Category: Western NY

The “Unsolved Mysteries” episode titled “The Severed Head” begins with this audio: “911, what’s your emergency?” “I just found a human head.” The finder was a then-15-year-old boy who discovered a severed head in a wooded area of Western Pennsylvania in December 2014. Police determined it had been embalmed before being cleanly removed by someone…

He Wolfed it Wolf Blitzer, the veteran CNN journalist and pride of his Kenmore hometown, has received numerous accolades during his distinguished career with CNN. Last week, Blitzer added one more: He was the subject of a limerick on National Public Radio’s news quiz show “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me.” Each week, a “Wait,…

ALBANY – Here’s some good news for drivers in Western New York: The region’s locally owned bridges are in better condition than their counterparts across most of the state. The bad news is the region remains home to scores of locally owned bridges in “poor” condition, according to a new report from state Comptroller Thomas…

An international religious group that is accused in lawsuits of cult-like practices has offered $3.8 million to buy the campus of the former Christ the King Seminary in the Town of Aurora. The Buffalo Diocese last week asked a federal bankruptcy court judge to approve a bidding and auction process that would allow for the…

A state waterfront agency is threatening to take control of a stalled residential project at Canalside unless the developer can quickly show it is back on track. Sinatra Development Co. says it can do that, but only if the state, as part of their public-private partnership, provides a $4 million loan to go with other…

Niagara County residents can receive health information and participate in a variety of outdoor activities on Fridays through August. Fresh Air Fridays runs from 1 to 3 p.m. at various parks across the county. The program is sponsored by the county Department of Health, in partnership with P3 Center for Teens, Moms and Kids and the Healthy…

Lisa French, co-founder and CEO of the Field & Fork Network food and farming non-profit, likes to call the Double Up Food Bucks NY program a “win-win-win.” The program assists families who qualify for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by doubling their ability to purchase fresh fruit and vegetables at local farm markets by…

ALBANY — A coalition of addiction recovery organizations from across New York State has asked Gov. Kathy Hochul and State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to scrap one pharmaceutical company’s alleged “purchasing monopoly” on the state’s availability of the anti-opioid overdose drug known as naloxone. “We need you to intervene now, using your executive powers, to open…

ALBANY – Gov. Kathy Hochul double-downed her call for President Biden to remain in the presidential race late Wednesday, saying she feels “very confident” in his abilities to lead the nation. Hochul’s emphatic continuation of support for Biden came after she and other Democratic governors met with Biden in the White House amid calls among…

Fall bulk trash pickup in Buffalo will begin on the week of July 28 in the Ellicott District and continue in other districts through the week of Sept. 29, Mayor Byron W. Brown has announced. Brown advised residents to put trash at the curb on Sunday of their collection week. Pick-ups will be made Monday…