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Drive-thru coming to Buffalo Township Sheetz
Sheetz in Buffalo Township is getting a makeover. The gas station and convenience store, located at Route 356 and Monroe Road, soon will feature a drive-thru and updated store after township supervisors approved the project this week. Supervisors gave approval for the existing store in 2007. Sheetz will remove and...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wrongly says Buffalo supermarket killer used a bump stock
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Around an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ban on bump stocks, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wrongly said a gunman who carried out a racist massacre in her hometown of Buffalo had used the gun accessory that can allow semiautomatic rifles to shoot as fast as a machine gun. Hochul, a Democrat, made the error first in a statement emailed to media and posted on a state website Friday, then later in post on X that has since been deleted. She incorrectly said that the white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at...
Buffalo Diocese makes recommendations for closures, mergers in Southtowns, Southern Tier
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Diocese has announced their recommendations for southern Erie County and the eastern part of the Southern Tier at a meeting at St. John Paul II in Lake View on Thursday night. The Southern Tier recommendations were initially made at a meeting in Olean on June 3. The recommendations come […]
Fire destroys home in Niagara County
NEWFANE, N.Y. — A Newfane home was destroyed in a fire Friday night, according to the Niagara County Sheriff's Office. Around 9:22 p.m. emergency personnel received several calls reporting a house fire. The people inside the home were safely evacuated thanks to a Niagara County HazMat Deputy Fire Coordinator, Mark Hain, who was driving past the home at the time.
Governor Hochul, local officials march in Juneteenth Parade
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul returned to Buffalo on Saturday and marched alongside city and state officials in the 49th annual Juneteenth Parade. She addressed the May 14 mass shooting, the resilience of Buffalo's East Side, and the importance of moving forward while never forgetting the sacrifices made in the past.
Buffalo Bills-themed sand sculpture destroyed in Western NY: ‘This is a crime’
A Buffalo Bills-themed sand sculpture has been destroyed in Western New York. Lockport Mayor John Lombardi III said on Facebook that the public artwork was allegedly damaged by a family that allowed their children to play in it, damaging it less than a week after it was created by Jamestown-based sculptor Todd Pangborn. The sculpture was displayed at Rivi-Erie, on the beach at Widewaters Marina along the Erie Canal.
Cooling centers to open around Buffalo
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — With extreme heat expected to affect Western New York this week, the City of Buffalo has announced several cooling centers across the city. Temperatures across the area are expected to be in the mid-to high 90s beginning on Monday and lasting through the entire week.
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