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The Buffalo edition of ABC's “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” has been expanded to a two-hour show that will air from 8 to 10 p.m. Jan. 24 on WKBW-TV, Channel 7. Full Story »
The Buffalo edition of ABC's “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” has been expanded to a two-hour show that will air from 8 to 10 p.m. Jan. 24 on WKBW-TV, Channel 7. Full Story »
Two Buffalo News sports writers will be chatting live Friday. Full Story »
The Buffalo News will honor the football and volleyball state championship teams from Western New York. Commemorative posters that include photos, rosters and the road to the finals will be published in the sports section. These posters will be available in the print edition of The News and for purchase online at buffalonews.mycapture.com. For a special 25 percent discount online, enter the code ... Full Story »
Orchard Park planners say they have found deficiencies in the environmental form filed by the developer of senior citizen housing on Mid-County Drive. Full Story »
The choices for locating a bridge that would cross the Buffalo River and connect downtown with the outer harbor have been narrowed to Erie Street in the Erie Basin Marina or at the foot of Main Street behind HSBC Arena. Full Story »
A car has been hit by a train in Dunkirk. It happened Friday morning, on the tracks on Lucas Avenue. Full Story »
Genesee, Chautauqua and Wyoming Counties have a travel advisories for all unnecessary travel. Full Story »
A Buffalo man who brutally raped and murdered an elderly woman will learn his punishment Friday. Full Story »
Listen to interviews from News 4's Wake Up, with a stuck motorist and the Chautauqua County Executive. Full Story »
April 15 is only a few months away, and you have only a few weeks left to save money on your 215009 taxes. Full Story »
The weather still causing major problems in the South Towns and the Southern Tier, closing a large section of the NYS Thruway. Full Story »
Some places have seen about 2 feet of snow from this latest snow event that started late Wednesday! And even more snow is expected. Full Story »
Lake Effect Snow Warning for Wyoming, Southern Erie, Chautauqua, and Cattaraugus counties until 7am Saturday. Jennifer Stanonis tracking the storms for "Eyewitness News at Noon". Full Story »
Huge waves blasting to shore pushed by high winds continue to blast the waterfront in Buffalo. The wind actually lowered water levels at one end of a lake and increased them at the opposite end. Full Story »
Many travelers waited all day at the airport on Thursday trying to get a flight out. Heavy snow of up to 2 inches an hour and gusty winds grounded many planes leading to cancellations and delays. Full Story »
The song says you gotta know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em and the folks at the Jamestown Savings Bank Arena have decided to fold 'em for tonight. Full Story »
When you talk about a traffic nightmare, what happened Thursday was something like the perfect storm. Lake Effect Snow, coupled with strong winds made visibility impossible. The Skyway was closed, so were parts of Route 5. That sent many drivers to the I-190 and I-90. Full Story »
Lake effect snow and high winds shut down schools and whitened the knuckles of drivers across Western New York. Oddly enough, one of the few places that escaped it and actually enjoyed a sunny morning and afternoon was ski country. Full Story »
With temperatures well below freezing, the Belle Center in Downtown Buffalo is becoming a warming center for those in need. Several staff members and even Americorps volunteers are staffing the Center from 8pm until 8am. Full Story »
After New York State lawmakers returned home from Albany without balancing the budget, there is growing concern that the fiscal crisis could soon lead to higher school taxes in many districts. Full Story »
The Wellsville Town Council has to weigh the environmental impact of the Wal-Mart store, slated to be built by 2010 on the site of the old airport. Town officials still do not know when they will be able to make a decision on the State Environmental Quality Review, they said this week. Full Story »
Two men are in the county jail this morning after their arrests Wednesday on several felony drug charges, police say. Full Story »
Santa officially lit the new Community Tree on the lawn of Jones Memorial Hospital last week. The tree was donated by Kent Farms of Andover. From left are Ed Kemp, with sons Evan and Will, Santa and Eva Benedict, chief executive officer of the hospital. Full Story »
Phillip Jones displays the first-place trophy he won after competing in the Wellsville Middle School Spelling Bee. Full Story »
A winter weather advisory was canceled this morning, but Southern Tier residents will be dealing with high winds and winter storm conditions for the next couple of days. Full Story »
Upset by what he sees as flaws in the current administration, Village Trustee Allan Kasprzak announced Monday morning that he will run for mayor in March 2010. Kasprzak will face incumbent Mayor Clark Crook, who declared his own candidacy in early November. The trustee opposes Crook’s current call for the dissolution of the village government, which was the main subject of discussion at Monday ... Full Story »
East Aurora native Maggie Lamond Simone had to clear kids’ stuff – mini skateboards, a peace sign pin, a Signals catalogue -- off the desk in her home office before she could talk with us by phone recently for an interview about her brand new book, From Beer to Maternity. Full Story »
The National Weather Service noted Friday morning that the East Aurora area will have a chance of snow showers before 11 a.m., "then snow showers likely and widespread blowing snow between 11am and 1pm, then a chance of snow showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 21. Wind chill values as low as -1. Breezy, with a west wind between 21 and 25 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance ... Full Story »
Mayor Clark Crook shared his vision Monday night for a future in which the government of the Village of East Aurora is dissolved and citizens are represented by a single town government – which he branded One East Aurora. In the hour and 10 minutes that followed, most of the village trustees and residents who spoke at the work session said that they did not support the idea of dissolving the ... Full Story »
Erie County Sheriff’s deputies arrested four people for allegedly robbing a man at gunpoint in the Town of Wales. Chief of Patrol Services Michael Pliszka said that the 21-year-old victim from West Seneca was drawn to an address on Reiter Road in Wales because of his passenger, an 18-year-old woman. Full Story »
Proceedings to determine who will serve as the county's District 7 legislator in 2010 continued Thursday, with multiple witnesses called to testify about ballots cast in the Nov. 3 general election. Though it progressed, the hearing did not conclude - and will continue later next week at a time yet to be agreed upon by the five lawyers involve. Full Story »
How Judge James Dillon rules on five contested ballots will determine who takes office as the county's District 7 legislator in January. Four of the five ballots have already been opened and canvassed, and are included in the current vote totals. The fifth ballot is an affidavit ballot which has not been opened. Full Story »
Another Western New York super market chain might be interested in Quality Markets stores and other Penn Traffic-owned properties. Tops Markets is reportedly trying to find out what is happening with Penn Traffic's property, which operates supermarkets in Upstate New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont and New Hampshire under the P&C Foods, Bi-Lo Foods and Quality Markets name. Full Story »
The state of New York is effectively using its cities and counties as credit cards. That's according to county executive Greg Edwards who, along with Jamestown Mayor Sam Teresi, is having to find ways to cope with the ripple effects of the state's budget woes. On Wednesday, Gov. David Paterson said New York has run out of cash. Full Story »
As utility crews worked throughout Wednesday repairing the damage caused by high winds and rain, they were already gearing up to respond to the next potential stage of bad weather. By Wednesday evening, most of the widespread outages reported to National Grid in Chautauqua County had been resolved, with a number of isolated incidents involving 50 customers or fewer remaining. Full Story »
Gifts for the ELF Fund may be dropped off from noon-6 p.m. today at this year’s headquarters located in the former E-Z TV and Appliance building, 911 E. Main St. Please note this is a different location from the past few years. Full Story »
(Editor’s note: The names of the family members contained in this story have been changed to protect their identities. While the names of the family have been changed, they were chosen to be profiled as a representative of the many needy people in the community who are helped by the ELF Fund.) Full Story »
A report released Tuesday by a statewide watchdog group for children says McKean County still has a serious problem with child abuse. Full Story »
In a brief meeting Tuesday, Bradford City Council raised taxes, raised garbage rates, laid off four workers, changed the city police dispatch and hired another fireman — all in about 13 minutes. Full Story »
The process is well under way to change the dispatch for the Bradford City Police to the McKean County 911 Center. The measure was unanimously approved at a Bradford City Council meeting on Tuesday. Full Story »
InLighten, a global digital media technologies provider, is negotiating with Greater Lockport Development Corp. to buy three agency-held buildings and three blank lots on Canal Street to create a “technology campus” for nearly 100 white-collar employees. Full Story »
Police urge you not to let a thief rob you of your happy holidays. Lockport Police Chief Larry Eggert said the month of November was the start of an increased number of vehicle and home break-ins. Full Story »
The city’s development agency is offering a restaurateur the chance to settle an outstanding debt for about half of what he owes. Full Story »
The three suspects in involved in the ATM robbery and assault of a 56-year-old High Street man late Tuesday night are due in Lockport City Court Monday for a preliminary hearing. Full Story »
The first significant blast of wintry weather to hit Western New York this year had little impact on motorists and work crews in Niagara County. Full Story »
Friends and family of a Medina High School senior who was killed in a car accident over the weekend gathered at the school Sunday night for a candlelight vigil. Full Story »
Officially being named executive director of the Orleans County Chamber of Commerce, Kevin Lake has many ideas and plans to help improve the area. Full Story »
The holiday season officially began Saturday in downtown Albion. Residents gathered to shop, participate in holiday activities and watch as the tree was lighted in the Court House Square. Full Story »
LARCENY: Shawna N. Weis, 22, 2186 Transit Road, Kent was charged Wednesday with petit larceny. Deputy Tom Marnao charged Weis as a result of an investigation by the Orleans County Department of Social Services Fraud Unit that alleges Weis received $182 in benefits that she was not entitled to. Full Story »
Jackass Penguins take a walk at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Japan. AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye
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