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November 30, 2009, 3:20 PM / Andre "Dre" Ridgeway pleaded guilty today to a reduced charge of first-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting the new boyfriend of an Amherst woman who was the mother of his two-year-old son.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued citations to Cambria Contracting Inc.

A performer's very real talent comes in the ability to make you feel like a five-year-old again, and The E Street Band -- as well as its somewhat-notable frontman -- produces the sort of wild, unabashed glee found in tree forts and nickel pretzel rods at the corner store.

Residents of a Buffalo senior home are evacuated after a two-alarm fire. The fire was at the Stadnitski Apartments, that's a low income high-rise complex for the elderly and disabled on the city's east side.

November 28, 2009, 6:51 AM / Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster and Brian Reilly, Buffalo's commissioner of economic development, will talk about "Imagining Buffalo in the 21st Century" at 12:15 p. m. Dec.

November 27, 2009, 10:09 AM / A well known UFO researcher, considered one of the "Founding Fathers" of UFO studies, will speak next week at Niagara County Community College.

City of Tonawanda Bar fight leads to two arrests A fight in the early morning hours Saturday outside the Dome Stadium bar on Main Street led to a brother and sister being arrested.

The Florida Highway Patrol says Tiger Woods and his wife, Elin, are not available to be interviewed by state troopers and asked police to return Sunday to try to clear up questions about how he crashed his SUV into a neighbor's tree.

Buffalo Police are being kept busy this holiday weekend, investigating a string of five thefts that occurred over a seven-hour span from Friday evening into the early-morning hours Saturday.

His stage name is TEE-NYCE . His message is directed at young people. It is simple.

There were no day-of registrations for the 114th annual YMCA Turkey Trot. This year, the race drew a record-breaking response, prompting organizers to cap registration at 12,000 participants on Wednesday evening.

Buffalo police have charged a man in connection with two bank robberies that occurred in different parts of the city, in the past two months.

Wrote the state Health Department criticizing the fact that buffalo schools cannot hold H1N1 clinics.

The two accused, along with a juevenile allegedly attacked 19-year old Brian Milligan in August after Milligan dropped off his girlfriend at home.

A Buffalo police officer walked into the line of fire on Wednesday after he interrupted a robbery at an auto parts store.

An out-of-town bank robber didn't get far on Tuesday after trying to make his getaway in a car filled with smoke from an exploding dye pack.

A Buffalo Police officer is being checked out at ECMC after being involved in a crash around 10:30 Thanksgiving morning.

The holiday season puts many in a giving mood, but a Buffalo man ended up in a jail cell Tuesday morning after allegedly attempting to use that giving spirit to his advantage.

The Executive Director and Chief Curator of Buffalo's CEPA Art Gallery is accused of posessing child porn.

A Buffalo Police Officer was shot at during an armed robbery attempt at an auto parts store in Buffalo.

The developer who hopes to turn the former AM&A's department store into a hotel, apartments and commercial space has filed design plans for his $70 million project.

Buffalo Fire and Buffalo Police have combined to arrest a suspect in connection with a weekend arson fire.

Another stadium and parking ramp -- yeah, that's the ticket! You may have missed it, but Monday was Groundhog Day.

Making a grab for $450 million in tax funds while complaining about being taxed to death sounds like hyprocrisy for most of us, but its just business as usual for the Buffalo Niagara Partnership.

Three teenage males were arrested today in connection with the attack last August on an 18-year-old white male on the city's far East Side minutes after he dropped his African-American girlfriend off at her house.

The holiday season puts many in a giving mood, but a Buffalo man ended up in a jail cell Tuesday morning after allegedly attempting to use that giving spirit to his advantage.

BUFFALO, N.Y. a " A former upstate New York police detective is heading to prison for sharing police information about a motorcycle gang with a rival group.Former Hamburg Det.

Business and political leaders in the Buffalo Niagara region are sticking with the University at Buffalo's ambitious UB 2020 plan as their top economic-development priority.

Voters in Hamburg voted to downsize the town board from five members to three. There were 4,269 votes for yes, 2,802 for no.

Fred Dicker of the New York Post reports that now that the Democratsare completely in charge of state government, they're spending more time fighting each other than the Republicans.

Yeah its California, but as the president of the UC American Federation of Teachers, Bob Samuels describes how the State and public education are broken, NYS/SUNY frequently comes to mind ; overpaid administrators, unsustainable athletics spending, research driven by corporate self interests... Democracy Now Nov 20, 2009 BOB SAMUELS: Well, you ...

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.

The man found dead in Meyers Lake in Lewiston on Saturday has been positively identified.

Not sure where to start. I knew there would be a lot of tears tonight. There were.

Buffalo, New York has its share of good strip joints. While Buffalo's gentlemens' clubs are often overshadowed by the strip clubs in nearby Toronto , and while it does not have the number of great strip clubs that that 'other city' in New York does , pound for pound, Buffalo does quite well for itself in the nude dancing category.

Jim Hightower, the former Texas politician and veteran political wit, was fond of excoriating political moderates as he was of skewering Republicans.

UB's Office of Student Affairs moved quickly to suspend Tau Kappa Epsilon after an "initiation" party Friday morning on Merrimac Street ended with four arrests and two people hospitalized.

Bruce Springsteen, a.k.a. The Boss, was right here in Western New York. Fans from all over coming to the Queen City as Springsteen and the E Street Band wrapped up their 2009 tour here, with fans wondering if this is their last chance to see the legend perform live.

The final mass was celebrated at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic church in south Buffalo Saturday afternoon.

On Thursday evening, the annual Buffalo Music Awards took place inside Blasdell's Club Paradise.

Car share programs are popular across the country, in cities big and small. The city of Buffalo has now joined the group of cities with car share program of its own.

Starting this Monday, November 23rd, the City of Buffalo wants to hear from community groups, athletic teams, not-for profit organizations and others that use any of the city's parks.

There are several ways to define what it means to be an "independent" musician. The most common these days shortens the descriptive to "indie," places it in hyphenated form before the old standby "rock," and comes up with a blanket term that can be used and abused at will.

Buffalo police have released surveillance photos of a "person of interest" in connection with four church larcenies in Buffalo last weekend.

2 On Your Side spotted the actor on Friday morning, outisde the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Buffalo.

November 21, 2009, 6:44 AM / When the alarm bell at the firehouse rings today, several of the newest members of Buffalo's bravest will grab their turnout gear and jump on a truck - on their way to their first trial by fire.

It's exciting to find a great selection of New York wines in a shop. But a wine store devoted entirely to New York State? Carl Schmitter, owner of Chateau Buffalo in Buffalo, NY, is proving that it can work.

The Artistic Civic Theatre brings back a fast-paced and energetic comedy with the special production of Ken Ludwig's "Moon Over Buffalo" at the ACT Playhouse Dec.

November 20, 2009, 1:08 PM / Adrienne S. March was convicted today of first-degree attempted murder, assault and a weapons counts for shooting a man and woman in a car in North Buffalo.

Buffalo Police are warning people to be aware of their surroundings and property, even while attending worship services this holiday season.

The Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau could have a new president and CEO before Christmas.

The jury started deliberations early Thursday afternoon in the case of a Buffalo woman charged with attempted murder.

Mighty Taco Inc. , which was born on Seneca Street in South Buffalo, is opening its first store within a store in a Noco convenience store at the corner of McKinley Parkway and Bailey Avenue.

November 18, 2009, 12:01 AM / This is going to be the good one, the best day of the week.

November 19, 2009, 7:07 AM / Don Norwood pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree arson for a fire that destroyed his family's home and severely injured a Buffalo firefighter.

A Buffalo teen wants to go down in history for how low she can bend under a limbo bar.

Attorney Alan Bedenko moved from Boston, Massachusetts to Clarence in the early aughts after discovering the cost of living and real estate here.

Most conductors, quizzed about their childhoods, remember the first time they heard Mozart or Mahler.

In a news conference you saw LIVE on "Eyewitness News at 5:30pm," Buffalo Common Council member Brian Davis resigned his position representing the Ellicott district of the city.

After three straight losing seasons and a poor start this year."... [ 0:22 ] ..." successful outing.

There will be no new license plates, at least not next year. Lawmakers and the Governor have agreed to stop the deal.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited O'Connell Electric Co.

These seven Democratic pols - call them the seven dwarfs - declared that they cannot possibly go along with trimming education aid in the middle of the school year, as Gov.

The aliens apparently released City Councilwomen Bonnie Russell just long enough to comment on the travails of fellow Grassrooter Brian Davis.

Police have made an arrest in the weekend kidnapping of two Kenmore women. Buffalo Police Spokesman Michael DeGeorge said officers arrested Buffalo resident Errol Fowler-Graham, 17, at approximately 1 a.m. Tuesday.

A man was beaten with his own cane by two men. The two jumped out of a small car and accosted the victim.

A 114-year-old woman believed to be the third-oldest person in the world has died at a nursing home near Buffalo, N.Y. Olivia Patricia Thomas died Monday in the St.

New York's state university system is among the largest in the country, but it has never been known for athletic prominence, unlike major public institutions in states like Florida, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

As you saw first on "Eyewitness News at 5" and on wkbw.com, the Keanu Reeves movie project, at this moment, may not be shooting in Buffalo.

Day 2, AD It's pretty safe to say it's all over but the shouting, and believe me, there will be shouting.

Current poverty measures are based on survey results from the 1950's regarding American familiesa food consumption.

A Buffalo-area talent agency says it's received word the film "Henry's Crime" may not be filmed in Buffalo after all.

Brian C. Davis is being ousted from all Common Council committees and from Buffalo's main development agency until the city Law Department issues an opinion on whether he must resign his Ellicott District seat.

UB President John B. Simpson's ambitious UB 2020 plan doesn't have everyone convinced.

It started off with just one house, but eventually an entire Buffalo neighborhood has gotten an extreme makeover.

If you're not fond of having to put new license plates on your car next year, this news might come as a pleasant surprise.

Collins supporters often counter the criticism that the shunting of responsibility for WIC and county clinics to private charities is inconsistent with the continued operation of county golf courses by citing the fact that those golf courses earn a profit for the county.

Thanks, Rep. Louise Slaughter, for speaking out on keeping the East Side Health Clinics open.

November 10, 2009, 12:05 AM / As cold fronts go, the one that arrived overnight is a pussycat.

Springsteen will treat fans with another rare album performance in Buffalo next Sunday.

The Kenmore Police Department releasing to Eyewitness News that they were called to investigate a robbery, burglary, and kidnapping that originated in Buffalo and involved residents of Kenmore.

In today's fast-paced society, it's often easier to get the family together for a restaurant meal than to cook at home.

I'll admit to being just a wee-wee bit sorry -- maybe 2 percent -- for Brian Davison Friday for about half an hour when he was in City Court to plead guilty to charges he pocketed campaign donations for personal purposes and lied about it.

November 13, 2009, 10:07 PM / A Buffalo police officer was struck by a vehicle as he was chasing a suspicious person on foot near Broadway tonight, and police officials believe the officer was intentionally hit.

"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" has selected a Buffalo family in need. Delores Powell and her four children live on Massachusetts Avenue on the city's West side.

Bobby Militello has a name that's recognizable by two groups of Rochesterians: The small population that has traveled regionally to hear great jazz, and the loads of locals who have caught Dave Brubeck's performances at the Rochester International Jazz Festival.

Delores Powell and her four children saw their new home on Massachusetts Avenue for the first time this afternoon, as "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" wrapped up its weeklong stay in Buffalo.

An unidentified man was found dead this morning on a bike path near Amherst and Grant, and Buffalo police are investigating the death as a possible homicide.

Andre L. Jackson, 31 allegedly kept the three handguns in a location that his three children could access.

A Buffalo Police officer is recovering after he was struck by a vehicle responding to a call Friday evening.

Roberts Wesleyan College will offer its Master of Science in strategic leadership program at a new location in Williamsville.

There are some things we will never understand. Death, for one. I overheard a woman in the drugstore say, "He went in to the hospital yesterday and he was eating his supper and then he fell asleep and then he died.

A truck will be in front of Buffalo City Hall to accept canned goods and non-perishable food items on the morning of Friday November 13th, 2009 from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM as part of the a oeExtreme Makeover: Food Drive Challenge.a The downtown business community, along with City, County, State, and Federal employees, is encouraged to drop off food ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. a " A Buffalo Common Council member has pleaded guilty to misusing campaign contributions, but his lawyer says he has no intention of stepping down from office.Brian Davis, who represents the Ellicott district, pleaded guilty in Buffalo City Court Friday to two misdemeanor counts that each carry a maximum prison term of one year.Erie ...

The folks who run the Erie County Industrial Development Agency must still be smarting over the grief they caught for lending Leonard Stokes $50,000 when his One Sunset wasin the process of tanking.

A week or so after another young person is murdered in her council district, Bonnie Russell is no where to be found.

Erie County Clerk Kathy Hochul will bring thousands of signatures against the new license plates to Albany on Monday.

The Extreme Makeover house is up on Massachusetts Avenue and now it's time to work on the landscaping, finish the driveway, and get the lights on inside.

A lmost every high school in Western New York mandates its students do a specific amount of volunteer work.

Poor Chris Collins. The current Erie County Executive is about to become Joel Giambra, the previous County Executive, and Ned Regan, the one who proposed raising county property taxes over 70%. That's because the same fiscal circumstances that faced Erie County under Regan and Giambra are returning for 2011 under Collins - a huge growth in the cost ...

A week or so after another young person is murdered in her council district, Bonnie Russell is no where to be found.

If you are an art aficionado, then Buffalo, New York is an ideal place to visit.

A Buffalo engineering firm that worked on the proposed Wizard of Oz theme park in the Town of Wheatfield has taken legal action to secure nearly $100,000 it says it is owed by the project's developer.

November 09, 2009, 7:08 AM / Art painted by Buffalo Zoo animals will be for sale during Art Gone Wild from 6 to 9 p. m. Thursday in the Pearl Street Grill and Brewery.

BUFFALO Mayor Byron Brown released his $22.7 million 2010 recommended capital budget, Monday, which will be submitted to the Common Council for its consideration.

Thousands and thousands of volunteers are working together to quickly rebuild the house on Massachusetts Avenue in Buffalo, and also give the neighborhood an overall makeover in just one week.

Hundreds of people turned out to bring some green back to the Buffalo region. Re-Tree Western New York volunteers were hard at work on the lower west side on Saturday.

A Common Council member remained mum today about a criminal probe into allegations that he may have engaged in questionable financial dealings.

There are some things we will never understand. Death, for one. I overheard a woman in the drugstore say, "He went in to the hospital yesterday and he was eating his supper and then he fell asleep and then he died.

Buffalo Police Narcotics Squad Detectives led by Lieutenant Paul R. Delano Jr. executed a search warrant late Monday night in the city's Riverside section, and arrested the resident John Rickard, who lived at 254 Laird St.

Anyone else catch Chris Collins on WBEN's Hardline on Sunday? It was easily some of the most disingenuously hilarious radio I've heard, at least since hyperemotionalist Palinist comedian Tom Bauerle last called for an armed revolution and librul cull.

After Javon Jackson was gunned down last spring, passing the NYS Assembly and Senate Bills that would allow SUNY Campus Safety police to patrol off campus took on added urgency and importance.

Animal welfare officials want to know who abandoned more than two dozen sick and filthy puppies in a western New York field.

Everyone made it out safely as flames ripped through a north Buffalo apartment building early Monday.

Al "Digger" Cervi, a Basketball Hall of Famer born in Buffalo in 1917, has passed away at the age of 92.

A member of the ABC News medical staff is coming to Buffalo to speak. UB's School of Public Health is welcoming Dr.

Progress is being made with the Royalton-Hartland School District's $8.3 million capital improvement project.

Nothnagle Realtors, the Rochester area's largest realty firm, is expanding into the Buffalo market with the launch of Nothnagle Realtors Property Center.

November 09, 2009, 8:42 AM / Buffalo firefighters battled two significant fires in occupied homes within two hours overnight, including a North Buffalo blaze where they searched for a resident they feared might be trapped inside.

November 08, 2009, 8:23 AM / A woman who initially engaged in consensual sex with two men she met on Landon Street early Friday said she was later raped by the two, Buffalo police said.

Television personality Ty Pennington this morning knocked on the door of a Jamaican immigrant living on Buffalo's West Side.

A Queen City family is getting their dream home, thanks to an extreme makeover and a swarm of Western New York volunteers.

Near -- hospital in buffalo as we all await the reveal of the winning family. And there are address tomorrow joining us live on the WB a live line.

In two days ABC's "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" invades the Queen City. This Saturday, the team from the show will surprise a local family with the gift of a lifetime a brand new home and not only that, it'll be a 'green' home too.

Buffalo Police have arrested a suspect in the October 31 stabbing death of 19-year-old Jacob Herbert of Clarence.

Duff's Sheridan Patio was our first stop on the Sky Dives trip to Buffalo. Upon arrival at Prior Aviation at Buffalo-Niagara Falls International Airport, we sped directly to this local landmark/wing legend.

A major fire has broken out on the roof of a warehouse in Buffalo's Old First ward section.

A holiday pops concert by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra will be the highlight of Genesee Community College Foundation's Encore 2009 fundraising gala Dec.

Shhhhhhhh! Ty Pennington and ABC's "Extreme Home Makeover" begins a massive volunteer house building for a needy hero on Buffalo's East Side Saturday.

A scary morning inside a bank on Buffalo's east side. Police said three men wearing masks and carrying guns walked into a Key Bank branch in the 3100 block of Bailey Avenue and ordered everyone to the floor.

A local musician and innocent bystander was on his way to dialysis when he was gunned down in broad daylight this summer.

Erie County Sheriff's Sgt. Scott Joslyn says witness accounts ruled out the possibility Viktor Shapiro was drag racing when he crashed Sunday night at an intersection in the Buffalo suburb of Clarence.

Three people were seriously injured this morning in a two-car collision at the intersection of Niagara Falls Boulevard and Ward Road in Wheatfield, Niagara County sheriff's deputies reported.

A popular Buffalo singer is determined to beat the odds against a rare disease. And as Harry Stewart is finding out, the entire Buffalo music community is ready to fight the fight right along side him For more than 30 years, Harry Stewart has been entertaining Western New Yorkers.

Political bedfellows Byron Brown and Brian Davis are tough guys to pin down these days -- as always.

SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher came to town this week to talk about leaky pipes

WASHINGTON -- An expected House vote on health care reform Saturday has become a divisive issue for upstate lawmakers.

The Guilderland Players are set to present "Ken Ludwig's 'Moon Over Buffalo'" from Thursday, Nov.

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.

The Senate's Democratic majority won't attend Democratic Gov. David Paterson's joint address to the Legislature Monday, when he will try to build support for attacking New York's latest fiscal crisis, according to state officials informed of the decision.

In the patriotic spirit of Election Day, we're continuing our "Unknown Stories of Western New York" series with a tall tale from a presidential election, that took place more than a century ago.

Actor Keanu Reeves was back in Buffalo today. The big screen actor continues to scout locations for the filming of his upcoming movie "Henry's Crime." Reeves was spotted in downtown Buffalo late this morning.

A spokesperson for Chelsea Oliver's family says the 15-year-old Amherst High School student died after complications from the flu a week and a half ago.

Crews get to work on new 'farm' at the Buffalo Zoo. View Larger Donna Fernandes looked out into the crowd that gathered Tuesday morning in the Buffalo Zoo and shouted "raise the barn." With those three words, the wood frame of mid-1800s barn was lifted by a construction crane and gently put into place in its new home.

Health officials in Genesee County have linked a child's death to swine flu. Interim Health Director Randolph Garney would only identify the victim as a school-age child with confirmed H1N1 influenza.

Buffalo Police are investigating the stabbing death of Jacob Herbert, 19, of Clarence.

The city's block grant program may be more screwed up than ever. Given its history, that's saying a lot.

UB students attending the Halloween party on Lisbon St this weekend, got more than they planned for when the party ended up fatal to attendee Jacob Herbert.

November 03, 2009, 7:11 AM / Southwest Airlines has dropped one of two daily nonstop flights from its Buffalo to Las Vegas service, due to decreased demand.

As friends and family of four fallen teenagers came to pay their respects at a makeshift memorial another accident unfolded right behind them.

Spot Coffee Canada Ltd. said its expansion plans, which may include at least two more outlets in the immediate Buffalo Niagara region, will likely be fueled by a $3 million private placement offering.

Authorities say a two-vehicle crash in Erie County has killed four people and injured two others.

If you ask people what Captain John Glascott's best quality is, many would say it's that "he's not Tim Howard." Much of the debate surrounding this year's Erie County Sheriff election has revolved around the struggles of Howard's current administration, and as election day nears Glascott wants voters to not only know what changes need to be made ...

He was stabbed to death while leaving one of those quaint little house parties that happen from time to time around here.

Buffalo Police are investigating the discovery of a body inside a burned-out car near East Delavan Avenue in the city early Wednesday.

You'll still find empty storefronts and boarded up buildings on Buffalo's Grant Street- but if you look closely, you'll also find a lot of life! Many business owners on the West Side street are working for a rebirth.

November 01, 2009, 11:05 AM / Buffalo police have released the identity of a Clarence man who was fatally stabbed on Lisbon Avenue in the University District early Saturday morning.

On a Saturday evening in late October, the line in front of the Town Ballroom on Main Street in Buffalo stretches nearly to the Bijou, a full block away.

Buffalo's public housing agency has made financial and operational progress since 2008, but there still is much work to be done, according to officials who met Thursday for the agency's annual meeting.

My top contender for Buffalo's unofficial Citizen of the Year lives in Los Angeles.

Buffalo Police have made an arrest in the beating death of a 9-month old infant.