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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Local temperatures are expected to be very warm on Saturday with highs soaring into the 60s to near 70, feeling more like late spring. Some sunshine for the first half of the day, with a few rain showers very early from a warm front. However, it's...

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WKBW) — Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper will receive a $2 million state grant to create a living shoreline along Gill Creek in Niagara Falls, with work expected to start in 2027. The money comes from New York's Water Quality Improvement Program, part of a larger statewide investment...

A priest in the Buffalo Diocese has voluntarily removed himself from ministry while the Diocese follows protocols for an investigation. “Shock overtook me when I understood the gravity of this,” said Nandor Forgach, a parishioner at St Benedict’s.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Niagara County Clerk Joseph Jastrzemski is warning residents of a new scam involving fake traffic summonses that give drivers the option to either pay a fine or appear in court. The summons is accompanied by a QR code to send a payment and appears to come from the New York State […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A new audit from the Erie County Comptroller is raising red flags over the way the county's assigned council program is being run. That program uses taxpayer dollars to pay for lawyers for defendants who don't have the funds to hire their own attorney. 60% of...

A man convicted of killing a young child and his babysitter in Palmyra is now being paroled in a different part of the state following public backlash. The Wayne County Sheriff's Office says Chad Campbell will now be paroled in Erie County. The sheriff's office says the "decision was influenced by the overwhelming...

An Upstate New York concert venue is reopening under new ownership. The Mohawk Place in Buffalo is aiming to open by summer, according to Buffalo Business First. New owner Sam Marabella said he plans to see through plans announced last year to convert the building into a nonprofit center for music and arts.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Buffalo, New York – Strong thunderstorms could develop across western New York Saturday with risks for damaging winds and hail. According to the National Weather Service in Buffalo, two frontal systems...

Regardless of whether the groundhog got it right this year, spring officially arrives in just a few weeks on March 20.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Buffalo man has been sentence to 18 years in prison for a 2023 arson in Buffalo's Seneca Babcock neighborhood. Scott Sinwell, 44, of Buffalo plead guilty to arson in the second degree in December of 2025 to a count of arson in the second degree and was sentenced to 18 years, plus five years of...