PS 59, PS 131 and PS 366 would shut for good as Buffalo tries to close a $78.8 million budget gap.

A Lockport survivor says he was abused as an altar boy and voted no, demanding a papal apology instead of a payout.

Widespread rain is forecast Sunday, tapering from west to east into early Monday. Showers are possible Monday night and Tuesday.

Stephen Odiboh, 53, must pay $196,500 in restitution after a Facebook romance con drained a 77-year-old victim's savings.

Dennis Rutkowski, 62, shot his German Shepherd Sky in the face with a rifle. The dog survived and was adopted into a new home.

Piotr Fudala was on probation for a 2025 CSAM case when officers found more on his phone, prosecutors say.

A jury convicted Mikel Lowe after a five-day trial; he shot Deval Watkins, 36, with an illegal handgun near Jefferson Avenue.

A tipster will collect $150,000 for exposing Welded Tube USA's pandemic loan misstep in Lackawanna.

A pregnant woman was among the victims after a gunman opened fire on Perry Street before barricading himself inside a home.

More than 200 people packed UB's research center Friday as Buffalo and Rochester medical leaders launched a bi-city push on health disparities.

Timothy Middlemiss, already a registered Level 3 sex offender, is held without bail after a parent's complaint to St. Lawrence County deputies.

A marina owner in Cato jumped in to help free the trapped driver before firefighters even arrived.

Buffalo gets sunshine and a warm Saturday before rain showers move in Sunday with up to a half-inch possible.