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Buffalo students told to wait 2 hours at school for bus pickup
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Buffalo mom is seeking reforms to the bus system for Buffalo Public Schools, after the bus for her children was nearly three hours late in picking them up from school. The family says this wasn’t the first time their bus was extremely late and that it’s been a recurring issue […]
A bed bug infestation in Buffalo public housing
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Bed bugs are out of control at the Buffalo’s Municipal Housing Authority’s Lyndon B. Johnson Apartments, according to tenants who say the infestation is just one of many problems at the 10-story building at Main Street and Humboldt Parkway. “Everyone in this building has...
Delivery driver who killed Rochester man in hit-and-run near Bills stadium sentenced to 120 days
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The delivery driver who admitted to killing a Rochester man with his car near Highmark Stadium and leaving the scene was sentenced Thursday. Khairullah L. Hasein was sentenced to 120 days in jail and 5 years probation. He pleaded guilty in February to one count of leaving the scene of an […]
DEA agent sentenced to four years for bribery scheme
In a significant development on Wednesday, a federal judge sentenced John Costanzo Jr., a longtime agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), to four years in prison. Costanzo was found guilty last year of bribery and honest-services wire fraud, marking another instance of a DEA agent facing federal convictions.
Boy, 12, missing for four years is the fourth body to be found in chilling house of horrors
More than 160 complaints have been made over the years about the home where a missing 12-year-old’s body was found, with at least three other bodies reportedly discovered there.Jaylen Griffin’s body was found, decomposed, at the property on Sheffield Avenue in South Buffalo, New York, nearly four years after he vanished in August 2020.The discovery wasn’t the first time police had been called out to the address, WIVB reports, with at least 160 police complaints since 2007.Among those call-outs were three other bodies, including the most recent discovery in the yard of the house in August 2023, the outlet...
Drunk driver pleads guilty for injuring pedestrians in hit-and-run in south Buffalo on St. Patrick's Day weekend
Submitted by the Erie County District Attorney’s Office. Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announced 49-year-old Maggie A. Coyle of Buffalo pleaded guilty yesterday morning before Buffalo City Court Judge Rebecca L. Town to one count of leaving the scene of an incident without reporting resulting in personal injury (class “A” misdemeanor under New York State Vehicle & Traffic Law) and one count of driving while intoxicated (unclassified misdemeanor under New York State Vehicle & Traffic Law). She pleaded guilty to the highest sustainable charges.
Douglas Jemal buys another historic downtown Buffalo building complex
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Douglas Jemal has purchased the historic Genesee Gateway building, a 60,000-square-foot complex at the corner of Genesee and Oak streets in Buffalo. Jemal's Seeburg Building LLC purchased the buildings and a parking lot across the road at 62 E. Chippewa St. from the Margaret L. Wendt Foundation for $2.55 million, according to records filed with the Erie County clerk's office.
N.Y. Lottery: Player claims $1M in scratch-off game; 3 prizes remain
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A New York Lottery player has claimed a $1 million prize on a scratch-off game. Dawn Flierl of Lake View, New York, has claimed the prize on the Xtreme Winnings scratch-off game, which was purchased at NEHA Enterprises, located at 4878 Lakeshore Rd. in Hamburg.
‘It looks like the dumps’: Angola squatter’s possessions raise questions over downtown clean up
ANGOLA, N.Y. (WKBW) — A pile of trash has sat just off Main Street in Angola for months. Local businesses say it’s driving away customers, but the building owner’s hands are tied, because everything belongs to a squatter. Just off Main Street in Angola is one of...
'No obligation to store a tenant’s trash': What protections does Angola landlord battling a squatter have?
ANGOLA, N.Y. — A landlord in Angola has been arguing with a squatter about his ‘possessions’ appearing to be a pile of trash that is disrupting local business. A local lawyer shared input on that landlord’s rights. For four months, Phil Vankoughnet had to see a...
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