Jay Tokasz
The Buffalo News
Cheyenne, WY, United States
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Sheriff's Office issues silver alert for missing man, 90
The alert was issued at 10:38 a.m. → Read More
Buffalo man charged with murder in Jan. 5 shooting
Arrested and charged Saturday with second-degree murder and first-degree assault was Jerry Simpson. → Read More
Details revealed on more Buffalo blizzard deaths as 35 names are disclosed
The Buffalo News obtained a list with the names of 35 people who died due to the blizzard in Erie County. Nearly all of the newly identified victims died in Buffalo. Here's what we know. → Read More
Meet Buffalo's 'Doctor of All Shoes': How a bygone trade keeps a business on its feet
As a nameplate on his Hertel Avenue store says, Joseph Bavisotto is "Doctor of All Shoes." → Read More
After Tops shooting, some Black pastors preach forgiveness for killer
There are at least 15 houses of worship within a six-block radius of Tops on Jefferson Avenue. They all face similar challenges in trying to help a community heal from an unspeakable act of violence. → Read More
On the heels of Buffalo mass shooting, more gun sales across New York State
Experts estimate there are now 400 million firearms in civilian hands in the U.S. – more guns than people. → Read More
Elusive Golden Snowball trophy finally makes its way to Buffalo
The Stanley Cup can wait for now. Buffalo has the Golden Snowball award. → Read More
Buffalo's chance to host Golden Snowball trophy melting away, again
The coveted Golden Snowball trophy remains in Binghamton, stranded like a commuter in a blizzard. → Read More
A Muslim wrestler from Buffalo made the Pan-Am Championships. The uniform requirement kept her from participating
Latifah McBryde earned a spot to represent the U.S. at the Pan-American Women's Wrestling Championships. But United World Wrestling denied her request to wear a uniform that conforms with Muslim → Read More
Police deem impromptu blockade of Route 33 Expressway 'extremely dangerous'
Buffalo police were continuing to investigate a blockade of the westbound Kensington Expressway on Saturday evening caused by motorists who stopped their cars to release balloons as a memorial tribute → Read More
Man charged with trying to kill Buffalo police in shooting incident
Shariff L. Shadwick, 36, was charged with attempted murder of a police officer after authorities said he shot at police responding to a call early Sunday morning in the city’s → Read More
Data entry error wrongly lands Lockport company among nation’s worst polluters
The VanDeMark Chemical facility in Lockport landed on the 2019 Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index, a list of the nation’s most toxic corporate polluters, because of a data entry error → Read More
Which WNY companies’ pollution poses biggest potential public health risk?
The Buffalo Niagara region improved when compared to other metropolitan regions in overall total pollution releases to air, water and land – moving from 44th most in the nation in → Read More
Rochester Diocese bankruptcy mediation stalls as Buffalo Diocese negotiations begin in earnest
A controversial $148 million settlement offer in the Diocese of Rochester, along with recent deals of $87.5 million and $121.5 million, respectively, in bankruptcy cases in the Diocese of Camden, → Read More
For Catholic women in Western New York, mixed emotions over Supreme Court abortion ruling
Several parishioners Sunday expressed relief and gratitude for the decision overturning Roe v. Wade. But some expressed mixed emotions about the ruling and worried that it was a step too → Read More
Diocese clears two priests, including one who died recently, of sex abuse claims
The Buffalo Diocese said it has posthumously exonerated the Rev. Robert G. Beiter, who spent the last nine months of his life under a cloud of suspicion due to a → Read More
Rudy Giuliani on stump again, this time for his son, despite role spreading false election fraud claims
He’s been prohibited from practicing law over his false claims of election fraud and portrayed by a congressional committee as a chief architect of illegal efforts to overturn the 2020 → Read More
Body found under Kensington Expressway overpass
Buffalo police discovered the body of a deceased male Saturday near Michigan Avenue and Cherry Street. → Read More
8,000 Falls residents without power as line goes down
About 8,000 National Grid customers in Niagara Falls were without power Saturday evening after the power company lost a transmission line that feeds four substations. → Read More
Woman's heart gives out before family gets second opinion on whether she was brain dead
A family’s efforts to have an outside doctor examine a woman who two months ago was declared brain dead ended early Friday morning when the woman’s heart stopped beating. → Read More