Durning, king of character actors who got start in Buffalo, dies in NYC
LOS ANGELES — Charles Durning grew up in poverty, lost five of his nine siblings to disease, barely lived through D-Day and was taken prisoner at the Battle of the Bulge.His hard life and wartime...
View ArticleSnow, wind due to arrive this afternoon
The proverbial calm before the winter storm is about to end.After a Christmas week that started with a picturesque blanket of snow in most of Western New York, a storm sweeping in from the southwest is...
View ArticleSuspicious blazes keep firefighters busy
Two suspicious fires – one in the city’s Genesee-Moselle neighborhood, one in Black Rock – are under investigation by Buffalo fire officials.Firefighters were called at 8:04 p.m. Monday to extinguish a...
View ArticleBody found in Webster home is believed to be killer’s sister
WEBSTER – An ex-con killed two firefighters with the same caliber and make military-style rifle used in the Connecticut school massacre after typing a note pledging to burn down his neighborhood and...
View ArticleSabres fans keep faith and tickets
Buffalo Sabres fans are angry about the NHL lockout. No surprise there. And their feelings extend to both sides. But while several who talked to The Buffalo News in phone interviews or comments via...
View ArticleBills notebook: Team in line for sixth pick in draft
The Buffalo Bills are in line for the No. 6 pick in the 2013 NFL draft, with one week to go in the regular season.Kansas City (2-13) and Jacksonville (2-13) are locked into the top two spots. Oakland,...
View ArticleJerry Sullivan: Gailey wears a look of defeatism
At this stage of a losing season, it’s always a struggle. As you know, I speak from experience. This is the eighth straight year in which the Bills enter the finale with a losing record, with nothing...
View ArticleRoadside utility worker killed during storm by motorist in Chautauqua County
A utility worker was killed during Wednesday’s snow storm when hit by a car in Chautauqua County, just south of the Village of Westfield.State police said that Billy J. Johnson II, of Crown City, Ohio,...
View ArticleHutch-Tech alumni come home to help their roots
Lavone Rodolph graduated from Hutch-Tech in 1999, and Mwita Phelps in 1991.A lot has happened at their high school since then.A $31.6 million renovation project, completed in 2008, brought the building...
View ArticleBuffalo teen arrested on Metro bus with loaded handgun
NFTA police officers, with weapons drawn Wednesday, took a .22-caliber handgun with its serial number scratched off from a 16-year-old on a public bus.Charged with felony counts of criminal possession...
View ArticleCounty, state cut funding for children’s services
One program provides volunteer advocates for neglected and abused children in Family Court.A second program helps child care centers work with preschool kids with severe behavioral problems.Both are...
View ArticleFlights out of Buffalo airport are delayed mainly by problems elsewhere
Look around. Seem familiar?It’s been a while since Buffalo took the brunt of a full-fledged winter storm. The last real blast, in December 2010, caught an array of plow crews flatfooted and stranded...
View ArticleIn Focus: Carrie Meyer of First Night Buffalo
Thousands of local residents will celebrate the new year in family-friendly style when First Night Buffalo stages its 24th annual New Year’s Eve event in the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center.Carrie...
View ArticleUB offers free tax help to low-income residents
It’s that taxing time of the year again, but University at Buffalo accounting students are again trying to make it a bit easier for those with low incomes.IRS-certified students from UB’s School of...
View ArticleDeveloper gets OK for $40 million housing plan near LaSalle Station
The University at Buffalo medical school’s move downtown has inspired plans for $40 million in new rental housing. The medical school is moving near Metro Rail’s Allen Street Station, and Legacy...
View ArticleBelmont Housing gets $50,000 for “green” initiative
Belmont Housing Resources for Western New York has received a $50,000 grant to help create greener, safer and healthier homes in the City of Buffalo.The grant, from the Community Foundation of Greater...
View ArticleNCCC gets $2.5 million in grants
SANBORN – Niagara County Community College has received four grants totaling nearly $2.5 million, President James P. Klyczek announced.The largest grant is $350,000 each year for five years from the...
View ArticleHamburg Casino offers daytime New Year’s countdown
The countdown to 12 o’clock is the quintessential New Year’s Eve activity. Who cares if it’s noon, instead of midnight?The Hamburg Casino will count down to 2013 at noon Monday with the traditional...
View ArticleYear in Review: ‘Billion for Buffalo’ boosts city’s hopes
The “Buffalo Billion,” an economic development jackpot Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo promised Western New York, easily dominated the 2012 list of top local business stories as selected by The Buffalo News...
View ArticleGoat on the lam caught near Buff State
It was a goat chase. No kidding.A runaway goat led officers from several different law enforcement agencies on a frantic, hourlong chase through the Buffalo State College area Wednesday...
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