Back in March, Senator Charles Schumer asked smartphone manufacturers to stop providing apps that help drunk drivers avoid police. Blackberry got on board and as our Beth Croughan tells us, another company is making changes too.

The owner of nursing homes in Genesee and Niagara counties is facing federal charges of scheming to defraud for allegedly embezzling nearly $1 million from both nursing homes and a charitable organization he worked for.

According to the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office, the man stopped the woman on Route 394 in Coldspring, then grabbed her by the wrist and attempted to force her out of her car. Police say the woman was able to fight her attacker off, and the man fl…

31-year-old Victoria Minella, at the time a 7th grade English teacher at School 79 in Buffalo, was arrested in December 2010 for possessing ecstasy and intending to sell it. Prosecutors said there was no evidence that Minella had sold drugs to students.

A 19-year old Buffalo man, shot and killed in Cheektowaga Town Park, was laid to rest Friday. YNN’s Doug Sampson tells us how friends and family are remembering Ira Watkins.

by Ryan The last playoff series of the season is clearly significant, but its singularity often adds layers to the spectacle. With one game on the schedule, storylines become the storyline and teams that rarely play one another become fierce rivals. In the case of Vancouver and Boston, this is a good thing. The games [...]

An off-duty Medina police officer found 39-year-old Patrick Dugan around 10:30 a.m. Friday walking along State Route 63 in Batavia, Genesee County. Dugan told deputies he’s been walking around since Wednesday night to clear his head.

Listen to Nick Mendola live on weekdays from noon-3 p.m. Hour One: On the illegal gardens in the city and the resignations of exempt employees of the Buffalo Public Schools. Nick gives a review of the movie “Too Big To Fail” and discusses what it means to be clutch. Download audio file (061011nick01.mp3) 6/10/11 Nick [...]

Six custom Larkin vintage-style bicycles will be available for use throughout the fall, during normal business hours Monday through Friday.

Dunkirk is in the State semifinals this Saturday against Briarcliff. The Mauraders have now won 10 straight games.

The Southtowns Family YMCA Senior Committee and teen leaders are collecting old, worn flags through Saturday. They’ve already collected about 200 flags, and they’ll be disposed of during a proper burning ceremony Sunday at Forest Lawn Cemetery.

The state Department of Transportation announced the westbound lane of I-86 between Salamanca and Allegany State Park in Cattaraugus County has now reopened.

An audit by the Department of Taxation and Finance showed Elmwood Taco and Subs failed to keep proper sales journals and receipts from June 2004 to October of 2010.

Crews were first called to a two-alarm fire on Playter Street around 9:30 p.m. Thursday. A division chief says firefighters arrived to find flames shooting from two vacant homes.

Ford Motor Co. plans to lay off 150 people from its Buffalo Stamping Plant in September. The automaker says the New York layoffs will result from the closing of one of two Canadian assembly plants which Buffalo supplies.