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Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Niagara County, NY – Residents across Niagara County are being urged to stay alert while using ATMs, gas pumps, and payment terminals as law enforcement warns that card skimming devices are becoming more...

Owners of Fat Bob’s Smokehouse, Patrick and Bridget Ryan, have announced that the time has come to make some serious changes to the restaurant’s bar. After 28 years in business, while operating in a post-pandemic world, the decision has been made to step it up with a significant investment into the opertional...

After taking the administration of oath - twice actually - Sean Ryan has become Buffalo’s 64th mayor and he has pledged to make city government more responsive and transparent.

A home in many U.S. cities now requires a household income far above the national average. In some metros, six-figure salaries barely cover mortgage payments on a typical property. In others, housing costs still line up with more realistic earnings. The cities below reflect places where average home prices and...

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 6:30pm on December 31st after repots of a home invasion in Packard Court involving two female suspects with injuries. The 911 caller said that the two females, identified as Pleasure Cox and Danasha Maxwell, broke into her home, "jumped her" causing...

One find was an old car axel and frame of a Volkswagen Beetle that went through the ice in 1969.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — With more snow on the way, residents in the Southtowns are bracing for another round of winter weather — including crews at Highmark Stadium. “We have a lot of lake-effect snow. Lake Erie’s been kicking up water absolutely everywhere,” said Lucas Hernquist, a Cheektowaga resident. As...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Code Blue has been issued for Friday night due to cold temperatures and winter weather projected overnight in Buffalo and Erie County. The Code Blue shelter at the Buffalo City Mission (100 E Tupper St., Buffalo) will be open from 7 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is taking some extra time to decide on the final bill to reach her desk at the end of the year. A controversial bill that would create new judicial districts in Onondaga, Monroe and Erie counties was delivered to Hochul’s desk on New Year’s Eve.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two teenagers have been sentenced for their involvement in the 2024 killing of 3-year-old Ramone “Red” Carter, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. Carter was shot in the back while riding his tricycle outside his home around 9:30 p.m. on June 21, 2024. Police responded...