Gun and cash found in traffic stop
A minor traffic stop for failure to wear seat belts resulted in the confiscation of $14,000, a rifle and several clips of ammunition Wednesday night on the West Side, according to Operation Impact state troopers. (Updated: 11/07/09 8:39 AM )
Jury convicts driver of assault
A Lisbon Avenue woman was convicted Thursday of driving over a woman twice and attempting it a third time behind a convenience store at Doat and Genesee streets at about 2 a. m. Dec. 28. (Updated: 11/07/09 8:39 AM )
Gipson says cameras could reduce accidents
Installing cameras to catch red-light runners at 50 of Buffalo’s most accident-prone spots would cut down on crashes, the city’s top law enforcer said Friday. (Updated: 11/07/09 8:38 AM )
Davis denies avoiding investigators
An embattled Buffalo lawmaker denied Friday that he intentionally dodged criminal investigators earlier in the week. (Updated: 11/07/09 8:38 AM )
Museum of Science plans annual ‘Attic’ program tonight
A chance to view items from the Charles Rand Penney art collection never before displayed in a public museum will be offered during the seventh annual “Museum’s Attic” today in the Buffalo Museum of Science. (Updated: 11/07/09 10:14 AM )
Windsong Radiology to give $18,000 to City Mission
Dr. Janet H. Sung, president of Windsong Radiology Group of Amherst, will give a ceremonial check for $18,000 to the Buffalo City Mission executive director Stuart Harper at a dinner today at Brookfield Country Club, Clarence. (Updated: 11/07/09 8:38 AM )
Olmsted Conservancy gets $360,000 grant
Erie County will send the Olmsted Parks Conservancy a much-needed $360,000, matching the amount the organization raised from donors for its care of the famed Buffalo parks and parkways designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. (Updated: 11/06/09 6:58 AM )
Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency OKs human service contracts
The Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency on Thursday approved one-year contracts for six of 14 human service agencies still awaiting deals with the city: (Updated: 11/06/09 12:39 PM )
Judge urged to issue order on Holding Center
Lawyers for the State Commission of Correction asked a judge Thursday for an order compelling Sheriff Timothy B. Howard to meet state requirements at the Erie County Holding Center because commission inspectors have found numerous violations. (Updated: 11/06/09 6:58 AM )
Father Baker event to honor Sister Rzadkiewicz
Sister Johnice Rzadkiewicz, founder and director of the Response to Love Center on Buffalo’s East Side, will be honored with the Father Baker Service to Youth Award at the 29th annual Friends of Father Baker Reception at 6:30 tonight in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. (Updated: 11/06/09 6:58 AM )
Davis misses questions, meetings
When county and state investigators trekked to City Hall on Wednesday to question an embattled Common Council member, they couldn’t find him. (Updated: 11/06/09 6:58 AM )
SUNY chancellor holds discussions about how system can help state
State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher was in Western New York on Wednesday as part of a series of town hall-style meetings being held across the state to discuss the overarching challenge for SUNY in the decade to come: (Updated: 11/05/09 8:26 AM )
Council push urged on Canal Side jobs
Before more than $300 million is spent revitalizing the downtown waterfront, some activists and at least one city lawmaker want assurances the project will create “quality” jobs that pay a living wage. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:23 AM )
Jail official offers justification for holding inmates too long
A top official at the Erie County Holding Center agrees in an affidavit that the jail this summer held certain defendants in its bullpen longer than the state allows, but he says jailers were justified in each case. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:23 AM )
Vote tabulations for state and Erie County races
State Supreme Court (Updated: 11/05/09 7:23 AM )
Public offers input on Scajaquada road redesign
Parkside neighborhood residents Wednesday were asked to share what they think will make the Scajaquada Expressway between Parkside Avenue and Main Street a safer and more aesthetically pleasing stretch of roadway. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:56 AM )
First steps taken to aid Termini plans
Buffalo’s Planning Board took preliminary steps Wednesday in a lengthy process that could see a downtown developer revitalize the former AM&A’s department store and the Lafayette Hotel building. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:23 AM )
Special programs scheduled by VA Healthcare System
The VA Western New York Healthcare System is observing Caregiver Recognition and Health Care Decision Month at its Buffalo and Batavia facilities with a variety of events for staff members and veterans’ families and caregivers. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:23 AM )
Basketball tourney set in dead student’s name
Fifth-through eighth-graders from Buffalo and Western New York will compete this weekend in the sixth annual Sean Patrick Scott Memorial Basketball Tournament in the Gloria J. Parks Community Center, 3242 Main St. The double- elimination rounds begin at 6 p. m. Friday. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:23 AM )
Forgery suspects anything but clever
Regina Baker, from the looks of the federal charges brought against her and her alleged ring of check forgers, failed a number of lessons in how to pull off the perfect caper: (Updated: 11/05/09 7:29 AM )
Despite jail problems, Howard re-elected sheriff in Erie County
Sheriff Timothy B. Howard appeared to have survived the self-described albatross around his neck — the escapes, deaths and wrongful releases at Erie County’s jails — to win re-election Tuesday. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:15 AM )
Erie County results
Unofficial results for Erie County’s towns and the cities of Lackawanna and Tonawanda (Updated: 11/04/09 7:15 AM )
County voters split on issue
Erie County voters appear deadlocked on a law that would give the County Legislature the right to cancel government contracts that are signed by the county executive yet seem steeped in political favoritism. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:15 AM )
Burns, Troutman win judgeships
Incumbent Justice Christopher J. Burns and Erie County Judge Shirley Troutman earned easy victories Tuesday in their elections for two seats on the State Supreme Court in Buffalo. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:15 AM )
Three agencies get grants to aid children, teens
Three health and social services agencies have received nearly half a million dollars in grants for mental health work with children and teens from the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:14 AM )
Hearing set Nov. 18 on law to ban texting by drivers
Erie County Executive Chris Collins has set a public hearing on a Legislatureapproved law to ban texting while driving. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:14 AM )
Volunteers sought to plant trees in Olmsted parks
Volunteers are needed to plant more than 600 trees throughout Buffalo’s Olmsted park and parkways system. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:14 AM )
Poloncarz, Kadet locked in tight race
Mark C. Poloncarz was locked in a tight race for a second four-year term as Erie County comptroller on Tuesday. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:14 AM )
Urban farming comes to Buffalo Zoo
To chants of “Raise that barn,” a framework of weathered timbers suspended from a crane was guided into place Tuesday at the Buffalo Zoo, launching both construction of the Delta Sonic Heritage Farm exhibit and the $35.6 million second phase of zoo redevelopment. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:44 AM )
H1N1 vaccine shortage, distribution criticized
A huge shortage of vaccine is leaving most local residents unprotected against the H1N1 virus and is making local physicians and health officials increasingly critical of distribution problems. (Updated: 11/04/09 3:25 PM )
