Police say the body of 53-year-old Steven Davis of Depew was found floating in the creek Thursday afternoon. A father and his son were working in their back yard when they made the discovery.

The legislation would allow courts in New York to suspend driver’s licenses of those who are underage and do not show up for court sentences, or those who do not comply with the judge’s orders. Currently, there is nothing the court can do for underage …

The Buffalo Common Council voted to approve a reapportionment plan for the city’s nine districts Thursday. YNN’s Ryan Burgess explains how these changes to the district lines will effect representation in the city.

The New York State Department of Education is changing the way Regents exams are graded and prohibiting teachers from rescoring the tests. As YNN’s Erin Clarke tells us, educators feel eliminating this practice might make it harder for some students to…

Dr. James Williams says it was a tough job balancing the books without some pain. On Wednesday, the Board of Education approved a balanced budget that eliminates more than 300 jobs, reduces class size increases, and adds a few attendance teachers.

18-year-old Martel Jones is charged with felony third degree-rape, accused of sexually assaulting a special needs student on at least two occasions during summer camp last year. He’s accused of raping and impregnating an 11-year-old girl at the Ellico…

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Instead of adopting a contingency budget, or putting the same one back out to voters, the board in Batavia came up with a revised budget which includes reducing the tax levy from 5.75 percent to 4.13 percent.

This was Lieutenant Governor Bob Duffy’s first trip to Jamestown since being elected last November. He is just one of several state leaders crisscrossing New York on what Governor Cuomo calls the “People First” tour.

Crews were called to the scene around 1 p.m. Thursday. Firefighters brought the fire under control within minutes, and kept the fire from spreading out of the basement.

An international company, who quietly made its home in Niagara Falls two years ago, announced Thursday they have a plan to reduce waste and dependency on foreign oil. YNN’s Meg Rossman toured JBI’s factory in the city and tells us about their plans to …

A deputy with the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office tells YNN that a white male wearing a mask entered a home on Route 30 Thursday afternoon. The deputy says the homeowner shot at the man, who then ran from the home and took off in a light colored Che…

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According to the Cheektowaga Police Department, the victim is 72-year-old Marcia Janulewicz. Dive teams began searching after a report of a car in the creek. Police were tipped off by a passerby who saw the car.

A man in Genesee County dropped a successful career and committed his entire life to helping the community he lives in. He started Care-A-Van Ministries, a mobile outreach that helps people in Batavia that are in need. As YNN’s Kate McGowan explains, …