BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The sounds of Irish music, traditional dancing and plenty of community spirit will fill Buffalo River Fest Park this weekend as the Buffalo Irish Festival returns for its 42nd year. Organizers are putting the finishing touches on the two-day celebration, which highlights Irish culture through live entertainment, food, history and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- With car thefts on the rise, officials say Clarence has become a new target. Between July 18 and 21, the Erie County Sheriff's Office said 11 cars were reported stolen out of Clarence. Officials said seven of those cars were recovered in Buffalo. Three cars were recovered in Clarence, and one [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Members of the 5/14 Memorial Foundation came together at the Buffalo History Museum on Thursday to share more information about ongoing plans for a memorial site in Buffalo that will serve as a space of healing and remembrance following the 2022 Tops mass shooting. Talia Johnson-Huff, President of MWBE Constructors Inc., [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Kaye Chapman-Johnson has spent the past four years carrying the weight of unimaginable loss. Her sister, Geraldine Talley, was among the 10 people murdered in the racist mass shooting at Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue on May 14, 2022. In the years that followed, Kaye says she also lost her [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A local nonprofit organization has been setting sail off the shore of Lake Erie for more than 40 years now. Decades ago, when James Catalano was a teacher, he noticed the impact that being near water could have for people with disabilities. "It was something about the water that just seemed [...]

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (WIVB) The Bills got back on the practice field at St. John Fisher University on Thursday. Here are WIVB News 4 Buffalo's main takeaways from the second day of training camp. DJ Moore dazzles On another dreary morning, the shiny new addition to the Bills offense glimmered amid the rain drops. DJ [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A new partnership was announced Thursday aiming to support Western New York families welcoming loved ones home from incarceration. The Osborne Association, along with the Erie County Sherriff's Office and Peaceprints of Western New York, announced the Buffalo launch of Osbornes Kinship Reentry Housing Program, which provides cash ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A man is in critical condition after he was shot in the head on Edison Avenue Thursday, Buffalo police said. Officers responded to a shooting call on the 300 block of Edison Avenue shortly after noon Thursday. The victim was taken by ambulance to the Erie County Medical Center. The incident [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- What's new this year at the Erie County Fair? Organizers previewed all new food, attractions and events that visitors can expect at the fairgrounds next month. Entertainment Erie County Fair CEO and manager Jessica Underberg said there will be more than 23 hours of live music performed across multiple stages each [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Although summer is still in full swing, it's almost time to register for one of Buffalo's most anticipated fall events -- the YMCA Turkey Trot. This year, the race is getting a new route, YMCA Buffalo Niagara announced. The route will start and end at the Buffalo Convention Center, keeping part [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A $440,000 settlement will be paid out to current and former Denny's employees after an investigation by the New York Attorney General's Office found that the restaurant shortchanged staff for years. New York Attorney General Letitia James said her office opened up an investigation into Denny's after one employee filed a [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The city of Buffalo is seeking to impose fines on the owners of the former St. Ann's Church as it pursues a long-term solution for the historic site following a series of fires on the property. A court hearing was held on Thursday at Buffalo City Court ahead of an upcoming [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) The federal trial of racist Tops mass shooter Payton Gendron is being pushed back. Individual jury selection is now set to begin on Oct. 13, the date in which was originally supposed to be the start of the trial itself. Individual jury selection was originally supposed to begin next month. Both [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Marquel Jeffries, a rapper from Buffalo who performs under the name Francs, on July 16 released his fifth studio album, "Short & Sweet Symphonies" -- his first in three years and first since his move to Nashville. "It was a whirlwind, but I think I was able to conceptualize everything in [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A 16-year-old who was allegedly driving a stolen vehicle suffered serious injuries late Wednesday night in a crash at the intersection of Bailey Avenue and Eggert Road, police said. Police responded to the scene of the crash just before midnight. The driver of a 2025 Kia Carnival that had been reported [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Police are investigating a crash with a vehicle and a bicyclist in the town of Tonawanda Thursday morning near Sheridan Drive and Delaware Avenue, officials said. The eastbound lanes of Sheridan Drive between Delaware Avenue and Delaware Road are closed indefinitely, and drivers are advised to use alternate routes. WIVB News [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Residents living in the Whistling Straits neighborhood have been fighting to have mail delivered to their homes. They thought that fight was over when they started receiving curbside delivery one month ago, but on Wednesday, USPS said that change should never have happened and is reversing the decision. This is not [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Buffalo River Fest Park was filled with music on Wednesday as organizers continue their summer concert series. Wednesday's concert featured local rock band Breakaway, who played a classic rock lineup all night long. The weekly concert is the park's largest fundraising effort during the summer. Organizers said every dollar supports ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Leaders at Buffalo City Hall got a visit from the New York State Education Commissioner on Wednesday as the Buffalo Public School District navigates through controversy. State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa is addressing several issues, including the state's potential oversight of Buffalo Public Schools. Rosa said she's leaning ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Explore and More Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Children's Museum in Buffalo was recently recognized by USA Today as the fifth-best children's museum in the nation. "When you look at this, you think of the vision from 1994 when it was in a basement of a schoolhouse, to where it is [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Conservationists have secured protections for more than 50 acres of land along the Buffalo River, keeping select sites away from development. The first site is known as the City Ship Canal, across from the outer harbor. The second site is known as the Concrete Central Peninsula, located near Red Jacket Riverfront [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) The man who attacked author Salman Rushdie at the Chautauqua Institution in 2022, leaving Rushdie blind in one eye, was found guilty on federal terrorism charges on Tuesday. Hadi Matar, now 28, attacked Rushdie on stage on Aug. 12, 2022 when Rushdie was about to give a talk at the institution. [...]

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (WIVB) The Bills "put the ball down," to borrow a catchphrase from elevated head coach Joe Brady, beginning their 25th training camp in suburban Rochester by dodging persistent rainfall during the first of seven practices open to spectators at St. John Fisher University. Here are WIVB News 4's top takeaways from Wednesday's [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man and woman were each sentenced to five years probation for causing the death of their infant daughter in 2023 due to malnutrition and dehydration, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday. Luis Gonzalez Jr., 26, and Kitrina Udrea, 23, previously pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in May. [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it will test soil samples for chemical contamination in addition to identifying specific radioactive isotopes on properties alreadyconfirmed to have elevated levels.