The festival continues Sunday around Delaware Avenue, from Niagara Square to Chippewa Street.
It is still the quiet part of the NFL schedule before the start of training camps, but we have plenty of hot topics from fans in this week’s mailbag.
After taking a big nosedive in 2020, the number of passengers flying out of Buffalo Niagara International Airport is finally soaring higher than the totals from before the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Sabres have eight road trips of at least three games next season − and that's the most in franchise history, according to the team pages of Hockey-Reference.com. Conversely, the club also has six runs of at least three straight home games.
Two years after the May 14, 2022 massacre at Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue, a "Blues Memorial" provides an opportunity for victims, family and friends to "communicate our pain and power," says Dennice Barr.
Last season, left tackle Dion Dawkins had what he and many coaches and teammates believed was his best to date. But the offensive line is always held to tough standards.
The owner of Tonawanda cannabis delivery company Canterra is alleging the state Office of Cannabis Management has retaliated against his company for speaking out publicly against it.
Van Demark’s big-picture goal is to be that swing tackle for the Bills, but to accomplish that, he hones in on tiny details in every practice.
Athletic Director and Middle School Principal Thomas Adams will be Hamburg's new superintendent Jan. 1.
The 41st annual Taste of Buffalo returns Saturday and Sunday along Delaware Avenue from Chippewa Street and into Niagara Square. There will be 43 restaurants and 14 pop-up chefs selling a combination of their most popular foods and creative entries to the festival’s thousands of visitors.
Three elected officials blasted the approved payouts to outgoing President and CEO Henry Wojtaszek and two other executives as illegal and financially imprudent.
Conservative groups backing Trump are trying to turn the tables on the narrative of which candidate threatens U.S. democracy.
Whose superyacht was that last week at Erie Basin Marina?
The Aquarium of Niagara opened Great Lakes 360 Friday, its new $5.2 million building in the former Niagara Gorge Discover Center that showcases local wildlife.
A company has installed vending machines that sell ammunition in grocery stores in Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas, raising concerns among gun control advocates.
Planning a trip to the East Coast or Gulf Coast this summer? It could be a very active Atlantic tropical storm season.
Advocates are struggling with laws passed in several Republican-controlled states that have criminalized much of the work done by voter outreach groups.
On issues from taxes to immigration, Trump and Biden agree on essentially nothing. Yet, they embraced similar approaches on trade.
Noncitizen voting, already illegal in federal elections, becomes a centerpiece of 2024 GOP messaging
Republicans are introducing legislation and fall ballot measures, ensuring the issue will remain in voters' minds in the months ahead.
One group trying to lay the groundwork for a second Donald Trump administration is out with a new policy book that aims to articulate an "America First" national security agenda.
In Florida and across the nation, young voters could prove pivotal in the 2024 election, from the presidency to ballot amendments and down ballot races that will determine who controls Congress.
An active jet stream pattern in the western half of the country means that the first half of May will favor more tornadoes in the Great Plains.
The practice of sedating people detained by police is quietly spreading across the nation, illustrating an often-hidden way fatal police encounters end: not by gunfire but with the silent use of a medical syringe.
A top concern for local election workers throughout the country this year is their own safety. A group formed after the 2020 presidential election is traveling the country helping them prepare for what could lie ahead.
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republicans insisted the ruling would mostly impact those seeking abortions to end unwanted pregnancies. But that hasn’t been the case.
Millions across North America witnessed the moon block out the sun during a total solar eclipse Monday.
Before the total eclipse of 2017, the last one to cover this much American territory was in 1970. And it will not happen again until 2045.
College basketball statistician Ken Pomeroy (aka KenPom) comes on the podcast to talk about his wildly popular basketball analytics website and his time as a meteorologist.
The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year.Â
In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws’ exceptions are dangerously unclear.
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A man on probation was arrested on multiple charges after the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force and the Southern Tier Regional Task Force executed a search warrant Thursday afternoon at his home on Forest Park, Jamestown Police reported.
According to the report, authorities said the victims – a 24-year-old woman who died after she was stabbed in an apparent domestic dispute and a 24-year-old man who was found dead following a blaze shortly afterward – knew one another.
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Spampinato, 21, finished three rounds at 6-under-par 210 to win by a shot over 23-year-old Alex Zurat of Rochester’s Oak Hill Country Club and Scarsdale’s James Allen, who just finished his senior season at Penn State University.
The Buffalo News will keep track of the Big 4’s men’s and women’s nonconference opponents as they are announced, reported or confirmed.
Hartman, 26, has been trusted to lead a high-profile program at a high-profile school that went 12-12 last season and advanced to the Monsignor Martin Athletic Association semifinals.
NIL and school collectives aren't changing the game for Big 4 athletic programs yet. That may change
Collectives for the Big 4’s athletic programs are mostly young, and they haven’t had the initial, high-profile impact that tends to come with NIL opportunities.
UnChained pairs vulnerable young people — often living with trauma or poverty or in juvenile correction facilities — with abandoned or abused rescue dogs. It’s a win-win for both.
It was attended by global celebrities, business tycoons and politicians, highlighting the billionaire's staggering wealth and rising clout.
The St. Helena-area home of longtime TV host Ryan Seacreast was listed this week for $22 million, Coldwell Banker Brokers of the Valley said. Here's how it looks.
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