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A Cheektowaga man has pleaded guilty in connection to the death of a toddler last year. 31 year old Jahmil Paisley admitted to a manslaughter charge in the death of 21-month-old Logan Paisley at an apartment on Slate Creek Drive in Cheektowaga on Oct. 18, 2024. The child was pronounced dead at Mercy Hospital. It is unclear how the child died.

A drug trafficker will spend the rest of his life in prison for the 2019 murder of a federal informant. Alphonso Payne, 32, was sentenced to life in prison plus 15 years in U.S. District Court, for murdering federal informant, Joshua Jalovick, in the backyard of a home on Freund Avenue in Buffalo’s Schiller Park neighborhood on July 1, 2019.

A Lockport man was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after he distributed child pornography of a prepubescent girl. Improper videos of a girl with a man were sent by Gerard Dzierzanowski in 2023. The 53-year-old sent them while in communication with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl on the messaging apps Whisper and Kik.

The West Seneca Central School District will be reconfiguring the makeup of its elementary schools, following a vote Tuesday night from the school board.
Starting next school year, Clinton Elementary will house grades pre-K to second grade and Northwood Elementary will be third to fifth grade.

Bills quarterback Josh Allen has been named AFC offensive player of the week for his record-setting performance in Sunday’s 44-32 victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

A Lockport man was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after he distributed child pornography of a prepubescent girl. Improper videos of a girl with a man were sent by Gerard Dzierzanowski in 2023. The 53-year-old sent them while in communication with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl on the messaging apps Whisper and Kik.

With a Lockport Common Council vote scheduled on a revised budget that reduces the city’s tax increase to 3.8%, it is unclear if enough aldermen will vote in favor of the spending plan. After weeks of meetings with Dan Cavallari, city finance director, aldermen met their initial goal of returning the budget to the tax cap by trimming more than $800,000.

29 year old Jakia Turner has been arrested and charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated after an investigation on Sunday, according to Town of Tonawanda police. She was stopped on a curb with four children aged one to 11 years old around 10:45 p.m. Sunday night. It is alleged that none of the children were wearing seatbelts.

A new village law in East Aurora aims to improve safety by cracking down on underage e-bike use, according to Police Chief Patrick Welch.

A North Tonawanda teen who was urgently searching for a liver donor has received a successful transplant. A little over two weeks ago, 17-year-old Meredith Roberts was diagnosed with sudden, severe liver failure. A match was found and she has since undergone successful surgery.

A Niagara Falls man was sentenced to 22 years to life in prison for a murder in the city in 2022, the Niagara County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.
Al Villane, 35, stabbed 47-year-old Hollis Stewart to death at a residence on the 700 block of 20th Street on Sept. 19, 2022. Stewart died at ECMC.

Stavatti Aerospace wants to use some of its 9400 Porter Road site grounds for another company to store cars, but the Niagara Town Planning Board isn’t having it.

An Angola man who formerly worked at the West Seneca Post Office was sentenced to probation and community service after he stole and rifled through mail, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Between 2021 and May 2022, Christopher Porter, 37, was employed by the USPS.

Lockport 2nd Ward Alderman Anita Mullane is proposing that the Common Council establish its own legal counsel separate from the city’s corporation counsel.

Collins Correctional Facility, a medium-security prison in Erie County, will consolidate by the end of the fiscal year, the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said Tuesday. The prison has a capacity of 1,700.

A 4-year-old girl died after she was struck by a Panama Central School District bus on Monday morning, say Jamestown Policce. Officers responded to Milton J. Fletcher Elementary School around 8:10 a.m. to reports of a motor vehicle accident. They rendered first aid and the child was taken to UPMC Chautauqua, but she succumbed to her injuries.

A man from Ghana, 21 year old Cross Abu Cole, admitted to an extortion charge after he used nude photographs of a victim to blackmail him in 2022, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, threatening to blackmail the victim as he threatened to send the photos to family and friends if the victim did not pay $200.

A lawsuit has been filed by the family of the couple who died in a crash on the Rainbow Bridge in 2023, citing that the car they were operating may have had defective parts.

– After years of stops and starts, the Riverline project in Buffalo’s Old First Ward is moving forward. A new development group called Friends of the Riverline is undertaking a new effort to complete the project.

Sabres, a 5-1 victory over the Oilers Monday night in front of 16,394 at KeyBank Center.

A 4-year-old girl died after she was struck by a Panama Central School District bus on Monday morning, according to the Jamestown Police Department.
Officers responded to Milton J. Fletcher Elementary School around 8:10 a.m. to reports of a motor vehicle accident. The girl died at the hospital of her injuries.

30 year old Odilio Gonzalez from Kenmore was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he engaged in sexual communication with an 11-year-old in 2020. In total, 89 videos and 30 photos of child pornography were recovered.

State officials have issued a consumer alert warning New Yorkers about common health insurance scams as 2026 open enrollment continues through the New York State of Health Marketplace.

A man is facing charges after leading a Niagara County Sheriff’s Deputy on a high speed chase in the City of Lockport on Sunday morning. It happened at about 3:30am after a deputy witnessed a Mitsubishi sedan driving down South Transit Street with a broken headlight. It ended, after a pursuit with 18 year old Jeffrey Killion of Wilson facing charges.

Josh Allen led the Buffalo Bills to a season high in points in Sunday’s 44-32 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Allen became the first NFL’s first player with two games of three TDs passing and rushing.

Josh Allen led the Buffalo Bills to a season high in points in Sunday’s 44-32 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Allen became the first NFL’s first player with two games of three TDs passing and rushing.

A man is facing charges after leading a Niagara County Sheriff’s Deputy on a high speed chase in the City of Lockport on Sunday morning. It happened at about 3:30am after a deputy witnessed a Mitsubishi sedan driving down South Transit Street with a broken headlight. It ended, after a pursuit with 18 year old Jeffrey Killion of Wilson facing charges.

A local community is remembering the lives of two teens killed in a car crash last weekend in Wellsville. According to state police, 17-year-old Derrick Smith and 18-year-old Gavin Odell were killed in a single-car crash on Nov. 8 at 2:30 a.m.

New York Attorney General Letitia James and state Department of Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald have issued a consumer alert warning New Yorkers about common health insurance scams as 2026 open enrollment continues through the New York State of Health Marketplace.

Buffalo rallied from a three-goal deficit to snap a five-game losing streak with a 5-4 win over Detroit on Saturday night.

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.