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Almost 40 years to the day former New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller signed the Rockefeller Drug Laws, an effort is underway to change what some people view as the failed 'War on Drugs.'

Coach USA Tour buses have been ordered off the road. The U.S. Department of Transportation says drivers for the Niagara Falls-based transit company falsified documents and that the company kept improper records.

An effort is underway to help save people from fatal drug overdoses, which are now the leading cause of accidental death in New York State.

A 12-year-old Albion girl reported missing Wednesday afternoon from Albion Middle School has been found unharmed.

A former Buffalo teacher, convicted of rape in March of 2009, has pleaded guilty to failure to register as a sex offender in State Supreme Court. 

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown says his $482.5 million budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 is slightly less than the current year while making some investments in city services.

A statewide referendum on whether to allow non-Indian casino gaming in New York may not be on the ballot this November. Governor Andrew Cuomo says this is not an ideal year for a public vote due to a lack of statewide political races that will bring voters to the polls.

The man who shot Buffalo Police officer Patricia Parete in 2006 will not be charged with first-degree murder, following Parete's death earlier this year.

An all-girls Catholic school in North Buffalo will be closing at the end of this school year. Holy Angels Academy and Holy Angles Prep on Hertel Avenue announced Tuesday the schools are shutting down due to low enrollment.

A new program aims to promote high-tech manufacturing careers in high schools across Western New York.  Dream it, Do it WNY educates high school students that there are more careers available in the area than meets the eye.

The historic Trico Plant No. 1 on the edge of downtown Buffalo won't be designated a local landmark. The Common Council deadlocked in a 4-4 vote Tuesday.

A 96-year-old Niagara Falls woman died Tuesday morning when a fire erupted at her Woodlawn Avenue house.

A key piece of the region's anti-terrorism task force is facing elimination by the Department of Homeland Security, according to U.S. Senator Charles Schumer.

The push is on to save a large piece of Buffalo's industrial heritage. Preservationists are urging city lawmakers to give the Trico building landmark status.

Local veterans can now access a host of services in one location. A ribbon cutting was held Monday for the Veterans One-Stop Center of Western New York. The new center is located on Main near Bryant Street in Buffalo

As early as Monday, we may find out if two Canadian residents had help in their alleged plot to blow up a train between New York City and Toronto.

Just about every day, an Erie County deputy sheriff makes a drunken driving arrest. Sheriff Tim Howard says his deputies are on track for the fourth year in a row of making more than 300 such arrests.