Faced with the same budget that was rejected just weeks ago, voters in Wilson turned down their school budget on Tuesday. Meanwhile, five other districts, including Clarence, gained voter approval of their spending plans for the approaching school year.
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.
As a recent poll shows his job approval rating dropping, Governor Andrew Cuomo hit the road Wednesday to campaign for his Public Trust and Campaign Finance Reform Bill. The governor admitted aspects of his plan are unlikely to pass this session.
Dr. James Corasanti appears to be in the process of rebuilding his medical career. Kaleida Health has granted physician privileges to Corasanti so he can treat patients at their facilities.
Town of Tonawanda Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian accident. It happened around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday morning on Niagara Falls Boulevard at Willow Ridge Drive.
A man accused of shooting another man two years ago in Cheektowaga Town Park was convicted of first-degree manslaughter Tuesday morning in Erie County Court.
Two men from Plymouth, Massachusetts pleaded not guilty to wiretapping charges in federal court in Buffalo Tuesday. The charges relate to their alleged tapping of a phone call involving former Buffalo Bills general manager Buddy Nix.
Erie County Legislature Majority Leader Thomas Mazur announced his future retirement Friday. Mazur, a Democrat, will step aside from his 7th District seat when his current term expires on December 31.
Seven people were killed early Wednesday evening in Cortland County when a minivan they were riding in was hit by a trailer. Among the dead are four young children.
A Brant woman who was impaired by drugs and alcohol when she crashed her SUV into an oncoming car, killing an infant, has been sentenced to 15 years in jail.
A Kenmore tavern owner was found murdered in his home Sunday morning. Police say 62-year-old Vincent "Jim" Cottone was discovered in his home around 11 a.m. Sunday at 21 Landers Road.
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.
Test results show 18 Buffalo Vetrans Administration patients are infected with hepatitis B and C, although it's not clear if they were infected because the hospital was re-using one-time-only insulin pens.
Two Wyoming County men, a father and his son, have each been charged with dozens of counts of animal abuse after 44 dogs were removed from a residence in the Town of Middlebury late last month.
