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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Someone has removed a portion a memorial dedicated to five Buffalo firefighters who lost their lives in a massive propane explosion more than 40 years ago. The vandalism to the memorial on North Division Street at Grosvenor has some folks in the city's Seneca Babcock neighborhood shaking their heads...

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that Phase I of Perry Homes in Buffalo’s First Ward has welcomed its first residents. Once Phase I is completed it will consist of 405 affordable apartments.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A two-car crash involving a Buffalo Police patrol unit sent three people to the hospital on Sunday night. The crash happened around 7 p.m. Sunday at at Sycamore and Mills streets, south of MLK Park. It involved a civilian-operated 2010 Ford F-150 and a marked Buffalo Police patrol unit, a City of...

Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the Old First Ward is being asked to contribute $36,567 dollars to Diocese settlement fund by July 15. “We do not have that amount,” said Parishioner Roxanne Casey. “We are shy by five or seven thousand dollars.”

Niagara Falls Police responded to the 1400 block of Walnut Avenue around midnight on June 21st after reports of harassment that was later changed to an unwanted person. Upon arrival, officers spoke to the complainant who stated that her granddaughter was causing issues and wanted her to leave. While the officers were...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Two local doctors are among 324 people charged in connection with the federal government's effort to crack down on health care fraud. The alleged Medicare fraud totals $14.6 billion, and combined, the two local cases reach into the millions. "These cases do not happen without the...

WEST SENECA — Two identified suspects, a 31-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman, were reported to have shoplifted from Bath & Body Works on June 15. The loss prevention employee who reported the theft stated he observed the pair conceal nearly $600 in merchandise in their shopping bags and walk out of the store.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Three teenagers were sentenced to six months in jail for an assault at MLK Park in Buffalo last fall, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. The teens, all 17-year-old males, punched and kicked a 15-year-old, identified by his family after the attack as Xavier Sears, several...

Police responded to Dorris Avenue in Buffalo around 2:30 a.m. for a report of multiple armed men at a home. The Sheriff’s Office says one man was spotted by Air 1 carrying a gun in his right hand.

Authorities have recovered a body from Lake Ontario near the mouth of the Niagara River, which may belong to a man who jumped from the Niagara Falls State Park Observation Deck last week. The grim discovery comes as officials investigate a second similar incident that occurred Monday afternoon at the same site. On...