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Our City Action Buffalo (OCAB) on Wednesday called for the city of Buffalo to hold the now closed Braymiller Market accountable for repaying its loan totaling over $500,000.

Visitors to Buffalo may soon see higher hotel bills as Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon proposes a new 3% “bed tax.”

Niagara Falls Police are asking for the public’s help finding runaway teenager, 17 year old Misha Violet Ground. She’s believed to be in Lockport and in danger.

A Jamestown woman, 27 year old Jasmin Osteen, was sentenced to serve 12 years in prison for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor.

Roswell Park Comprehensive warning websites are selling fake cancer drugs and patients could end up getting dangerous or fake drugs instead.

An Erie County Legislator filing a resolution with the legislature calling for an investigation and possibly dissolution of the Erie County Corrections Specialty Advisory Board.

Sabres taking on the Predators Saturday night in Nashville.

Fifteen people at Jewish Family Services of Western New York lost their jobs Tuesday due to the federal funding freeze.

A Buffalo teen has pleaded guilty in connection with stabbing his neighbor in November on the 1900 block of Seneca Street.

Bitcoin mining company BlockFusion is back seeking a high-energy use industry operating permit in the Falls.

An 18-year-old from Salamanca was arrested and charged with burglary and petit larceny after a break in occurred Tuesday afternoon at the Cattaraugus-Little Valley School.

The former North Tonawanda police chief is running for mayor. Tom Krantz announced his candidacy on Wednesday.

An affiliate of the Erie County Agricultural Society has acquired a parcel of land across from the Erie County Fairgrounds.

Six Flags Darien Lake announced on Wednesday it’s looking to hire 1,500 seasonal associates for the 2025 season before opening day on May 16.

Acting Buffalo Mayor Chris Scanlon shared his plans to increase property taxes, instill an occupancy tax for hotels and called for more state funding on Tuesday at a joint budget hearing in Albany.

Three adults were displaced by a fire that occurred early Tuesday night in Buffalo on West Delevan Avenue.

Bitcoin mining company Northeast Data is back seeking a high-energy use industry operating permit in the Falls.

Town of Lockport resident Vicki Smith began work this week as the City of Lockport’s director of planning and development and president of Greater Lockport Development Corporation.

The City of Tonawanda Common Council on Tuesday night voted to shorten Canal Fest in the city from eight to six days running from July 15 to 20 in Tonawanda and remaining eight days long, from July 13 to the 20, in North Tonawanda.

Sabres notched a 3-2 win against the Columbus BlueJackets on Tuesday night at KeyBank Center.

A retired Buffalo police officer, 66 year old Antonio Roman, who just under one year ago shot and wounded a teenager, pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the shooting just as his trial was about to start on Tuesday

In 2024, Buffalo Niagara International Airport saw five million passengers travel through its halls, just the second time in the last decade to do so.

The courts have dismissed all but two claims in a lawsuit against Chef’s Restaurant in Buffalo and its owners tied to a failed real estate deal.

More than 50 people showed up to the Genesee County Economic Development Center’s public hearing on Monday, most of them were there to speak out against building a proposed data center in the Town of Alabama.

Pellicano’s Marketplace relocated to its current Niagara Falls Boulevard location in 2020. Now it wants to build upon its footprint in Wheatfield.

The City of Niagara Falls is seeking vendors to participate in the next Niagara Falls Farmers’ Market at the MacBain Community Centre (7150 Montrose Road) every Saturday from May 17 to Oct. 2, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Sabres host the Blue Jackets tonight in NHL action.

The State Department of Motor Vehicles is looking into formal complaints against Buffalo Tractor Trailer Institute, which on Monday, had an excavator blocking its doors and its sign was boarded up.

Lawmakers are eyeing the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station as a way to house detainees and provide a site for deportation flights in military aircrafts.

Dunkirk resident, 33 year old Augusto Francisco, is facing a minimum of 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking and kidnapping charges on Monday.

55 year old Roberto Sanchez of Jamestown was sentenced to 13 years in prison for a narcotics conspiracy involving 400 grams or more of fentanyl.

The City of Lackawanna voted this week to ban transient or short-term rentals, commonly listed as Airbnbs.

Nicholas E. Marchelos, a man with an eye for architecture and an unwavering commitment to public service, passed away Jan. 28, at the age of 79.

Sabres host the Blue Jackets tonight, puck drops at 7pm.

A truck driver, 26 year old Dylan Cottingham, has been sentenced to time in prison for shooting at another occupied tractor trailer truck on I-90 in Newstead last summer.

East Aurora Police announced the arrest of 45-year-old Joseph Martino man after he allegedly made threats of mass harm at a nursing home while a patient there.

East Aurora Police say Joseph Martino allegedly made threats towards staff members while he was a resident at Absolute Care of Aurora Park.

A fire at 235 Roesch Avenue on Saturday evening in Buffalo caused an estimated $150,000 in building damages and an additional $50,000 in damages.

The latest Siena College poll showed that voters in New York hold low opinions of Gov. Kathy Hochul. Overall, registered voters rated Hochul unfavorably. Thirty-nine percent view her favorably, compared to 47% who don’t.

It was one last walk out of the North Tonawanda Fire Department’s headquarters on Zimmerman Street, and Chief Joe Sikora looked wistfully at the long line of his fellow firefighters lining his way. He’s been on the job since he was 22.

Tomorrow night, Sabres host the Blue Jackets.

Fire rolls through Riverside neighborhood home; 2 adults and 8 children were displaced Damage estimated around $200K from the kitchen fire The Red Cross is helping the family
New York Attorney General Letitia James shared a statement Friday after a court granted a motion filed by her office and 22 other attorneys general to halt a new Trump administration policy blocking federal agency grants, loans, and other financial assistance programs

A medical transport jet with a child patient, her mother and four others aboard crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood shortly after takeoff Friday evening. Officials have confirmed there were no survivors of the Jet Rescue Air Ambulance crash.
A mother and her infant son were home when she says agents, who identified themselves as police knocked on her apartment door and she let them in but they had the wrong apartment.
Former Niagara Falls attorney pleads guilty to additional felony. Disbarred attorney Nicholas D’Angelo plead guilty to an additional felony in Niagara County Court Friday.
44 year-old Danielle Hart of Lockport went missing over a week ago. Her body was found in the Woodlands area. Police are still investigating, and an autopsy will determine the cause of her death.

Homelessness count reveals connection to disability and housing costs. The PIN has revealed the changing faces of homelessness in the region. There’s a shift to more of the elderly and single mothers.
The New York Power Authority’s Board of Trustees approved its strategic plan for building out 3 gigawatts worth of renewable energy capacity, though detractors have argued it does not go far enough.
A New York appeals court on Thursday reversed a ruling from a judge that struck down a state voting rights law designed to protect the political voice of minority groups which created a path for voters to challenge at-large elections on racial or ethnic grounds.
The Buffalo Fire Department was called to 331 Vermont St. shortly before 1 p.m. Friday. The attic fire caused roughly $355,000 in damage to the building its contents. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Buffalo Zoo has received $9M state grant funding that will be used for 17 different projects aimed at improving safety, animal welfare and visitor experience.

24 year old Devin Ford of Buffalo admitted to recklessly killing two people Friday morning after he hit a Lyft and killed the driver and a passenger in March of last year.

29 year old Dominique Singletary of Buffalo is sentenced to over a decade in prison for shooting and injuring three people outside of a bar on Elmwood Avenue last summer.

Hamburg Central Schools will be receiving $5.5 million from the Hamburg Fairgrounds over a 20-year period under the Educational Assistance Program Agreement, officials announced Friday.

Accused serial burglar, 36 year old Corey Anthony, has pleaded guilty to nearly 20 charges in connection with over a dozen shoplifting incidents across North Buffalo in 2023 and 2024.

Code Blue is in effect through 8 a.m. Monday (Feb. 3) in the city of Lockport due to forecasted overnight below-freezing temperatures throughout the period