Lancaster News

LANCASTER, N.Y. - The parents of a teen bicyclist killed by a drunk driver are speaking out after the man who killed their son pleaded guilty as charged.

LANCASTER, N.Y. - The man who hit and killed a 14-year-old from Lancaster pleaded guilty as charged on Thursday.

LANCASTER,NY -Imagine sitting on your back porch, when a bullet flies by and narrowly misses your family.

LANCASTER, N.Y. - A man who attempted to prey on children using Facebook will spend the next six-and-a-half years in jail.

Uniland Development Co. must pay back $490,000 in federal aid the company received in 2003 to help develop a still-vacant industrial park in Lancaster, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has decided.

Peter Zink doesn't mince words. He's describing the way he remembers a vacant lot on the banks of the Buffalo River the last time he drove through the Old First Ward.

LANCASTER, NY - Area production company Def-Tone Pictures Studios is filming a couple scenes for the upcoming movie "Ombis" in a number of locations around the area.

A portion of Ransom Road in the Town on Lancaster was closed while crews worked to repair a water main break.

Timothy Handel testifying Friday morning in his murder trial, portrayed himself as a dedicated dad and his girlfriend Katie Connolly as a woman who was overwhelmed and distraught in the days before her disappearance last July.

Phase II of the waterline replacement project is a go in the village of Silver Creek.

Lancaster, NY - If your travels take you along Transit Road in Depew, Lancaster or Cheektowaga, be prepared to travel a bit slower than normal.

Katie Connolly's co-workers testified Tuesday morning in the trial of the man charged with killing her, her boyfriend Timothy Handel.

My older brother seems to have aged quickly in the last couple of years. I hadn't really given it much thought until I saw him at the end of last week, when it suddenly occurred to me why: In 2009, he became a school board member.

Two motorcyclists are hospitalized in Erie County Medical Center with serious injuries after separate, unrelated crashes during the last two days.

"Our best customer is a guy who can appreciate workmanship, who can appreciate value, who appreciates longevity of style," says John Huber of O'Connell's Clothing on Main Street.

James J. Allen is in the eye of the storm over the role of suburban industrial development agencies.

Canadian John Dickson has a celebrated exhibition history starting in the late 1990s.

LANCASTER, N.Y. - The driver accused of killing a 14-year-old boy on a bike will be back in court Tuesday.

BUFFALO, N.Y. - The man who helped chase down an accused hit and run driver is being hailed a hero.

Lancaster is the most frugal school district in Western New York, according to the latest statistics from the New York State Education Department.