The Buffalo Police Department will soon have a plan in place to respond to residents who have limited English language skills. The program will give police and residents access to a network of services that may handle more than 200 different languages.

Though lead-based paint has not been sold for decades, the substance continues to plague many older cities, including Buffalo. According to Dan Telvock of Investigative Post, 85,500 housing units in Buffalo are considered "at risk."

The Erie County Health Department has given the green-light for the cafeteria to re-open Tuesday at the Stanley Makowski Early Childhood Center.  The cafeteria was shut-down for a week after rodent droppings were discovered in the food prep area. WBFO's Focus on Education Reporter Eileen Buckley spoke with the health commissioner the latest inspection report.

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra hosted a Western New York Symposium for educators. WBFO's Focus on Education reporter Eileen Buckley says the event feature a welcome and call to action from BPO Music Director JoAnn Falletta. 

Students and staff at UB's School of Public Health received an update on the Flint water crisis from a recent UB graduate.

Erie County's Environment and Planning Department is looking at running a bike path along Route 5 in the front of the old Bethlehem Steel plant site. The first phase would be from the city line with Buffalo to Smokes Creek.

Two men pleaded innocent yesterday in State Supreme Court to charges growing out of the death of a 16-year-old in a boating incident last June.

Groups that serve the disabled say there’s inadequate funding in Governor Cuomo’s budget to place thousands of adults with developmental disabilities into group homes. And they say a proposed $15 minimum wage will have a “devastating financial impact” for the not for profit groups.