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This article contains content summarized with GPT-4. Learn more. A recent house fire resulted in the deaths of several children and left a local family without a home. In response, a neighborhood business is organizing a donation drive to help the affected family. Residents and organizations in the community are...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Riverside Academy (PS 208) is closed today after a water pump’s mechanical malfunction at the school caused “a significant amount” of smoke to be released from the school’s boiler system. According to Buffalo Public Schools, the district will be closing the school out of an abundance of caution...

FA-18F Super Hornets will fly over Western New York honoring Pearl Harbor's 84th anniversary.

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 12:15am on December 3rd after reports of an assault on 5th Avenue in North Tonawanda. The 911 caller stated that a male hit a woman in the face. Altogether, it was reported that there were a group of four intoxicated individuals. The male also...

There is a new cheeseburger chain that has come to New York State and there are 2 locations now in New York State including Albany and Cheektowaga, New York.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man who repeatedly violated an order of protection to contact a victim and break into her home admitted to lighting a fire outside her house in 2023, according to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office. Around 2:30 a.m. on June 2, 44-year-old Scott Sinwell used an accelerant to...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A popular barbecue restaurant is back open in Western New York at a new location. Several months after closing its downtown location, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is back up and running in Hamburg. The restaurant is at the former Perkins building down the road from the McKinley Mall. The restaurant said...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Drivers across New York State will see new changes to the traffic violation point system beginning in early 2026, including stricter license suspension rules. A driver’s license is currently subject to suspension if 11 points are accrued over a span of 18 months. New rules will change that...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The outgoing town supervisor in Amherst will join a Buffalo-based firm when his term is up at the end of the year. Brian Kulpa, who took over as supervisor in January 2018, will join Masiello Martucci Hughes, a lobbying firm, in January. The firm is currently located on Main Street, but […]

The Erie County Comptroller's Office is calling for a better way to track and manage county vehicles, after an audit of the Bureau of Fleet Services found 365 vehicles unaccounted for.