Three Buffalo police officers have been suspended without pay for a month for their roles in an off-duty fight in a Lancaster bar after a police awards dinner in early May.

An unemployed New York City man on disability has pleaded not guilty to charges that he called in a bomb threat to the local headquarters of Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl P. Paladino.

Buffalo’s population fell by nearly 1,000 people in the year ending last July, according to the latest U. S. Census estimates, continuing a decade-long population slide for the Queen City and other upstate cities.

Jeffrey Pearson got on his knees Tuesday in a courtroom and apologized to the ex-girlfriend he savagely stabbed last year outside the Main Place Mall, but Erie County Judge Thomas P. Franczyk sentenced him to 15 years in prison on his attempted murder conviction.

Democratic operative G. Steven Pigeon has been a “go to guy” for introductions to power brokers and money people for years in New York State.

The life of Dr. Fraser Drew has been one of literary adventures.

Former McKinley High School basketball player Jayvonna M. Kincannon, the focus of a controversial suspension case as a senior in 2007-08, was found not guilty Tuesday on charges stemming from a scuffle with Buffalo police at Olympic and Alma avenues last July 29.

U. S. District Judge William M. Skretny has signed the landmark settlement order that installs new suicide-prevention methods in the Erie County jails.

The State Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that would add 21 new judges to family courts throughout the state. It would be the first significant increase in the number of family court judges in more than 30 years.

WASHINGTON–Goodwill Industries of Western New York has won a $204,774 grant to provide homeless veterans with job training.

Newly released DNA evidence obtained from the remains of Amanda L. Wienckowski further support the contention that she was sexually assaulted and murdered, her mother said Monday.

Buffalo’s interim police commissioner is defending his decision to set up a special unit to deal with crime problems in city-owned housing complexes.

A personal relationship between the director of purchasing at Buffalo State College and an OfficeMax sales representative may have violated state ethics requirements, the Office of the State Inspector General detailed in a report released Monday.

she refused medical treatment.

Rich Products Corp. of Buffalo is recalling its Allen Bavarian Cream Filling because the product contains pecans, milk and coconut, which are not listed on the label and could cause harm those who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to the ingredients.