Mike McAndrew

A North Carolina man admitted in a Buffalo courtroom last week to making racist threats to kill Buffalo police during about 50 phone calls he made to a city police station last August.

Htoo Lwai faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison and a possible maximum of life in prison.

Lisa Noble was arrested Friday by U.S. marshals at East Regional Library in Wake County, N.C., where she had gone by "Julie Wilson" and worked four months as a nanny – integrating herself as a trusted figure in a large family.

The owner of a Buffalo transportation company who had more than $1 million seized from him by federal agents pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

A West Seneca man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to a child pornography charge expected to result in his being sentenced to 15 years in prison.

The man is accused of tampering with the Mass collection bag at the church on Amherst Street and pocketing cash over a seven-month period ending March 3, the district attorney said.

Two cases stemming from deaths during the Blizzard of 2022 were filed in court this week. One was dismissed.

The solar eclipse has come and gone in Western New York. Clouds obstructed the view for many, but some were able to get glimpses of totality. Check out all of

Another 1,060 ballots were cast Saturday in the eighth day of early voting for the 26th Congressional District special election, for an adjusted eight-day total of 9,596 ballots, the Erie County Board of Elections announced.

State Sen. Tim Kennedy, a Democrat, is running against West Seneca Supervisor Gary Dickson, a Republican, in the special election in the heavily-Democratic district that includes part of Erie and Niagara counties.