BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Storm-battered Buffalo braced Tuesday for fresh snow while still counting fatalities and striving to recover from the deadliest storm in western New York in at least two generations. Mayor Byron Brown’s…

Cara Barkdoll, longtime Register of Deeds, will retire at the end of the week. A ceremony will be from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, in the assembly room in the basement of the…

Volunteer firefighters battled bitterly cold temperatures in a pair of fires over the weekend. The first call came in shortly after noon Friday, when Humboldt firefighters were called to the home of Sandy Butler in…

MEMPHIS (AP) — Kansas and Arkansas meet in the Liberty Bowl Wednesday.  This will mark the Jayhawks’ first bowl appearance since the end of the 2008 season. Kansas started 5-0 and cracked the AP Top…

The Kansas State football team arrived in New Orleans on Monday for the start of Sugar Bowl week. So did Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide. It won’t be long before kickoff arrives at…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs wouldn’t be in the race for a first-round bye in the AFC without Patrick Mahomes, who is charting a course toward a second MVP, along with…

DENVER (AP) — There was a time when an NBA team had some sense of how things were shaping up by Christmas. Even if just a glimmer of its place in the overall landscape. Then…

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos fired first-year head coach Nathaniel Hackett on Monday with two games left in the season. Team owner and CEO Greg Penner said he’ll lead the search for a…

NEW YORK — When Jacque Vaughn was at the tail end of his NBA career as a backup point guard for the San Antonio Spurs, Mike Budenholzer was an assistant on Gregg Popovich’s staff. Budenholzer,…

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — J.J. Watt could be a terrifying presence on a football field, hunting opposing quarterbacks with unparalleled ferocity, particularly during the early 2010s with the Houston Texans. But the 6-foot-5, 288-pounder also…