Police are sorting through details of a Sunday night incident at Buffalo's Outer Harbor that resulted in multiple injuries. The State Department of Environmental Conservation is making organizational changes including the appointment of the first Director of the Office of Indian Nation Affairs. Local political leaders are establishing their positions in response to the arrest of an individual seeking asylum who was being housed in a Cheektowaga hotel.

To make shopping more accessible this back-to-school season, Walmart announced sensory hours at some locations every Saturday from 8 to 10 a.m. Congressman Brian Higgins is in Buffalo advocating for the approval of a federal bill prohibiting the sale, transfer, and possession of enhanced body armor.

A man will be spending the next 45 years to life in prison after being convicted of murdering a Niagara Fallas woman. Eight months in the making, workers of the Lexington Co-op have their first union contract. Three months since construction began on the new stadium, the Buffalo Bills are facing a potential cash crunch.

Deaths from opioid overdoses in Erie County could reach nearly 400 by year's end. City drivers and Allen Street businesses are welcoming the reopening of the intersection of Allen and Elmwood Avenues. The Buffalo Police Department is asking the public to be careful when receiving any call from an unknown individual calling and asking for money.

State officials are expected to make changes in emergency procedures after an audit that found New York lacking in its response to the Christmas blizzard that claimed 47 lives in this area. The city of Buffalo is paying over $1 million as part of a settlement to a man who continues to deal with the effects of a brain injury he sustained in 2017.

The pensions for hundreds of local workers and retirees will be bolstered by a cash infusion from the federal government. NYS students' needs will also be addressed in the budget according to Gov. Kathy Hochul. Theater Talk with Peter Hall and Anthony Chase

The Federal Justice System is continuing to weigh a possible death penalty for the man who killed 10 people and wounded three others during the racist attack on the Jefferson Avenue Tops. The NYS Board of Elections certified a new controversial touchscreen voting machine for use in future elections.

Another change is coming to the leadership team at Buffalo State University. The month of August is National Black Business Month.

The town of Tonowada is adding its name to the growing list of municipalities suing automotive companies Kia America and Hyundai Motor America. Gov. Kathy Hochul, Mayor Eric Adams, and Attorney General Tish James announced new targeted steps to address the roots of gun violence.

Buffalo Bills co-owner Kim Pegula makes first public appearance since experiencing a debilitating cardiac arrest. Toronto's new mayor Olivia Chow has apologized to asylum seekers and refugees who were forced to sleep on the streets of Toronto because there was no room in the city's shelter system.