Charter school advocates, teachers unions and an Indian tobacco business are among the
special interests trying to influence this year&#8217s State Legislature races.

Presidential memorabilia dating as far back as the George Washington administration will be displayed when the American Political Items Collectors hold their annual convention in Buffalo from Aug. 5 through Aug. 7.

A Buffalo man shot his neighbor with a flare gun Saturday afternoon in the city’s Grider Street neighborhood, police said.

Jim Hickey, who arrived in Buffalo late Monday afternoon, had set out from Alden earlier that day dressed in his usual T-shirt and red baseball cap.

Local American Red Cross officials fear that further labor strikes would hamper the efforts of local blood drives.

The City of Buffalo’s bid to sell old School 36 to Elmwood Village Charter School for $540,000 was kept on hold Friday when State Supreme Court Justice Patrick H. NeMoyer ruled the action invalid.

Citizens Bank will be collecting new school supplies for its “Gear for Grades” initiative, an effort to help local children go back to school with the gear they need to learn.

A panel discussion on the impact of economic development subsidies will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at 237 Main St., Suite 1200.

Glance at the life of Beth Lynne Hoskins and you&#8217d think she has everything a person
could want &#8212 and more.

Three teenagers were arrested Friday after an attempted carjacking in North Buffalo, and at least one has admitted to taking part in the attempted robbery of an in-line skater Wednesday night in Delaware Park, police said.

A second Buffalo resident was arrested Friday in the animal cruelty investigation instigated by Thursday’s discovery of three dogs — one of them dead — tied up in the summer heat, SPCA officials said.

The New York State Conservative Party endorsed former Erie County Republican Chairman James Domagalski as its candidate for the State Senate seat being vacated by Republican State Sen. Dale Volker of Depew.

The New York State Affordable Housing Corp. has approved a pair of grants for home renovation projects in Amherst and Buffalo.

An embattled state senator from Lake View will face a spirited primary battle.

ALBANY–Caught up in Albany’s fiscal dysfunction, the Buffalo school district faces a nearly $23 million hole in its own budget — though state officials insist the school system will not have to make threatened cuts to classroom programs or lay off teachers.