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Gusty winds blew cash around a busy intersection in Niagara Falls on Tuesday morning, and some were able to grab cash and run . a Brinks guard was able to retrieve some of the money being loaded into an ATM, but when it first happened, he said some people “grabbed money and took off.”

A Buffalo man, 48 year old Steven Gonzalez, was sentenced following a sex trafficking by coercion conviction after he used cocaine to get a minor to have sex with him.

A 10-year-old girl is in critical condition after a collision occurred while riding an electric bicycle in the City of Tonawanda on Monday night.

Statistics show 1 in 10 children in Erie County will be abused by the time they turn 18. That is one of the highest rates of child abuse in the state.

A plastics company looking to build in the Town of Lockport has seen its tax incentives expire and will now go through the process all over again.

One person sustained severe burn injuries after a fire occurred Tuesday night on Merrimac Street and caused an estimated total of $75,000 in damage. No word on a cause.

The Buffalo Board of Education is “exploring its options” as it prepares to select a third-party investigator to look into claims made by a Buffalo Police Detective on a now-viral podcast that the district has covered up child abuse and sexual abuse.

A Rochester woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to second-degree attempted criminal possession of a weapon after an illegal, loaded handgun was found in a diaper bag at KeyBank Center.

Michael Gainer is no longer in the primary race for Buffalo mayor after fraud was discovered by a state supreme court judge on Monday.

A Buffalo man, 74 year old Jamal Fareed, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and five years of post-release supervision on Tuesday after he stabbed and killed a man in November 2018.

A plastics company looking to build in the Town of Lockport has seen its tax incentives expire and will now go through the process all over again.

22 year old Clarence Thomas was given the maximum sentence for a double murder committed in Buffalo’s Riverside neighborhood in July 2023 on the 100 block of Isabelle Street.

A Niagara Falls couple whose front yard garden was removed last week by a crew of city workers due to violations of the city’s clean neighborhood law is now facing a fine of nearly $2,300

New York is expected to send out its first-ever inflation refund checks after an agreement was made with the state budget late Monday night. More than 8 million New Yorkers can expect to get up to $400 per family.

The Maid of the Mist boat tours in Niagara Falls announced their 2025 season start on Monday. Opening day will be Thursday, May 1. An opening date for the tours is determined based on the ice disappearing from the Niagara River.

Tickets for the 24th annual National Buffalo Wing Festival have gone on sale. This year’s festival will be moving back to the home of the Bisons and will be happening from August 30-31.

Buffalo residents are expressing concerns about the city’s proposed budget for the upcoming year, which includes a plan to override the state-mandated property tax levy limit.

One person died on Sunday after a crash involving a bicycle and a vehicle occurred in the City of Tonawanda. Officials said just before 10:30 p.m. on Friday, at the 700 block of Young Street, a 29-year-old woman driving a Kia collided with a 29-year-old man operating a bicycle.

A man is dead after a crash involving a motorcycle and vehicle occurred Sunday afternoon in West Seneca. The collision occurred at 2:15 p.m. on Seneca Street by the Southgate Plaza.

A strong cold front will push through Western New York on Tuesday. The Storm Prediction Center has most of WNY in an Enhanced Risk for Severe Storms with damaging winds, but large hail, and isolated tornadoes will be possible.

New York state would ban cellphones in public schools “bell to bell” beginning with the next school year under an agreement announced late Monday by Gov. Kathy Hochul

One person died on Sunday after a crash involving a bicycle and a vehicle occurred in the City of Tonawanda on Friday, at the 700 block of Young Street, a 29-year-old woman driving a Kia collided with a 29-year-old man operating a bicycle.

The pedestrian who was pronounced dead after being hit by a vehicle Friday morning in Newfane was identified as 29 year old Cody Diemkaye of Amherst.

A Buffalo man and a Derby man were arrested and charged last week in connection with 15 burglaries that took place throughout Western New York over the last four months.

Crime Stoppers WNY is offering up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest or indictment of people allegedly responsible for several criminal mischief incidents and a burglary that took place on Niagara Falls High School property.

68-year-old Francis Winiarski of Buffalo was sentenced Monday before an Erie County Court Judge for stealing over $10K in offerings from a church in Buffalo’s Black Rock neighborhood.

Buffalo Public Schools responded to accusations on Saturday made by a Buffalo police detective on a podcast that the school intentionally does not report sexual assaults and abuse.

The Buffalo Police Department’s Homicide Unit and the department’s Underwater Recovery Team recovered a body in the Buffalo Canal near the I-190/Route 198 split late Saturday night.

On Sunday, New York State Senator Sean Ryan took to Niagara Square to announce his plan to deal with the financial problems of the Queen City — deficit finance bonds.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz is looking into the City of Buffalo’s proposed budget, saying that serious issues have been raised regarding the current state of the city’s finances.

Buffalo Public Schools responded to accusations on Saturday made by a Buffalo police detective on a podcast that the school intentionally does not report sexual assaults and abuse.

The West Seneca Police Department shared a safety reminder Saturday night about a popular high school game called ‘Senior Assassin.’

Security cameras are coming to Salamanca, but not just a few. The city is spending $600,000 to have them installed in several places.

Who were the pallbearers at Pope Francis’ funeral? The pallbearers were part of what’s called the Papal Gentlemen. the Gentlemen of his Holiness are a group of about 150 “gentlemen” who serve a key role in welcoming and escorting dignitaries who visit the Vatican. Often times they are “the first faces many see when visiting the Pope’s residence, Who were the pallbearers at Pope Francis’ funeral? The pallbearers were part of what’s called the Papal Gentlemen.
the Gentlemen of his Holiness are a group of about 150 “gentlemen” who serve a key role in welcoming and escorting
dignitaries who visit the Vatican. Often times they are “the first faces many see when visiting the Pope’s residence,
The men are part of the pope’s inner circle and are present during key events. However, the men also have the duty of acting as pallbearers during a pope’s funeral.
The men are part of the pope’s inner circle and are present during key events. However, the men also have the duty of acting as pallbearers during a pope’s funeral.

A traffic stop over tinted windows led to a large weapons arrest on Thursday. Michael S. Wrzos, 45, of Lockport faces multiple counts of criminal possession and felony counts of criminal possession of high-capacity magazines; criminal possession of a silencer, two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, and criminally using drug paraphernalia. He is being held in the Lockport jail.
A lettercard written by one of the Titanic’s most well-known survivors from onboard the ship, days before it sank, has sold for $399,000 at auction. April 10, 1912, first-class passenger Archibald Gracie wrote of the ill-fated steamship: “It is a fine ship but I shall await my journeys end before I pass judgment on her.” The note was written to the seller’s great-uncle.
Two fiscal watchdogs for the city of Buffalo say that acting Mayor Scanlon’s proposed budget is dependent on ‘uncertain’ revenue streams.

University at Buffalo graduate sues the U.S. government after visa revoked.The only offense on his record is a misdemeanor charge for driving without a valid license in Indiana four years ago. He is now taking on the federal government and has filed a lawsuit after his visa was revoked earlier this month.
The pick is in. The Bills select Maxwell Hairston. It took well over three hours before the Bills even went on the clock to make their first round pick. They didn’t trade down this time. When the time came, they took Kentucky cornerback Maxwell Hairston with the No. 30 overall selection in the NFL Draft on Thursday night in Green Bay, Wis.
ICE reverses decision on terminating student visas for international students.A government lawyer said ICE was manually restoring the student status for people whose records were terminated in recent weeks.
the U.S. government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the country after many filed court challenges against the Trump administration crackdown, federal officials said Friday.
The records in a federal student database maintained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement had been terminated in recent weeks. Judges across the U.S. had already issued orders temporarily restoring students’ records in dozens of lawsuits challenging the terminations.

The federal trial of the man who killed 10 people in a racist mass shooting in 2022 could end up being pushed to a later date. Jury selection is currently scheduled for January 5, 2026, but the court says it’s not “set in stone.”

The Erie County Legislature passed a resolution on Thursday to oppose wind turbines in Lake Erie, with legislators saying the turbines would negatively impact residents.

A North Tonawanda man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left a 57-year-old man seriously injured. 38-year-old Joshua Myles-Jones was taken into custody Thursday.

The owner of a bison farm in the Town of Machias returned home to a sight he never expected. One of his animals was dead, killed by what he believes to be a gunshot fired from the street.

Niagara University has received a $1 million federal grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration that will fund the renovation of a campus building to create an innovative hub for students in the university’s College of Nursing.