We'll get an immediate marquee moment in Friday afternoon's season opener against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre as the starting assignment goes to 21-year-old left-hander Ricky Tiedemann, Toronto's top pitching prospect and one of the most heralded young arms in the entire minor leagues.
Erie County Clerk Michael "Mickey" Kearns said Thursday that his office failed to give $180,918 in taxes it collected since 2020 to 17 different cities and towns, as well as the state and the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority.
The topic of cash loomed large as Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Cooper cross-examined Lindsay Bongiovanni, with repeated questions about whether the couple paid cash for their purchases.
Devon Levi, the rookie who took hold of the crease late last season, is expected to get the start Friday night when the Sabres host the New Jersey Devils in the first game of a back-to-back.
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Williams, 31, is a 6-foot-1, 292-pounder who spent the 2023 season with the Carolina Panthers, appearing in 16 games with 10 starts. The 29-year-old Johnson is a 6-4, 314-pounder who spent the last two seasons with the Chargers.
Buffalo Pro Soccer, led by soccer executive Peter Marlette, Jr., has reached a partnership agreement with the United Soccer League Championship to bring a club to the area by 2026. But bringing a high-level pro team to Buffalo will be a challenging undertaking that others have failed at in the past.
Attendance had been dropping before the Covid-19 pandemic, and in its aftermath, with more downtown employees working remotely, the event series already had been scaled back, from five days a week to three.
Iowa’s win over West Virginia Monday night was the top-rated women’s game of the first weekend locally with a strong 2.6 rating here on ESPN. Nationally, the Iowa game attracted a record 4.9 million viewers.
After taking the 2023 season off from coaching, former Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier is back in the NFL.
Even as the 2021 IPO company ACV Auctions has become a billion-dollar “unicorn,” it is making the effort not to lose track of what’s important. ACV, the leading digital marketplace for wholesale vehicles, lauds and supports talented women steering the business, from product development to th…
North Tonawanda company MGA Construction, owned by Mike DiMatteo, is seeking $1.5 million in tax breaks for an $11 million project to put up a three-story building with apartments and office space north of the Woodlands development in Wheatfield.
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper received a $5.6 million grant for environmental justice projects.
Periodical cicadas enthusiast Roger McMullan, who is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel "Cicadapocalypse," aims to educate young, curious minds about the mysterious and fascinating insect.
Safer road designs, particularly in low-income neighborhoods and areas with high traffic fatalities, is crucial, said GObike Buffalo Executive Director Justin Booth, especially in a city like Buffalo where about a quarter of all households do not own a car.
"The 6-2 loss to the Sens pretty much ends any hope of some miracle run to a wild card. But come mid-April, Granato should be sent on his way with a thanks for developing some of these young players, and someone else needs to try to end this ungodly playoff drought," Mike Harrington writes.
Preparations are underway in Western New York for a total solar eclipse on April 8. Here is our complete coverage.
The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year.
In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws’ exceptions are dangerously unclear.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have clinched their parties' presidential nominations with decisive victories in a slate of low-profile primaries, setting up a general election rematch that many voters do not want.
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New study details eight recommendations to improve U.S. immigration enforcement and management, in light of a rapidly evolving reality at the southern border.
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What stores are open and closed for New Year's Eve 2023? See hours for Walmart, Target, CVS and more
While a handful of major chains operate normally on the final day of the year, many others close up shop early. Here's a rundown of New Year's Eve hours for stores across the U.S. this year.
In honor of the change of seasons, we've compiled a package of facts as well as tips to help get you through winter.
Mifepristone, one of the two common abortion pills used in the U.S., will go in front of the Supreme Court next year. Here's a closer look at how it works and the legal challenges that the drugs face.
There has been a flurry of stories recently about what might happen if Donald Trump is elected to a second term as president, based on reporting about planning that is going on behind the scenes and taking the former president's words seriously.
The number of candidates on stage is shrinking, but the fundamentals of Wednesday's Republican presidential debate may be familiar to anyone who has watched the previous three meetings. Here's how to watch the debate and what to watch for.
Advocates say schools across the country are sending children to the emergency room for psychiatric evaluations in response to behaviors prompted by bullying or frustration over assignments. The ER trips, they say, often follow months, and sometimes years, of their needs not being met.
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Daniel Richter, 45, was convicted in 2009 of stalking and spent time in federal prison for threatening the same victim. He has been arrested on a cyberstalking charge accusing him of targeting the victim again, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
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The Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park will hold a ceremony in honor of National Vietnam War Veterans Day at 10 a.m. Friday at the Naval Park's Hangar Building on the Buffalo waterfront.
A Niagara Falls man with a prior child pornography conviction was sentenced to 15⅔ years in federal prison for possessing child pornography involving a prepubescent minor, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The University at Buffalo athletic department announced Thursday that John Stutzman will not return as the Bulls' wrestling coach. Stutzman had coached the Bulls since 2013.
The Canisius University athletic department now faces two coaching searches.
The Buffalo News will keep track of the Big 4’s men’s and women’s basketball players who enter the transfer portal this spring, during the course of the entry window.
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