Judith Smentkiewicz's children say that the drug Ivermectin – a pill sometimes used to treat children with head lice or to rid dogs and cats of worms – saved their mother's life.

State Supreme Court Justice Henry J. Nowak on Wednesday granted the restaurants' request for a preliminary injunction to prevent the state from enforcing the Covid-19 restriction.  

The order holds the State Liquor Authority at bay for Papi Grande’s in Amherst, Prescott’s Provisions in Tonawanda and Santora’s Pizza Pub and Grill on Transit Road in Amherst until a court hearing Feb. 26.

The county's announcement does not affect scheduled appointments at sites that are not run by the county, including pharmacies, federally qualified health centers, hospitals and sites run by the state.

Two other victims were found outside the house and taken to Erie County Medical Center, police said.

The latest Covid-19 statistics from state and county departments of health, as well as new data from The New York Times' national Covid-19 tracking project.

Erie County Sheriff's Office Deputy Daniel E. Zlotek was suspended for seven days in 2019 after he ran the license plate of a truck he saw parked in his girlfriend's driveway on a police computer and confronted the owner of the truck, then-Buffalo Bisons baseball player Anthony Alford.