Williamsville News

Activists who implored the Amherst Town Board to take better care of its historic structures were fuming after a fire destroyed the landmark-protected Reist mill early Monday morning.

Plenty of early Williamsville and Amherst history went up in flames early Monday morning, when the 187-year-old former Grist Mill on Reist Street burned almost to the ground.

All Monday morning, people were stopping by to see the ruins of one of Williamsville's most historic buildings.

A more-than-century-old red barn believed to be the last barn remaining in the village of Williamsville was destroyed in an early-morning two-alarm fire that brought at least 50 firefighters to the scene, ...

State Police say they've arrested a man who drove recklessly on portions of the Western New York Thruway Saturday.

City of Tonawanda * DISORDERLY: Jeffery J. Hernandez, 18, 1626 Sweeney St., North Tonawanda, was charged at 9:32 p.m. Wednesday with disorderly conduct, according to police reports.

City of Tonawanda Police arrested a Lockport man Wednesday morning in connection with a June burglary on Niagara Street.

Four area pizzeria owners have been arrested for allegedly filing false sales tax returns that defrauded the state of more than $200,000 in sales tax revenue, the state Department of Taxation and Finance ...

Richard Teso of Teso's Pizza Cafe is accused of not paying more than $20,000 in sales tax money to the New York State.

Customers lined up at the Apple Store at the Walden Galleria to get their hands on the new iPhone early Friday morning.

Syracuse's Teresa "Te" Cleland and Manlius teenager Jillian Fraccola were both ousted in the semifinal round of the New York State Women's Amateur Thursday morning at Wayne Hills Country Club.

If you asked school teachers where the kids should go on summer vacation, what would they say? DisneyWorld or Gettysburg National Battlefield? Buffalo or someplace beyond? An exclusive WBEN survey of 59 ...

There are five candidates in the running to replace Tom Reynolds in the 26th District Congressional seat and we want to make sure you know where they stand on the issues.

Lorraine Dweck, left, and her cat Caro love when Pam Rose of Buffalo Companion Animal Network comes to visit and bring AniMeals to their Williamsville home.

Editor's note: Here is Part 3 of a 29-part series that spotlights every player on the two-time consecutive Southern Collegiate Baseball League champion Morganton Aggies baseball team.

Almost three months after he drunkenly plowed head-on into a car in Brooklyn and killed a Staten Islander, a Buffalo-area man was arrested today and charged with manslaughter, police said.

Erie County Sheriffs and Gowanda area emergency crews have successfully rescued 9 people and two dogs, that were stranded overnight Sunday inside the Zoar Valley Gorge.

Nine young Erie County hikers were rescued from a rock ledge in the Zoar Valley gorge at daybreak this morning, after they were stranded there for about 10 hours by rising waters in Cattaraugus Creek.

Video footage of the New Jersey mathcore band THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN performing the tracks "Fix Your Face" and "Lurch" late last year at Club Infinity in Williamsville, New York can be viewed at the UVTV web ...

Thank goodness for the poor - and the poorly educated. Instead of being a drag on society, they're actually fueling the economy - at least that part of the economy that relies on suckers who think the lottery ...