Patrick Lakamp

Buffalo News staff reporter Stephen T. Watson discusses the dispute between the Town of Grand Island and the Seneca Nation of Indians over the status of a 200-acre parcel within the town.

The last of 1,074 potential jurors appeared Friday in federal court in Buffalo to fill out a questionnaire that will be used to help select a jury in the death penalty trial of Tops mass shooter Payton Gendron.

An Oklahoma woman who had a role in filing 153 fraudulent applications for pandemic aid was sentenced Monday to eight years in federal prison – the

An Oklahoma woman who had a role in filing 153 fraudulent applications for pandemic aid was sentenced Monday to eight years in federal prison — the stiffest sentence yet among

Download Today A new court ruling stops accused cyberstalker Nicholas Bloom from being forcibly medicated in hopes of restoring his competency to stand trial.

Then the region's top federal prosecutor, Trini Ross in 2024 told lawyers negotiating a plea deal for murder defendant Gregory Hay that she would "leave

The FBI said it uncovered child sexual abuse material in the home of Jeffrey Nowak, a Diocese of Buffalo priest on administrative leave since 2019.

Two years later, Delta Airlines pilot Stephen Harmon still vividly recalls his "really close call to a disaster" flying into Buffalo.

Gov. Kathy Hochul talks about her proposed "Local Cops, Local Crimes Act," which the governor said would keep local police focused on preventing crimes as opposed to working as deputized federal immigration agents.

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo said the investigation into Jeffrey Nowak remains ongoing.