Man’s death is 1st homicide of the year on Saturday, January 14th, 2012

A combination of blunt force trauma and multiple slashes led to fatality.

On the snow-paved road to normal on Saturday, January 14th, 2012

Winter finally showed up with an icy blast that snarled traffic, was blamed for a fatal accident in Hamburg and required an airliner to call for a tow.

Wood works to be ready for Bills camp on Friday, January 13th, 2012

Bills center Eric Wood is progressing through rehab on his surgically repaired knee and thinks he’ll be ready for training camp. When he gets there, he hopes to see the rest of this year’s offensive line intact.

Open doors, windows are common theme in Amherst burglaries on Friday, January 13th, 2012

Neighbors report 4 entries this week.

Collection of taxes runs below projection on Friday, January 13th, 2012

State comptroller notes tax collections are running below even what the Cuomo administration projected a couple months ago.

Good morning, Buffalo on Friday, January 13th, 2012

A quick look at what’s happening today in Western New York

Lagerhaus 95 is a fresh addition to the local scene on Friday, January 13th, 2012

Lagerhaus 95 is my new favorite bar, and not just because I love the number 95. (Great year for music, it was.)

Winter-themed events hoping snow will stick around on Friday, January 13th, 2012

Winter-themed events hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

Sabres fans can chime in on MSG, Time Warner dispute on Friday, January 13th, 2012

Daniel Ronayne, MSG Media’s executive vice president and general manager, is answering your questions right now. Submit questions into the chat console below.

Conservatives back Fahey for Assembly on Friday, January 13th, 2012

Move aims to influence Democrats, strengthen stand against Republican choice.

Freeland paintings get fresh showing in cozy space on Friday, January 13th, 2012

When the Buffalo musician, poet and painter Mark Freeland died in 2007, the loss reverberated around the city.

Just singing: Two a cappella groups are visiting this weekend on Friday, January 13th, 2012

This weekend, no one in the Buffalo area has to watch “Glee.” We are living it.

TLC for a grande dame — the Hotel Lafayette on Friday, January 13th, 2012

In less than four months, developer Rocco R. Termini expects a restored and renovated Hotel Lafayette to be fully operating.

‘Carnage’: Polanski has some fun with upper middle-class civility on Friday, January 13th, 2012

Roman Polanski might have well have said, “[Screw ’em] if they can’t take a joke,“ about his film adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s play “Carnage” because joke, after all, is what the film is.

Buffalo’s blogging bishop on Friday, January 13th, 2012

New head of Episcopal diocese connects with his flock in cyberspace.