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Hometown Headlines Archives for 2023-07

MONDAY 07/31/2023

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND - TWO OF THEM YESTERDAY IN THE FALLS.

 

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED FROM A SINGLE FIRE THAT DAMAGED TWO HOUSES SUNDAY IN BUFFALO.

 

QUEEN CITY COPS HAVE ARRESTED ONE SUSPECT AND ARE LOOKING FOR MORE IN VANDALISM AT MLK-JR PARK CASINO.

 

A CLARENCE MAN HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED ON TWO FELONY COUNTS FOLLOWING A DOMESTIC INCIDENT EARLIER THIS MONTH.

 

IN SUBURBAN ROCHESTER - POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE DRIVER IN A FATAL HIT-AND-RUN IN IRONDEQUOIT.

 

A “SHOTS FIRED” INCIDENT LATE LAST WEEK HAS LANDED THREE YOUNG BATAVIA MEN BEHIND BARS.

 

A TWICE-CONVICTED FELON FROM JAMESTOWN IS FACING UP TO 50 YEARS IN A FEDERAL PRISON ON DRUG AND GUN CHARGES.

 

GAS PRICES IN WESTERN NEW YORK JUMPED UP ACROSS THE BOARD OVER THE PAST WEEK.

 

AND – LEE HODGES WON THE 3M OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT WHILE CHRIS BUSHER CAPTURED THE NASCAR RACE AT RICHMOND.

FRIDAY 07/28/2023

DANGEROUS HEAT IS IN THE FORECAST TODAY ALONG WITH A HEAT ADVISORY FOR NIAGARA, ORLEANS AND GENESEE COUNTIES.

 

RONALD SPONAUGLE OF LOCKPORT IS FACING A LONG STRETCH IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO SEX CRIMES.

 

A BARKER MAN WAS ARRESTED THIS WEEK ON FOUR FELONY DRUG COUNTS FOLLOWING A TASK FORCE INVESTIGATION.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - TWO OF THEM IN THE CITY OF LOCKPORT.

 

STATE PARK POLICE RESCUED A MAN FROM THE UPPER RAPIDS NEAR THREE SISTERS ISLAND AT NIAGARA FALLS YESTERDAY.

 

CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST A WEST SENECA MAN FOLLOWING A FATAL HEAD-ON CRASH EARLIER THIS WEEK.

 

IN ROCHESTER - POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE TRIGGERMAN FROM A SHOOTING YESTERDAY ON CHAMPLAIN STREET.

 

MEDINA’S FRIDAY NIGHT CRUISE IS “ON THE ROAD” TONIGHT AT THE ORLEANS COUNTY FAIR IN KNOWLESVILLE.

 

AND – THE MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT IS CLOSING IN ON $1B DOLLARS FOR TONIGHT’S DRAWING.

THURSDAY 07/27/2023

LPD OFFICER WADE BOYER RECEIVED A 3-DAY SUSPENSION - WITHOUT PAY - FOR AN OFF-DUTY INCIDENT LAST FALL.

 

FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT TIME - THE COMMON COUNCIL DENIED A PAY RAISE TO THE LOCKPORT CITY TREASURER.

 

THE CITY OF LOCKPORT IS BEING SUED BY A TOWN MOTORCYCLIST WHO WAS INJURED LAST FALL AT MARKET AND EXCHANGE.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND A FIRE WERE REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY YESTERDAY.

 

BASHAWN WRIGHT OF THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT WAS ARRESTED ON SEVEN FELONY DRUG CHARGES.

 

A FALLS MAN CONVICTED OF ARMED ROBBERIES TEN YEARS AGO WILL BE GETTING A NEW TRIAL.

 

GRAND ISLAND TOWN SUPERVISOR JOHN WHITNEY IS STEPPING DOWN FROM HIS JOB FIVE MONTHS EARLY.

 

SURVIVING MEMBERS OF KING HARVEST ARE IN OLCOTT THIS WEEKEND TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF RON ALTBACH.

 

AND – THE BUFFALO BILLS OPENED TRAINING CAMP WEDNESDAY WITH NO “ON OR OFF FIELD” DRAMA TO DISTRACT PLAYERS.

WEDNESDAY 07/26/2023

THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PRINCIPAL IN THE HISTORY OF THE LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN HIRED.

 

CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN ON THE NEW NIAGARA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY AT NCCC.

 

HARASSMENT CHARGES AGAINST TOWN OF LOCKPORT BUSINESS- MAN DAVID MONGIELO HAVE BEEN DISMISSED.

 

A LACKAWANNA TEENAGER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE VICTIM OF A DROWNING YESTERDAY AT WOODLAWN BEACH.

 

A BUFFALO WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED ON MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES IN THE STABBING DEATH OF HER BOYFRIEND.

 

IN ERIE COUNTY COURT - THE KILLER OF A SENECA NATION WOMAN TWO YEARS AGO HAS LEARNED HIS FATE.

 

BUFFALO POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY ON FELONY CHARGES OF VANDALISM AT CAZENOVIA PARK.

 

ROCHESTER P-D HAS TRACKED DOWN A SUSPECT IN A DEADLY STABBING THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK.

 

AND – THE BUFFALO BILLS HAVE OPENED TRAINING CAMP AND HIT THE FIELD AT ST JOHN FISHER THIS MORNING.

TUESDAY 07/25/2023

NEW CHARGES ARE EXPECTED AGAINST THE DRIVER IN A HIT AND RUN IN NIAGARA FALLS THAT SERIOUSLY INJURED A TEEN.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - BOTH HAPPENED IN THE NOON HOUR.

 

IN ERIE COUNTY - A DEPUTY WAS INJURED IN A CRASH WHILE RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC INCIDENT SUNDAY.

 

THE BUFFALO MAN WHO SHOT AND KILLED A WOMAN ON THE WEST SIDE LAST YEAR IS GOING TO PRISON FOR 20 YEARS.

 

A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND A TEACHER IN ERIE COUNTY ARE BOTH FACING SERIOUS CHARGES IN SEPARATE CASES.

 

A DERBY WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF RUNNING OVER AND KILLING HER MOTHER AT A WAYNE COUNTY CAMPGROUND.

 

ROCHESTER P-D HAS IDENTIFIED THE 15-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED THIS PAST FRIDAY.

 

GAS PRICES REMAINED SOMEWHAT STEADY LAST WEEK BUT ARE EXPECTED TO RISE AS DEMAND CONTINUES TO INCREASE.

 

AND – BUFFALO BILLS’ RUNNING BACK AND RETURN SPECIALIST NYHEIM HINES IS OUT FOR THE SEASON WITH AN INJURY.

MONDAY 07/24/2023

THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD - TWO OF THEM TEENS - FOLLOWING A ONE-CAR CRASH IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY SUNDAY.

 

IN NIAGARA FALLS - A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER HE WAS RUN DOWN BY A CAR SATURDAY NIGHT.

 

FOUR WEEKEND TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY AND TWO OF THEM WERE IN LOCKPORT.

 

GUNFIRE IN BUFFALO LEFT ONE MAN DEAD AND TWO OTHERS INJURED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

 

A NIAGARA COUNTY DEPUTY SUFFERED A BROKEN ARM YESTERDAY WHEN A SUSPECT RESISTED ARREST.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A 17-YEAR-OLD FOR TWO RECENT SHOOTINGS - ONE OF THEM A FATAL.

 

IN ALLEGANY COUNTY - STATE POLICE HAVE RELEASED MORE INFORMATION ON A DISTURBING CASE OF ANIMAL CRUELTY.

 

THE WOMAN IN BUFFALO WHO ACCUSED PASTOR DARIUS PRIDGEN OF SEXUAL ABUSE HAS RETRACTED HER ACCUSATIONS.

 

AND – ON THE NASCAR TRACK - DENNY HAMLIN WON AT POCONO RACEWAY SUNDAY IN HIS #11 TOYOTA.

FRIDAY 07/21/2023

STRONG STORMS RIPPED THRU WESTERN NEW YORK LAST NIGHT LEAVING THOUSANDS OF UTILITY CUSTOMERS IN THE DARK.

 

SEVEN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND A BOAT RESCUE ON LAKE ONTARIO REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY.

 

A CRASH IN WYOMING COUNTY YESTERDAY BETWEEN A CAR AND AN 18-WHEELER SENT BOTH DRIVERS TO THE HOSPITAL.

 

AN AMHERST MAN IS FACING SIX YEARS IN A FEDERAL PRISON FOR ASSAULTING A COP AT THE CAPITOL RIOTS.

 

25-YEAR-OLD JARIUS KEDZIERSKI OF WEST SENECA FACES A POSSIBLE LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDERING A MAN A YEAR AGO.

 

REPUBLICANS HAVE HIRED DENNIS VACCO TO CHALLENGE DEMOCRAT-LED CHANGES AT WESTERN O-T-B.

 

THE OPIOID OVERDOSE-REVERSING DRUG NARCAN IS NOW IN VENDING MACHINES IN LOCKPORT AND NIAGARA FALLS.

 

THE NIAGARA COUNTY SPCA WILL PARTNER WITH TONAWANDA’S LUMBERJACK GRILL TO HOST AN ADOPTION EVENT THIS WEEK.

 

AND – TWO CRUISE NIGHTS ARE HAPPENING THIS EVENING - ONE IN MEDINA - THE OTHER IN BARKER.

THURSDAY 07/20/2023

AN 11-YEAR-OLD NIAGARA FALLS GIRL REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER SHE WAS HIT BY A CAR YESTERDAY.

 

THERE WERE THREE OTHER TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY.

 

A HEAD-ON CRASH IN ALLEGANY COUNTY TUESDAY TOOK THE LIFE OF A 62-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM CALEDONIA.

 

IN BUFFALO - COMMON COUNCIL PRESIDENT DARIUS PRIDGEN HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING A SEXUAL PREDATOR.

 

ERIE COUNTY CLERK MICKEY KEARNS IS BACK FROM HIS HONEYMOON AND FACING A SCATHING AUDIT OF HIS OFFICE.

 

ASSEMBLY MEMBER MONICA WALLACE IS CALLING FOR NEW OTB DIRECTORS TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT EMPLOYMENT DEALS.

 

EASTERN HILLS MALL HAS BEGUN THE PROCESS OF TRANSFORMING THE PROPERTY TO A TOWN CENTER.

 

THE WIRELESS ZONE WILL HOST ITS ANNUAL “SCHOOL ROCKS” BACKPACK GIVEAWAY IN BUFFALO JULY 30TH.

 

AND – BIG CHANGES IN THE EXECUTIVE RANKS OF THE BUFFALO BILLS WERE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY.

TUESDAY 07/18/2023

THE SMOKEY, UNHEALTHY AIR FROM CANADIAN WILDFIRES IS EXPECTED TO CLEAR OUT OF OUR REGION BY THIS AFTERNOON.

 

NINE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - THREE OF THEM IN NIAGARA FALLS.

 

CATHOLIC HEALTH’S TEMPORARY E-R ON SOUTH TRANSIT HAS TREATED MORE THAN 1000 PATIENTS IN ITS FIRST MONTH.

 

A GRAND ISLAND MAN IS CHARGED WITH 13 FELONIES AFTER A DRUG RAID ON HIS CARL ROAD HOME.

 

DOORS OPEN THIS AFTERNOON IN BUFFALO AT “DANK” - THE AREA’S FIRST LEGAL POT DISPENSARY.

 

THE SPCA SERVING ERIE COUNTY IS FACING A NEAR-CRISIS SITUATION FROM ANIMAL CRUELTY RESCUES.

 

THE NEW LIONS CUBS AT THE BUFFALO ZOO - NOW KNOWN AS THE “FAB FOUR” - HAD THEIR SIX-WEEK CHECK-UP MONDAY.

 

TWO MEN ARE IN CUSTODY IN GENESEE COUNTY AFTER TAKING DEPUTIES THERE ON A WILD CAR CHASE.

 

AND – MARTIN TRUEX JR ROARED TO A WIN IN THE RAIN-DELAYED CRAYON 301 NASCAR RACE AT NEW HAMPSHIRE MONDAY.

MONDAY 07/17/2023

SMOKE FROM CANADIAN WILDFIRES HAS ONCE AGAIN TRIGGERED AN “AIR QUALITY ALERT” FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

 

A TOWN OF LOCKPORT MAN - ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS SISTER LAST MONTH - HAS BEEN FOUND INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND A RESCUE CALL AT THE CANAL  REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY SUNDAY.

 

NO INJURIES TO RESIDENTS OR PETS AFTER A MINOR HOUSE FIRE ON FIEGLE ROAD IN PENDLETON YESTERDAY.

 

IN BUFFALO - A 21-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS CRITICALLY INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY A CAR IN ELMWOOD VILLAGE SATURDAY.

 

A CITY-WIDE DRUG RAID AT THREE SEPARATE ADDRESSES IN BUFFALO RESULTED IN SEVEN ARRESTS LATE LAST WEEK.

 

A CHOCOLATE LAB NAMED “TUCKER” HELPED PENNSYLVANIA COPS FIND ESCAPED MURDER SUSPECT MICHAEL BURHAM SATURDAY.

 

TWO MEN ARE IN CUSTODY IN GENESEE COUNTY AFTER TAKING DEPUTIES THERE ON A WILD CAR CHASE.

 

AND – CARLOS ALCARAZ WON AT WIMBLEDON WHILE RORY McILROY TOOK THE TROPHY IN GOLF’S SCOTTISH OPEN.

Friday 07/14/2023

A FATAL MORNING MOTORCYCLE CRASH ON TRANSIT NEAR MILLERSPORT HAD TRAFFIC BACKED UP ON ROUTE 78.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND A FIRE IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - TWO OF THE CAR CRASHES WERE IN N-T.

 

A FULL HOUSE WAS ON HAND FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT I-D-A YESTERDAY MORNING.

 

A RESOLUTION TO GIVE THE LOCKPORT CITY TREASURER A PAY RAISE FAILED TO PASS THE COMMON COUNCIL WEDNESDAY.

 

IN PENDLETON - TWO HOUSEHOLD RESIDENTS CAME IN CONTACT WITH A RABID BAT RECENTLY.

 

57 TRAFFIC STOPS AND NINE ARRESTS RESULTED FROM THE 4TH OF JULY “STOP-DWI” ROUND-UP.

 

MORE GUNFIRE ON THE STREETS OF BUFFALO SENT A QUEEN CITY MAN TO B-G-H TUESDAY.

 

IN ROCHESTER - A SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY IN  WEDNESDAY’S FATAL SHOOTING OF A 38-YEAR-OLD MAN ON GENESEE STREET.

 

AND – SAM NICHOLSON TOPS THE LEADERBOARD AT THE PORTER CUP GOLF TOURNAMENT IN LEWISTON.

THURSDAY 07/13/2023

FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE MASS SUPERMARKET SHOOTING VICTIMS IN BFLO HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST MULTIPLE COMPANIES.

 

A 21-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IS DEAD AFTER FIRE TORE THRU A HOME ON EMPIRE STREET IN BUFFALO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

 

QUEEN CITY COPS HAVE TWO MORE SHOOTINGS TO INVESTIGATE FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - INCLUDING A HIT-&-RUN IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

 

IN ROCHESTER - A 38-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON GENESEE STREET YESTERDAY.

 

A NEW SIENA COLLEGE POLL REVEALS THAT 61% OF NEW YORKERS WORRY ABOUT BECOMING THE VICTIM OF CRIME.

 

THE U-S POSTAL SERVICE IS HOSTING A JOB FAIR IN BUFFALO TOM’R FOR IMMEDIATE OPENINGS IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

 

THE NIAGARA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS NOW TAKING APPOINTMENTS FOR A RABIES CLINIC THIS SATURDAY.

 

AND – HORSE RACING FANS ARE PUMPED FOR THE 155TH SEASON OF RACING AT SARATOGA THAT OPENS TODAY.

WEDNESDAY 07/12/2023

IN LOCKPORT - A MAN AND A WOMAN HAVE BEEN INDICTED ON DRUG SALE CHARGES AFTER A TASK FORCE INVESTIGATION.

 

18-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA McPHAIL OF LOCKPORT IS HEADED TO PRISON FOR FIVE YEARS FOR WEAPONS POSSESSION.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - TWO OF THEM INVOLVING MOTORIZED SCOOTERS.

 

A “STOP-DWI ROUND-UP” IN BUFFALO LAST WEEKEND HAD 86 TRAFFIC STOPS AND TEN ARRESTS.

 

THE REWARD FOR ESCAPED PRISONER MICHAEL BURHAM HAS SHOT UP TO NEARLY $20,000 AS THE SEARCH CONTINUES.

 

FROM ROCHESTER - KRISTIN KRUEGER WILL SPEND THE NEXT TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR STABBING A MAN TO DEATH IN 2021.

 

THE ERIE COUNTY FAIR IS LOOKING FOR THE “ULTIMATE FAIR FAN” AS THE ANNUAL EVENT COMES UP NEXT MONTH.

 

THE POWERBALL LOTTERY JACKPOT IS AT $725M FOR TONIGHT’S DRAWING - SEVENTH LARGEST IN ITS HISTORY.

 

AND – THE NATIONAL LEAGUE BROKE A 9-GAME LOSING STREAK WITH A 3-2 WIN IN LAST NIGHT’S ALL-STAR GAME.

TUESDAY 07/11/2023

A SUSPECT IN A LOCKPORT HOMICIDE JULY 2ND IS APPARENTLY IN CUSTODY - BUT LPD IS NOT NAMING HIM AT THIS TIME.

 

JAMES WILSON OF LOCKPORT IS CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AFTER A DISTURBING INCIDENT SUNDAY.

 

FOUR MEN ARE FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER A POLICE PURSUIT IN NEWFANE AND LOCKPORT EARLY YESTERDAY.

 

THE SEARCH FOR ESCAPED PRISONER MICHAEL BURHAM HAS THE ATTENTION OF ABOUT 100 LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.

 

THE CLEAN-UP CONTINUES IN ONTARIO COUNTY AFTER SEVERE WEEKEND FLOODING HIT THE AREA.

 

A CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LYNDONVILLE THAT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE WILL NOT BE RE-BUILT ACCORDING TO THE DIOCESE.

 

A MURDER CONVICTION FROM A FATAL 2016 SHOOTING AT BUFFALO’S ANCHOR BAR HAS BEEN OVERTURNED.

 

THE MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY JACKPOT IS CLOSING ON ON THE HALF-BILLION DOLLAR MARK.

 

AND – LOOK FOR WNY’ER JONAH HEIM IN TONIGHT’S ALL-STAR GAME - HE’S AN AMHERST GRAD AND PLAYS FOR THE A-L.

MONDAY 07/10/2023

POLICE IN BUFFALO CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE TRAGIC FATAL SHOOTING OF A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL FRIDAY.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY SUNDAY - ONE IN CAMBRIA - THE OTHER IN HARTLAND.

 

SIX PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS AFTER A TWO-ALARM FIRE RAVAGED THEIR HOME IN SOUTH BUFFALO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

 

A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER HE WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA VANDALIZING A NORTH BUFFALO CHURCH.

 

IN ROCHESTER - TWO MEN IN THEIR 20’S ARE RECOVERING AFTER INJURING EACH OTHER IN A KNIFE FIGHT.

 

THE CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY D-O-H IS WARNING RESIDENTS OF A SECOND BITING INCIDENT INVOLVING A RABID GRAY FOX.

 

COLONEL JOSEPH CONTINO IS THE NEW COMMANDER OF THE 914TH AIR REFUELING WING IN NIAGARA FALLS.

 

WITH FINE SUMMER WEATHER ON TAP - THE MONDAY NIGHT CRUISE IN LOCKPORT GETS UNDER WAY AT 5:30 TODAY.

 

AND – IN TENNIS - JESSICA PEGULA HAS MADE IT TO THE QUARTERFINALS AT WIMBLEDON FOR THE FIRST TIME.

FRIDAY 07/07/2023

DISGRACED FALLS ATTORNEY NICHOLAS D’ANGELO IS GOING TO JAIL FOR SIX MONTHS WITH TEN YEARS PROBATION TO FOLLOW.

 

23 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FOR WELFARE FRAUD IN NIAGARA COUNTY DURING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2023.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - TWO OF THEM HAPPENED IN CAMBRIA.

 

IN BUFFALO - A REWARD OF UP TO $7500 IS BEING OFFERED IN A QUEEN CITY KILLING THAT HAPPENED WEDNESDAY.

 

TWO BUFFALO AREA MEN HAVE RECEIVED LONG PRISON TERMS FOR THEIR RECKLESS USE OF FIREARMS.

 

THE FATAL FIRE IN MARCH THAT KILLED BUFFALO FIREFIGHTER JASON ARNO HAS BEEN RULED AN ACCIDENT.

 

IN ROCHESTER - GUNFIRE SENT A 21-YEAR-OLD MAN TO STRONG MEMORIAL WITH MULTIPLE WOUNDS LAST NIGHT.

 

A CAR CRUISE IN MEDINA, PIRATE FESTIVAL IN OLCOTT AND THE TASTE OF BUFFALO ALL HAPPEN THIS WEEKEND!

 

AND – BILLS’ PLAY-BY-PLAY VOICE JOHN MURPHY WILL NOT BE BEHIND THE MIC TO START THE SEASON IN SEPTEMBER.

THURSDAY 07/06/2023

TWO HOMICIDES IN TWO DAYS ON THE STREET OF BUFFALO HAVE QUEEN CITY COPS LOOKING FOR SUSPECTS.

 

GUNFIRE AMID THE FIREWORKS ON THE 4TH OF JULY IN NIAGARA FALLS SENT A 46-YEAR-OLD CITY MAN TO ECMC.

 

FOUR VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES HELPED EXTINGUISH A BIG BARN FIRE IN THE TOWN OF NEWFANE LAST NIGHT.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - ALL REPORTED UNKNOWN INJURIES.

 

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NIAGARA, ORLEANS AND GENESEE COUNTIES THRU 8 TONIGHT.

 

A POWER OUTAGE AT THE BUFFALO-NIAGARA AIRPORT YESTERDAY CAUSED FLIGHT DELAYS STILL AFFECTING TRAVEL TODAY.

 

A GENESEE COUNTY MAN WAS KILLED MONDAY IN AN ATV ACCIDENT ON MAPLE ROAD IN THE TOWN OF ALABAMA.

 

IN ROCHESTER - GUNFIRE THAT STARTED ON THE 4TH OF JULY HAS SENT SEVEN PEOPLE TO CITY HOSPITALS.

 

AND – THE “NO SWIMMING” SIGN HAS GONE UP AT OLCOTT’S KRULL PARK BEACH DUE TO UNSAFE BACTERIA LEVELS.

WEDNESDAY 07/05/2023

LOCKPORT POLICE CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR THE TRIGGERMAN IN SUNDAY NIGHT’S FATAL SHOOTING DOWNTOWN.

 

THREE PEOPLE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER A TWO-CAR CRASH IN THE CITY OF TONAWANDA MONDAY.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY AND TUESDAY - BOTH REPORTING POSSIBLE INJURIES.

 

REGIONALLY - ROCHESTER POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO A FATAL HIT-AND-RUN THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF A 62-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.

 

ERIE COUNTY COMPTROLLER KEVIN HARDWICK SAYS AN AUDIT HAS TURNED UP MISSING MONEY IN THE COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE.

 

NO OFFICIAL AIR QUALITY ADVISORIES ARE POSTED TODAY - BUT THE “SMOKEY SMELL” WAS EVIDENT EARLY THIS MORNING.

 

THE BUFFALO BROADCASTERS HALL OF FAME HAS ANNOUNCED ITS SEVEN INDUCTEES FOR THE “CLASS OF ‘23.”

 

A NEW ICE CREAM TRUCK MAY SOON BE SEEN IN NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND LOCKPORT AND WESTERN NEW YORK.

 

AND – DESPITE THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY - GAS PRICES UPSTATE REMAIN RELATIVELY STEADY FOR THE 5TH WEEK.

MONDAY 07/03/2023

LPD OFFICERS WERE ON SITE AT A REPORTED SHOOTING OVERNIGHT AT 39 LOCUST NEAR WALNUT - DOWNTOWN.

 

IN BUFFALO - POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO A PAIR OF SEPARATE SHOOTINGS ON THE WEST SIDE AND NEAR U-B’S SOUTH CAMPUS.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY SUNDAY - ONE IN THE FALLS - THE OTHER IN CAMBRIA.

 

NEARLY A HALF MILLIONS DOLLARS IN DAMAGE WAS DONE TO A WILLIAMSVILLE HOME IN A WEEKEND FIRE.

 

A BARN BLAZE IN NEWSTEAD DESTROYED A STRUCTURE ON DRAPER ROAD AND DID $200-THOUSAND IN DAMAGE.

 

IN ALLEGANY COUNTY - A MAN IS CHARGED WITH TYING UP THE OWNER OF A PIT BULL AND BURNING HIS DOG TO DEATH.

 

AN ON-LINE SEXUAL EXCHANGE WITH AN UNDERAGE GIRL HAS LANDED A TONAWANDA MAN IN PRISON FOR SEVEN YEARS.

 

DISGRACED FORMER WNY CONGRESSMAN CHRIS COLLINS WANTS TO RUN AGAIN - BUT THIS TIME IN FLORIDA.

 

AND – RICKIE FOWLER FINALLY CAPTURED A PGA TOURNAMENT SUNDAY AFTER 96 EVENTS SINCE HIS LAST TITLE.

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