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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- As America's 250th birthday quickly approaches, a local nonprofit is partnering with the Buffalo Bisons to celebrate veterans and thank them for their service. The Western New York-based organization Senior Wishes worked with the baseball team and Buffalo Niagara Honor Flight to recognize a group of veterans who were on the [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Village Glen Tennis and Pickleball Club is making some racket this weekend while supporting a meaningful cause. Basil Family Dealerships is teaming up with the Williamsville-based sports club for their 2026 pickleball tournament, supporting the Make-A-Wish Foundation. More than 250 competitive pickleball players are hitting the court this weekend to [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Chapel in Cheektowaga celebrated Serve Day this weekend, bringing volunteers from local churches together with leaders to make a difference in the community. Volunteers assisted with clean-up efforts at three separate stations for the event, including in Town Park. Cheektowaga Town Supervisor Brian Nowak spoke about the benefits of the [...]

The Lakeside fire department, responding to check on the smoking power lines causing the outage, decided to help save the game with lighting from a new rescue unit.

The day before the annual Long Beach Pride Festival was set to kick off, the city announced that the event had instead been canceled — pointing blame at the organizer for failing to provide required safety information in time.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A multi-million dollar paving project is underway across parts of Erie County, smoothing out some of the area's busiest roads. The New York State Department of Transportation said the $5.7 million project will repave parts of Niagara Falls Boulevard, Millersport Highway and Broadway. The work stretches through Amherst, Tonawanda, Cheektowaga, Sloan [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Station 12, the new open-air shopping center planned in Amherst, is adding four more businesses to its lineup -- some of which are coming to Western New York for the first time. J. Crew, Madewell, PopUp Bagels and State and Liberty Clothing will join the project, opening their doors on Sheridan [...]

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) -- On Thursday evening, the Bills schedule for the 2026 season was released. The schedule has fans checking their calendars and making plans. With the new season comes new beginnings for the Bills; a new stadium, new head coach and new opportunities. "Buffalo has one of the tougher strength of schedules [...]