depew

Truck driver pleads guilty in UB nurse death

By • Feb 22, 2018
University at Buffalo School of Nursing

A truck driver from Saratoga County has pleaded guilty to killing an assistant professor of nursing at the University at Buffalo.

Muddy Como Park Lake being returned to its original beauty

By • Sep 15, 2017
Erie County

Como Lake Park is a jewel of Erie County, with thousands of Cheektowaga and Lancaster residents living close by and walking, biking or driving to its facilities. Erie County is starting to resolve a large slug of mud in the middle of the park's lake.

Train station cost could supersede public 'vote' for Central Terminal

By • Mar 22, 2017
WBFO's Mike Desmond

The unofficial vote went to Amtrak returning to Broadway-Fillmore's Central Terminal during a packed and occasionally raucous public meeting Tuesday night at the Buffalo Science Museum.

Depew voters head to polls to decide village's fate

By Michael Mroziak • Jan 17, 2017
courtesy villageofdepew.org

Voters in the Village of Depew will head to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to dissolve the municipality and allow the Towns of Cheektowaga and Lancaster to assume control of services, including public safety.

Full house discusses Depew dissolution

By • Oct 7, 2016
WBFO's Mike Desmond

It was standing room only at Depew High School Thursday night. Residents came to a community meeting for answers to the question: What happens if they vote to dissolve the village? Answer: It will not be simple.

4 more water main breaks, including near Mercy Hospital

By Porsha Ari & • Jul 24, 2016

A new set of water main problems have occurred in Erie County.

Blessed Mother Teresa parish’s namesake to be canonized

By • Dec 18, 2015
Photo from the Vatican website.

The Catholic world celebrated an announcement Friday by Pope Francis that Mother Teresa of Calcutta will become a saint. 

Mortgage business creating local jobs

By • Dec 1, 2012
WBFO File Photo / WBFO News

An expanding business in Depew is expected to generate hundreds of new jobs.

18-year-old girl struck and killed in Depew

By WBFO Newsroom • Jul 30, 2012
Gooogle map, street view

Depew Police are continuing their investigation of a fatal Monday morning accident that left a 18-year-old girl dead. The teenager was killed as she waited for a  metro bus on Broadway at Kokomo Avenue.

Police say the unidentified driver of a Toyota SUV, a 35-year-old man from Lancaster, crossed the center median and struck Ashley Creighton of Depew around 7:05 a.m.  The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver then swerved back to the other side before smashing into Penora's Pizza, one block away at Broadway and Penora. His name is being withheld.