Depew, NY

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Police departments across the country say ATVs and dirt bikes are becoming a nuisance during the summer months. In the words of the Buffalo Police commissioner Joe Gramaglia, dirt bikes are a menace. "They're not registered," he said. "They're not street legal. You've got individuals that...

In New York state, one out of every five children lives in poverty, according to 2019 U.S. Census data. That’s about 800,000 kids statewide. Syracuse is number one, followed closely by Rochester and Buffalo, with the highest child poverty rates in America. One teen who experienced violence and homelessness...

Sentenced to 28 months in a federal prison, Ciminelli started serving his sentence earlier this year.

BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — The Orleans County Sheriff's Office is investigating a snowmobile crash that seriously injured a man in the Town of Kendall. Deputies say 40 year old Michael Snyder crashed into an embankment while trying to water-skip the snowmobile across a pond on West Kendall Road. This...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Police are reportedly investigating a shooting that occurred late Saturday night. According to city officials, Northwest District officers responded to Grace Street, near the intersection of Niagara Street. Detectives said a 23-year-old Buffalo man was shot several times in the legs. He was taken to Erie County Medical Center where […]

This month you will have a chance to see a Buffalo restaurant's food challenge on National TV. It was back in November of 2021 that a friend of mine, Dave Cash, posted on his Facebook page that he was interviewed by Cooking Channel star Casey Webb while Webb was in town filming his series "Man Vs Food".

Joe “Marcella” Guagliardo has proven to be an expert when it comes to keeping the party alive, and his new endeavor with the new and improved Club Marcella is taking that to the next level. The new Club Marcella is an opulent 9,720 square foot entertainment complex located...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Nothing says another year of American independence from England like the annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Championship. This year, a local man will attempt to take down world champion Joey Chestnut in the men’s competition. Buffalo native and Army veteran Ronnie Hartman will venture across the state […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- It’s been a busy start to the holiday weekend, hundreds of flights cancelled and delayed across the U.S. due to bad weather and staffing shortages. Travelers going to and from Western New York say it didn’t stop them from sticking to their plans. AAA Travel...

Dog Ears Bookstore is once again offering a free Literary & Art Program for senior citizens. Those 55 years and older are invited to participate in the “Around The World & Back Home Again” Literary & Art Program that explores different countries around the world and their authors, artists and culture, as well as local authors, poets and artists.

Raymond Doward had a couple of tables full of his acrylics and watercolors during Saturday’s Batavia Ramble Explore Art and Music Fest.

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BUFFALO N.Y. (WIVB) — On this week’s Wakeup! Wags, we met Sadie. She’s a 1½-year-old Doberman/Terrier mix. She was saved from a kill-shelter in Texas by Buddy’s Second Chance Rescue. Email BuddysRescue@yahoo.com to meet her.

If the 2022 NYS Craft Brewers Festival proved anything, it proved just how incredible and truly amazing this beer scene of ours is. There’s a reason this event has quickly become the marquee, must-attend, beer event of the summer in Buffalo – seeing so many friends, making new ones and having so many excellent beers (seltzers, meads and ciders as well) all within the span on a few hours on Buffalo’s beautiful waterfront is something every beer drinker and craft aficionado should experience. Hell, it’s just a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

Any New York Lottery prize can be claimed within a year of the drawing.

The New York Lottery announced that a jackpot ticket was sold at the Tops Market on Niagara Falls Boulevard in Niagara Falls.

A Western New York man is set to challenge hot dog eating champion Joey Chestnut in the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Championship. WIVB reports Ronnie Hartman, an Army veteran from Buffalo, will compete in the food eating contest on Monday, July 4. The competition will take place at Nathan’s flagship restaurant on Coney Island for the first time since 2019, after the Covid-19 pandemic forced changes the last two years.