NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The family who lives on Ontario Avenue in Niagara Falls, who said the City Department of Public Works came and tore up their family garden last week, received enough donations from their GoFundMe on Wednesday morning to pay off the fine they received from the city. The family had said [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Williamsville South is home to many senior student athletes, including four-sport athlete Hazyl Wilson, who is a member of the soccer, basketball, track and flag football teams. She recently committed to her favorite sport of soccer at Grove City College. "I just love the game, always have," Wilson said. "I just [...]

WARSAW, N.Y. (WIVB) -- People in Wyoming County's Village of Warsaw are busy cleaning up after the area was hit by severe weather yesterday.One neighborhood is still dealing with a lot of debris nearly 24 hours later. "We're not enjoying this right now. I'd rather be golfing," said Warsaw resident Mary Rase. Rase spent her [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Amy Betros, the director and co-founder of St. Luke's Mission of Mercy, died on Wednesday at the age of 71. In the mid-1990s, Betros sold her successful restaurant, and along with the late Norm Paolini, she founded the mission in 1994 after buying the property of Saint Luke's Parish on Walden [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Depew man was sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of 2 1/2 to 7 1/2 years in prison and had his license permanently revoked for causing a crash that killed an Eden man in 2023, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said. Around 5:30 a.m. of July 24 that year, Zachary [...]

Sean McDermott is partnering with Wegmans and FeedMore WNY to get allergen-friendly foods to those in need.

Watch the address live in the video player above. BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz will deliver his 2025 State of the County address on Wednesday. The speech is scheduled to begin at 4:15 p.m. at SUNY Erie's North Campus. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Five warned severe thunderstorms rolled through Western New York yesterday, affecting most of the region. Storm reports included hail up to 1.75" in diameter and winds up to 60 mph that snapped power poles and uprooted trees. 1.75 inch hail was seen in Warsaw, 1.25" was seen in Pavillion, and 1" [...]

EDEN, N.Y. (WIVB) New York State DEC has issued a warning in response to complaints of suspected illegal burning at a farm in the Town of Eden. The Department of Environmental Conservation says officers visited Don Mammoser Farm, which was hit by a powerful tornado last year. Some residents say there's been a foul [...]

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CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- There might not be snow on the ground, but that isn't stopping plows from hitting the pavement on Wednesday at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. The annual Snowplow Rodeo marks the final day of the International Aviation Snow Symposium, bringing drivers from around the world to compete for the title of [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) A 10-year-old girl is in critical condition after a collision occurred while riding an electric bicycle in the City of Tonawanda on Monday night, according to police. The electric bike and a vehicle collided on Main Street and Fletcher Street around 7:30 p.m. Monday. The girl was going eastbound while a=a [...]

NEW YORK STATE (WWTI) - Anglers will be ready to cast their lines tomorrow across New York State. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced that fishing season for a number of species will commence on Thursday, May 1. These species include Walleye, Northern Pike, Pickerel, and Tiger Muskellunge. Fishingis a great way [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The back-to-back champion Bandits gained ground in their three-peat quest by winning the lowest-scoring playoff game in National Lacrosse League history, advancing to face the Vancouver Warriors in the semifinals. As the top seed in the NLL Cup chase, Buffalo hosts the opening game in the best-of-3 series at 7:30 p.m. [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) Gusty winds blew cash around a busy intersection in Niagara Falls on Tuesday morning, and some were able to grab cash and run, according to a police report released on Wednesday. A Brinks guard was opening a Bank of America ATM at the corner of 4th Street and Main Street around [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) Wingfest is returning to its original home. The National Buffalo Wing Festival is coming back to Sahlen Field in downtown Buffalo on Aug. 30-31. It had been held at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park since 2021, with the downtown ballpark last hosting in 2019. More than 20 national wing vendors will [...]

"It looks like a meat tenderizer came through and hit it and then the side of our house," resident Laura Debadts said.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- One person sustained severe burn injuries after a fire occurred Tuesday night on Merrimac Street and caused an estimated total of $75,000 in damage, a city spokesperson said. Fire crews responded to the fire at 16 Merrimac St., which was found in the attic and contained to that area. According to [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Nursing home workers at Schoellkopf Health Center in Niagara Falls, who are represented by 1199SEIU, reached a three-year tentative agreement with management late Tuesday afternoon, the union announced. The tentative agreement, which was the first in the region, came as contract talks for almost 4,000 unionized workers at 26 nursing ...

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A family in Niagara Falls claims the City's Department of Public Works destroyed their family garden the day after Easter. "I guess we were notified by the DPW that we had violations according to the new ordinance, we never received anything and they showed up and took all of our [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Michael Gainer is no longer in the primary race for Buffalo mayor after fraud was discovered by a state supreme court judge on Monday, according to court documents obtained by WIVB News 4. State Senator Sean Ryan, who was endorsed by the Erie County Democratic Committee for Buffalo Mayor, filed an [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Jamestown man was charged with second-degree arson among other charges after a fire was started in an occupied apartment building Tuesday morning, according to police. Police said officers responded to 401 W. 4th St. for reports of an active fire just before 11:30 a.m. David Trout, 35, is accused of [...]

He was sentenced to 20 years in prison and pleaded guilty last July.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was sentenced to 15 years in prison and five years of post-release supervision on Tuesday after he stabbed and killed a man in November 2018, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced. Around 2 p.m. on Nov. 13, police responded to an apartment building on the 900 block [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Rochester woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to second-degree attempted criminal possession of a weapon after an illegal, loaded handgun was found in a diaper bag at KeyBank Center, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced. Officers found the handgun just after 7 p.m. on March 23. It was discovered after [...]