A bill to make Erie County its own judicial district passed the State Assembly on Thursday as lawmakers rejected a request by the state court system to delay the proposal until next year.

In recent weeks, Mayor Christopher Scanlon and state Sen. Sean Ryan held press conferences, touted plans in social media ...

New York lawmakers were planning to pass a package of 10 bills Thursday to reform New York's embattled state prison system, including a proposal to require jailhouses to provide all video of inmate ...

The judge presiding over Payton Gendron’s federal case granted a defense request Thursday for additional time to file more suppression motions, but it came with a warning: Start meeting deadlines, ...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla of California has been forcefully removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference in Los Angeles and handcuffed by officers as he tried to ...

William McKinney, 43, of Greensboro, also known as Zell, is charged with distribution of fentanyl. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison.

A North Tonawanda man with a felony record faces federal drug and gun charges after his arrest on a criminal complaint, U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced.

Stephanie Orlando, chief operations officer for Western New York Independent Living Inc. for the past seven years, has been named to succeed Douglas J. Usiak, who is retiring as chief executive ...

U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo imposed the sentence on Jason Paul Hoy, 46, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine.

Erie County Board of Elections Democratic Commissioner Jeremy Zellner said all 38 early voting sites will be open and all are universal – eligible voters can cast their ballots at ...

Bills running back James Cook wants a contract extension, but even without one, general manager Brandon Beane expects him to report to training camp.

The shooting at the home of a Lancaster police officer on Wednesday morning "is believed to be unintentional," Lancaster police said Thursday.