the University at Buffalo, says the spiral was caused by a rocket venting gas as it spun in orbit.The Sentinel-1D, launched from the European Spaceport in French Guiana on Tuesday, matches the time when the rocket was seen over Western New York.

Two teens died early Saturday morning after an SUV carrying six teens left the roadway and struck a utility pole in the Allegany County. The crash happened at 2:24 a.m. Saturday. According to New York State Police, a 2020 Buick Encore carrying six teens failed to navigate a sharp curve on Tarantine Boulevard in the Town of Wellsville, left the roadway, then hit the pole on the driver’s side.

A fire broke out Friday afternoon in Niagara County, where all residents evacuated safely before law enforcement and fire personnel arrived on the scene.No injuries were reported following the house fire on the 2600 block of Transit Road in Newfane. The fire was called into Niagara County Sheriff’s Communication Center around 1 p.m. Friday.

The New York State Department of Health is warning parents and caregivers to stop using certain ByHeart powdered infant formula products after the company voluntarily recalled specific lots tied to a multistate outbreak of infant botulism. The FDA announced the recall on Saturday, following 13 reported cases across 10 states.