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Arcade residents raise concerns over road conditions
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Arcade residents are raising serious concerns over the conditions of their roads. Assemblymember David DiPietro met with state transportation officials Friday to address several complaints from area drivers over the condition of some of the area's state highways being hazardous, including routes 39 and 98. Some complaints say the road conditions [...]
DEC still investigating chemical odor reported across WNY
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is investigating a chemical odor that's been reported in multiple communities across Erie County that many residents describe as a chlorine- or bleach-like smell. "It smells like chlorine, but it seemed a much stronger smell than the chlorine, like a chemical type, way [...]
Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra hosts spring concerts
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra will take the stage for several upcoming performances over the coming weeks. The orchestra will feature two performances this weekend and a spring concert May 3. Since the band's winter concert was canceled due to weather conditions, next month's performance will be split up into two [...]
Rebecca Grossman, ex-boyfriend were racing when 2 boys were killed in crosswalk, lawyer alleges
Rebecca Grossman and her ex-boyfriend were racing their cars while intoxicated when she struck and killed two young brothers, an attorney for the boys' parents told a jury Friday.
Cherry Blossom Festival returns to Buffalo
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Spring is finally in bloom in Buffalo, and the city is set to celebrate its pink cherry blossoms this weekend. The city's annual Cherry Blossom Festival is returning to Delaware Park, next to the Buffalo History Museum. The event celebrates the blooming cherry trees and Japanese culture in Western New York. [...]
Fuel removed from USS Croaker and USS The Sullivans in preservation effort
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- 125,000 gallons combined of diesel fuel and oily water have been removed from the USS Croaker. As for USS The Sullivans, about 100,000 gallons were removed there. But work is still on the horizon to preserve these historic vessels. "We're very excited today," said Brian Luallen, president and CEO, Buffalo and [...]
Apr 24, 2026
Maid of the Mist opens for the season
Aggressive 10-foot shark sighting postpones Huntington Beach surf competition
Huntington Beach officials spotted a 10-foot shark in the water, prompting a 24-hour beach closure and postponing the Vans Jack's Surfboards Pro.
Dedicated student, track athlete, and now a suspect in the killing of a Burbank teacher
A former Burbank High School track athlete was accused of killing a local elementary school teacher and critically wounding her adult daughter in a stabbing on Monday.
U.S. Department of Education reopens investigation into LAUSD's Black student achievement program
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has reopened an investigation into the Los Angeles Unified School District's Black Student Achievement Plan after a 2024 settlement.
UC Regent Jay Sures condemns UCLA student government for criticizing Israeli hostage event
Controversy is growing over the UCLA undergraduate student government's move to condemn the campus Hillel for bringing a former hostage of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel to campus. On Friday, a prominent UC Regent criticized UC student leaders.
Lancaster printing company ordered to stop turning Plum Bottom Creek water red
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A printing company based in Lancaster has been ordered to stop improperly disposing red dye material that was turning water in Plum Bottom Creek red. The Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper said in a social media post Thursday that RMF Technologies, a commercial printing company based on Pearl Street in Lancaster, had been [...]
Suspect in 1993 Tonawanda killing found guilty after previous mistrial
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Brian Scott Lorenzo, the man suspected in the killing of a young mother in Tonawanda in 1993, has been found guilty once again in his third trial in connection to the slaying, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Friday. A jury found that Lorenzo, now 56, killed 33-year-old Deborah Meindl [...]
Apr 25, 2026
WATCH: Remote worker paraglides on the job
Apr 25, 2026