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The Villager (Ellicottville)
Published September 10Annual “Music is Art” Festival Buffalo Outer Harbor Sat., September 12th
By Barbara Arnstein This Saturday, September 12th, from 11am-11pm, the free Music is Art Festival in Buffalo’s Outer Harbor and Terminal B will showcase over 800 musicians, artists, deejays, dancers […]
The Wellsville Sun
Published September 10Pollock: Can Brady pick up where McDermott left off for the Buffalo Bills?
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun Senior Columnist The biggest question about the Bills heading into the 2026 season is whether this year’s roster stands up against the talented one former […]
Niagara Action
Published September 09Woman Beaten Bloody in Buffalo Hotel Room as Two Small Children Watch
POLICE AUDIO CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE: Law enforcement received a call around 11:52pm on September 7th after reports of a domestic incident with injuries at a hotel in Buffalo. The 911 caller, an employee at the front desk, told dispatch that a male was physical…
Niagara Action
Published September 05Man Shot in the Back During Armed Carjacking
POLICE AUDIO CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE: Law enforcement received a call around 8:42pm on September 4th after reports of an armed carjacking in the area of Grider Street and Northland Avenue in Buffalo. 911 callers advised police of shots fired. Dispatch was then…
Niagara Action
Published September 04Buffalo Police Officer Marc Hurst Files Lawsuit Against Gunman Who Shot Him Six Times During Ambush
A Buffalo police officer who survived being struck by half a dozen bullets during a violent domestic disturbance call in May has filed a civil lawsuit against the man who pulled the trigger. Officer Marc Hurst, a nine-year member of the force assigned to C District, filed a…
Investigative Post
Published September 04Judges can take months to rule if migrants wrongly detained
Downtown Buffalo’s federal immigration court. Photo: J. Dale Shoemaker. This story was originally published by ProPublica. When President Donald Trump returned to the White House, he pushed for a seismic shift in immigration enforcement resulting in mass detention. Immigrants…
Niagara Action
Published September 03Two Teens Dead After 9-mile Police Chase of Stolen Car Ends in Buffalo Crash
A high-speed multi-jurisdictional police pursuit spanning more than nine miles ended with fatalities early Thursday morning, leaving two teenagers dead and three others seriously injured after a stolen vehicle slammed into a city intersection on Buffalo’s East Side. The crash…
Investigative Post
Published September 03Buffalo is ground zero for ICE enforcement
Vicki Ross, right, a board member of the Western New York Peace Center, protests a Homeland Security job fair Tuesday at Buffalo’s Outer Harbor. Photo by J. Dale Shoemaker. The City of Buffalo has been an epicenter of a surge in arrests by ICE agents this year. Apprehensions are…
Investigative Post
Published September 02State stymies Buffalo’s efforts to combat lead poisoning
A Buffalo house cited for lead hazards. Photo: Adam Smith-Perez. New guidelines from state health officials could derail Buffalo’s latest efforts to ramp up the fight against lead poisoning. The guidance, a 77-page document issued in June, forbids any “formal enforcement action”…
Investigative Post
Published August 31No consequences for no-show Buffalo cops
Officers Kereem Johnson and William Jones said they were seriously injured in a car accident two years ago and wanted time off. Buffalo police brass questioned the severity of their injuries and instead assigned them to light duty monitoring surveillance cameras posted around the…
Investigative Post
Published August 26No discipline for no-show Buffalo cops
Two years ago, eight Buffalo police officers assigned to monitor the department’s surveillance cameras frequently showed up for work late, disappeared for hours at a time, and left early. Sometimes they didn’t show up at all. They were caught dead to rights by the use of…
Investigative Post
Published August 24WBEN says “bye-bye” to Tom Bauerle
WBEN fired Tom Bauerle, its kooky, wingnut talk show host a week before his contract was set to expire. A surprising move given his 24 year tenure with the station. His dismissal might be explained by the financial challenges facing the radio station’s chain owner, and might be…