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A Buffalo man is facing gun and drug charges after being arrested on Thursday. Charges against Shaun L. Sealey, 46, include three counts of criminal possession of a weapon as well as one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance.
New York State Police, which announced the news on Friday, said its Community Stabilization Unit made the arrest with help from the Buffalo Police Department’s Intel Unit. They executed a search warrant downtown, on West Chippewa Street.
A Buffalo man is facing gun and drug charges after being arrested on Thursday.Charges against Shaun L. Sealey, 46, include three counts of criminal possession of a weapon as well as one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance.
New York State Police, which announced the news on Friday, said its Community Stabilization Unit made the arrest with help from the Buffalo Police Department’s Intel Unit. They executed a search warrant downtown, on West Chippewa Street.

One person was rushed to the hospital with severe injuries after handling fireworks on Independence Day.
The incident happened shortly past 7 p.m. Friday on the 4900 block of Tonawanda Creek Road in the Town
of Pendleton. The report called into the Niagara County Communications Center concerned a male who was
severely injured. First responders said the person had severe injuries to his hand. He also had injuries to his chest
and abdomen. “Deputies on scene assisted EMS personnel with applying a tourniquet to the injured arm,” the Niagara
County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. The male – no age was provided – was taken by ambulance to Erie County
Medical Center with severe but non-life-threatening injuries, the sheriff’s office said..

53 year old Arthur Hicks of Niagara Falls is being held without bail after pleading not guilty to a murder charge in the slaying of another man on Main Street Monday night.

SUNY Niagara has named Salvatore Durante vice president of administration. In this position, Durante acts as the college’s chief financial officer and oversees its information technology, facilities and business services functions.

An asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of the Congo was sentenced to 2 1/2 years of incarceration followed by three years of post-release supervision after he sexually abused a victim in August 2023 at a Cheektowaga hotel.

Buffalo firefighters are still on the scene of an early morning fire on the city’s Babcock-Seneca neighborhood. Firefighters were called to 116 Walter Street early Thursday morning.

Buffalo Pro Soccer will not play at the planned stadium site at Lee and Elk Streets in south Buffalo and is re-opening the stadium site selection process, the franchise announced Thursday.

53 year old Arthur Hicks of Niagara Falls is being held without bail after pleading not guilty to a murder charge in the slaying of another man on Main Street Monday night.

Western New York was awarded $4 million for five projects through the first round of New York State’s County Infrastructure Grant Program. Sixty acres of land for the Niagara Business Park in the Town of Cambria will come from the state’s funding.

A Tonawanda doctor, 65 year old William Stephan, pleaded guilty for his role in a prescription scam, which resulted in health care benefit programs paying over $8 million in reimbursements for prescriptions and refills that were already filled out.

The attorneys representing the Tops mass shooter have filed a motion to dismiss his federal indictment, claiming it was obtained in violation of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments, and in violation of the Jury Selection and Service Act.

Road rehabilitation work on sections of Upper Mountain Road in Lockport is scheduled to begin Monday and run through the end of November.

A Niagara Falls man has been charged with murder in an alleged slaying on Main Street in Niagara Falls late Monday night. 53 year old Arthur Hicks is accused of fatally stabbing 34-year-old Thomas Harris in the roadway in front of 1708 Main Street.

A Buffalo woman, 40 year old Shana Rowe, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in connection to a fatal shooting in the city’s Emerson neighborhood last year that left 43 year old Shawneequa Pearson dead.

39 year old Edward Harwell of Buffalo man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison in connection to a fatal shooting on the city’s West Side in August 2024.

Environmental agencies are considering an upgrade to the environmental quality status of Eighteenmile Creek below Burt Dam, and there’s a public hearing about it on July 8th.

Buffalo Bills rookie cornerback Maxwell Hairston was named in a civil lawsuit alleging that he sexually assaulted a woman at the University of Kentucky in 2021.

A Jamestown man was arrested and charged by criminal complaint for allegedly posting public threats to federal immigration agents and administrators on social media.

Three teenagers were sentenced to six months in jail for an assault at MLK Park in Buffalo last fall. The teens, all 17-year-old males, punched and kicked a 15-year-old, identified by his family after the attack as Xavier Sears.

Some Democratic elected officials in Buffalo are sounding the alarm what they say is increased ICE activity in Buffalo, even during cultural events.

Criminal charges are pending against an unidentified Niagara Falls man in connection with the murder of another man late Monday night.

Environmental agencies are considering an upgrade to the environmental quality status of Eighteenmile Creek below Burt Dam. Residents can learn more about the proposed change of status and offer input during a virtual public meeting scheduled for 1 p.m. on July 8.

Mayors Park in North Tonawanda is home to a new fishing pier and kayak launch

Niagara Falls Police are investigating a deadly incident that occurred late Monday night near 1708 Main Street where they found a 34-year-old man unresponsive and suffering from injuries believed to have been caused by an unknown object.

Three teenagers were sentenced to six months in jail for an assault at MLK Park in Buffalo last fall, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.

A motorcyclist was killed when he hit a deer on Lockport Road in Oakfield early Tuesday morning.

The body of a man, recovered Monday afternoon from the mouth of the Niagara River may be the person believed to have taken his life by jumping from the Niagara Falls State Park observation deck last Tuesday.

Lockport’s annual Independence Day Parade will kick off at 6 p.m. on Thursday, starting at Lincoln Avenue and continuing north along Locust Street to Walnut Street.
The fireworks display will be presented from the city’s north side at 71 Gooding St

A long-anticipated project at Canalside has received the green light from the Buffalo Planning Board, potentially clearing the way for a $190 million mixed-use development to break ground later this year.

Douglas Jemal is no longer the operator of the Richardson Hotel after the Richardson Olmsted Campus announced that it had agreed to take back the hotel’s operations on Monday.

The body of a man, recovered Monday afternoon from the mouth of the Niagara River may be the person believed to have taken his life by jumping from the Niagara Falls State Park observation deck last Tuesday.

Lawyers for Payton Gendron were back in court on Monday, arguing a motion which, if granted, could result in another delay in the federal death penalty trial for the confessed Tops mass shooter.

Leadership at Niagara Gospel Mission learned Monday that over the weekend, hundreds of pounds of frozen meat, pasta, dairy and other products were lost due to two accidents. Human error is the cause in both.

A Buffalo doctor has been charged as part of a $14.6 billion health care fraud takedown across the United States. Joel Durinka, who is from Orchard Park, is accused of billing Medicare approximately $29.6 million for fraudulent orders for body braces.

A 27-year-old man was taken to the Erie County Medical Center following a shooting in Niagara Falls Sunday morning, officials said.

Niagara County churches are contributing more than $3M to Buffalo diocese settlement.

Three people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a collision involving a Buffalo Police vehicle and a truck on Buffalo’s East Side on Sunday night.

Walden Galleria’s owner isn’t letting lenders grab its mall without a fight. Syracuse-based Pyramid Management Group is asking a judge to reverse his order and allow it to continue operating the mall while it tries to refinance a $220 million mortgage that went into default in May.

A 27-year-old man was taken to the Erie County Medical Center following a shooting in Niagara Falls Sunday morning. Police are still looking for a suspect.

Three people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a collision involving a Buffalo Police vehicle and a truck on Buffalo’s East Side on Sunday night.

A man was rushed to a hospital after his car crashed into a building Sunday afternoon. The accident happened around 4:30 p.m. Sunday on the 2900 block of Bailey Avenue.

A 17 year old from Buffalo has been arrested in connection with a shooting that occurred last Monday night at Canalside.

Buffalo Police are asking for help in locating a 10-year-old boy, Jae’ceon Johnson, who has gone missing. He was last seen on the 500 block of Dodge Street, between MLK and Masten parks. He’s described as black, 4 feet, 2 inches tall, and weighs 95 pounds.

Niagara County churches are contributing more than $3M to Buffalo diocese settlement.