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By: Sumit Majumdar President & CEO of Buffalo Biodiesel Inc. | Lead Director of Energy & Limited Partner of Verite Capital Partners The Golden Era: A Personal Dispatch      I’ve been servicing restaurants for over 20 years and a lot has changed in our industry.  As a patron to many a bar and restaurant,  it’s also changed on a personal level.  I’m in my 50’s now and when I look at the "For Lease" signs on Main Street, I don't just see empty buildings; I see the ghosts of a ci

A Town of Tonawanda man is facing the possibility of spending decades behind bars after prosecutors say he not only took part in a fatal shooting but later returned to the scene to steal items belonging to the victim. Jamere Davis, 21, was arraigned in State Supreme Court on two counts of second-degree murder, along with robbery, criminal possession of a weapon, and tampering with physical evidence. The case stems from an incident on September 30th, 2025, inside a home on Tho

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested two men and one woman after they illegally entered the United States from Canada.   On March 15th , U.S. Border Patrol a gents assigned to the Buffalo Station responded to an area to investigate reports of an illegal entry into the United States. Agents initially spotted a small rubber raft and one individual. Agents then discovered an adult male Irish national, an adult female from the United Kingdom, and their infant concealed behind a nea

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 2:43am on March 22nd after reports of a domestic disturbance and possible sexual assault on Mulberry Street in Buffalo involving a 14-year-old child. The 911 caller said that she found a male - whom she described as older with facial hair - in a room with her 14-year-old granddaughter. The grandmother told dispatch that she was not letting the man leave and that they would "jump him if he tries anything." Pol

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 7:49am on March 21st after reports of a domestic incident on Suffolk Street in Buffalo. The 911 caller - who wished to remain anonymous - said that a woman was outside screaming for help from a male party. The male was seen outside attempting to attack the woman with a burning rope and green golf club. Police responded to the scene. It is unknown if the male was arrested. No further information is available a

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 4:27am on March 21st after reports of an assault with a deadly weapon on Ellicott Street in Buffalo. As discussed during the dispatch call, a person with a gunshot wound showed up at Children's Hospital. The severity of his injuries was unknown at the time of the call. Police noted that the person shot was either during an exchange of gunfire during an earlier shots fired incident or that he actually shot him

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 1:06am on March 21st after reports of a possible assault and domestic incident at an animal hospital on Genesse Street in Buffalo. Dispatch was advised that there was a woman in the lobby with children who appeared visibly intoxicated. The woman stated that there was a man in the parking lot who was trying to "run her over" with a vehicle. It is unknown if the male was also trying to run over the children. Po

By: Sumit Majumdar President & CEO of Buffalo Biodiesel Inc. | Lead Director of Energy & Limited Partner of Verite Capital Partners      In the landscape of modern enterprise – particularly within the progressive environmental sector – the mission is often as much about social restoration as it is about ecological sustainability. My professional journey has been guided by a legacy of relentless excellence. My mother achieved the highest levels of achievement in both the medic

Fake degrees. An alleged barroom showdown over another man’s girlfriend. Bullets on the I-190. And a mysterious “HopeFundMe” fundraiser that vanished. By: Staff Reports      For those of you reading this article online who have never heard the name Dante Richardson before, congratulations—you’ve lived a peaceful life up until now.      Allow us to introduce him.      Depending on which version of Dante Richardson you happen to be listening to, he is either a Stanford-educated

Fake degrees. An alleged barroom showdown over another man’s girlfriend. Bullets on the I-190. And a mysterious “HopeFundMe” fundraiser that vanished. By: Staff Reports      For those of you picking up this newspaper (or reading this article online) who have never heard the name Dante Richardson before, congratulations—you’ve lived a peaceful life up until now.      Allow us to introduce him.      Depending on which version of Dante Richardson you happen to be listening to, h

A man convicted more than three decades ago of murdering a teenage girl and a one-year-old child in Wayne County has now been released on parole and placed in a supervised residential program in Erie County, according to state corrections officials.      Chad Campbell, now 50, was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder stemming from a 1990 case in which a 15-year-old girl and a one-year-old child were killed.      Campbell was 14 years old at the time of the crimes.

By: Staff Reports      A petroleum spill in the Buffalo River originating from a historic naval vessel at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park was quietly concealed for months in 2025, according to information and photographs obtained by Niagara Action.      The environmental incident, which occurred in July 2025, was never publicly reported at the time despite federal and state regulations that require immediate disclosure of petroleum discharge into navigable w

Less than a year after launching a highly visible neighborhood policing initiative, the Buffalo Police Department has discontinued its Foot Patrol Integration Unit with city officials pointing to staffing limitations, overtime costs and operational challenges as the primary reasons for ending the program.      The decision was confirmed during a recent Police Oversight Committee meeting at Buffalo City Hall after Common Council Majority Leader Leah Halton-Pope questioned Inte

By: Sumit Majumdar CEO of Buffalo Biodiesel & Limited Partner of Verite Capital Partners      I started as a small business entrepreneur from a traditional East Indian family. We never spent what we did not have. I applied that to my first business venture; what a mistake that was when it came to growth. Borrowing money to pay bills is bad, but borrowing money to increase revenues AND your bottom line is good—if you are sure you can service that debt. Let's take a look at wha

Just weeks after prosecutors say an elderly South Buffalo man was killed while walking his dog in a marked crosswalk, the woman accused of causing the crash went online with a message. It was not an apology. It was not condolences. It was not even acknowledgment.      Instead, Renaiyah A. Cornelious told the world that God had forgiven her.      According to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office, Cornelious, 32, was arraigned on felony charges including Vehicular Manslau

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 1:15am on February 22nd after reports of a medical emergency on the 200 block of Knowlton Avenue in the City of Buffalo. The 911 caller said said that she found a male party who was not breathing with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. She further told dispatch that there with a significant amount of blood. Dispatch advised the female to begin CPR. This did not occur. However, the female then exited the l

Buffalo Police officials have suspended a department captain who met in person with Officer Lance Woods hours before he was arrested and charged in the fatal shooting of his wife in Sanborn. City and police officials confirmed Wednesday that the captain – whose name has not been released – has been placed on paid suspension pending the outcome of an internal investigation. The department said the captain spoke with Woods at the D-District station on Hertel Avenue Saturday eve

An off-duty Buffalo police officer who fatally shot his wife inside their Niagara County home is now facing prosecution by the New York State Attorney General’s Office as local and state authorities continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the Valentine’s Day incident.   Lance L. Woods, 53, a Buffalo Police officer assigned as a school resource officer, has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of his wife, Alexis Skoczylas, 35. Skoc

By: Scott Yerger      Healthcare spending is reaching unprecedented levels, with national expenditures projected to surge to $8.59 trillion by 2033, accounting for more than one-fifth of the total U.S. economy. While medical innovation continues to reach new heights, the financial burden on employers, families, and public health systems is creating a critical affordability crisis.  Addressing this challenge requires a dual understanding of the modern drivers behind these spik

An investigation by the New York State Attorney General’s Office concluded that students of color and students with disabilities in Buffalo Public Schools were suspended at significantly higher rates than their white peers and students without disabilities.      The findings stem from a review of district discipline data from 2019 through 2023 school, excluding the COVID-19-impacted year. According to the Attorney General’s report, in the 2022–2023 academic year, Black second