This story comes courtesy of The City MavenBy Alice M. WaltonA divided Los Angeles City Council voted today to not act as the successor agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency, which will cease to exist on Feb. 1, citing concerns over u…

Funding will be used to replace a sixteen-year-old pumper that is no longer appropriate for the department’s life-saving work.

By Seamus Gallivan Robert Earl Keen is not a household name in Buffalo, but he might could be if we had a respectable radio station that played the kind of music that isn’t molded for the masses. The revered Texas storyteller Keen, who turns 56 t…

A vote to determine the fate of a controversial building in the City of Niagara Falls was delayed once again Wednesday after the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency voiced concerns about back taxes owed by owners of the One Niagara building. Y…

(Reuters) – A federal judge stayed the scheduled Ohio execution of convicted killer Charles Lorraine on Wednesday, ruling that the state had failed to follow agreed-on reforms for applying the death penalty.

(Reuters) – Ford Motor Co recalled about 450,000 SUVs and minivans in the United States due to potential flaws that could trigger brake fluid leaks or a loss of power, U.S. safety regulators said on Wednesday.

Sarah Burke fell Tuesday during a training run at Utah resort.

(Reuters) – Nearly 10 million more Americans have been driven into poverty since the 2007-2009 recession began, and the number is expected to increase due to the slow pace of the recovery, according to a study released Wednesday by Indiana University.

Of the 2.4 million deaths in the U.S. in 2010, 16,065 were homicides, according to CDC data.

Incident reportedly occurred Sunday morning.

Toski Schaefer & Co. LLP, a certified public accounting firm in Williamsville, has split into two separate entities, according to a news release.

The Toski division will remain at 300 Essjay Road as Toski & Co. CPAs PC. The Schaefer division will relo…

Paul Ceglia‘s case against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took a legal hit on Tuesday. Ceglia, the Allegany County man who has claimed that he should own half of the social-media giant, was sanctioned by federal judge Leslie G. Foschio. Ceglia was ordered to pay $5,000 …

Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper® has prepared a 9-page technical memorandum in response to the NYS DEC Revised Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (dSGEIS) public comment period. Riverkeeper’s position statement was developed based on local knowledge of the Niagara region’s waterways and their current impairments, review …

Buffalo starts the second half of the season with its third straight loss, a 2-0 shutout at Toronto. What’s wrong? Can it be fixed? Tweets and comments below: Refresh to Update: @BrendanLovullo: RT @buffaloscribe: I keep checking Twitter to see if #Sabres have made a …

Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Van Halen, including long-estranged lead singer David Lee Roth, will include a Buffalo stop on their 2012 North American tour. The band is scheduled to play the First Niagara Center on March 9th. The current lineup includes Roth, brothers …