Local gas prices down a bit
While the national average price for regular unleaded gasoline remains unchanged at $2.27 per gallon, local prices saw moderate declines, according to AAA Western and Central New York. In Buffalo,…
Buffalo State hosts mock trial tournament, seeks volunteers
BUFFALO — Buffalo State will host the American Mock Trial Association’s 2017 Great Lakes Regional Tournament Saturday at Sunday. Buffalo State and teams from 13 other universities will participate in…
Fake ID check on Elmwood Ave. nabs 8
BUFFALO — New York State Police caught eight people using fake IDs early this morning at a pair of Elmwood Avenue bars. NYSP says that the underage fraudulent/fictitious license check…
Western New Yorkers ‘can’t refuse’ Wise Guys Pizza
BUFFALO — They promise to “make you a pizza you can’t refuse.” Western New Yorkers seem to agree. Wise Guys Pizza, 1965 Seneca St., took the most votes in the…
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…