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A Buffalo man has pleaded guilty to participating in a mail theft conspiracy using a stolen U.S. Postal Service master key, federal prosecutors announced Friday. Mailboxes targeted across Western New York Antonio Jones, Jr., 25, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiracy to steal...

The festival has raised more than $1 million over 30 years for scholarships and to support art programs at schools and galleries.

BUFFALO, N..Y (WIVB) — Acting Buffalo Mayor Chris Scanlon on Monday announced 1294 Niagara St. as the new location for the Buffalo Animal Shelter. Scanlon’s announcement follows community concerns of poor conditions at the shelter, which is currently located at 380 Oak St. He originally announced a new location for...

A Depew man has been charged with forcibly entering a restricted area of the Buffalo Niagara International Airport by crashing his truck through a closed security gate, federal prosecutors announced Friday. Accused crashed gate, drove onto airfield and runway James R. Muench Jr., 45, was arrested and charged by...

Police said K-9 Diehl had served in the department since September 2018 and was the partner of Officer Ryan Taber.

Too many issues, starting with police reform, are getting short shrift during this year's race for Buffalo mayor. Most everyone recognizes that fixing the city’s fiscal problems is job one for whoever is sitting in the mayor’s chair come January 1. There are, however, a lot of other issues that deserve discussion and...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A neighborhood in North Buffalo is voicing its outrage after it said armed ICE agents detained a number of roofers in broad daylight. A homeowner on Crescent Avenue in the Parkside neighborhood recently posted on social media saying that on May 12, armed ICE agents stopped by her home and...

LANCASTER, N.Y. — A man on Puerto Rico's most wanted list was arrested Thursday in Lancaster by U.S. Border Patrol agents. The arrest followed an incident where Raymundo Rondon-Canales — a 54-year-old man and U.S. citizen from Puerto Rico — impersonated a Colombian National, offering up a counterfeit lawful permanent...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo woman is expected to return to court after an indictment was reinstated charging her with the murder of her grandmother, according to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office. On the morning of Nov. 21, 2021, a deceased 90-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to her chest was...

(WNY News Now) – Jamestown Police arrested 22-year-old Jordan B. Dandridge of Buffalo on June 5 after a traffic stop led to the discovery of a firearm and crack cocaine with intent to sell. On June 5, 2025, at approximately 4:32 p.m., officers from the Jamestown Police Department’s Second...