A dead body was recovered from the Erie Canal near Ellicott Creek Park on Thursday, Town of Tonawanda Police said. Officers responded to a call of a possible dead body around 8:30 a.m. The deceased, an adult male, appeared to have been in the water for several days; foul play is not suspected at this time.A Buffalo man has admitted to killing his stepdaughter in August 2024, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office said. Peter D. Brown, 39, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter on Thursday. A Buffalo councilman wants to make part of the Chippewa Entertainment District “adults only.”Smokey skies still lingered over much of WNY on Thursday, as people could still smell and taste it in the air. Residents can expect it to remain until storms pass through this weekend.A Lancaster man, 56 year old Ian Knobloch, faces up to 30 years in prison after bilking more than 30 people out of more than a million dollars in a scheme involving the sale of forklifts.