One reason the city will pay $6 million to Arno's widow: officers on the scene of the blaze that killed him were working "out ...

Addressing the Niagara County Legislature, the gambling agency's former president and CEO disputed comptroller's criticism of his tenure.

Buffalo Police Officer Calvis McKnight (right). Photo: Buffalo Police Department Facebook. Buffalo Police Officer Calvis McKnight six years ago “engaged in a pattern of unlawful manual body cavity ...

Federal investigators last week ruled that Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon’s campaign violated laws prohibiting elected officials from using their offices or public resources for political gain. The U.S.

Niagara County Sheriff Michael Filicetti, in a policy change, has “reevaluated” his partnership with ICE and has agreed to detain fewer migrants at the Lockport jail. The sheriff, a Republican law ...

The special election to fill the 61st District state Senate seat — vacated last week by Sean Ryan before he was sworn in as Buffalo’s mayor — is coming as quickly as state law allows. Gov. Kathy ...

The return of Henry Wojtaszek to the Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. has thrown the gambling agency into turmoil, pitting the former CEO against his successor, Byron Brown. OTB insiders told ...

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For years, City Hall dallied in the face of a lead poisoning epidemic among children in Buffalo’s poorest neighborhoods. City officials have finally put in place a plan being praised as a “huge step ...

When Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced plans in 2013 for what is now Tesla’s factory in South Buffalo, he pitched it as a cornerstone of the “clean energy revolution” and a new high-tech industrial sector ...

Federal agents stand guard outside an ICE detention facility in Newark, N.J. Photo credit: Victor J. Blue/The New York Times/Redux This story is republished from ProPublica, a nonprofit, Pulitzer ...