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2 weeks ago | 
wivb.com | Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini |Aidan Joly
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was sentenced Thursday afternoon to 20 years in prison after he shot and killed a man outside of Del Denby Tavern last May, according to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office. The bar was ordered to close by the city after the victim was shot around 1:15 a.m. on May 7, 2024. Police said the bar did not have security working at the time of the incident.
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1 month ago | 
wivb.com | Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini |Dillon Morello |Katie Skoog
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Students and faculty at University at Buffalo, among others, are filing a lawsuit against over 40 police officers, the City of Buffalo, and the president of UB alleging a “violent dispersal” of a pro-Palestine protest last May. On May 1, 2024, more than 50 students gathered in front of Hochstetter Hall for a peaceful protest against the war in Gaza including prayer, speeches and chants, according to the plaintiffs.
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1 month ago | 
wivb.com | Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini |Marlee Tuskes
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Michael Gainer is no longer in the primary race for Buffalo mayor after fraud was discovered by a state supreme court judge on Monday, according to court documents obtained by WIVB News 4. State Senator Sean Ryan, who was endorsed by the Erie County Democratic Committee for Buffalo Mayor, filed an order alleging fraud. The court filing stated Gainer admitted to committing fraud in his petition for mayor. The petition was subsequently ruled invalid.
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1 month ago | 
wivb.com | Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini |Marlee Tuskes
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The federal trial of the man who killed 10 people in a racist mass shooting in 2022 could end up being pushed to a later date. Jury selection is currently scheduled for January 5, 2026, but the court says it’s not “set in stone.” In court documents obtained by WIVB News 4, the defense argues if jury selection commences in January, penalty phase deliberations would occur around the same time as the anniversary of the shooting.
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1 month ago | 
wivb.com | Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini |Trina Catterson
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A landlord was arrested Thursday after failing to appear in housing court for allegedly neglecting his properties, including an Allentown building across the street from where two prominent artists were found dead last month, Acting Buffalo Mayor Chris Scanlon announced. Charles Dobucki, the landlord at 2 St. Louis Place, was arrested Thursday morning at an auto shop on Delaware Avenue.
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2 months ago | 
wivb.com | Jordan Norkus |Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The legal battle over Albert the alligator continues. The state Department of Environmental Conservation is appealing a judge’s decision ordering the department to review Tony Cavallaro’s application to keep his pet alligator in his Hamburg home. The judge ruled last month if the DEC fails to act in thirty days, Albert must be returned to his owner. Cavallaro kept Albert in his Hamburg home for decades.
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2 months ago | 
wivb.com | Jeff Preval |Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
wivb.com | Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini |Aidan Joly
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Senator Sean Ryan is expected to receive the Erie County Democratic Committee’s endorsement for Buffalo mayor, chairperson Jeremy Zellner indicated Thursday in an interview with WIVB News 4. Zellner said the endorsement is expected to become official at Saturday’s meeting among ECDC leaders. Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon was the other finalist.
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Feb 18, 2025 | 
wivb.com | Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini |Patrick Ryan
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A woman has been accused of reckless driving and assault after she allegedly hit a 17-year-old boy with a city of Buffalo garbage truck in October, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. The boy, who Charles Desmond of Desmond Law identified in October as Klaw Reh, has since had his leg amputated, underwent at least fifteen surgeries and is paralyzed from the waist down, according an attorney hired by the boy’s family to sue the city. On Oct.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
wivb.com | Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini |Patrick Ryan
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Tonja Williams-Knight will be retiring at the end of the school year. Her intent to retire letter will be submitted at a school board meeting Wednesday evening, she said during a press conference Wednesday. School Board President Dr. Kathy Evans-Brown said they will accept the letter. June 30 will be Williams-Knight’s last day. The school board is hoping to name a new superintendent in March.
