NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (AP) -- A new company has been chosen to operate the tour boats that have ferried sightseers to the base of Niagara Falls from the Canadian shore for more than 100...

Updated Feb 22, 2012 at 6:55 PM EST (West Seneca, NY) It was supposed to be a routine patrol, but Marine Sergeant Michael McMahon said he had "a bad feeling." Sgt. McMahon was walking...

Updated Feb 22, 2012 at 6:52 PM EST Buffalo, NY (WKBW) -The Lawyers representing Dr. James Corasanti are seeking a dismissal of charges. Dr. James Corasanti was charged with manslaughter, vehicular...

Updated Feb 22, 2012 at 4:54 PM EST NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO ( release from Niagara Parks of Ontario) The Niagara Parks Commission (NPC) has awarded the land lease related to boat tour operations at...

Updated Feb 22, 2012 at 6:00 PM EST Niagara Falls, N.Y. (WKBW release) -- Niagara Falls police said Wednesday that they have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with the stabbing of an...

Updated Feb 22, 2012 at 6:29 PM EST Police in Madison, Wis. said that they arrested a 52-year-old man in connection with a bizarre incident at a Denny's restaurant that occurred Tuesday...

Updated Feb 22, 2012 at 4:47 PM EST Rochester, N.Y. (WKBW release) -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced Wednesday that 40-year-old Thomas Cramer of Brighton was arrested and charged by...

Updated Feb 22, 2012 at 5:37 PM EST (National Association of Realtors news release) Existing-home sales rose in January, marking three gains in the past four months, while inventories continued to...

Updated Feb 22, 2012 at 4:24 PM EST Buffalo, N.Y. (WKBW release) -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced Wednesday that 27-year-old Renel Velazquez of Buffalo, who was convicted of RICO...

Updated Feb 22, 2012 at 2:39 PM EST BUFFALO, NY ( WKBW ) Attorney Joel Daniels is defending prominent Buffalo doctor James Corasanti. Charges were filed against him following a July 8, 2011 incident...

The contract for operating the Maid of the Mist boat tours in Niagara Falls has been given to the Hornblower Canada Company, a division of a U.S....

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's push to expand the collection of DNA to include samples from those convicted of misdemeanor crimes and all felonies picked up the support of area law enforcement officials...

Lawyers for a Getzville doctor asked a judge today to dismiss the manslaughter and other charges filed against him after a fatal hit-and-run accident that killed a teenager last summer in Amherst. ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today will begin removing barrels from a Superfund site in Genesee County that has been the subject of speculation related to an illness affecting female...

Want to buy an ex-quarterback's home? Former Buffalo Bills quarterback J.P. Losman, who was drafted with high hopes to lead the team only to disappoint fans later, has put his Buffalo home near...

An investigative reporting center involving veteran Buffalo journalists soon will begin publishing in print and online. Investigative Post is collaborating with college journalism programs to...

True love has kept John and Victoria Frontera's marriage together for more than seven decades, but a drink a day also helps. The West Seneca couple have been married an astounding 72 years, the...

Release Date: February 22, 2012 BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "Buoyant," a garden installation designed by Laura Garofalo, assistant professor of architecture in the University at Buffalo School of...

The Maid of the Mist Steamboat has lost the contract to operate the famous tour boats in Niagara Falls that have ferried Canadian and American tourists for more than a century. The Niagara Parks...

Follow this company has brought ashore a 30-year contract to operate a boat tour in the Niagara Falls gorge. Hornblower will begin Niagara operations in Spring 2014, and it has started...

Follow this company has announced plans for a 10-bed neonatal intensive care unit in partnership with Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo. Millard officials filed a certificate...

The Buffalo Bills' recent announcement that ticket prices for the 2012 season will remain flat seems about right. Under the circumstances, what else could they do? Raise prices? Flat prices are...

Good news for Western New York companies with international operations: trade growth is expected to accelerate in 2014, not 2015 as previously anticipated, as the global economy picks up speed. ...

Follow this company . "We hear that all the time," said Ferm, who specializes in forensic accounting. Both companies often refer cases to each other, and things can get a little...

Follow this company more than $630,000 a year. The improvements are also expected to cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than 3,600 tons annually from reduced electricity demand. The...

North Forest Office Space, of Williamsville, is expanding into central Texas. The development company has started work on its first Texas project, in the City of Pflugerville, northeast of Austin. ...

Follow this company has expanded its mobile banking capabilities for business customers. The Buffalo bank (NYSE: MTB) has introduced a new Mobile Banking for Business service that allows...

It is Ash Wednesday. The start of Lent marks the start of the popular fish fry season in Western New York. A longtime company has a new twist on the traditional favorite. Federal Meats, which was...

A new company has been chosen to operate the tour boats that chug to the base of Niagara Falls from the Canadian shore. The Niagara Parks Commission in Ontario says Wednesday that Hornblower...

ERIE - - A study showing that Erie exceeds Houston and Los Angeles in the levels of certain air pollutants commonly connected to oil and gas activity became a point of concern for several trustees...

Updated Feb 22, 2012 at 8:20 AM EST BUFFALO, NY ( WKBW ) The "Fat Tuesday" bash in downtown Buffalo is over, but a controversy sparked by the festivities continues. Some Chippewa bars...

Updated Feb 22, 2012 at 8:15 AM EST BUFFALO, NY ( WKBW ) On "Fat Tuesday," from New Orleans to Buffalo, people lined parade routes to catch beads and party the night away. In Buffalo,...

Updated Feb 22, 2012 at 8:26 AM EST BUFFALO, N.Y. ( WKBW ) Buffalo Spree Food Editor Christa Glennie Seychew kicked off "Fish Fry" season on "Eyewitness News This Morning"...

TORONTO -; The future of the Maid of the Mist boat tours in Niagara Falls will become public later today. Ontario's Liberal cabinet will be told which company was the successful bidder to...

The News editor says it's way past time for Meryl Streep to win another Academy Award. She has been nominated 17 times for Oscars but has won only two, and both of them came three decades ago...

Ryan Miller has been sharp in goal and so has the defense in front of him. It's no coincidence the Buffalo Sabres are winning games. Miller made 30 saves, including several toughies, in...

LOCKPORT--The Erie Canal Discovery Center is seeking entries for its fifth annual Erie Canal song contest. The deadline is April 1 to submit an original song whose lyrics refer to the canal or the...

Brad Boyes has been getting to practice early and staying late. He's agonized over the gruesome statistics tethered to his production. He's gone to sleep with many questions only to arise...

The president of the Lancaster teachers union blasted New York State United Teachers President Richard Iannuzzi in a recent letter, telling him his "pandering is shameful" and saying NYSUT...

Lindy Ruff left no doubt this week there was only one person who could turn Derek Roy's disappointing season into a respectable one. "It's totally up to Derek," the Sabres'...

"The Turks love to eat," Ghillie Basan writes at the beginning of her much-lauded "Classic Turkish Cooking." "Ask a Turk about his food and his eyes light up as he warms...

Beata Zatorska plans four cookbook-memoirs about Poland. Daisy Eggs, right, are among the traditional summer recipes in her first book, "Rose Petal...