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BUFFALO, N.Y. — A state corrections officer who mocked victims of the Tops Market mass shooting on social media has been suspended and could be fired. The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision on Tuesday issued a statement about the correction officer, whose "despicable" and "vile" post on Facebook drew condemnation.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Following a tragic mass shooting at a Tops in Buffalo, the grocery store chain has partnered with the National Compassion Fund to provide financial assistance to survivors of the deceased and people who were directly affected. Tops seeded $500,000 to start the Buffalo 5/14 Survivors Fund.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — On Tuesday, the Erie County Sheriff's office announced that a Springville man pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter in the first degree. Tyler Rehrauer, 23, pleaded guilty to a charge in State Supreme Court for fatally injuring the victim during a fight. In December of...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — With much colder air sinking into the region, a Frost Advisory has been issued for most of Western New York Tuesday night. A Frost Advisory begins at 2 a.m. Wednesday and lasts until 8 a.m. Wednesday for southern Erie, Wyoming, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany counties. An additional advisory is also in effect for McKean and Potter counties in northern Pennsylvania.

NIAGARA COUNTY, N.Y. — The Niagara County Sheriff's Office is investigating a Tuesday morning crash involving an accident involving a school bus in the Town of Cambria. The Niagara County Communications Center received 911 calls shortly after 8 a.m. about a vehicle and school bus accident with injuries at Burch Road and Ridge Road.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The City of Buffalo is in mourning following Saturday's mass shooting at the Tops Friendly Markets grocery store on Jefferson Avenue. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived in Buffalo Tuesday morning to speak with the victims' families. Both the president and the first lady visited the makeshift memorial that has been constructed on Jefferson Avenue. They were seen laying flowers at the memorial along with other state and federal officials including Gov. Kathy Hochul, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, and Congressman Brian Higgins.

NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. — On Tuesday, state Senator George Borrello announced that the state Senate passed a bill that would rename Route 394 in the Town of Randolph in honor of a fallen U.S. Army Staff Sergeant. The section of the roadway will be renamed “Staff Sergeant David Textor...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York Governor Kathy Hochul offered a message of hope for her hometown on Tuesday at President Biden's event at the at the Delavan Grider Community Center. President Biden's appearance came three days after a mass shooting at the Tops Market of Jefferson Avenue, where 10...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned the poison of white supremacy and said the nation must “reject the lie” of the racist “replacement theory” espoused by the shooter who killed 10 Black people in Buffalo. Speaking to victims' families, local officials and...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — These days, mass shooters like the one now held in the Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket attack don’t stop with planning out their brutal attacks. They also create marketing plans while arranging to livestream their massacres on social platforms in hopes of fomenting more violence. Sites like...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Less than a year before he was accused of opening fire and killing 10 people in a racist attack at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store, 18-year-old Payton Gendron was investigated for making a threatening statement at his high school. New York has a “red flag"...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The City of Good Neighbors has come together to help those who depend on the Tops on Jefferson Avenue for their grocery shopping. Many food banks and other organizations in the area have been setting up in the neighborhood near the store to hand out food. Food pantries like Buffalo Community Fridge have been overwhelmed by community donations.

ARCADE, N.Y. — A 29-year-old Wyoming County man is facing charges following a shooting Monday night in the Town of Java. The Communications Division of the Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call around 10:30 p.m. reporting a violent domestic incident at a house on Holland Road. According to the Wyoming County Sheriff's Office, a second call came in about five minutes later saying a woman had been shot.

NEW YORK — A court-appointed expert released a draft of new congressional maps for New York that are more favorable to Republicans than the original gerrymandered political maps drawn by Democrats. The draft maps released Monday would help the GOP by creating five districts that lean Republican and at...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — At a place sacred to the Black community, it’s hard to imagine that steps away Saturday’s shooting could happen. "It's something that you never thought was going to happen here," said Daniel Love, owner of Mr. Love Barbershop. "We were cutting hair, I was showing one of my apprentices tips on how to do a haircut and I just heard a loud 'pow pow pow.'"

BLASDELL, N.Y. — The 2022 Ilio DiPaolo Award winner was Dontae Hoose from Southwestern High School, but the evening awarding local wrestlers was about much more than the plaques and scholarships are given out at the former professional wrestler's namesake restaurant in Blasdell. The scholarships' board of directors president...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia revealed new information Monday about the suspect who previously was only believed to have visited the Tops location on Jefferson Avenue the day before Saturday's tragedy. New evidence Gramaglia said showed that the suspect 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron had in fact...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Being by the water was Geraldine Chapman Talley's favorite thing to do. On Saturday morning she and her fiance spent nearly three hours at the Foot of Ferry. Her older sister, Hattie Steele, remembers the first time they met Greg. "And my heart just started. Because...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Among the survivors of the mass shooting at Tops on Jefferson Avenue... is an eight-year-old girl. She hid from the gunman in a milk cooler. Londin Thomas was at the store with her parents Saturday when the shooting started. "We all ran to the back where...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A few Elmwood Village restaurants announced on Monday they are bringing a new festival to the neighborhood this summer. The Beer Keep, Jack Rabbit, and Breezy Burrito Bar announced the first Elmwood Summerfest to celebrate all things summer on Saturday, June 26. "One of the many...