Wounded firefighters in Webster mending
WEBSTER – Two firefighters wounded by a gunman who set his home on the Lake Ontario shore ablaze and killed two of their colleagues in an ambush with weapons he wasn’t allowed to own were on the mend...
View ArticleBills’ Byrd, Spiller get all-star snubs
The Buffalo Bills were shut out of the Pro Bowl voting on Wednesday.For the third straight season, the Bills did not land a single player in the NFL’s all-star game, which will be played Jan. 27 in...
View ArticleStorm delays delivery of News
Due to the heavy overnight snowfall, delivery of today’s Buffalo News will be delayed.
View ArticlePowerful storm brings back the snow
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 ArticleJan. 10 lift ticket offer part of state promotion
The Ski Areas of New York are teaming up to offer 10,000 lift tickets for $10 each, to be used for a one-day skiing extravaganza on Jan. 10.Holiday Valley and Holimont in Ellicottville, Kissing Bridge...
View ArticleBubble hockey tournament caps run of exhibit on sports
The New Era Cap will present a bubble hockey tournament from 6 to 11 p.m. Friday in conjunction with the closing weekend of the Buffalo Museum of Science exhibit, “The Science of Sports.”The...
View ArticleStandoff near Lockport High School ends peacefully
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – A standoff outside a Town of Lockport home ended peacefully Friday night when a man believed to have mental health issues surrendered peacefully to police.Authorities set up a...
View ArticleNHL makes new offer to players
NEW YORK – The NHL made a new offer to the players’ association, hoping to spark talks toward ending the long lockout and saving the hockey season. Deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Friday the league...
View ArticleBills notebook: Free agent pickup Anderson done
Buffalo Bills defensive end Mark Anderson’s first season with the team lasted all of five games.Coach Chan Gailey on Friday ruled Anderson out of the team’s season finale Sunday against the New York...
View ArticleAurora to install new waterlines
Residents along Geneva Road and a section of Center Street in the Town of Aurora will be getting new waterlines next spring costing an estimated $500,000 to $600,000.Waterline replacement is necessary...
View ArticleMan, 86, beaten at Tonawanda facility dies; roommate could face more charges
A month after he was brutally beaten at a Tonawanda assisted living facility – allegedly at the hands of his roommate – Salvatore “Sam” Trusello died Thursday at Erie County Medical Center, his family...
View ArticleSidewalk snow-clearing enforcement is lackluster
Since a foot of snow fell Thursday, municipalities have had two days to force residents and businesses to shovel their sidewalks.So far, most have not.And don’t expect bulldog enforcement anytime soon....
View ArticleChildren’s leadership team brings Buffalo background – times...
You might call it noteworthy if the top leader at Women & Children’s Hospital was a graduate of the hospital’s own maternity ward.What about that fact – times four?The top four leaders at the...
View ArticleAmerks notebook: Winger Flynn makes most of opportunity
Brian Flynn started the season as a healthy scratch. Now he’s on a line with two bona fide NHL players.He’s obviously making the most of his opportunities with the Rochester Americans.Flynn skated as...
View ArticleDefense a near-disaster for Bills
The man at the epicenter of the Buffalo Bills’ season-long defensive struggle stood silent Friday.Embattled defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt turned down an interview request with The News following...
View ArticleHodgson puts on crowd-pleasing show in Amerks win
Not many things have gone as Cody Hodgson planned in 2012. He’s been sentenced to the minors because of the lockout, sidelined with a broken hand and belittled by a former general manager, among other...
View ArticleBanks end best year since 2006
WASHINGTON – U.S. banks are ending the year with their best profits since 2006 and fewer failures than at any time since the financial crisis struck in 2008. They’re helping support an economy slowed...
View ArticleBicyclist shot while riding on East Amherst
A bicyclist told Buffalo police he was shot this morning while on his bicycle on East Amherst Street.The shooting occurred at about 5:45 a.m. near East Amherst Street and Comstock.The victim rode the...
View ArticleGetting downtown venues ready for First Night Buffalo
The carousel horses have pranced around in circles, the bounce houses are installed and the New Year’s Eve ball drop has been tested.The City of Buffalo is ready for New Year’s Eve.“This year, just...
View Article4 dead in Moscow airliner crash
MOSCOW — A passenger airliner careered off the runway at Russia’s third-busiest airport and partly onto a highway while landing on Saturday, broke into pieces and caught fire, killing at least four...
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