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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — In just over three weeks, a 19% property tax hike will start to take effect in Buffalo, but it will take a few months to show up on homeowners’ bills. Deputy Buffalo Mayor Benjamin Swanekamp shared how resources, including a property tax calculator, can help residents prepare for July 1, when […]

Inside Look at Train Yard Where "Big Boy" is Located in Buffalo

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — If you’re heading to the Buffalo Niagara International Airport this week, plan for some delays. The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority said overnight paving work will cause temporary lane and roadway closures on the departure level on June 11 and 12. From 6 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. all passenger

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A child was transported to a hospital after being shot in the shoulder at a house on Hager Street Buffalo on Tuesday night, according to police. Officials responded to a shooting call on the first block of Hager around 10:15 p.m. Tuesday. Police said during a scuffle over a gun on […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local nonprofit is getting a major funding boost to help prepare young people for careers in agriculture. The National Grid Foundation is giving Buffalo Go Green nearly $430,000 for its new Pathways 360 program. The program provides hands-on learning opportunities for students throughout Buffal

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Buffalo Police Department announced that 20 guns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, high-capacity magazines and cocaine were seized while executing a search warrant on Delaware Avenue on Sunday. Police said the search warrant was executed on the 1900 block of Delaware Avenue and the...

"The ground is going to shake, the whistle is going to scream, and you're going to smell the oil and the steam" - Marty Biniasz

The Erie County DA's Office says 29-year-old Joseph F. Saraceno, Jr. of the City of Tonawanda, was sentenced on Monday to 22 years in prison followed by 5 years of post-release supervision.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Common Council has approved a payout of nearly $6 million to the estate of a firefighter who was killed in a fire three years ago. Jason Arno died while battling a four-alarm fire on Main Street in March 2023. He was 37 years old. Arno’s widow filed a wrongful […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Cheektowaga woman has admitted to causing the death of a pedestrian in December 2025. Jennifer A. Ortiz, 57 pleaded guilty Monday in Erie County Court to one count of Vehicular Manslaughter in the Second Degree. Investigators say Ortiz was driving southbound on Kensington Avenue in...