Mon, Apr 15th 2024 08:30 pm
ESPN and The Walt Disney Company will present the 2024 NFL Draft across ESPN, ABC, ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes and ESPN's social media platforms, as the NFL takes its marquee offseason event to Detroit (April 25-27). On-site studio programming will surround the multiplatform presentation as ESPN further deepens its commitment to the annual NFL tentpole event.
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Mon, Apr 15th 2024 08:30 pm
Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced the confirmation of New York State Thruway Authority Executive Director Frank G. Hoare by the Senate.
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Mon, Apr 15th 2024 03:10 pm
City of North Tonawanda Mayor Austin Tylec and Historian Susan Gosch announce the rededication of the Veterans Memorial wall in Brauer Park. This event will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, May 31, at 214 Payne Ave., in the park adjacent to City Hall. Parking is available in the City Hall parking lot or on the street, free of charge.
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Mon, Apr 15th 2024 02:55 pm
Comedian Gary Owen will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, July 12, and Saturday, July 13, followed by the legendary Wayne Newton at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 25, and Friday, July 26.
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Mon, Apr 15th 2024 02:35 pm
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced letters will be distributed to high school seniors to provide them with helpful tips and resources to complete their Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Letters will also be sent to high school principals urging them to make sure each senior student has the resources needed to access financial aid. The mailings are a part of Financial Aid Awareness Month, which Hochul launched at the beginning of this month.
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Mon, Apr 15th 2024 12:50 pm
International award-winning poet Robert Giannetti will present a program on "The Madness of the World" at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27, inside the Lewiston Public Library, 305 S. Eighth St.
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Mon, Apr 15th 2024 12:50 pm
National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) runs from April 15-19. AAA is supporting the American Traffic Safety Services Association in raising awareness of work zone safety across the country. This year's theme is, "Work Zones are temporary. Actions behind the wheel can last forever."
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Mon, Apr 15th 2024 12:45 pm
The Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry has announced a full schedule of activities for 2024 including numerous ranger walks and hikes in the park ranger program, along with the return of the popular "Pints in the Park" series.
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Mon, Apr 15th 2024 12:30 pm
Niagara University's Vincentian tradition will inform the work of a new living-learning community designed to empower students to pursue justice in their personal and professional lives.
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Mon, Apr 15th 2024 12:25 pm
"Talk, Test, Treat": These three simple steps can have a powerful impact on your health. During STI (Sexually Transmitted Infections) Week, the Erie County Department of Health encourages people to take three simple actions - "Talk, Test, Treat" - to protect their health and their partners' health.
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Mon, Apr 15th 2024 11:45 am
The COMMA Fine Art Gallery will host a panel of artists on collage and altered materials as its next "CONVO @ The COMMA" event on Sunday, April 21.
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Mon, Apr 15th 2024 11:35 am
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the ribbon-cutting for The Cambria Hotel Niagara Falls, part of a more than $20 million mixed-use development project. The seven-story, 120-room upscale hotel brand, which is located on Rainbow Boulevard, also includes three new residential guest houses on Buffalo Avenue.
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Mon, Apr 15th 2024 11:15 am
Get ready for a hard rock stage show like no other with Alice Cooper on July 30 at the OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino.
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Mon, Apr 15th 2024 11:15 am
In recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Child Advocacy Center of Niagara (CAC), a service of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center (NFMMC), and Focus on Families, will co-host the seventh annual Walk to End Child Abuse.
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Mon, Apr 15th 2024 11:15 am
West New York Films, Arts, and Media, in collaboration with The SUNY Buffalo State University Chapter of the NAACP, has announced a collaborative effort aimed at "empowering the upcoming fifth annual Niagara Falls Juneteenth Festival celebration."
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Mon, Apr 15th 2024 11:15 am
GiGi's Playhouse, the only network of Down Syndrome Achievement Centers, has selected Cardinal O'Hara High School in Tonawanda as its latest National #GenerationG Heroes Award recipient. This marks the first time a high school has been recognized with this honor.
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Mon, Apr 15th 2024 11:15 am
Fifty-two Buffalo community advocates spent two days last week at the museums of the Equal Justice Initiative as a way to learn about and bring home strategies for racial healing and equity.
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Mon, Apr 15th 2024 11:15 am
The Buffalo History Museum announces the return of its "Party on the Portico" summer concert series, taking place from 6-9 p.m. on "M&T Third Fridays": June 21, July 19 and Aug. 16.
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Mon, Apr 15th 2024 11:15 am
Registrations for the 30th annual Nancy Price Memorial Run are underway, with the race date set for May 10 this year.
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Mon, Apr 15th 2024 08:45 am
The key to growing coffee plants that can better resist climate change in the decades to come may lie in the ancient past.
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Sat, Apr 13th 2024 07:00 am
Good news for commuters! There's a "concrete" time frame for completion of the Thruway overpass at Exit 18B on Grand Island.
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Sat, Apr 13th 2024 07:00 am
On April 8, the sky was overcast, and it looked as if it would remain that way for the entire day. My nephew, Devin, who had brought his family to Grand Island from California to view the eclipse, was busy with his efforts to find the best place to view the eclipse. He checked the radar the day before the eclipse, and he recommended that we travel west toward Ohio.
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Sat, Apr 13th 2024 07:00 am
Adams Fire Co. got a big boost for its eclipse planning and logistics from Bob Weaver Motorsports & Marine Inc. this past week.
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Sat, Apr 13th 2024 07:00 am
David O. Bachert, of Grand Island, passed on April 5, 2024.
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Sat, Apr 13th 2024 07:00 am
John A. Vogel died April 4, 2024.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2024 04:10 pm
Today, prolific singer-songwriter (and frontman of Grammy Award-winning rock band Switchfoot) Jon Foreman has released "I Propose A Toast," a gorgeous, life-affirming anthem that gives fans another preview of his forthcoming LP, "In Bloom" (out May 31).
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Fri, Apr 12th 2024 04:05 pm
Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist Crowder announces 'The EXILE,' due May 31 via sixstepsrecords/Capitol Christian Music Group. Incredibly perceptive and timely, the 12 tracks make up the second album in a three-part trilogy that started with "Milk & Honey" (March 2022).
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Fri, Apr 12th 2024 04:05 pm
Jeremy Camp has released "These Days" featuring Franni Rae. The living-in-the-moment anthemic track is a reimagined version of the previously released version, a Top 10 single on CCM radio.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2024 04:05 pm
Maneet Chauhan was crowned the first two-time champion on Sunday night's finale of "Tournament of Champions V," taking home the biggest prize in the history of the competition of $150,000.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2024 03:15 pm
CBS announced that it has renewed all three hit "FBI" dramas for the 2024-25 broadcast season, with the original "FBI" being renewed for three seasons.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2024 02:50 pm
Niagara County Clerk Joseph A. Jastrzemski, joined by New York State Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles Mark Schroeder and other local dignitaries, celebrated April as "Donate Life Month" at a press event Thursday at the North Tonawanda DMV.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2024 02:20 pm
Worship leader, songwriter and vocalist Skye Reedy releases two singles, "Only Jesus" and "Names of God," from her forthcoming live debut album set to release in June. Click here to listen to these new songs.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2024 02:05 pm
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced record-setting tourism numbers in New York from April 6-9 as visitors arrived for the total solar eclipse. Nearly 1 million people visited New York State Parks over that period, an increase of 45% compared to last year.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2024 01:00 pm
Award-winning songwriter Ellie Holcomb has released a special new project, "All of My Days," which is a Psalms-based album. This beautiful collection of curated scripture has carried her personally through difficult times.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2024 12:50 pm
Today, world-renowned worship leader and songwriter Alexander Pappas releases his first new song in more than 18 months. This song, "A Great Awakening," is the first solo worship song Pappas has released after serving as part of Young & Free and Hillsong.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2024 12:50 pm
Following his third No. 1 single at country radio and in the middle of playing to packed arenas on his headlining tour, multi-Platinum singer-songwriter Riley Green delivers to fans more of his trademark authentic storytelling and classic sound with new EP "Way Out Here."
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Fri, Apr 12th 2024 12:50 pm
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center's P3 Center will host its third annual UPLIFTING Black Maternal Health from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, at the Niagara Falls Train Station, 825 Depot Ave. Organizers said the event aims to "raise awareness about the critical maternal health disparities that disproportionately affect Black mothers."
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Fri, Apr 12th 2024 12:50 pm
Gov. Kathy Hochul today announced 14 state landmarks will be illuminated tonight with the colors blue and green in honor of National Donate Life Blue & Green Day and to recognize the importance of registering as an organ and tissue donor.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2024 12:50 pm
The West Herr Riviera Theatre proudly announces The Gene Simmons Band will perform live at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, as a fundraiser event to benefit the West Herr Riviera Theatre's new lobby expansion project.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2024 12:05 pm
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced more than $21 million in Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) funding to support construction, renovation and maintenance of marinas and other boating facilities for outdoor recreation and waterway access, including more than $600,000 to the state of New York.
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