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The Erie County IDA will be voting on a development project that could decide the future of a decaying downtown industrial facility. Jim Fink of Business First believes the project is important because of its visibility.

A group of Western New York high school students toured the Gates Vascular Institute in Buffalo to learn about medical science.

The scandal enveloping Brooklyn State Assemblyman Vito Lopez could have wider implications.  Lopez is resigning from the Assembly Monday in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal.  But as WBFO's Mark Scott reports, there are growing calls for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to step down.

A New York Assemblyman accused of sexually harassing women staffers for years says he will resign before he's expelled from the legislature.

It will be a very emotional day for current students and alumni of Holy Angels Academy today.

An effort to ensure that local drivers are using their seat belts will soon get underway.

Crossing the border into the US is something thousands of people a day take for granted.

Officials cut the ribbon Friday on a dock extension along the Buffalo waterfront.

An earthquake in Southeastern Canada this morning rattled buildings and nerves across Ontario, Quebec, and Western New York.

Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts made an appearance in Western New York Friday. The Buffalo native spoke at the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown. 

The Aloma D. Johnson Fruit Belt Community Charter School is moving into North Buffalo.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says the state's campaign finance system needs to be completely replaced, including ending pensions for state officials who are convicted for corruption.

Holy Angels Academy in North Buffalo will shut down at the end of this school year as first announced last month.

Theater Talk's Jim Santella and Anthony Chase preview the Ujima Company's production of Breath, Boom, opening Friday.   The curtain also rises on BUA's The Normal Heart.

Chief Justice John Roberts was born in Buffalo in 1955.  He returns to his Western New York  roots Friday with a visit to the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown.

After more than a year of delays, a new high-tech splash pad will be ready to open for the summer season at Martin Luther King Park on Buffalo's East Side.

As anticipated, the Buffalo Bills have promoted Doug Whaley to General Manager.

Despite a partisan divide, Buffalo native Thomas Perez was endorsed by a Senate committee today to head the Labor Department.

The head of the State Senate's Transportation Committee was in Buffalo Wednesday to hear what some community leaders envision for the "Future of the Skyway."

With the state legislative session nearing its end, there is a renewed push to legalize professional mixed martial arts in New York.

The Legislative Ethics Commission released a report on the sexual harassment allegations against Assemblyman Vito Lopez. It finds Lopez violated the public officers law and engaged in “willful and prolonged mistreatment” of his female staff.

It's going to be another hot and entertaining summer on Buffalo's Waterfront, with the newly re-named Thursday at Canalside and Buffalo Place Rocks Canalside.

A major collaborative created to fight substance abuse has received a big boost. The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation awarded a $277,406.00 grant to Px20. 

A new mobile app is expected to help improve the quality of patient care across the nation. A team of University at Buffalo students created it to help reduce hospital readmission rates.

Three candidates are vying for the office of Mayor of Buffalo, two Democrats and one Republican. But it appears one of the candidates may have been offered a job if he agreed to not run.

A little-known corner of Erie County's vast parks system is getting some worldwide attention after the busiest English-language website in the world ran a long story about the eternal flame in Chestnut Ridge Park. WBFO'S Mike Desmond brings us the story. 

Buffalo Common Council members voted Tuesday for a measure which is supposed to block an increase in the city's garbage user fee.

Federal accident investigators are recommending states cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half. New York State already has the lowest standard in the nation.

Officials with Dent Neurologic Institute are offering apologies for a privacy breach related to an e-mail that was inadvertently sent to 200 patients.