The Erie County Sheriff’s Office has launched a new anonymous tip application, ErieCo Sheriff, a smartphone app that allows users to receive news and alerts from the ECSO, as well as submit tips.

Some officials are calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to support repowering the NRG plant in Dunkirk. Sen. George Borrello, Congressman Nick Langworthy, and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor are leading the charge ...

Spectrum News 1 reported on Thursday that the New York state Senate is assembling a “working group” to push Gov. Kathy Hochul further on immigration enforcement reforms. Murad Awawdeh, president and ...

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand introduced legislation that would guarantee paid sick leave for workers across the country, the junior New York senator said Wednesday. According to Gillibrand, the ...

Members of the New York state Senate Republican conference sent a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday, urging her to reverse her move to give $1.5 billion in state funding to New York City to ...

Popular fried chicken fast food restaurant Raining Cane's is opening a location in Western New York. A representative for the chain says they are under contract to buy the old Red Lobster location on ...

Albany County is spending $360,000 to purchase a combined 330 acres in Guilderland and Bethlehem as part of a land preservation effort. The Guilderland project will preserve 197 acres adjacent to ...

New York has many state symbols like the rose, the bluebird and the sugar maple. The state’s Department of Environmental Conservation wants to protect New York’s fish, the brook trout, specifically, ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Starting Monday, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles has increased point values for serious driving violations. With the DMV’s new increasing point system now in effect, ...

Two Western New York members of Congress, Republican U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy and Democratic Rep. Tim Kennedy, offered two different viewpoints of the ongoing battle over legislation requiring proof ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul recently said she would ban all partnerships that allow local law enforcement to work with federal immigration agents. Madison County is one of eight counties in the state ...

WARSAW, N.Y. — The suicide rate in rural New York counties continues to be much higher than in city and suburban areas. A lack of mental health services is part of the reason, according to a New York ...