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BUFFALO, N.Y. — The U.S. Postal Service is releasing new numbers looking at how many mail carriers are attacked by dogs on the job. It's part of National Dog Bite Awareness Week. The Postal Service says 5,300 of its employees were attacked by a dog while delivering mail last...

Postal Service Attacks, Buffalo goes to the dogs

BUFFALO, N.Y. — As uncontrollable wildfires continue to burn across Eastern Canada, the effects of Mother Nature’s rage are beginning to be felt in Western New York. Hazy smoke clouds blanketed the sky above Buffalo, making the Peace Bridge virtually invisible from even just a few miles away.

How fighting wildfires could cause worse fires down the line

Batavia, NY

GENESEE COUNTY, N.Y. — New York State Police are investigating a deadly crash that happened on the Thruway Wednesday morning. State Police said the accident happened just before 5:40 a.m. in a work zone in the westbound lanes of I-90 between Exit 48 (Batavia) and Exit 48A (Pembroke). The report came in that a pedestrian was hit by a construction truck in a work zone.

Site inspector hit and killed while working on Thruway

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Police need your help in locating a missing woman. Police are looking for Maria Santiago, 65. She is described as a Hispanic female. It's unknown what clothing she was wearing prior to going missing. She was last seen in the 300 block of Perry Street...

Police search for missing Buffalo woman

BUFFALO, N.Y. — M&T Bank's newest tech center is part of a multi-million dollar investment in downtown Buffalo that is helping recruit young techies looking for good-paying jobs and an equally good quality of life. "So we've invested more than 100 million dollars in downtown Buffalo in the last...

M&T Bank plans to hire hundreds as it staffs a new Buffalo tech center

Tonawanda, NY

TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. — The man accused of dragging a Town of Tonawanda Police Officer during a traffic stop appeared in court Monday. Dareious Akbar,19, has been arrested and charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, and criminal possession of stolen property in connection with hitting a Town of Tonawanda police officer, according to the Town of Tonawanda.

Dareious Akbar appears in court

Lockport, NY

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — A Lockport man is facing a second-degree murder charge after a woman was found dead in a home Wednesday. David B. Fermoile, 64, was arraigned on one murder charge and is being held at the Niagara County Correctional Facility without bail, according to the county sheriff's office.

Lockport man faces 2nd-degree murder charge

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A New York State Trooper is facing charges in connection with a police-involved shooting last year in Buffalo. The shooting resulted in the death of James Huber, 38, after an incident in downtown Buffalo. A trooper also suffered minor injuries. The Trooper, Anthony Nigro, IV, is...

NYSP Trooper charged in officer-involved shooting in Buffalo

New York City, NY

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Hundreds of wildfires burning across parts of Canada have created a health hazard for people in Western New York as air quality conditions continue to decline. The visibly hazy sky choked with smoke, along with what one resident described as the “campfire” scent, helped convince people...

Declining air quality poses health threat to Western New Yorkers

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The air quality index hit 230 in Buffalo on Wednesday, which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers "very unhealthy." 2 On Your Side reached out to doctors and environmental experts to answer the questions people in Western New York need to know as another day of smoke choked skies is forecast Thursday.

Air quality alerts are still in effect. Here is everything you need to know.

Hamburg, NY

HAMBURG, N.Y. — The removal of a POW/MIA flag in the Town of Hamburg has created a stir. The timeline of events began Friday, when the town's Coalition for Equity and Inclusion held a flag-raising at the town hall to recognize Pride Month. "Prior to the ceremony, it became...

Removal of the POW/MIA flag in Town of Hamburg causes a kerfuffle

BUFFALO, N.Y. — It's been one week since three firefighters were hurt battling a massive 3-alarm blaze on Hagen Street in the City of Buffalo. More than a dozen people were impacted by the devastating fire that started in a car, then spread to two nearby houses. A number...

Fundraiser held for 2 families impacted by Hagen Street fire

TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. — Town of Tonawanda Police are investigating an assault after a woman was attacked overnight. The incident happened Friday around 12:45 a.m. on Kenmore Avenue near Hawthorne Avenue. Investigators say the woman in her 30s was walking on Kenmore Avenue when she approached by a...

Town of Tonawanda Police investigate assault

CLARENCE, N.Y. — A contractor from Buffalo is facing charges accused of taking money from a client and not doing the work. New York State Police out of Clarence have charged Gregory G. Guzek, 43, with Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree. Troopers say Guzek, whose business is called...

NYSP charge Buffalo contractor for Grand Larceny

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Rochester man was sentenced to five years of probation for bringing a loaded, illegal handgun to a March For Our Lives protest in Buffalo last summer. Amauri Smith, 20, was sentenced to five years probation for attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.

Rochester man sentenced for illegal handgun found in his pocket during protest last year

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Buffalo man is facing murder charges in connection to a shooting in Buffalo last Saturday, May 27. The Erie County DA's office says Erie County Court Judge Suzanne Maxwell arraigned 21-year-old Jamin Haygood Friday on charges of Murder in the Second Degree, Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree., and one count of Intimidating a Victim or a Witness in the Third Degree.

Man indicted for North Buffalo homicide

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — While there have been preliminary work out with fencing and site preparation, the new Bills stadium project with the big dig for the foundation can really get underway now with the official groundbreaking on Monday morning. The golden shovels and the white hard hats were...

Politicians break ground at the new home for the Buffalo Bills

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Fredonia, NY

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — A boil water order has been issued for Village of Fredonia water customers, including those who live in the Town of Pomfret. The boil water order was issued on Wednesday evening, with Chautauqua County Health Department officials saying "A disruption at the water treatment plant led to water with elevated levels of turbidity entering the distribution system; this water could contain harmful microbes."

Boil water order issued for Village of Fredonia, Town of Pomfret

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Many school districts in Western New York on Wednesday decided to cancel outdoor activities during and after school because of an air quality advisory in place. Gov. Kathy Hochul also said on Wednesday that she recommends school districts keep activities inside. "We are asking all of...

Western New York school districts cancel outdoor activities during air quality advisory

Erie County, NY

Holland, NY

ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. — The Erie County Sheriff's Office is asking for your help in finding a missing teen from Holland. 13-year-old Haleigh Roberts was last seen around 2:30 Thursday afternoon. She's approximately 5 foot 2 inches and weighs about 150 pounds. She also has black hair with purple stripes.

Erie County deputies looking for missing teen

COLDEN, N.Y. — In 1994, when Charmaine Then started her business, Edna Louise Liquidations LLC, the Buffalo Bills had a dynamite running back: Thurman Thomas. Little did she know that about 30 years later, she would be holding the liquidation sale for that same athlete. The sale advertisements don’t list Thomas by name, but the post includes images of his memorabilia and lists the location as 7562 Eddy Road, Colden, which is owned by Thomas. (They're not leaving Buffalo.)

'My phone is ringing off the hook,' Edna Louise Liquidations says ahead of Thurman Thomas sale

BUFFALO, N.Y. — As plans to revive the DL&W Terminal move forward, work is underway to build a stair tower to give people access to its upper floors. There is a bike lane on South Park Avenue where the stair tower would be built. The paint outlining it on the street is fading, but Buffalo Common Councilmembers brought up concerns on Tuesday that the bike path could potentially go away when construction picks up. They are trying to prevent that from happening.

South Park Avenue bike lane raising concerns

TONAWANDA, N.Y. — Town of Tonawanda Police say a second person is facing charges for an incident Monday night, that lead to an officer being critically injured. Officials say 19-year-old Mariah Pietrangeli of Lewiston was a passenger in the stolen Kia, that fled that traffic stop, dragging and injuring Officer David Piatek.

Second arrest in Parkside incident

Orchard Park, NY

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — With the construction of the new Buffalo Bills' stadium officially underway, new legislation may have some extra eyes on the process. The Unmarked Burial Site Protection Act was passed by the legislature last summer, only to be vetoed by the governor, then added into the budget. It is intended to put a mechanism of review in place in the event any burial grounds are discovered during a construction project.

Seneca Nation to have observers on Bills' stadium construction site

Niagara Falls, NY

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Two Niagara Falls women have been charged in connection with an assault at a Tim Hortons restaurant. A video circulating on social media showed an assault that happened over the weekend at a Tim Horton's on Pine Avenue in Niagara Falls. Brittny Robinson, 37 and...

2 women, teenage face charges in assault at Niagara Falls Tim Hortons

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Scam Alert: Renters targets by fake landlords

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Renters need to be on alert for scams targeting people looking to move. The Better Business Bureau of Upstate New York is issuing...

Scam Alert: Renters targets by fake landlords

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