Sloan News

Friends of Renee Greco gathered tonight to remember the youth counselor on the front lawn of the former group home where she was beaten to death June 8. They were joined by some people who never knew her, but who came to share their grief, and to join in calls for state legislation to prevent the situation that may have contributed to Greco's ...

May 28, 2009 7:52 pm US/Eastern Reporting Christine Sloan NEW YORK Would you trade your privacy to save money? Taxi passengers in New York City will soon be asking themselves that questions as they'll be permitted the opportunity to share a ride and split the fare with a total stranger.

May 28, 2009 7:30 am US/Eastern New Type Of Cab -- Outfitted With Destination Signs -- On Horizon Reporting Christine Sloan NEW YORK Starting May 28, if you are willing to ride with perfect strangers you will save money on a taxi ride in New York City.

Niagara Falls * ARREST: A Los Angeles man was arrested on weapons charges at the Rainbow Bridge.

Today voters throughout Western New York will decide the fate of school budgets, elect members to their school boards and decide whether various propositions will see the light of today.

Cheektowaga-Sloan School District residents would see a slight increase in taxes under the proposed budget adopted by the School Board.

Wilson, 31, was in Washington, D.C. Tuesday and Wednesday as one of the country's 28 top Monopoly board-game players competing in the 2009 Monopoly U.S. National Championship.

Mar 29, 2009 11:28 pm US/Eastern Reporting Christine Sloan NEW YORK New Yorkers are coming together to help a little Brooklyn girl battling leukemia.

Mar 23, 2009 12:09 am US/Eastern Reporting Christine Sloan NEW YORK It was an all-out frankfurter frenzy this week at a popular Jewish restaurant in Brooklyn, as a certain hot dog caused a near-riot. It's not what you would expect: a worker in a NYC eatery caught on tape fending off a group of Jewish patrons with an electric knife.

Erie County Alden: Voters re-elected two incumbents and one newcomer as trustees.

At the same time, eight schools in Buffalo, Lake Shore and Sweet Home were removed from the list because of enhanced student achievement.

A total of 543 elementary, middle and high schools and 53 districts have been identified by the New York State Education Department as "in Need of Improvement" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Tomorrow is the last day to register for Art Literally.A A great charity event at the Flower Memorial Library that benefits the local Red Cross and the FANTASTIC Flower Memorial Library.

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The publication of Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary set the genre of chick lit firmly on the path to success, and it has been marching along in stiletto heels ever since.

In a case the prosecutor described as "a trail of tears," a Niagara Falls man was sentenced to probation and restitution Tuesday for helping his now-estranged wife steal the life savings and almost all the ...

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. That axiom is proving painfully accurate for thousands of small-to medium-sized employers across New York State - including the village governments of ...

Dec 22, 2008 12:54 pm US/Eastern Reporting Christine Sloan NEW YORK If this isn't a picture of Christmas, we here at wcbstv.com don't know what is.

A Sloan man apologized today for "the hurt" he caused an adolescent girl he molested as State Supreme Court Justice John L. Michalski sentenced him to 2 1/3 to seven years in prison.

The Independence Foundation, based out of Elma, New York, said it's working to grant some Christmas wishes that go beyond requests for new toys or clothes.