Buffalo NY

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Ken-Ton school district is banning unsupervised kids from being at the district’s football fields while football games are not going on, the district said Wednesday. The district said in a statement that anyone under 18 visiting the field must have an adult over the age of 25 present. Adults will […]

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Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a $6 million state grant Wednesday to support the construction of Millrace Park in Buffalo's Larkin District.

TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WKBW) — A social media post turned into a celebrity surprise for one local bowling alley after the Jonas Brothers stopped by Tonawanda Bowling Center. Lisa Weber, the center’s assistant manager, said she and her sister-in-law saw a post about the Jonas Brothers looking for the best bowling spots across the country while on tour. They decided to tag the brothers in a post inviting them to check out the family-owned business, describing it as "a bowler’s bowling alley."

A small primate was being sold illegally in Buffalo last Thursday. State wildlife investigators posed as buyers and arrested the seller, charging them with a felony.

Temperatures fall into the upper 20s and 30s across western New York as localized fog develops overnight.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man was injured in a shooting on Schreck Avenue Monday afternoon, Buffalo police said. Officers responded to a shots fired call on the first block of Schreck Avenue around 2 p.m. Shortly after, officials said a man arrived at the Erie County Medical Center with gunshot wounds to the arm, […]

The family and colleagues of 41-year-old Tia Brown are remembering her for the kindness she showed others and the impact she made on the people around her after she was killed in a crash in Hamburg.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Reah Brown said her daughter Tia was a very special person: warm, welcoming and accepting. 41-year-old Letia “Tia” Brown died after a two-vehicle crash on Camp Road at St. Francis Drive around 9:05 p.m. Saturday, according to Hamburg Police. Officials said vehicles crashed while traveling in the opposite direction, and three […]

Pilot projects in Haverstraw and Buffalo will test whether utilities can deliver clean heat instead of fossil fuels, all while retaining jobs. For the past four years, the UpgradeNY coalition of clean energy, environmental, and labor groups has been pushing New York regulators to approve projects that could switch entire neighborhoods from fossil gas to clean electric heating — and to do it without undermining fossil gas utility jobs and investments.