WNY students learn at national music trade show
POTSDAM — Three SUNY Potsdam student interns from Western New York were among those who traveled to the 2017 National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Show in Anaheim, Calif. to…
Buffalo RIT student spends winter break helping refugees in Rwanda
ROCHESTER — Angelina Konovitz-Davern, a third-year game design and development major from Buffalo, spent winter break with a team of other Rochester Institute of Technology students collecting GPS data points…
Buffalo raid turns up illegal guns, immigrants, drugs
BUFFALO — For the second day in a row, Erie County Sheriff Timothy B. Howard announces the Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit conducted a raid where a significant quantity of illegal drugs…
Short film aims to curb heroin deaths in Buffalo
BUFFALO – Buffalo Police Department in cooperation with Mayor Byron Brown and local filmmakers are creating a short film targeting heroin use deaths. With heroin use related deaths climbing to…
Local students make St. Joseph’s Univ. Dean’s List
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Eighteen Western New York students earned dean’s list honors for the Fall 2016 semester at Saint Joseph’s University. Students must achieve a grade point average of 3.5…
Farmers market to hold poster contest
BUFFALO — The Elmwood Village Farmers Market will hold its seventh annual poster contest to promote the outdoor market’s upcoming 2017 season. The contest asks students studying the arts, professional…
Raid leads to drug charges for Buffalo man
BUFFALO — A Buffalo man is facing drug charges following a raid on a Stewart Avenue home on Tuesday. According to Erie County Sheriff Tim Howard, the Erie County Sheriff’s…
Carrie Taibbi — Feb. 1, 2017
TAIBBI – Carrie D. Of Buffalo, entered into rest February 1, 2017. Beloved wife of the late Wayne Bowen; loving daughter of the late Andrew and Mary Taibbi; dear sister…
Three indicted on drug, gun and sex trafficking charges
BUFFALO — A federal grand jury has indicted Valentino Shine, Sr., 49, of Buffalo, on charges of narcotics conspiracy, using and maintaining a drug-involved premises, possession of cocaine with intent…
Buffalo man pleads guilty to drug and gun charges
BUFFALO — Rasheen Newkirk, 42, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of heroin with intent to distribute and unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon, before…