Cheektowaga News

The semifinals were set Saturday night. In the elimination bracket Cheektowaga's Liz Johnson will take on Tonawanda's Mike Zarcone.

Hospice Buffalo officials say income related to patient care at the end of life is driving other hospital and nursing home providers to expand their palliative care programs, holding onto patients longer before referring families to hospice services.

Pole Position Raceway, a chain of indoor motor sports entertainment facilities featuring electric go karts, will open a site at Walden Galleria this fall.

High temperatures should reach the low 70s tomorrow and could inch up a bit on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service office in Cheektowaga.

Firefighters rescued a teenager from Indian Falls Thursday night. He was taken by Mercy Flight to Erie County Medical Center.

Just recently a man was swallowed up and killed by a sinkhole that opened underneath his bed while he was sleeping in his Florida home.

There may be a sign of a solution for that headache of vacant, foreclosed homes which fall into disrepair.

Cheektowaga, N.Y. US Senator Chuck Schumer joined with Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority officials to call upon the Department of Homeland Security to approve grant funding for the WNY Counter-Terrorism Team.

From left, Western New York Parrot Head Club Vice President Bob Schiele, Island native Mary Moore-Hazel from Make-A-Wish, along with David Cohen, president and founder of the Western New York club aligned with Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" theme, stand behind the "check" and cause to improve quality of life and grant wishes to children with ... (more)

As the chair of the Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Senator Catharine Young announced that the bi-partisan commission charged with addressing the needs of rural New York has chalked up several policy victories so far this year.

Joe Tasker's moment came Saturday when Tasker pried open a car door using the Jaws of Life, rescuing an imaginary victim in the back seat of makeshift car wreck at William Street's Doyle Hose Co.

A veterinarian in Cheektowaga, N.Y., has performed an act of compassion for a young, throw away puppy who was gravely injured and thrown away like garbage, reported Thursday's YNN.com. Dr.

The Erie Canal Discovery Center has announced the winners of its Erie Canal Song Contest.

License plate readers are a high-tech tool that instantly alert police to a potential problem, and every department News 4 contacted says this new tool is worth the investment.

A local business owner knows the importance of changing with the times, which is why his sports bar has remained successful for close to 40 years.

Trocaire College President Bassam M. Deeb announced that Joyce Markiewicz, President & CEO, Catholic Health Home Care Services, will address the May graduating class of 2013 as this year's commencement speaker.

The 69th annual Sixth District Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Ladies' Auxiliary will be held on Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18 at the Pvt.

The Erie Canal Discovery Center has announced the winners of its Erie Canal Song Contest.