Buffalo news

• Niagara County woman sentenced for kidnapping elderly man

  26-11-2024 23:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A woman from the Town of Niagara was sentenced and a Niagara man pled guilty in connection with a kidnapping that occurred earlier this year, according to the Niagara County District Attorney's Office.Officials said 36-year-old Ashley McMillen was sentenced to 10 years in prison and five years of post release supervision for her role.
  According to Niagara County DA Brian Seaman, the pair's motive for kidnapping the 77-year-old man was to steal money to buy drugs."The defe
  
  Read more

• Tage Thompson ready to return for Sabres

  26-11-2024 22:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Back from a sweeping road trip out West, the Sabres are getting their top center back in the lineup for a holiday home stop.Tage Thompson says he's ready to play Wednesday night against the Minnesota Wild after missing four games with a lower-body injury. "I feel good," Thompson said following Tuesday's practice at KeyBank Center. "I had a good day today and I'm ready to go for tomorrow."Buffalo opened a roster spot for Thompson's return from injured reserve Tuesday
  
  Read more

• Two senior staffers out at City Hall as Scanlon shakes up new administration

  26-11-2024 22:04 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Acting Buffalo Mayor Chris Scanlon announced a shakeup in his new administration on Tuesday, parting ways with two senior staffers at City Hall who oversaw development.Director of Real Estate Howard Grynspan was fired. Brendan Mehaffy, Executive
  Director of the Office of Strategic Planning, will resign effective Dec. 16.“These decisions were made after much thought and consideration and in-line with my
  well-known management approach to improve departmental func
  
  Read more

• Higher Paid Family Leave benefits coming to New York in 2025

  26-11-2024 20:20 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Workers in New York will get higher Paid Family Leave benefits starting on Jan. 1, according to the state’s Workers' Compensation Board Chair, Clarissa Rodriguez. Eligible employees can receive up to $14,127.84 in total benefits, increasing by $313.92 from 2024.Also starting on January 1, pregnant workers get more paid time off for prenatal care under the state’s separate Paid Sick Leave program.New York's Paid Family Leave gives employees up to 12 week
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Tonawanda golf dome adds new worldwide technology

  26-11-2024 20:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Paddock Chevrolet Golf Dome in Tonawanda has added new technology that will make it possible to play some of the top courses from around the world right inside the dome.Last week, the dome added Toptracer Range technology. The new technology has been added to eight of the bays in the upstairs part of the driving range.
  The system works by using cameras around the area to trace the ball as you hit it off the bay, giving speed, distance, launch angle, shape and oth
  
  Read more

• Man gets 20 years in prison for fatal shooting during burglary

  26-11-2024 20:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was given 20 years in prison for fatally shooting another man during a burglary in the city's Kensington neighborhood earlier this year, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Tuesday.Levon Dickson, 50, shot and killed 60-year-old Mitchell Reese during an attempted residential burglary on Warwick Avenue on the evening of Feb. 6. Reese died at the scene.
  Dickson pleaded guilty in October to one count of first-degree manslaughter. He had been fac
  
  Read more

• 7 guns seized from man at bus station, facing charges

  26-11-2024 19:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Several guns were seized at the NFTA station in downtown Buffalo from a man who police believe planned on selling them, police said Tuesday.Police arrested 29-year-old Jaleel Battle on Friday. Police said he had been traveling by bus to Buffalo from Atlanta. When he arrived, police executed a search warrant and found seven guns, including a Glock 26 handgun and a Smith & Wesson M&P .40. NFTA police believe Battle planned on selling them.He was arrested and ch
  
  Read more

• 17-year-old accused of stealing car, crashing it on I-90

  26-11-2024 16:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 17-year-old has been charged in connection to stealing a BMW and crashing it head-on into another car on I-90 on Monday morning, according to New York State Police.Police said they tried to stop the teen on Route 33 just before 8 a.m. Monday for not wearing a seat belt and using a cell phone while driving. The teen, driving a 2016 BMW that had been reported stolen out of Amherst, took off.The driver is accused of exiting at Williams Street going eastbound in the we
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Man pleads guilty to fatal shooting in University Heights

  26-11-2024 16:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man has pleaded guilty in connection to a fatal shooting in the city's University Heights neighborhood in September 2023, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Tuesday.Michael Barnes, 37, admitted to shooting and killing 28-year-old Thomas Davis with an illegal gun on the 3011 block of Main Street near Winspear Avenue in the early morning hours of Sept. 12, 2023.Barnes was arrested a week later and charged with second-degree murder. On Monday, he
  
  Read more

• Lottery tucket worth $50K sold at Buffalo Delta Sonic

  26-11-2024 15:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A winning lottery ticket worth $50,000 was sold in Buffalo for Monday night's Powerball drawing.The ticket was sold at the Delta Sonic located on Main Street in Buffalo.The Powerball drawing is held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday night at 10:59 p.m. To see winning numbers, click here.Latest Local News Lottery tucket worth $50K sold at Buffalo Delta Sonic I-90 slowly re-opening after tanker fire causes closure Letter warns: Your water pipes may be made of lead B
  
  Read more

• Lottery ticket worth $50K sold at Buffalo Delta Sonic

  26-11-2024 15:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A winning lottery ticket worth $50,000 was sold in Buffalo for Monday night's Powerball drawing.The ticket was sold at the Delta Sonic located on Main Street in Buffalo.The Powerball drawing is held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday night at 10:59 p.m. To see winning numbers, click here.Latest Local News Lottery ticket worth $50K sold at Buffalo Delta Sonic I-90 slowly re-opening after tanker fire causes closure Letter warns: Your water pipes may be made of lead B
  
  Read more

• What grocery stores are open for Thanksgiving 2024?

  26-11-2024 15:21 via wivb.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Whether you forgot an item or need a replacement meal for a burnt turkey, the retailers open to serve your needs on Thanksgiving Day may be a bit limited. Many major retailers, like Target and Walmart, are continuing a tradition they started during the COVID pandemic and will remain closed for the holiday. (You can see a full list of those major retailers here.) Which major retailers will be closed for Thanksgiving this year?However, many nationwide grocery chains and reta
  
  Read more

• Tanker fire on I-90 causes closure near Batavia

  26-11-2024 14:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An entire section of I-90 is closed on Tuesday morning due to a tanker fire.Both eastbound and westbound lanes on the Thruway between exit 48 in Batavia and exit 46 outside of Rochester. The tanker is on fire in the area of exit 47 in Le Roy.Crews can be seen on camera responding as of just after 8 a.m. Tuesday. It is unclear when the road will open back up.
  Screengrab courtesy of NITTEC
  This is a developing story, check back for updates.Latest Local News Tanker fire
  
  Read more

• I-90 slowly re-opening after tanker fire causes closure

  26-11-2024 14:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An entire section of I-90 is closed on Tuesday morning due to a tanker fire.The eastbound lane on the Thruway between exit 48 in Batavia and exit 46 outside of Rochester is closed. The tanker is on fire in the area of exit 47 in Le Roy.The westbound lane was closed for a time, but re-opened around 9 a.m. Tuesday. In addition, one lane on the eastbound side was re-opened.Crews can be seen on camera responding as of just after 8 a.m. It is unclear when the road will op
  
  Read more

• Letter warns: Your water pipes may be made of lead

  26-11-2024 05:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Over the weekend, some neighbors across Western New York received a letter in the mail saying their municipality doesn't have a record of what their water line is made of -- and that it could contain lead.News 4 received complaints from neighbors in Buffalo, the Town of Tonawanda and Kenmore about this letter, which essentially asks people to report their own service line material to see if there is lead.The letter, according to the New York State Department of Healt
  
  Read more

• Buffalo residents receive letter saying they may have lead water pipes

  26-11-2024 05:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Over the weekend, some neighbors across Western New York received a letter in the mail saying their municipality doesn't have a record of what their water line is made of -- and that it could contain lead.News 4 received complaints from neighbors in Buffalo, the Town of Tonawanda and Kenmore about this letter, which essentially asks people to report their own service line material to see if there is lead.The letter, according to the New York State Department of Healt
  
  Read more

• Buffalo Behind the Scenes: Stitch Buffalo

  26-11-2024 01:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- What makes up the fabric of a community?
  At Stitch Buffalo, it's not a shared background, country or even language that sews community together. The people -- more specifically, women from all around the world -- make up the community at this Buffalo nonprofit.Dawn Hoeg founded Stitch Buffalo a decade ago."I was spending a lot of time on the West Side in 2014 and running my errands seeing all the different cultures on the street -- women waiting at bus stops wearing their
  
  Read more

Follow @Buffalo_News_US on Twitter!