Patrick Lakamp

In a federal lawsuit filed Thursday, the parent called her son's five-day suspension "an unconstitutional restriction on speech" that had a chilling effect on the ability of all students to engage in open discourse.

The Erie County resident discovered in November he had been banned from buying firearms when he failed a federal background check when trying to make a purchase. He recently filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Buffalo.

Twelve days after a jury convicted him, Joseph Bongiovanni on Tuesday asked for new lawyers to represent him, citing an irreparable breakdown in his relationship with his current legal team.

The special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Buffalo confirmed an investigation remains ongoing.

Federal prosecutors rested their case Monday after the last of their 62 witnesses finished testifying in the bribery and corruption retrial of former Drug Enforcement Administration agent Joseph Bongiovanni.

Anthony Neubauer, an suspected enforcer for a Jamestown drug trafficking organization, was initially indicted in 2023 on a charge of kidnapping resulting in death, essentially "murder, just with a different name," Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Adler said at the time.

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An Amherst company filed the lawsuit in 2021 after one of its vehicles was cited for traveling 38 mph in a 15-mph zone near Buffalo Promise Neighborhood Children's Academy on Bailey Avenue.

On a quiet weeknight in North Tonawanda, the unmistakable whir emanating from the Digihost crypto mining facility can be heard, much to the dismay of many residents who are collecting petitions to force the enforcement of current local noise ordinances.

Union activist Gianna Reeve has been fired from Starbucks, prompting an NLRB complaint.