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WEDNESDAY 05/15/2024

THE VICTIM AND THE DRIVER IN THE MONDAY NIGHT ACCIDENT ON OLD BEATTIE IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT HAVE BEEN ID’D.

 

TWO ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - BOTH IN THE 5 P-M HOUR IN THE CITY AND TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

 

AN ELMA WOMAN FACES UP TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY IN A FATAL HIT-AND-RUN IN JANUARY.

 

A FORMER BUFFALO OFFICE MANAGER IS LOOKING AT A PRISON TERM FOR STEALING MORE THAN $700,000 FROM HER FIRM.

 

A LUNCH AIDE AT ST PETER’S IN LEWISTON HAS BEEN FIRED FOR AN INAPPROPRIATE INTERACTION WITH STUDENTS.

 

IN BATAVIA - A MAN IS LOCKED UP AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING AND STRANGLING A PERSON.

 

GOVERNOR HOCHUL IS HOPING NEW LAWS CONNECTED TO LAST YEAR’S LOCKPORT CAVE INCIDENT WILL BE SIGNED SOON.

 

FACING BANKRUPTCY - RED LOBSTER HAS CLOSED ITS THREE LOCATIONS IN ERIE COUNTY.

 

AND - BOSTON AND EDMONTON WON ON THE NHL ICE WHILE THE KNICKS AND NUGGETS WON IN THE NBA.

TUESDAY 05/14/2024

TODAY MARKS THE 2-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF BUFFALO’S SUPER- MARKET MASSACRE THAT CLAIMED TEN LIVES.

 

TWO INJURY ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - INCLUDING ONE THAT REQUIRED MERCY FLIGHT.

 

THE PARENTS OF A CHEEKTOWAGA TODDLER WHO DIED FROM FENTANYL EXPOSURE ARE CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER.

 

A ROCHESTER MAN HAS ADMITTED THAT HE THREATENED TO SHOOT MAYOR MALIK EVANS AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE ADAM BELLO.

 

A THRUWAY AUTHORITY OFFICIAL IS SPEAKING OUT AFTER ONE EMPLOYEE WAS KILLED AND ANOTHER INJURED LAST WEEK.

 

HUNDREDS ATTENDED THE SUNDAY PREMIERE OF A FILM MADE BY BUFFALO STATE STUDENTS CALLED THE WRONG ROAD.

 

BUFFALO BROADCASTING HALL OF FAMER JIM SANTELLA - A WELL KNOWN ROCK D-J - HAS DIED AT AGE 86.

 

HAMBURG’S “ALBERT THE ALLIGATOR” - SEIZED IN MARCH BY D-E-C OFFICIALS - IS AT HIS NEW HOME IN TEXAS.

 

AND - CAROLINA AND DALLAS WON ON THE NHL ICE WHILE THE CELTICS AND THE THUNDER WON IN THE NBA.

MONDAY 05/13/2024

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND - ALL WITH UNKNOWN INJURIES.

 

AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN A GRINDING TWO-CAR CRASH IN DOWNTOWN BUFFALO EARLY YESTERDAY.

 

A MOTORCYCLIST FROM CHEEKTOWAGA WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED SATURDAY WHEN HIS BIKE SLAMMED INTO AN S-U-V ON I-290.

 

IN ROCHESTER - THREE POLICE OFFICERS ARE RECOVERING AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN SEPARATE CRASHES.

 

TWO YEARS AFTER A TOWN OF LOCKPORT TRAFFIC STOP - FORMER BILLS’ LINEBACKER ALEX CARRINGTON HAS A TRIAL DATE.

 

FIRE INSPECTORS IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY ARE LOOKING INTO A FATAL FIRE THAT TOOK TWO LIVES IN ELLICOTTVILLE.

 

NEW YORK STATE FLAGS WILL FLY AT HALF STAFF TODAY IN HONOR OF A THRUWAY EMPLOYEE WHO WAS KILLED LAST WEEK.

 

REVIEWS WERE MIXED AFTER AN A-I ROBOT DELIVERED THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT D’YOUVILLE THIS WEEKEND.

 

AND - FLORIDA AND VANCOUVER WON ON THE NHL ICE WHILE THE PACERS AND T’WOLVES WON IN THE NBA.

FRIDAY 05/10/2024

IT'S THE END OF AN ERA AS LOCKPORT NATIVE AND LONGTIME BUFFALO BILLS ANNOUNCER JOHN MURPHY IS ENDING HIS RUN AS THE ‘VOICE OF THE BILLS.’ 

 

THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IS ACCUSING TESLA OF PREVENTING ITS BUFFALO WORKERS FROM FORMING A UNION.

 

TWO FALLS RESIDENTS ARE BEING INDICTED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES IN CONNECTION TO A KIDNAPPING OF A 77-YEAR-OLD MAN EARLIER THIS YEAR. 

 

NIAGARA SHORES CAMP GROUND AND CONFERENCE CENTER SAYS THEY ARE WORKING ON CATCHING UP ON LOAN PAYMENTS AFTER BEING SERVED WITH A DEFAULT NOTICE.

 

THE CITY OF LOCKPORT IS LOOKING FOR A NEW DOG SHELTER PROVIDER AFTER THE SPCA SAYS IT WILL NO LONGER CONTRACT WITH MUNICIPALITIES TO TAKE IN STRAYS. 

 

TWO ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED ON THE COUNTY FIRE WIRE THURSDAY. 

 

JERSEY MIKE'S SAYS ITS OPENING ITS FIRST LOCATION IN NIAGARA COUNTY NEXT WEEK. 

 

THE OWNER OF CHRUSCIKI BAKERY SAYS IS CLOSING ONE OF ITS LOCATIONS.

 

AND IN SPORTS THE YANKEES FELL TO THE ASTROS 4-3 IN THE BRONX.

THURSDAY 05/09/2024

A 21-YEAR-OLD SKATEBOARDER WAS KILLED IN A HIT-AND-RUN  ON BUFFALO’S WEST SIDE WEDNESDAY.

 

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY YESTERDAY - WITH SERIOUS INJURIES - TOOK PLACE IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

 

BUFFALO POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED MADJID ELBERT AS THE MAN SHOT AND KILLED OUTSIDE A HERTEL AVENUE TAVERN TUESDAY.

 

IN MONROE COUNTY - A BROOKLYN MAN IS ACCUSED IN THE MARCH KIDNAPPING OF A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

 

A SECOND PERSON HAS NOW DIED FROM A DOUBLE SHOOTING IN THE ROCHESTER SUBURB OF HAMLIN TWO WEEKS AGO.

 

AN I-T SPECIALIST FROM LANCASTER HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO GRAND LARCENY FOR FALSELY BILLING CUSTOMERS.

 

AN AUTO DEALER IN NIAGARA FALLS WANTS TO CONVERT A VACANT THEATRE INTO A WHOLESALE AUTO PARTS FACILITY.

 

THE NOCO ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY HAS INTRODUCED MICHAEL CASCIANO AS ITS NEW PRESIDENT.

 

AND - FLORIDA AND VANCOUVER WON ON THE NHL ICE WHILE THE KNICKS PICKED OFF THE PACERS IN THE NBA.

WEDNESDAY 05/08/2024

A NORTH BUFFALO TAVERN HAS BEEN CLOSED AFTER A FIGHT TURNED FATAL THERE EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING.

 

MOHAMMED MIA OF BUFFALO PLEADED GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER IN THE 2021 KILLING OF HIS FATHER-IN-LAW.

 

FIRE INVESTIGATORS IN AMHERST ARE LOOKING INTO WHAT CAUSED A $300,000 KITCHEN BLAZE IN GETZVILLE.

 

AFTER A MISHAP IN LOCKPORT YESTERDAY - TWO MORE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS.

 

YESTERDAY’S EARLY MORNING ACTIVITY BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MIDDLEPORT WAS PART OF AN ON-GOING INVESTIGATION.

 

GARRIEN HOWARD OF NIAGARA FALLS IS FACING FOUR DRUG COUNTS AFTER BEING ARRESTED IN LEWISTON.

 

A JAMESTOWN MAN WITH A HISTORY OF DRUG POSSESSION IS FACING 20 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER HIS LATEST ARREST.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SUSPICIOUS DEATH AFTER A BODY WAS FOUND IN A CITY BASEMENT.

 

AND - THE RANGERS AND AVALANCHE WON ON THE ICE WHILE BOSTON AND OKLAHOMA CITY CRUISED IN THE NBA.

TUESDAY 05/07/2024

BUFFALO P-D IDENTIFIED THE 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL GUNNED DOWN AND KILLED OVER THE WEEKEND AS JAZZMINE FOMBY.

 

A WOMAN FACES SERIOUS CHARGES AFTER CRASHING A STOLEN CAR IN LEWISTON EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING.

 

A TRIO OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS MONDAY.

 

TWO MEN WERE KILLED IN A SINGLE CAR CRASH SUNDAY NIGHT IN MONROE COUNTY NEAR OAK HILL COUNTRY CLUB.

 

ROCHESTER’S MAYOR AND CITY POLICE ARE CALLING FOR AN END TO VIOLENCE AFTER SIX HOMICIDES OVER THE WEEKEND.

 

34-YEAR-OLD BRITTANY VINOVRSKI OF LOCKPORT HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH EIGHT FELONY DRUG COUNTS.

 

A TOWN OF TONAWANDA MAN LOST HIS LICENSE AND HIS JOB AFTER CRASHING A STREET SWEEPER A YEAR AGO.

 

THE CITY OF LOCKPORT SCHOOL BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR WILL BE PRESENTED AT A PUBLIC HEARING TOMORROW EVENING.

 

AND - THE BOSTON BRUINS WON ON THE ICE WHILE MINNESOTA STUNNED DENVER AGAIN IN THE NBA.

MONDAY 05/06/2024

A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS DEAD AND FIVE TEENS WOUNDED AFTER WEEKEND GUN VIOLENCE ON BUFFALO’S EAST SIDE.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING FIVE HOMICIDES THAT HAPPENED IN THE CITY SINCE FRIDAY.

 

MONROE COUNTY DEPUTIES REPORT A FATAL CRASH THAT TOOK PLACE LATE LAST NIGHT NEAR OAK HILL COUNTRY CLUB.

 

FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED HERE IN NIAGARA COUNTY SUNDAY AND EARLY THIS MORNING.

 

APRIL’S TRAFFIC SAFETY ENFORCEMENT CAMAPAIGN IN THE COUNTY RESULTED IN MORE THAN 750 TICKETS ISSUED.

 

TWO NIAGARA FALLS MEN HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE OWNERS OF A PITBULL THAT WAS SHOT AND KILLED LAST FALL.

 

CHAD FIFER HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AS THE NEW PRESIDENT AND C-E-O OF THE AQUARIUM OF NIAGARA.

 

SENATORS AND ASSEMBLYMAN ARE BACK AT THE STATE CAPITOL TODAY WITH 18 DAYS LEFT IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

 

AND - MYSTIC DAN WON THE KENTUCKY DERBY IN A THREE-HORSE PHOTO FINISH SATURDAY.

FRIDAY 05/03/2024

THE RAPE CASE INVOLVING A NIAGARA FALLS POLICE OFFICER WILL BE GOING TO A COUNTY GRAND JURY.

 

THREE LOCKPORT MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF HAVING DRUGS WITH INTENT TO SELL.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - ONE EACH IN THE CITY AND TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

 

AFTER 15 ARRESTS MID-WEEK AT U-B - THE CAMPUS WAS CALM THURSDAY FOLLOWING VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS.

 

THE WEBSTER POLICE CHIEF HAS ISSUED A STATEMENT ON THE RECENT TRAFFIC STOP INVOLVING THE MONROE COUNTY D-A.

 

A ROCHESTER MAN FACES UP TO 12 YEARS IN PRISON FOR HIS ROLE IN A FATAL HIT-AND-RUN LAST YEAR.

 

IN LABOR NEWS - MORE LAYOFFS AT THE WNY TESLA PLANT AND 30 JOBS MAY BE LOST IN THE BUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

 

DESPITE A MILD WINTER - BUFFALO ONCE AGAIN GETS UPSTATE NEW YORK’S GOLDEN SNOWBALL FOR THE MOST SNOW.

 

AND - THE BRUINS AND THE LEAFS GO TO GAME SEVEN IN THE NHL PLAYOFFS - THE KNICKS AND PACERS GO ON IN THE NBA.

THURSDAY 05/02/2024

AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED AN APARTMENT HOUSE ON   20TH STREET IN NIAGARA FALLS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - TWO IN MIDDLEPORT AND ONE IN WHEATFIELD.

 

AN ASSAULT INSIDE THE NIAGARA COUNTY JAIL HAS RESULTED IN FOUR INMATES BEING ARRAIGNED ON CHARGES.

 

TWO ERIE COUNTY MEN FACE LONG PRISON TERMS AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY IN STATE SUPREME COURT TRIALS.

 

A PAIR OF TEENS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER BEING SHOT DURING A FIGHT IN THE ROCHESTER SUBURB OF GREECE.

 

A GENESEE COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF MAKING A BOMB THREAT IN MARCH AGAINST BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL.

 

AN ALDERMAN AND THE POLICE CHIEF ARE SUGGESTING RAISING THE AGE OF LOCKPORT’S CURFEW LAW.

 

BUFFALO MAYOR BYRON BROWN PROPOSED A 9% PROPERTY TAX INCREASE AT HIS STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS YESTERDAY.

 

AND - IN SPORTS - EDMONTON K-O’D THE KINGS IN THE NHL PLAYOFFS WHILE BOSTON HAMMERED THE HEAT IN THE NBA.

WEDNESDAY 05/01/2024

AS EXPECTED - DEMOCRAT TIM KENNEDY SWEPT TO AN EASY WIN IN THE 26TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT YESTERDAY.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - BOTH WHERE A VEHICLE HIT EITHER A PARKED CAR OR A BUILDING.

 

A FATAL ROAD RAGE INCIDENT IN ERIE COUNTY MAY LAND A SPRINGVILLE MAN IN PRISON FOR 15 YEARS.

 

A MEXICAN TRUCK DRIVER IS BEHIND BARS AFTER HE WAS BUSTED ON A CHILD PORN CHARGE AT THE PEACE BRIDGE.

 

A POSTAL WORKER FROM ANGOLA HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY FOR STEALING MAIL.

 

IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY - A MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR DRUG POSSESSION.

 

A FORMER AMERICAN LEGION COMMANDER IN ONTARIO COUNTY IS CHARGED WITH GRAND LARCENY IN THE THEFT OF $92-GRAND.

 

AMAZON NOW HAS MORE THAN 100 ELECTRIC TRUCKS DELIVERING PACKAGES IN NIAGARA AND ERIE COUNTY.

 

AND - IN THE NHL - CAROLINA AND COLORADO WON THEIR SERIES WHILE PHILLY, CLEVELAND AND MILWAUKEE WON NBA GAMES.

TUESDAY 04/30/2024

A SUSPECT HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN THE DOUBLE HOMICIDE THAT HAPPENED IN BUFFALO OVER THE WEEKEND.

 

LAST WEEK - BUFFALO P-D ARRESTED FIVE PEOPLE IN TWO STOLEN VEHICLE INCIDENTS - ONE WAS A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

 

TWO LATE DAY TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE REPORTED IN N-T AND THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

 

FOR RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE 26TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT TODAY IS A SPECIAL ELECTION DAY.

 

FIVE TOPS MARKETS OWNED BY THE PERNA FAMILY HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED BY THE PARENT ORGANIZATION.

 

THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE IS SET TO RETURN TO LOCKPORT THIS MONTH AFTER A FOUR YEAR HIATUS.

 

MONROE COUNTY D-A SANDRA DOORLEY IS APOLOGIZING FOR DISRESPECTING A POLICE OFFICER DURING A TRAFFIC STOP.

 

“SOPHIA” - THE A-I ROBOT - WILL GIVE THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS THIS MONTH AT D’YOUVILLE IN BUFFALO.

 

AND - IN THE NHL - FLORIDA ELIMINATED TAMPA WHILE OVER IN THE NBA - DENVER K-O’D THE L-A LAKERS.

MONDAY 04/29/2024

BUFFALO POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THREE HOMICIDES THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND.

 

A TOWN OF NIAGARA MAN IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER A CARJACKING AND POLICE PURSUIT EARLY SATURDAY.

 

NIAGARA COUNTY VOLUNTEERS BATTLED FIRES IN NEWFANE AND THE TOWN OF NIAGARA THIS WEEKEND.

 

A TRIO OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS KEPT COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS BUSY SUNDAY IN WILSON, NEWFANE AND GASPORT.

 

TWO PEOPLE ARE IN CUSTODY AFTER A WOMAN WAS STABBED DURING A FIGHT SUNDAY IN ROCHESTER.

 

A SATURDAY NIGHT STABBING ON ROCHESTER’S WEST SIDE SENT A CITY MAN TO STRONG MEMORIAL.

 

INDEPENDENT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROBERT F KENNEDY JR CAMPAIGNED IN SUBURBAN BUFFALO THIS WEEKEND.

 

WORKS OF ART FROM THE NORDIC REGION HAVE OPENED AT BUFFALO’S A-K-G ART MUSEUM.

 

AND - THE BUFFALO BANDITS WON IN OT SATURDAY TO MOVE ON TO THE N-L-L SEMI-FINALS.

FRIDAY 04/26/2024

THE OWNER OF A LOCKPORT SPA IS BEING ACCUSED OF RUNNING A PROSTITUTION RING.

 

TWO AREA MOTORCYCLISTS ARE BEING CITED FOR DOZENS OF TICKETS DURING THIS WEEKS TRAFFIC PATROL BLITZ. 

 

A 39-YEAR-OLD WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO PASS NARCOTICS TO AN INMATE AT THE NIAGARA COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. 

 

LOCKPORT MAYOR JOHN LOMBARDI SAYS A DIRECTIVE TO NOT HAVE DEPARTMENT HEADS SPEAK TO THE MEDIA IS ONLY TEMPORARY. 

 

A FORMER EMPLOYEE IS SUING RESTAURANT OWNER RUSS SALVATORE ALLEGING SEXUAL HARRASSMENT.

 

THE TOWN OF LEWISTON IS BANNING SHORT TERM RENTALS IN ITS NEIGHBORHOODS. 

 

STORES ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT OF THE BOULEVARD MALL AS PLANS FOR A MIXED USE FACILTY ON THE SITE BEGIN TO RAMP UP. 

 

A BUFFALO WOMAN IS ADMITTING TO BEING INVOLVED IN A HIT-AND-RUN THAT LEFT TWO PEOPLE HURT.

 

AND IN SPORTS, THE BUFFALO BILLS HAVE STILL YET TO MAKE A PICK IN THIS YEAR'S NFL DRAFT AFTER TRADING THEIR 28TH OVERALL PICK TO THE CHIEFS.

THURSDAY 04/25/2024

A GAG ORDER TO CITY HALL WORKERS FROM LOCKPORT MAYOR JOHN LOMBARDI IS BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT ITS LEGALITY.

 

THE FEDERAL RAID OF A TOWN OF LOCKPORT SPA IS RELATED TO A SIX-MONTH CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.

 

A CIVIL LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST THE NEW YORK BEER PROJECT BY TWO FORMER EMPLOYEES.

 

IN BUFFALO - SIX PEOPLE ARE BEING ASSISTED BY THE RED CROSS FOLLOWING A FIRE ON THE EAST SIDE.

 

11 PETS WERE RESCUED BY FIREFIGHTERS FROM A HOUSE BLAZE THIS WEEK ON EMERSON DRIVE IN AMHERST.

 

JAYLA MEULLER OF COLDEN PLEADED GUILTY TO THREE COUNTS OF MANSLAUGHTER DUE TO HER RECKLESS DRIVING.

 

AN ARGUMENT OVER A VIDEO GAME IN BUFFALO RESULTED IN A TEEN BEING ARRESTED AND ANOTHER BEING HOSPITALIZED.

 

IT LOOKS LIKE BUFFALO-NIAGARA BENEFITTED TO THE TUNE OF $15M FROM THE RECENT SOLAR ECLIPSE.

 

AND - ALL EYES ARE ON DETROIT TONIGHT AS THE NFL DRAFT FOR 2024 GETS UNDERWAY.

WEDNESDAY 04/24/2024

A LOCKPORT DRIVER MAY FACE CHARGES AFTER HE RAN DOWN A PEDESTRIAN ON YOUNGS ROAD IN AMHERST TUESDAY.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY YESTERDAY - ONE IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT - THE OTHER IN N-T.

 

NIAGARA FALLS POLICE OFFICER MARTICE PORTER PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THREE RAPE COUNTS AT HIS ARRAIGNMENT TUESDAY.

 

BRIANNA FERGUSON OF LOCKPORT WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK ON FOUR FELONY DRUG COUNTS.

 

TWO VETERAN WOMAN EDUCATORS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO NEW POSITIONS AT MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH AND SUNY NIAGARA.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN ONE OF THREE HOMICIDES THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEKEND.

 

IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY - ONE PERSON IS RECOVERING AFTER A HOUSE FIRE ON FULTON STREET IN OLEAN YESTERDAY.

 

TWO LOCAL COURT OFFICERS AND A LOCKPORT COP WILL BE HONORED AT TONIGHT’S COMMON COUNCIL MEETING.

 

AND - WE HAVE THE RESULTS OF LAST NIGHT’S PLAYOFF ACTION IN BOTH THE N-H-L AND THE N-B-A.

TUESDAY 04/23/2024

NIAGARA FALLS POLICE OFFICER MARTICE PORTER IS IN THE COUNTY JAIL CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF RAPE.

 

SEVEN MOTHERS OF CHILDREN WHO ATTENDED SWEET ANGELS DAYCARE IN NEWFANE HAVE FILED LAWSUITS.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - BOTH IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

 

A CHEEKTOWAGA MAN IS UNDER ARREST FOR HIS ROLE IN A FATAL CRASH IN FEBRUARY THAT KILLED A WOMWN.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A THIRD HOMICIDE IN JUST THE PAST TWO DAYS.

 

NEW YORK VOTERS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH GOVERNOR HOCHUL ACCORDING TO THE LATEST POLL FROM SIENA COLLEGE.

 

GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO INCREASE AT A RAPID PACE ACROSS ALL OF UPSTATE NEW YORK.

 

BATAVIA NATIVE AND FORMER A-P CORRESPONDENT TERRY ANDERSON DIED SUNDAY AT HOME AT THE AGE OF 76.

 

AND - THE BUFFALO SABRES HAVE HIRED LINDY RUFF TO TAKE OVER THE COACHING DUTIES OF THE STRUGGLING N-H-L TEAM.

MONDAY 04/22/2024

EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AFTER FIRE TORE THROUGH A LARGE 2-STORY HOUSE IN THE VILLAGE OF WILSON FRIDAY.

 

A WEEKEND BLAZE IN BUFFALO SENT TWO FIREFIGHTERS AND TWO RESIDENTS TO THE HOSPITAL.

 

A TRIO OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAPPENED IN NIAGARA COUNTY THIS WEEKEND - INCLUDING TWO IN THE LOCKPORT AREA.

 

LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE COUNTY HAS STEPPED UP PATROLS THIS WEEK LOOKING FOR AGGRESIVE DRIVERS.

 

19-YEAR-OLD KALIQUE MILLER OF NIAGARA FALLS IS ON HIS WAY TO STATE PRISON FOR 30 YEARS.

 

BUFFALO P-D IS SEARCHING FOR THE WOMAN WHO THEY SAY IS CONNECTED TO THE KIDNAPPING OF TWO CHILDREN.

 

POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A PAIR OF DEADLY SHOOTINGS ON THE STREETS OF ROCHESTER THIS WEEKEND.

 

THREE WEEKS PAST DEADLINE - ALBANY LAWMAKERS FINALLY PASSED A $237B-DOLLAR STATE BUDGET.

 

AND - THE BUFFALO BANDITS WILL HOST THE GEORGIA SWARM IN A NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE PLAYOFF GAME SATURDAY.

FRIDAY 04/19/2024

SIX PEOPLE HAVE NOW BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A POLICE PURSUIT IN CHEEKTOWAGA THIS WEEK.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - THAT INCLUDED A CAR FIRE IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

 

A BUFFALO MAN WHO ROBBED FOUR AREA CONVENIENCE STORES HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 46 YEARS IN STATE PRISON.

 

A PASSER-BY RESCUED TWO CHILDREN FROM A BURNING BUILDING IN SOUTH WALES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

 

BUFFALO ZOO OFFICIALS ARE DEFENDING THEIR UNPOPULAR DECISION TO RAISE TICKET PRICES BY 44%.

 

IT’S CANAL CLEAN SWEEP WEEKEND FOR VOLUNTEERS FROM ONE END OF NEW YORK STATE TO THE OTHER.

 

WATCH OUT FOR TRAFFIC DELAYS AROUND HIGHMARK STADIUM TONIGHT AND TOMORROW FOR THE LUKE COMBS CONCERT.

 

BUFFALO BILLS’ G-M BRANDON BEANE SAID HE COULD TRADE UP OR DOWN IN NEXT WEEK’S N-F-L DRAFT.

 

AND - THE BUFFALO BANDITS HAVE ONE MORE REGULAR SEASON GAME BEFORE HEADING INTO THE NLL PLAYOFFS.

THURSDAY 04/18/2024

THE CITY OF LOCKPORT IS TAKING CIVIL ACTION AGAINST A LANDLORD WHO FAILED TO PAY FINES FOR 30 CODE VIOLATIONS.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - ONE IN CAMBRIA - THE OTHER IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

 

A BUFFALO MAN WHO DROVE DRUNK AND HIGH IN A FATAL WRONG- WAY CRASH LAST SUMMER FACES 25 YEARS IN PRISON.

 

JOB CUTS HAVE BEGUN AT TESLA’S SOUTH BUFFALO FACILITY WHERE 285 WORKERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LAID OFF.

 

A SILVER CREEK MAN WAS ARRESTED THIS WEEK AFTER DRUG BUSTERS RAIDED HIS RESIDENCE.

 

EARLY VOTING FOR THE APRIL 30TH SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE 26TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT BEGINS THIS WEEKEND.

 

AT LONG LAST - IT LOOKS LIKE A SONIC DRIVE-IN WILL BE COMING TO NIAGARA COUNTY ON MILITARY ROAD.

 

NYSEG CUSTOMERS WILL FIND TWO DISCOUNTS ON THEIR NEXT BILL - ONE FOR GAS AND ONE FOR ELECTRIC.

 

AND - CANISIUS IS INTRODUCING TIFFANY SWOFFARD AS ITS NEW HEAD COACH FOR THE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PROGRAM.

WEDNESDAY 04/17/2024

DAVANTE THOMPSON OF BUFFALO WILL SPEND THE NEXT 40 YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR STABBING THREE FAMILY MEMBERS.

 

THE BUFFALO MAN WHO SHOT A WOMAN - THEN ENTERED A METH CLINIC ARMED WITH A GUN - HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO CHARGES.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - BOTH HAPPENED IN PENDLETON.

 

DEMOCRAT TIM KENNEDY HAS FILED A LAWSUIT TO HAVE NATE McMURRAY’S NAME REMOVED FROM THE JUNE PRIMARY BALLOT.

 

COUNTY LEGISLATOR JEFFREY ELDER SAYS HE WILL RUN AGAINST ANGELO MORINELLO FOR THE STATE’S 145TH ASSEMBLY SEAT.

 

A 21-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS GUNNED DOWN ON SAWYER STREET IN ROCHESTER LAST NIGHT.

 

ALL MOTORCYCLE REGISTRATIONS IN NEW YORK STATE EXPIRE APRIL 30TH AND MUST BE RENEWED BEFORE THEN.

 

CHANNEL 4 NEWS ANCHOR JACQUIE WALKER WILL RETIRE IN MAY AFTER MORE THAN 40 YEARS ON THE JOB.

 

AND - THE SABRES FIRED HEAD COACH DON GRANATO TUESDAY AFTER THE TEAM MISSED MAKING THE PLAYOFFS AGAIN.

TUESDAY 04/16/2024

NEWFANE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT LISA KRUEGER IS LEAVING AFTER LESS THAN A YEAR FOR THE SAME ROLE IN WEST SENECA.

 

DOMINIC ROSSELLI OF LOCKPORT HAS ACCEPTED A PLEA DEAL IN A WEAPONS CASE AGAINST HIM DATING BACK TO NOVEMBER.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - WERE REPORTED IN N-T, THE FALLS AND LEWISTON.

 

THE BODY OF A YOUNG BUFFALO BOY - MISSING SINCE 2020 - HAS BEEN FOUND - AND HOMICIDE HAS BEEN RULED.

 

THE JURY IN THE RICHARD METCALF WRONGFUL DEATH TRIAL HAS AWARDED HIS FATHER $95M!

 

75-YEAR-OLD BARBARA GUILDAY HAS BEEN ID’D AS THE VICTIM OF A FIRE IN THE ROCHESTER SUBURB OF GREECE SUNDAY.

 

SPRING GAS PRICES CONTINUE GOING UP AT PUMPS ALL ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK.

 

AFFORDABLE EATING IS ON THE MENU THRU THIS FRIDAY AS BUFFALO RESTAURANT WEEK KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR.

 

AND - THE SABRES STRUCK THE LIGHTNING FOR A 4-2 WIN IN THEIR SEASON FINALE LAST NIGHT.

MONDAY 04/15/2024

TWO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY NEAR SYRACUSE LAST NIGHT.

 

FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND - THREE IN THE LOCKPORT AREA.

 

THE $20M - SEVEN STORY - CAMBRIA HOTEL NIAGARA FALLS WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN FOR BUSINESS TODAY.

 

M&T BANK IS BRINGING ITS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION LAB TO NIAGARA COUNTY NEXT MONTH.

 

IN BUSINESS NEWS - RITE AID IS CLOSING ONE OF ITS FOUR LOCKPORT LOCATIONS IN MAY.

 

A MAN WHO BROUGHT GUNS TO SELL ON THE STREETS OF BUFFALO WILL SPEND THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS IN A FEDERAL PRISON.

 

A FATAL FIRE IN THE ROCHESTER SUBURB OF GREECE CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A 75-YEAR-OLD WOMAN YESTERDAY.

 

A WEEK AFTER THE GREAT SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 2024 IT’S CLEAR THAT A MILLION PEOPLE DID NOT VISIT BUFFALO-NIAGARA.

 

AND - THE SABRES LACE THEIR SKATES ONE FINAL TIME TONIGHT IN TAMPA WHERE THEY TAKE ON THE LIGHTNING AT 7.

FRIDAY 04/12/2024

$800,000-DOLLARS WAS THE DAMAGE TAB IN A HOUSE FIRE THAT TORE THRU A GETZVILLE HOME WEDNESDAY.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - ONE IN NEWFANE - THE OTHER IN PENDLETON.

 

FORMER TEAMMATES ARE REFLECTING ON THE LIFE OF EX-BILLS STAR O.J. SIMPSON - WHO DIED WEDNESDAY.

 

CHRISTOPHER WALTERS OF BUFFALO IS GOING TO PRISON FOR 25 YEARS TO LIFE FOR TRYING TO MURDER HIS GIRLFRIEND.

 

IN ROCHESTER - A MAN WAS STRUCK AND KILLED IN A HIT-&-RUN ON DRIVING PARK AVENUE YESTERDAY.

 

A DUNKIRK MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR FELONY WEAPONS POSSESSION.

 

TAXES ARE DUE THIS MONDAY AND THE I-R-S HAS SOME GOOD TIPS FOR LAST MINUTE FILERS.

 

ROCK ‘N ROLL HALL-OF-FAMERS AEROSMITH HAVE ADDED A BUFFALO STOP TO THEIR UPCOMING PEACE OUT TOUR.

 

AND - THE SABRES CLIPPED THE CAPITALS 4-2 LAST NIGHT IN THEIR FINAL HOME GAME OF THE SEASON.

THURSDAY 04/11/2024

FORMER LOCKPORT CITY CLERK RICHELLE PASCERI WILL BE PAID FOR HER WRONGFUL TERMINATION FOUR YEARS AGO.

 

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY WAS REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN LOCKPORT YESTERDAY MORNING.

 

STATE POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE CRASH OF A SMALL PLANE AT THE CLARENCE AERODROME YESTERDAY.

 

ERIE COUNTY EXECUTIVE MARK POLANCARZ SAYS HE WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR GOING TO OHIO TO VIEW THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.

 

A SMALL GROUP OF CATHOLIC PARISHIONERS ARE ASKING THE VATICAN TO LAUNCH AN INQUIRY INTO BISHOP FISHER.

 

A WEST SENECA MAN WHO DROVE AWAY FROM A FATAL ACCIDENT IN 2022 HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS PROBATION.

 

QUEEN CITY COPS ARE LOOKING FOR LEADS IN A SHOOTING THAT SENT TWO MEN TO ECMC THIS PAST SUNDAY.

 

IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY - A WOMAN IS IN JAIL AFTER TAKING DEPUTIES ON A SECOND CAR CHASE IN A MONTH.

 

AND - THE SABRES PLAY THEIR FINAL HOME GAME OF THE SEASON TONIGHT WHEN THEY HOST THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS.

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