Lucille Ball Comedy Festival opens Thursday
JAMESTOWN — The 25th annual Lucille Ball Comedy Festival opens Thursday with “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah, and comedians Lewis Black and Brian Regan set as featured entertainers for the…
Buffalo Sabres, alumni to help firefighters ‘Fill the Boot’
BUFFALO — The annual Buffalo Firefighters ‘Fill the Boot’ program will be hold from 6:30 to 9 a.m. Thursday with proceeds going to the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Research Team (SMART).…
Red Cross offers water conservation tips
With almost the entirety of Western New York listed as suffering from a “Severe Drought,” the Red Cross is offering water conservation tips for homeowners and businesses. Indoor Water Conservation…
Gas prices keep falling
Gasoline prices across the nation have fallen 50 of the past 51 days; local gas prices have dropped, as well. The national average price for regular unleaded gasoline has declined…
‘The American Side’ now available on Netflix
“The American Side,” a movie filmed throughout Western New York in 2013 is now available to the world — on Netflix. The mystery stars Greg Stuhr, originally of Eden, and…
Great Contraption Race draws crowd
LEWISTON — Looking at the contraptions devised to float from Lewiston Landing to Fort Niagara, you just knew that someone was going into the river. The question was who and…
WNY tech girls celebrate STEM at coding camp
BUFFALO — Thirty-nine Western New York girls are on their way to smashing through the glass ceiling of the tech and computer programming industry through the region’s first computer coding…
Amherst PD issues awards
AMHERST — The Amherst Police Department issued its Summer 2016 Departmental Awards on Wednesday. Recipients included Officer Brian Farrell, Captain Enzio Villalta, and the department’s Intelligence Unit. Officer Brian Farrell…
Gas prices drop to 12-year low for July
Gasoline prices throughout the nation have fallen to $2.16 per gallon — a 12-year low for the month of July. Locally, gas prices in Buffalo and Rochester are $2.34 and…
‘Animal Cruelty Unit’ racking up success
BUFFALO — Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Flaherty, Jr. announces recent successes from his new Animal Cruelty Unit, where the office is aggressively prosecuting anyone accused of killing…