Authorities say they had to euthanize a dozen baby raccoons and test them for rabies after someone brought one of the animals into a western New York bar.
New York state is planning to commemorate this year's 200th anniversary of the groundbreaking for the Erie Canal with a series of major events along the waterway.
Sentencing is scheduled for a western New York teenager who has pleaded guilty in connection with a tire recycling plant fire that killed his friend soon after the victim made a desperate cellphone call for help.
LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — A 14-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to starting a fire that ripped through a western New York tire recycling plant last summer, killing a teenage friend who was with him and forcing evacuations of nearby homes.
NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (AP) — A New York principal who was accused of kissing a 12-year-old girl's shoulders while brushing her hair has been acquitted of child endangerment charges.
LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Jury deliberations have begun in the trial of a western New York man charged with attacking a Japanese tourist in a Niagara Falls park.
LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a 14-year-old boy accused of setting a massive fire at a western New York tire recycling plant that killed his friend never told anyone his friend was trapped inside.