Teen gets 5 years for shooting, seriously injuring Dollar Tree employee
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An 18-year-old from Depew was sentenced Thursday morning to five years of incarceration after he shot and seriously injured a Dollar Tree employee earlier this year, according to the Erie County District Attorney’s office. On May 7, a 20-year-old employee was shot multiple times in the parking...
A double-dipping Niagara Falls defense contractor
How much government money is enough? Americarb landed a lucrative contract to manufacture missile materials and now stands to benefit from local tax breaks and a state grant. Niagara Falls and its school district is out $1.3 million in tax revenue. Americarb’s existing production facility. Photo via the Niagara...
10+ Inches Of Lake Effect Snow For Western New York
Some parts of Western New York will get close to a foot of lake effect snow over the next 48 hours.
Buffalo Moving Forward on Investment; Niagara Falls Still Doing Nothing
As we have written recently, the City of Niagara Falls has a pretty much empty development pipeline in large measure to the unwelcoming and often politically adversarial and combative reflexes of city leadership, a problem that presents many unnecessary obstacles to incentivize deep-pocket investors from coming...
Neighbors Point Guns at One Another Over Amazon Package in Niagara Falls
LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 6:10pm on December 9th after reports of a neighbor dispute on the 400 block of 22nd Street in Niagara Falls involving weapons. The 911 caller stated that neighbors were arguing on the front porch over an Amazon package. Both of the individuals pulled...
Buffalo’s First Dispensary Getting Ready To Shut Its Doors
As the cannabis scene in New York grows, not every story ends with a happy puff. Here's the latest on a local favorite closing its doors.
The Eternal Flame Falls: The Waterfall in New York That’s On Fire
Eternal Flame Falls near Buffalo features a natural gas flame burning behind a 30-foot waterfall, creating one of New York's most surreal geological wonders.
Unconscious Woman Dragged Down Street After Being Beaten by Male
LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 4:40pm on December 8th after reports of a domestic incident on Vermont Street in the City of Buffalo involving injuries. The 911 caller initially stated that a male was punching a female. The caller then told dispatch that the female was unconscious...
‘Kill, Kidnap, Maim’: Jury Convicts Minnesota And New York Men For Bankrolling Terror Plot
A federal jury in Missouri needed less than three hours on Monday to convict two U.S. citizens of orchestrating a violent campaign of terror thousands of miles away in West Africa. Francis Chenyi, Sr., 52, of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Lah Nestor Langmi, 49, of Buffalo, New York, were found...
Judge denies motion to dismiss indictment against Tops shooter
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo said the disparities with the Grand Jury the defense cited in the motion to dismiss 'are neither unfair nor systematic.'
