Inmates lose bid to get The News
Inmate Todd E. Fogle got the ball rolling. (Updated: 11/21/09 7:02 AM )
Demolition sought near City Honors
The $42.2 million expansion and renovation of Buffalo’s City Honors School is on schedule to be completed next summer, and the project is already turning heads in the city’s Fruit Belt section. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:50 AM )
1.26 inches of rain breaks 133-year-old record
A 133-year-old rainfall record was broken Thursday, according to the National Weather Service in Buffalo. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AM )
$440,000 to assist in border security
The Erie County Sheriff’s Office will collect $440,000 from the federal government to assist in security along the county’s portion of the international border. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AM )
Vet knows firsthand the value of VA
When a 100-pound case of tank ammunition dropped some 30 feet onto the left foot and ankle of John R. McCune in 1981, it marked the beginning of a slow decline for the soldier from North Collins. (Updated: 11/20/09 1:42 PM )
Buffalo State dorms get county approval
Buffalo State College’s request for low-cost, tax-exempt financing for new student housing cleared the Erie County Legislature on Thursday. (Updated: 11/20/09 7:02 AM )
Area loses 3% of jobs, fastest pace in 8 years
The Buffalo Niagara region continued to lose jobs during October at the fastest pace in nearly eight years, the state Labor Department reported Thursday. (Updated: 11/20/09 7:00 AM )
Mandate to Sweet Home parents sparks debate
The beginnings of a contentious debate over mandated parent attendance at the Sweet Home School District’s drug and alcohol information sessions surfaced Tuesday night at the Board of Education meeting. (Updated: 11/19/09 8:27 AM )
Botanical Gardens’ office building, greenhouses get construction start
More than poinsettias are ready to bloom at the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens. (Updated: 11/19/09 7:07 AM )
County control board head to leave at end of year
Robert M. Glaser, chairman of Erie County’s state-appointed control board, said Wednesday that he will leave the board at the end of this year because he expects his business to demand more of his time in 2010. (Updated: 11/19/09 7:07 AM )
Allen gets 25 years to life in 2006 killing
A Buffalo man who could face a death sentence for a drug-related homicide was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years to life in prison for the shooting death of a motorist three years ago. (Updated: 11/19/09 7:07 AM )
Escape attempt brings seven-year sentence
Brian Collins, whose ill-fated flight the wrong way out of the downtown lockup last month was caught by TV cameras, was sentenced Wednesday by Senior Erie County Judge Michael L. D’Amico to seven years in prison on attempted escape, prison contraband and a gun charge. (Updated: 11/19/09 7:07 AM )
State’s tour of prison still finds serious problems
State inspectors in a recent report describe the Erie County penitentiary as a management-challenged prison where deputies abandon their posts, legitimate inmate grievances go nowhere, and would-be reforms move slowly. (Updated: 11/19/09 7:07 AM )
Hospitals limit visits to family for flu season
Kaleida Health has initiated a flu season patient visitation policy for its hospitals that limits visits to parents, guardians, grandparents and spouses. (Updated: 11/19/09 7:07 AM )
Mychajliw leaving city schools for post at Ken-Ton district
Stefan Mychajliw, public relations chief for the Buffalo Public Schools for more than two years, is leaving that post to become community relations coordinator for the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda School District. His first day in Ken-Ton will be Dec. 15. (Updated: 11/19/09 7:07 AM )
Dec. 1 seasonal debut slated for Rotary Rink
Buffalo Place officials announced Wednesday that Rotary Rink at Fountain Plaza will open Dec. 1. (Updated: 11/19/09 7:07 AM )
Reward offered for tips on dog-abandonment case
The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for abandoning more than 30 dogs along Concord’s Trevett Road on Nov. 8. Anyone with information should call 629-3537 or go to yourspca.org. (Updated: 11/19/09 3:26 PM )
Williamsville schools pressed for Chinese language classes
How is it that the struggling Buffalo Public Schools can offer Chinese language classes to its students, yet the Williamsville Central School District — considered the best and wealthiest in the region— can’t? (Updated: 11/19/09 8:10 AM )
Except for his chair, this is where Russert worked
WASHINGTON — The desk is a fire-hazard mix of magazines and papers, highlighted by a prominent sign with a personal motto: “Thou shalt not whine.” (Updated: 11/19/09 10:25 AM )
Police arrest youth in Kenmore kidnapping
A 17-year-old youth was arrested Tuesday morning on charges of kidnapping two Kenmore roommates over the weekend. (Updated: 11/18/09 7:47 AM )
$74 million Frontier school project stirs criticism
Talk of Frontier School District’s next capital project took a feisty twist Tuesday as some board members criticized a multiple-phased project that in the end could total $74 million. (Updated: 11/18/09 7:49 AM )
Vet Center leaves downtown and moves to Amherst site
The Vet Center has moved from Franklin Street in downtown Buffalo to 2372 Sweet Home Road, Amherst. (Updated: 11/18/09 7:28 AM )
Drug distribution network is focus of raids
“Tires and rims” and “haircut” were code words for drug transactions at a South Buffalo auto sales business a short distance from an elementary school and at a West Side barber shop. (Updated: 11/18/09 7:28 AM )
Council finds rare unity in saying Davis must go
The usually bitterly divided Common Council is speaking with a united voice when it comes to the future of Brian C. Davis. (Updated: 11/18/09 7:36 AM )
Chicago law students win UB mock trial
The team of “prosecutors” from the Marshall Law School of Chicago on Monday convicted a law school professor of murdering his dean and won the State University at Buffalo School of Law’s sixth annual national Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Tournament. (Updated: 11/17/09 6:48 AM )
Union challenges promotion of Buffalo police
Eight promotions in the Buffalo Police Department face the threat of a federal court challenge by police union officials, who claim politics and favoritism were involved in the selection process. (Updated: 11/17/09 7:59 AM )
Shooting death of man, 25, probed
WESTFIELD — Chautauqua County law enforcement officials are considering the possibility that the shooting death of a 25-year-old man over the weekend was accidental, but they haven’t ruled out other possibilities. (Updated: 11/17/09 6:48 AM )
County eyes home improvement tax break
The Erie County Legislature is moving to give homeowners a property tax break on their taxable home improvements. (Updated: 11/17/09 7:54 AM )
Source says Reeves film will shoot here next month
The feature film “Henry’s Crime,” starring Keanu Reeves, will be shooting in Buffalo next month, a source close to the film told The Buffalo News on Monday evening. (Updated: 11/17/09 6:47 AM )
Cash for Clunkers gave sales tax revenue a boost
The Cash for Clunkers program improved Erie County’s sales tax revenue. (Updated: 11/17/09 6:47 AM )