The appeal filed last week by the East Side Parkways Coalition and residents living around Route 33 focuses on the public ...

Buffalo Common Council members want answers on why police did not immediately inform public about an alleged June 17th gun ...

The courts are now named the "Mayor Anthony M. Masiello Basketball Courts" in recognition of his decades of public service, civic leadership, and commitment to youth recreation and development.

If you want to sue Dunkirk for its financial mismanagement, you should pull out your own checkbook. City resident Ryan Reading cited court costs in a statement recently updating the OBSERVER about his ...

The law books record it as State of Tennessee v. John T. Scopes. History remembers it as the “ Monkey Trial .” The case ...

A name change and lies couldn't hide a South Korean woman's previous deportations from the U.S. in an unusual case that landed her in federal custody.

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's campaign of arresting and deporting college faculty and ...

The Supreme Court’s first chief justice, John Jay, would have empathized with the billionaires who’ve been freaking out ever ...

A group of Buffalo parishes object to the diocese’s requirement that they pay huge portions of cash into the diocese’s $150 ...

"Manny" Stokes was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to murder and attempted murder charges.

Following a very active primary campaign that at one time saw nine potential Democratic candidates, the November ballot for mayor of Buffalo is set (or is it?) with Sean Ryan as the Democratic and ...

New York State Court officers were stabbed and slashed inside a lower Manhattan court Monday morning, officials said.