James Kopp has lost what is likely his last legal appeal to have his murder conviction overturned in the shooting death of Amherst physician Dr. Barnett Slepian in October 1998.

The Buffalo Public Schools District has once again experienced a drop in its graduation rate.

The recent spate of legislative scandals in Albany appear to be taking a toll on Governor Cuomo. A new poll from Siena College find Cuomo's ratings among registered voters are at their lowest level since he took office.

Streetscape improvements are on the way for Buffalo's Lovejoy and Kaisertown neighborhoods.

Governor Andrew Cuomo is pushing for major changes at the Peace Bridge Authority, but won't commit to signing a bill to take over the New York side of the bridge.

Buffalo hosted the 11th annual Business Alliance for Local Living Economies or the BALLE business conference this year. The event brought together over 600 self-described “localists” from around the continent who all share the idea that local businesses are key to solving community problems.

The 2013 legislative session in Albany is supposed to come to an end later this week, but there's no guarantee.

Summer is always great time for children to stay on track by reading and last week, the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System kicked off "Dig into Reading," the Library's Summer Reading initiative geared toward school-age children and their families. Programs are planned throughout the next couple of months across the area and later this week you are asked to "Hug your Library".

Sunday's weather started out poor, but it finished well, leading to large crowds at Buffalo's annual Juneteenth Festival in Martin Luther King Park.