A Texas-Style Barbecue Favorite Has Shut Its Doors For Good
Barbecue fans in the Southtowns, we’ve got some tough news. Yankee BBQ in Hamburg has shut down. Anyone who calls the restaurant now hears a recorded farewell thanking customers for their support, according to The New 96.1. The Texas-style barbecue spot closed not long after leaving its original Route 5 home in Woodlaw
Costco working to get membership numbers up as Amherst warehouse opening nears
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A little more than three weeks remain until Western New York’s first Costco will open for business. Located on Ridge Lea Road in Amherst, the buy-in-bulk warehouse is scheduled to open for members on Oct. 28. The gas station attached to the warehouse is already open. The store is bringing in […]
Moriarty Café’s Chef Jennifer Boye levels up perfection
Two years ago, Jennifer Boye, a chef with thirty years of kitchen success at local restaurants and hotels, took the helm at Moriarty Café, replacing founding chef Andy Bauerschmidt, who’d helped launch the sister business adjacent to beloved whole animal butcher shop run by Tom Moriarty. To Bauerschmidt’s foundation of
Radford on Buffalo Schools cuts: ‘Hard, but necessary’ proposal
Sam Radford says the new Buffalo Schools proposal is long overdue
Brand New Oktoberfest Market Shutting Down Street in Buffalo
Brand New Oktoberfest Market Shutting Down Street in Buffalo
Something Sinister: Tullis Johnson on Charles E. Burchfield’s Haunted Landscapes (Podcast)
This fall, the Burchfield Penney Art Center prepares for scares as Something Sinister: The Haunted Landscapes of Charles E. Burchfield opens October 29, 2026, and runs through February 28, 2027. Tullis Johnson, Charles Cary Rumsey Curator at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, who curated Something Sinister, sees the exh
‘It would be so heartbreaking’: Buffalo Public Schools proposes closing up to 8 schools
BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — A proposal by Buffalo Public Schools to close and merge up to eight city schools has left families across the district stunned. “It would be so heartbreaking,” said Dr. Tim Monreal, a Buffalo school parent. The district is targeting the following schools to close...
Heavy police presence in Depew
Man became uncooperative during a welfare check Sunday
Three arrested for stealing postal key in Niagara Falls
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — One Amherst resident and two Buffalo residents have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit mail theft, the United States District Attorney’s Office said. On Dec. 5, 2025, a letter carrier was robbed of her postal key, which could be used to gain access to all blue collection boxes lo
Reward offered for information on fatal hit-and-run in Buffalo
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Crime Stoppers WNY is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the identification and arrest of a person of interest in a fatal hit-and-run accident that happened last month in Buffalo. Officers responded to a four-vehicle accident at Broadway and Oak Street around 4:30 p.m. o
