For the first time in 20 years, the City of Buffalo held an inauguration ceremony for a newly elected mayor, as Sean Ryan took his oath of office.

They include caps on EpiPen prices, a ban on Styrofoam coolers and an expansion of who can authorize organ donations.

As Sean Ryan prepares to be sworn-in as Buffalo mayor on New Year's Day, here's a look back at his road to office. Potholes and all.

For 38 years, Downtown Buffalo's Electric Building has been the place where Buffalo watches the New Year ball drop but people have been gathering around the building on important days for more than a century.

As crews prepare for the annual ball drop in downtown Buffalo, several surrounding blocks will be closed or restricted to vehicle traffic.

Plenty of snow will be falling long before the lighted ball drops in downtown Buffalo. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for five of the eight counties of Western New York.

A small Catholic church in Orchard Park, New York shows how churches can become more accessible to disabled parishioners.

The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo has established a new fund intended to support the cash-strapped city.

The longtime South Buffalo councilmember, and later council president, ascended to the mayor's office in October 2024 following the resignation of Mayor Byron Brown.

The longtime leader of an iconic Niagara Falls tourist attraction has died. James Glynn, who first worked at Maid of the Mist in 1950, then bought the company in 1971, passed away on Sunday at the age of 91.

A winter storm warning is still in effect through Friday for Wyoming, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Southern Erie Counties.

Lawmakers are reconsidering prison sentencing and rehabilitation with the Earned Time Act, the Marvin Mayfield Act, and the Second Look Act.