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The winter parking ban is over in the Town of Tonawanda.

Mild weather brings early end to winter parking ban in Town of Tonawanda

Hamburg Town Police identified the officer who fired the shot that killed a woman inside a house on McKinley Parkway Feb. 2 as a six-year veteran of the department.

Hamburg police identify officer who killed woman

The men did not know each other before the shooting, prosecutors said, but were among several people arguing when one man “pulled his handgun first almost immediately.”

2 adults are charged with murder in shooting at Kansas City's Super Bowl celebration

Samuel Merced Santiago, 30, alleged that he was attacked by three patrons of the club and shot in the thigh Dec. 3 in a lawsuit filed by Buffalo attorney Marc Shatkin of Muscato & Shatkin.

Shooting victim files lawsuit against Club Marcellla for negligence

Construction will start soon on a $1.5 million overhaul of the parking area in the Village of Hamburg that holds Burgerfest and other events, as well as supports retail shops and restaurants on Main and Buffalo streets.

Hamburg village parking lot to be improved by Burgerfest

Several Western New York municipalities have kicked off the new year with a rise in vehicle thefts.

Vehicle thefts on the rise in some Western New York suburbs

Here are this week’s girls basketball rankings for large schools and small schools.

Girls basketball: Cardinal O'Hara remains atop large school rankings; Frewsburg tops small schools poll

So routine, repetitive and yet amusing to watch, motorists now are known to wave, honk and smile at Eva and her prime keeper, chief feeder and daily walker, Rob Ward.

Meet Eva, the Illinois dog who has been carrying the same stick for 5 years

The waiting game for free agents Jordan Montgomery, Cody Bellinger, Blake Snell and Matt Chapman continues as agent Scott Boras waits for the market to come to him.

Where will the 'Boras Four' land? Yankees covet Blake Snell, Cubs still interested in Cody Bellinger

Gabe Davis posts thank you Buffalo video ahead of free agency

Gabe Davis thanks Bills Mafia 'for the memories' in video ahead of free agency

Most customers had not heard of mushroom coffee. “Some were afraid to try it, but once they did, there was no going back,” said Lydia Gray, owner of Little Black Heart Coffee in North Tonawanda.

Mushroom coffee is here and it tastes like mocha

The New York Post said its sources told it that Soros’ stake would be about 40% of the company’s senior debt and could give him “effective control of the media giant when it emerges from bankruptcy.”

Alan Pergament: George Soros' purchase of debt of WBEN's owner sends shock waves in radio circles

Driesell lost one notable recruiting battle early in his tenure at Maryland – to St. Bonaventure.

Erik Brady: Lefty Driesell left his mark in Little Three history

St. Joe’s beat St. Francis, 3-2, in the Monsignor Martin boys hockey semifinals to advance to Friday’s 3 p.m. final at KeyBank Center against Bishop Timon, which earned its spot in the final with a 4-2 win against Canisius.

Bishop Timon, St. Joe's win hockey semifinal games for Friday championship game matchup

The former Bethlehem Steel property west of Route 5 in Lackawanna, once the epicenter of Buffalo Niagara’s industrial might and its subsequent decline, has undergone a revival in recent years.

Rebirth of the former Bethlehem Steel site continues

Peter DeJesus is president of the Western New York Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, an umbrella group for unionized workers in Western New York. He talked about recent bargaining and organizing, and what's ahead for unions in Western New York.

Prospectus: Q&A with Peter DeJesus, president of WNY Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

A resident escaped a burning home in Amherst Tuesday morning, police said.

Resident escapes Maple Road house fire in Amherst

The region's manufacturing sector is looking to build on notable gains from the past few months.

Buffalo Niagara region's manufacturers look to build on gains

The Buffalo Bills’ former All-Pro cornerback is coming off his second season-ending injury in the past three seasons.

Bills GM Brandon Beane faces tough call on what to do with Tre'Davious White

Howe is a Buffalo-area native who fondly remembers her Western New York roots, even as she's ascended to the top leadership role of one of the online sports betting companies leading the high-growth industry.

Amy Howe hasn't forgotten about Buffalo as she ascended to FanDuel CEO

To combat unlicensed business sales, a pair of bills have introduced legislation that would give local municipalities the power to shut down unlicensed operators and seize their property in the

Could SMOKEOUT Act be the answer to shutting down unlicensed pot shops in NY?

, Day 51: A pedestrian walks past the mural in the tunnel under Seneca One tower on Main Street. (Joshua Bessex/Buffalo News)

Efforts to help St. Andrew’s survive ran up against the same harsh reality that has claimed dozens of other Catholic schools over the past few decades: Families are smaller and less interested in spending money for a Catholic education.

St. Andrew's had a plan to stay open. It ran into the same problem as other Catholic schools

There's nothing like the wrath of a vegan feeling scorned. Just ask the owner of Avenue 29 Foods in Amherst.

Vegan restaurant Avenue 29 Foods adds meats, gets backlash

Capital One Financial is buying Discover Financial Services for $35 billion in a deal that brings together two of the nation’s biggest lenders and credit card issuers.

Capital One to buy Discover for $35 billion in deal that combines major US credit card companies

William Byron clinched the Daytona 500 checkered flag under caution, giving Hendrick Motorsports its first win since 2014 in the “Great American Race.”

William Byron launches Hendrick Motorsports’ 40th anniversary season with win in Daytona 500

Approaching his sixth year as vice president and director of athletics at the University at Buffalo, Mark Alnutt told The Buffalo News that his focus remains on UB’s athletic department. It's not on the athletic director position at the University of Missouri.

UB athletic director Mark Alnutt on Missouri opening: 'My focus is continued on Buffalo'

Far down the road to an astounding 13th straight season out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Sabres lost for the second time this year to the Anaheim Ducks on Monday afternoon. It was really hard to fathom what we saw because this was not a case of more of the downtown doldrums.

Mike Harrington: After getting swept by the Ducks, everything and everybody should be in play for the Sabres

Cariol Horne got her law, but her money remains out of reach. A judge renewed a defamation judgment against the former police officer that blocks City Hall from turning over to her the back pay she won in her 2021 court case against the city.

Ex-Buffalo police officer Cariol Horne got a law named after her, but still can't get her money Cariol Horne got her law, but her money remains out of reach. A judge on renewed a defamation judgment against the former police officer that blocks City Hall from turning over to her the back pay she won in her 2021 court case against the city.