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It was 2019 when Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz announced ErieNet, a program meant to bring broadband services to 400 miles of Erie County. Six years and more than $30 million later, nobody has been hooked up to the service.

The eagle was transferred to the Erie County SPCA for treatment. Recently, a bald eagle was discovered in Angelica by the side of a road. She had a severe wing injury and was unable to fly. The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation brought the eagle to the SPCA’s Wildlife Department, and our veterinary team...

A Niagara County Grand Jury has indicted a Niagara Falls man in connection with the death of another man following what authorities...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was sentenced to 18 years to life in prison on Friday after a shooting on Main Street left one man dead last year, according to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office. Officials said Ronald O’Neil, 41, shot 42-year-old Darius Spates, Jr. multiple times on the 3100 block of […]

Police in Niagara County spent the past week arresting people accused of crimes. Niagara County is made up of quite a few cities, towns, and villages, including the City of Lockport, the City of North Tonawanda, the City of Niagara Falls, the Town of Lewiston, the Town of Lockport, the Town of Wheatfield, and the...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Zoo is inviting the community to help name its newest resident, a male ocelot kitten. This is the third ocelot born at the zoo in the past 10 years, which zoo officials say is encouraging since ocelots are endangered in North America, with only around 100 said to roam in the wild. However,...

The Buffalo Maritime Center has built a traditional, full-sized replica of the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief, which originally traversed the Erie Canal upon its opening in 1825. This fall, the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief will embark on its Bicentennial Voyage from Buffalo to the New York Harbor, commemorating...

Western New York lost an icon in business and life when Eugene P. “Gene” Vukelic, the esteemed Chairman of Try-It Distributing Co., Inc., and a respected figure in Western New York’s business, civic, and philanthropic communities, passed away peacefully early Sunday morning, leaving behind a remarkable legacy of...

Editorial contribution by Central Terminal Restoration Corp. A lot has been happening at your Buffalo Central Terminal! Right now, we’re performing work on the masonry of the iconic Tower and Entry Plaza to ensure safety and protect the future of our living landmark. We’re working from a plan created...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Cameron Casacci's medical issues happened shortly after birth on Sept. 11, 2024. His parents, Brad and Alyssa Casacci, said he had a stroke on the left side of his brain and he now has seizures. "Our epileptologist here in Buffalo said that Cam has what they...