Buffalo/Erie County
- Honoring the sauce that first coated the wing
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By Tom Buckham
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 08/28/08 6:56 AM
- By now, every pilgrim who has made his way to the Anchor Bar, mother church of the Buffalo wing, knows how classic chicken wings are prepared:
- Walk of Fame hits roadblocks trying to expand
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By Brian Meyer
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 08/28/08 6:56 AM
- Hollywood has its Walk of Fame.
- World’s Largest Disco party sells out tickets in record time
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By Stephen Watson
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 08/28/08 7:10 AM
- Despite a hike in ticket prices, this year’s World’s Largest Disco party sold out in record time, according to organizers.
- Gunman holds weapon to head of barber, 81
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Updated: 08/28/08 7:10 AM
- A Genesee Street barbershop was robbed Wednesday afternoon by two men who put a gun to the head of the 81-year-old barber and made off with $40, Buffalo police said.
- Juvenile arrested in $1 gunpoint holdup
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Updated: 08/28/08 7:10 AM
- A juvenile who allegedly robbed a Brooklyn Avenue man of a single dollar at gunpoint was arrested Wednesday by Buffalo police, according to reports.
- Hearing set on disparity in state lottery system
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Updated: 08/28/08 7:10 AM
- An Assembly committee wants to hear about how the disparity in the state’s lottery sales and winnings affects the poor in Buffalo, who are less likely to win when they play the lottery, based on the types of tickets they buy.
- Police hunt for suspect in sexual assault case
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Updated: 08/28/08 7:10 AM
- Buffalo police are searching for a Buffalo man wanted in the rape of a teenage girl.
- Man allegedly bit girlfriend after stealing her purse
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Updated: 08/28/08 7:10 AM
- An East Tupper Street man arrested late Wednesday is accused of attacking his girlfriend and stealing her purse, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority police said.
- Afternoon gunfight leaves no injuries
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Updated: 08/28/08 7:10 AM
- A gunfight that occurred about 2 p. m. Wednesday at Hutchinson and Elmer avenues in Buffalo resulted in no one being shot, Buffalo police said.
- Panhandler sentenced to 3 years for assault
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Updated: 08/28/08 6:56 AM
- Buffalo panhandler Steven D. Hicks was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for attacking an Allentown bar patron who refused to give him money May 15.
- Mass will mark beginning of new year at Canisius
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Updated: 08/28/08 6:55 AM
- A bagpiper will lead the processional down Main Street today as Canisius College celebrates the beginning of the school year with its annual Mass of the Holy Spirit.
- Auto impound worker accused in threats
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By Brian Meyer
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 08/28/08 6:55 AM
- An employee in Buffalo’s Parking Enforcement Division has been charged with menacing after allegedly threatening co-workers at the city’s auto impound.
- Attacker grabs, fondles student
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By Jay Rey
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 08/28/08 6:55 AM
- Buffalo State College will step up campus patrols and increase shuttle service, after a female student was grabbed from behind Tuesday night and sexually fondled by her attacker, college police said.
- James Daye denied bid to return to his job at McKinley High
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By Peter SimonNEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 08/28/08 8:44 AM
- James Daye’s plea to be returned to his teaching and coaching duties at McKinley High School was rebuffed Wednesday evening.
- Fatal shooting of 14-year-old girl stuns East Side neighborhood
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By Vanessa Thomas and Maki Becker NEWS STAFF REPORTERS
Updated: 08/28/08 8:54 AM
- Nafeesah Woods wrapped her arms around an elementary school-age boy Wednesday as he wept into her chest, unable to cope with the shocking shooting death of a 14-year-old neighborhood girl.
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