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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- After the sudden removal of a playground at Amherst's Kingsgate Park earlier this month, the town received $500,000 in state funding to build a new one. The town's highway department removed the playground due to safety concerns, coming as a surprise to the community. Assemblymember Karen McMahon announced the funding on [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was convicted on Wednesday for fatally shooting a man on William Street in April 2025, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said. Mikel Lowe, 32, was found guilty of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon after a five-day trial. Lowe shot and killed 36-year-old Deval [...]

National Geographic shares adorable turtles from Australia's Great Barrier Reef. See more on "Incredible Animal Journeys," now streaming on Disney+.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Longtime Buffalo radio broadcaster Sandy Beach, who spent nearly six decades on the airwaves across Western New York, died at 86, WBEN announced Friday. Beach arrived in Buffalo in 1968 and spent many years at WKBW there before heading to WBEN in 1993. He spent 23 years hosting the "Beach and [...]

A postal worker was captured on video throwing a rock and swinging a club at a peacock in Pasadena, drawing concern from locals, the USPS and Pasadena Humane.

A report detailing symptoms Boyle Heights residents around a burned-down warehouse confirms community members' experiences, advocates say.

Pres. Trump has vowed "economic warfare" against Iran on an unprecedented scale. The warning comes as the USS Lincoln heads home from its record deployment.

USC freshmen donned academic gowns for convocation to mark the start of college, joined by Beong-Soo Kim in his first ceremony as university president.