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City of Tonawanda Mayor hopes to extend Canal Fest contract
TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The 40th year of Canal Fest has been going strong this week, welcoming hundreds of neighbors to the Tonawandas. Canal fest has been a mainstay at the border of the Tonawandas for decades. However, there was uncertainty about whether the City of Tonawanda would participate in the festivities this year. Mayor […]
NY doctor delivers baby in same room as he delivered mom 22 years ago
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (PIX11) — Life came full circle at one Long Island hospital this week. New mom Emoni Wise gave birth to her baby boy, Legend Wise, on Sunday at Catholic Health Mercy Hospital. Making the moment extra special, the doctor who delivered Legend, Dr. Jay Seraji, also happened to deliver Wise in the […]
Buffalo Set To Implement Huge Increase In Parking Fees
As we get deeper into 2024 and the new fiscal year for the City of Buffalo, more is becoming known about the budget and some of the pending increases in taxes, fees, and charges residents will need to begin to absorb. Just a few weeks ago, city residents got their...
What’s new for the 2024 Buffalo Bulls?
The Buffalo Bulls appeared poised to have a normal offseason. Then Nick Saban retired. How does the head coach of a dynasty in the SEC affect Buffalo? Alabama needed a successor to Saban, and Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer took on that challenge. DeBoer then populated his staff, and among his additions was Buffalo head coach Maurice Linguist.
PUSH Buffalo's new training center represents 'the green workforce revolution'
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Sustainability Workforce Training Center officially opened on the West Side of Buffalo on Thursday. It's the first green job training center focused on meeting climate and energy standards while increasing access to clean energy-related job training and opportunities. “The green workforce revolution is here and...
Ryan Edholm Shoots 65 in the Second Round of the 2024 Porter Cup
Canisius golfer Ryan Edholm posted a five-under par score of 65 in the second round of the 2024 Porter Cup Thursday morning, putting him in the clubhouse with a tournament score of 134 (-6) after 36 holes of play at Niagara Falls Country Club. Edholm, Canisius' top golfer during the...
N.Y. weather: Here’s what August long-range forecast shows for heat, rain
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York gets hot in August; that’s no surprise. However, the latest monthly outlook from the National Weather Service’s (NWS) Climate Prediction Center reveals that temperatures will exceed the average warmth anticipated for the summer month. In fact, the vast majority of the...
State Senator Tom O’Mara welcomes Merle John Tobias into the Veterans Hall of Fame
Hornell native is a Cold War and Persian Gulf War veteran. Angelica, N.Y., July 19—During yesterday’s annual meeting of the Allegany County Board of Legislators at the Allegany County Fair, State Senator Tom O’Mara (R,C-Big Flats) paid tribute to Merle John Tobias, a Hornell native and graduate of Alfred State College, who O’Mara selected earlier this year as his 2024 inductee into the New York State Senate Veterans Hall of Fame.
EP emergency services unaffected by cyber outage; travelers hit the road after flights canceled
When Cole Huestis finally runs onto the lacrosse field tomorrow and settles into his long-stick midfielder position, he will have traveled about 950 miles in about 14 hours — a trip that was supposed to take two hours — after a massive internet failure on Friday resulted in the cancellation of his family’s flight from [...]
Western New York continues to set more warm weather records...and we're not done
(WKBW-TV) BUFFALO, NY — It's report card time! Report card time for the climatological summer, that is, as we are now half way through that time frame, which runs June 1 to August 31. If you thought it's been a warm one, you'd be correct. The numbers in the...
New York State Police Say SUV Hit Amish Buggy And Drove Off
Less than a week after a Kia Sedona allegedly hit an Amish horse-drawn carriage on State Route 3, offcials say another vehicle has struck a buggy. This time, the crash lead to the death of a teenage occupant, says police. One country Sheriff has a message for drivers in New...
NOAA Says New York State Will Stay Very Warm Well Into the Fall
While the brutal heatwave finally broke across New York state this week, meteorologists say the much warmer than average weather isn't going to stay away. Could summer-like temperatures last well into the fall across New York and the Northeast?. So far this year, Extreme Weather Watch says that it has...
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