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Hometown Headlines Archives for 2023-09

FRIDAY 09/29/2023

MONROE COUNTY DEPUTIES HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF THE MAN WHO WAS KILLED IN A FIERY CRASH INVOLVING HIS CAR AND A SCHOOL BUS.

 

LOCKPORT CAVES AND NIAGARA ZIPPER ARE FILING A CLAIM NOTICE AGAINST THE CITY OF LOCKPORT. 

 

A BUFFALO MAN IS FACING UP TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO A CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE.

 

MULTIPLE MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS WITH INJURIES WERE REPORTED ON AREA ROADWAYS THURSDAY. 

 

THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS IN LANCASTER, CHEEKTOWAGA, AND DEPEW WERE IN THE DARK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THANKS TO A POWER FAILURE. 

 

THE TOWN OF NEWFANE SAYS ITS SETTING NEW FEES FOR CODE VIOLATORS. 

 

THE BUFFALO FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS DEDICATED A NEW FIRE TRUCK TO A MEMBER WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

 

THE NORTH TONAWANDA CITY MARKET IS GOING TO BE GIVING OUT FREE FOOD TO VISITORS TOMORROW.

 

THE 10TH ANNUAL LOCKTOBERFEST RETURNS THIS WEEKEND.

 

IN SPORTS - THE BUFFALO BILLS ARE GOING TO BE BACK ON THEIR HOME FIELD THIS WEEKEND AS THEY LOOK TO PICK UP A THIRD STRAIGHT WIN.

 

AND - THE SABRES LOST TO THE PENGUINS IN PRE-SEASON ACTION THURDAY.   

THURSDAY 09/28/2023

NEW YORK STATE HAS OFFICIALLY BANNED THE USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOLS.

 

JANUARY 8TH IS THE TARGETED OPENING DAY FOR THE BUFFALO MEDICAL GROUP’S NEW “HEALTHCARE HUB” ON TRANSIT ROAD.

 

ORLEANS COUNTY IS SAYING “NO” TO NEARBY GENESEE COUNTY’S PLAN TO DUMP WASTEWATER IN THE OAK ORCHARD RIVER.

 

MATTHEW GERWITZ OF TONAWANDA IS GOING TO PRISON FOR A LONG TIME AFTER HE WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER.

 

IN MONROE COUNTY - ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND TWO INJURED AFTER A FIREY CRASH BETWEEN A CAR AND A SCHOOL BUS.

 

F-B-I AGENTS RAIDED A PEARL STREET HOME IN BATAVIA YESTERDAY AND ARRESTED ONE PERSON.

 

MORE THAN $2B-DOLLARS WAS SPENT ON TOURISM IN THE BUFFALO-NIAGARA METRO IN 2022.

 

U-P-S WANTS TO HIRE ROUGHLY 750 EMPLOYEES AHEAD OF A PROJECTED BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON.

 

AND – THE MAPLE LEAFS SCORED A 5-2 PRE-SEASON WIN OVER THE SABRES AT ST THOMAS ONTARIO LAST NIGHT.

WEDNESDAY 09/27/2023

MONDAY NIGHT’S SUSPECTED SHOOTER IN THE WENDY’S LOT ON TRANSIT SURRENDERED TO STATE POLICE YESTERDAY.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY ROADWAYS TUESDAY - WITHIN MILES OF EACH OTHER.

 

FORMER NEWFANE DAYCARE WORKER KAREN ANTERLINE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES IN NEWFANE TOWN COURT YESTERDAY.

 

ONE TIME STATE PARKS WORKER - KEVIN COTTRELL OF NIAGARA FALLS - ADMITTED TO LARCENY COUNTS TUESDAY.

 

TWO AREA HIGH SCHOOLS WILL FORFEIT FOOTBALL GAMES THIS WEEK FOR BAD BEHAVIOR ON THE FIELD LAST FRIDAY.

 

IN ROCHESTER - MORE INFORMATION HAS BEEN RELEASED ON AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING MONDAY.

 

THE DEADLINE TO APPLY TO TAKE THE NEW YORK STATE POLICE EXAM IS THIS SATURDAY.

 

TONIGHT’S POWERBALL JACKPOT IS THE FOURTH LARGEST IN THE GAME’S HISTORY - $835M!

 

AND – THE SABRES BEAT UP THE BRUINS 4-1 IN A PRE-SEASON NHL GAME AT KEYBANK CENTER LAST NIGHT.

TUESDAY 09/26/2023

STATE POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO A SHOOTING IN THE WENDY’S PARKING LOT LAST NIGHT THAT SENT A VICTIM TO ECMC.

 

IN BUFFALO - TROOPERS ARE INVESTIGATING GUNFIRE THAT WAS DIRECTED AT THE RICH PRODUCTS BUILDING.

 

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

 

A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT HAS RESTORED A LAWSUIT AGAINST WESTERN OTB’S C-E-O AND BOARD CHAIRMAN.

 

27-YEAR-OLD RAQUAN REID HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 13 YEARS IN PRISON FOR HIS ROLE IN A 2020 BUFFALO HOMICIDE.

 

STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A ONE-CAR WEEKEND CRASH IN EVANS THAT CRITICALLY INJURED THE DRIVER.

 

A “SHOTS FIRED” CALL IN ROCHESTER LAST NIGHT LED TO A CAR CHASE, FOOT CHASE AND A SUSPECT BEING SHOT.

 

COUNTRY STARS KANE BROWN AND TIM McGRAW HAVE ANNOUNCED CONCERT DATES IN BUFFALO NEXT SPRING.

 

AND – THE EAGLES AND BENGALS BOTH WON THEIR GAMES ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.

MONDAY 09/25/2023

A GENESEE COUNTY MAN IS IN THE NIAGARA COUNTY JAIL ON A LEANDRA’S LAW D-W-I CHARGE.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS OVER THE WEEKEND - THREE OF THEM ON ROUTE 31.

 

TRAFFIC INVESTIGATORS IN BUFFALO ARE LOOKING INTO A MULTI-VEHICLE WEEKEND CRASH ON THE KENSINGTON.

 

QUEEN CITY COPS ARE INVESTIGATING TWO WEEKEND SHOOTINGS - ONE OF WHICH INVOLVED A POLICE OFFICER.

 

SIX PEOPLE ESCAPED INJURY SAFELY WHEN FIRE RAVAGED THEIR CRESCENT AVENUE APARTMENT BUILDING EARLY SUNDAY.

 

LAMONT BROWN OF NIAGARA FALLS IS FACING NUMEROUS DRUG CHARGES FOLLOWING A 9-MONTH INVESTIGATION.

 

THE ROCHESTER MURDER TRIAL OF KELVIN VICKERS - ACCUSED OF KILLING A CITY COP - BEGINS TODAY.

 

THE MAN KNOWN AS THE “BIKE PATH KILLER” DIED FRIDAY OF AN APPARENT SUICIDE.

 

AND – THE BILLS WHACKED WASHINGTON WHILE MIAMI BLEW OUT THE BRONCOS SETTING THE STAGE FOR SUNDAY’S GAME IN O-P.

FRIDAY 09/22/2023

NIAGARA COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE VOICING THEIR FRUSTRATION AS THE COUNTY'S AMBULANCE SERVICE STRUGGLES TO GET UP AND RUNNING.

 

TONAWANDA POLICE SAY THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRACK DOWN THE SUSPECT WHO WAS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN A STABBING EARLIER THIS MONTH.

 

BUSY DAY ON AREA ROADWAYS THURSDAY, AS FIRST RESPONDERS WERE CALLED OUT TO MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS IN THE AREA. 

 

THE LOCKPORT P.D. IS WELCOMING A NEW OFFICER TO ITS RANK. 

 

THE CITY OF LOCKPORT WILL BE HOSTING ANOTHER HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION THIS WEEKEND. 

 

THE POPULAR NORTH TONAWANDA CITY MARKET HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN NAMED THE BEST FARMERS MARKET IN THE COUNTRY. 

 

NIAGARA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE SAYS IT HAS A NEW PARTNER FOR ITS COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSE PROGRAM. 

 

THE TOWN OF LEWISTON WILL BE HOSTING A WILDLIFE FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND. 

 

IN SPORTS - THE UNBEATEN WASHINGTON COMMANDERS ARE SET TO HOST JOSH ALLEN AND THE BUFFALO BILLS AT FEDEX FIELD ON SUNDAY. 

 

AND IN THE NHL, TRANING CAMP IS OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY WITH PRESEASON GAMES SET TO BEGIN THIS WEEKEND. 

THURSDAY 09/21/2023

A FORMER BUFFALO BILLS PLAYER IS JAILED IN NIAGARA COUNTY FOR IGNORING 4 ORDERED PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATIONS.

 

THREE MORE PASSENGERS INJURED IN THE LOCKPORT CAVES BOAT CAPSIZING IN JUNE HAVE FILED LEGAL CLAIMS.

 

DANIEL WARMUS OF ALDEN WAS ARRAIGNED ON HARASSMENT CHARGES IN LOCKPORT CITY COURT WEDNESDAY.

 

A CAR STRUCK A PEDESTRIAN AT EAST ROBINSON AND SWEENEY IN NORTH TONAWANDA ABOUT 9:20 LAST NIGHT.

 

A BUFFALO MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON MURDER CHARGES IN A SHOOTING DEATH LAST WEEK IN UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS.

 

IN SPRINGVILLE - A WOMAN HAS ADMITTED STARTING A FIRE IN AN APARTMENT HOUSE THAT DISPLACED TENANTS.

 

THE ROCHESTER MURDER TRIAL OF KELVIN VICKERS - ACCUSED OF KILLING A CITY COP - BEGINS TODAY.

 

AN ALLEGANY COUNTY MAN HAS HAD EIGHT NEW CHARGES ADDED TO HIS FEDERAL INDICTMENT IN A STRIP CLUB CASE.

 

AND – BILLS’ QB JOSH ALLEN HAS BEEN NAMED AFC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR THE 11TH TIME.

WEDNESDAY 09/20/2023

THE WOMAN WHO INTENTIONALLY RAN DOWN A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN NIAGARA FALLS SUNDAY TURNED HERSELF IN YESTERDAY.

 

A 32-YEAR-OLD SNYDER WOMAN DIED MONDAY NIGHT AFTER SHE FELL FROM A MOVING TOW TRUCK ON THE THRUWAY.

 

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS TUESDAY - ABOUT 8:30 P-M IN WHEATFIELD.

 

40-YEAR-OLD KEVIN MOORE OF LOCKPORT FACES UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO CHILD PORN CHARGES.

 

TWICE CONVICTED FELON - DANIEL RODRIGUEZ - FROM NORTH TONAWANDA IS NOW LOOKING AT 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON.

 

A TONAWANDA MAN WAS ACQUITTED ON MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES TUESDAY BUT FOUND GUILTY OF WEAPONS POSSESSION.

 

A SUBURBAN ROCHESTER WOMAN WILL GO TO PRISON FOR A DRUNK DRIVING CRASH THAT TOOK TWO LIVES IN 2021.

 

THE BUFFALO ZOO CREW WANTS VISITORS TO HELP THEM NAME TWO NEW LION CUBS.

 

AND – BILLS FANS ARE CLAIMING “STICKER SHOCK” AFTER SOME PAID $60-DOLLARS (AND MORE) TO PARK AT SUNDAY’S GAME.

TUESDAY 09/19/2023

THE FALLS P-D IS LOOKING FOR THE WOMAN WHO INTENTIONALLY RAN DOWN A GROUP OF PEOPLE SUNDAY EVENING.

 

FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAPPENED IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - TWO OF THEM IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

 

A NIAGARA COUNTY JURY TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR TO FIND NATHAN MARZIALE OF LOCKPORT GUILTY IN A FATAL HIT-AND-RUN.

 

A CONVICTED FELON FROM WILSON HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO GUN AND DRUG COUNTS THAT COULD PUT HIM IN PRISON FOR LIFE.

 

IN BUFFALO - THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AFTER DEADLY WEEKEND GUNFIRE IN THE ALLENTOWN DISTRICT.

 

THE BUFFALO MAN WHO WAS AN ACCOMPLICE IN A FATAL SHOOTING LAST YEAR WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY.

 

THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTHORITY WILL RAISE TOLLS 5% IN JANUARY AND ANOTHER 5% IN 2027.

 

A “TAKE FIVE” LOTTERY TICKET SOLD IN ELLICOTTVILLE LAST THURSDAY IS WORTH OVER $17,500 TO THE ONE HOLDING IT.

 

AND – NINE FOOTBALL FANS WERE EJECTED FROM SUNDAY’S BILLS-RAIDERS GAME - INCLUDING ONE WHO GOT NAKED.

MONDAY 09/18/2023

BUFFALO DETECTIVES ARE LOOKING INTO A PAIR OF WEEKEND HOMICIDES - ONE A SHOOTING - THE OTHER A STABBING.

 

A BUFFALO FIREFIGHTER WAS INJURED BATTLING A BLAZE ON THE CITY’S LOWER WEST SIDE SUNDAY.

 

FOUR WEEKEND TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY - ALL OF THEM REPORTED ON SATURDAY.

 

IN ROCHESTER - JURY SELECTION BEGINS TODAY IN THE TRIAL OF A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A CITY POLICE OFFICER.

 

A POSTAL WORKER IN JAMESTOWN HAS BEEN INDICTED ON SIX COUNTS OF THEFT OF GIFT CARDS AND CASH FROM THE MAIL.

 

A NEW LAW IN NEW YORK REQUIRES BUSINESSES TO DISCLOSE COMPENSATION RATES FOR ALL JOB POSTINGS.

 

THERE’S A NEW REPORT THAT SHOWS THE NUMBER OF TOBACCO RELATED CANCERS IN NEW YORK HAVE DROPPED.

 

WITH HALLOWEEN COMING NEXT MONTH - “FRIGHTWORLD” IN BUFFALO WILL OPEN THIS THURSDAY.

 

AND – THE BILLS ROUGHED UP THE RAIDERS 38-10 SUNDAY TO IMPROVE THEIR RECORD TO 1-AND-1.

FRIDAY 09/15/2023

A WOMEN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO PASS DRUGS TO AN INMATE AT THE COUNTY JAIL WAS BUSTED THIS WEEK.

 

IN BUFFALO - POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO A SHOOTING IN THE DELAVAN-GRIDER AREA THAT SENT A MAN TO ECMC.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - ONE WITH REPORTED INJURIES IN PENDLETON.

 

THE PLASTICS COMPANY THAT WANTS TO LOCATE IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT HAS AMMENDED ITS PROPOSAL.

 

A FATAL SHOOTING IN ERIE COUNTY LAST WEEKEND MAY HAVE BEEN JUSTIFIED ACCORING TO THE D-A’S OFFICE.

 

NEW LAWS IN NEW YORK ARE DESIGNED TO CRACK DOWN ON ANNOYING TELEMARKETING CALLS.

 

THE DEDICATION OF THE “LOCK TENDERS TRIBUTE MONUMENT” IS SET FOR TOM’R MORNING AT TEN.

 

THE MEGA MILLIONS AND POWERBALL JACKPOTS SIT AT A COMBINED $758M GOING INTO THE WEEKEND.

 

AND – THE EAGLES OUTSCORED THE VIKINGS 34-28 LAST NIGHT AS THE BILLS PREPARE TO HOST THE RAIDERS SUNDAY.

THURSDAY 09/14/2023

TWO CHILD CARE WORKERS ARRESTED MONDAY WERE NO LONGER EMPLOYED AT THE FACILITY WHEN THEY WERE ARRESTED.

 

THE COUNTY’S DRUG TASK FORCE ARRESTED SHAVALE EWING OF LOCKPORT RECENTLY ON FOUR COUNTS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - ONE WITH REPORTED INJURIES IN PENDLETON.

 

A TOWN OF NIAGARA POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN CLEARED IN THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A DOMESTIC SUSPECT LAST YEAR.

 

IN BUFFALO - POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A 28-YEAR-OLD MAN ON MAIN STREET TUESDAY MORNING.

 

MONROE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING A TRAGIC ACCIDENT IN CHILI THAT LEFT A YOUNG MAN DEAD.

 

STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE URGING NEW YORKERS TO GET THE NEW COVID-19 VACCINE THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON.

 

THE LOCKPORT COMMON COUNCIL HAS OK’D A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS FOR A NEW AMBULANCE.

 

AND – THE BUFFALO SABRES ARE ONE MONTH AWAY FROM THEIR SEASON OPENER AND TEN DAYS AWAY FROM PRE-SEASON PLAY.

WEDNESDAY 09/13/2023

A PAIR OF DAYCARE EMPLOYEES IN NEWANE ARE BEING CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT.

 

TWO NEW CLAIMS ARE BEING FILED AGAINST LOCKPORT CAVES AND UNDERGROUND TOURS. 

 

THE TRIAL IN A FATAL HIT AND RUN CASE BEGINS TODAY.

 

A VACANT BANK BUILDING IN THE VILLAGE OF BARKER HAS A DATE WITH THE WRECKING BALL TODAY. 

 

A PLASTICS PLANT IN LOCKPORT IS SCRAPPING PLANS TO  MAKE SOME PVC PRODUCTS.

 

BUFFALO POLICE ARE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO A SHOOTING IN THE CITY THAT LEFT A MAN DEAD.

 

IN ROCHESTER, JURY SELECTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF KELVIN VICKERS. 

 

BUFFALO BILLS AND BUFFALO SABRES CO-OWNER TERRY PEGULA HAS BEEN NAMED IN A LAWSUIT ACCUSING HIM OF MAKING RACIST REMARKS.

 

FORMER SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY AND BUFFALO BILLS WIDE RECEIVER MIKE WILLIAMS HAS PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 36.

 

AND IN SPORTS - THE YANKEES SWEPT TUESDAY’S DOUBLEHEADER AGAINST THE RED SOX. 

TUESDAY 09/12/2023

AT LEAST NINE LEGAL NOTICE OF CLAIMS HAVE COME IN FROM THE FATAL LOCKPORT CAVE BOAT ACCIDENT IN JUNE.

 

JURY SELECTION BEGAN YESTERDAY IN THE TRIAL OF A LOCKPORT MAN ACCUSED IN A FATAL HIT-AND-RUN LAST YEAR.

 

SIX TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - ONE REPORTED INJURIES AND ENTRAPMENT.

 

POLICY CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE FOR H-S FOOTBALL GAMES IN BUFFALO AFTER FIGHTS BROKE OUT LAST FRIDAY.

 

STATE POLICE WROTE MORE THAN 8700 TICKETS ACROSS NEW YORK DURING THEIR LABOR DAY CRACKDOWN.

 

GAS PRICES WERE FLAT THIS PAST WEEK JUST AHEAD OF EXPECTED HIKES AT THE PUMP COMING SOON.

 

A TAILGATE PARTY AND CRUISE NIGHT BROUGHT LARGE CROWDS TO DOWNTOWN LOCKPORT MONDAY EVENING.

 

FORMER GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO WON HIS LAWSUIT TO DISBAND AN ALBANY ETHICS WATCHDOG GROUP.

 

AND – JOSH ALLEN TURNED THE BALL OVER FOUR TIMES AS THE BILLS LOST TO THE JETS IN THEIR SEASON OPENER.

MONDAY 09/11/2023

FLAGS ACROSS NEW YORK WILL FLY AT HALF-STAFF TODAY IN OBSERVANCE OF THE 22ND ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11.

 

FIGHTS BROKE OUT AT TWO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES THIS WEEKEND - INCLUDING LOCKPORT’S GAME AT KENMORE WEST.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND LATE SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY IN NIAGARA COUNTY.

 

THE FEMALE VICTIM OF A FATAL WEEKEND MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN THE SOUTHTOWNS REMAINS UNIDENTIFIED.

 

IN BUFFALO - FOUR PEOPLE ARE BEING HELPED OUT BY THE RED CROSS AFTER FIRE RAVAGED THEIR HOME SUNDAY.

 

KENNETH JAMES OF LOCKPORT HAS BEEN INDICTED ON TWO MANSLAUGHTER COUNTS FOR SHOOTING A MAN IN BUFFALO.

 

IN ROCHESTER - POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN AFTER OFFICERS BROKE UP A FIGHT ON KELLER STREET YESTERDAY.

 

A BUFFALO MAN PLEADED GUILTY TO VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER FOR KILLING A WOMAN IN A HIT-AND-RUN IN FEBRUARY.

 

AND – THE BILLS AND JETS CLASH IN MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL TO OPEN THE ‘23 SEASON FOR BOTH TEAMS.

FRIDAY 09/08/2023

THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN LAST MONTH’S DEADLY SHOOTING IN THE FALLS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS KAYLA RICHARDS AND IAN SITEK.

 

A DRUNK DRIVER IS GOING TO PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY FOR HIS ROLE IN A FATAL-HIT-AND RUN CRASH IN BUFFALO.

 

TOWN OF TONAWANDA OFFICIALS SAY THEY’RE NOW KEEPING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON NEW DRAFT ZONING LAWS OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER 31ST.  

 

NORTH TONAWANDA ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE ASKING STATE OFFICIALS TO DENY THE RENEWAL OF AN AIR PERMIT FOR A CRYPTOMINING OPERATION. 

 

NIAGARA UNIVERSITY AND MEDAILLE COLLEGE HAVE REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT THAT WILL MAKE N.U. A MEDAILLE LEGACY INSTITUTION AFTER IT CLOSES THIS FALL. 

 

A MEMORIAL SERVICE TO MARK THE 22ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS WILL TAKE PLACE THIS MONDAY AT FIRE HOUSE 8’S MEMORIAL PARK.

 

THE MUSIC IS ART FESTIVAL HAPPENS THIS WEEKEND, STARTING AT 11 AM TOMORROW AND RUNNING THROUGH 1AM SUNDAY. 

 

AND - THE SABRES ARE ANNOUNCING THE RETURN OF THE 90’S ERA ‘GOAT’ JERSEYS FOR 15 GAMES THIS SEASON.

THURSDAY 09/07/2023

NIAGARA FALLS POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO THE STABBING OF A 30-YEAR-OLD MAN LAST NIGHT ON THE BOULEVARD.

 

THE TWO DEFENDANTS IN THE NOTORIOUS LEWISTON PARTY HOUSE CASE HAVE ENTERED GUILTY PLEAS TO AVOID A TRIAL.

 

POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE CAR THIEVES WHO STOLE THREE LUXURY AUTOS FROM A CLARENCE DEALERSHIP.

 

THE TWO VICTIMS OF A SHOOTING MONDAY IN BUFFALO’S SCHILLER PARK AREA DIED IN A MURDER-SUICIDE.

 

IN ROCHESTER - POLICE HAVE ARRESTED 23-YEAR-OLD GREGORY O’NEAL IN CONNECTION WITH A JANUARY HOMICIDE.

 

LOCKPORT ARCHITECT JONATHAN BENNETT HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR A $30M PROJECT ON THE GARLOCK’S SITE.

 

THE NEW YORK STATE DMV WANTS TO TIGHTEN UP REGULATIONS AIMED AT GETTING DANGEROUS DRIVERS OFF THE ROAD.

 

BUFFALO BILLS FANS ARE LEADING THE NFL AS THE “BOOZIEST BOOSTERS” IN THE ENTIRE LEAGUE.

 

AND – DANIIL MEDVEDEV DEFEATED ANDREY RUBLEV TO REACH THE MEN’S SEMI-FINALS AT THE U-S OPEN.

WEDNESDAY 09/06/2023

REPEAT OFFENDER FABIAN CARTER OF NIAGARA FALLS IS FACING TWO FELONIES AND MORE AFTER A POLICE CHASE EARLY TODAY.

 

IN ROCHESTER - A MAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER A FATAL D-W-I CRASH AT LEXINGTON AND CURLEW YESTERDAY.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - INCLUDING AN INJURY CRASH IN SOMERSET.

 

IT’S A SECOND STRAIGHT DAY WITH A HEAT ADVISORY FOR NIAGARA, ORLEANS AND GENESEE COUNTIES.

 

THE APARTMENT HOUSE AT 96 LOCUST IN LOCKPORT MAY SOON BE RULED A “PUBLIC NUISANCE.”

 

THIS MONDAY - SEPTEMBER 11TH - NEW AREA CODE 624 - WILL LAUNCH IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

 

A NEW REPORT SAYS SARATOGA RACE COURSE IS IN THE RUNNING TO HOST THE BELMONT STAKES FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

 

THE POWERBALL JACKPOT KEEPS GROWING AND IS WORTH $461M TO THE LUCKY PLAYER WHO CAN CASH-IN TONIGHT.

 

AND – COCO GAUFF HAS BECOME THE FIRST AMERICAN TEENAGER TO REACH THE U-S OPEN FINAL FOUR IN 22 YEARS.

TUESDAY 09/05/2023

THE HEAT IS ON IN WESTERN NEW YORK AS KIDS AND TEACHERS HEAD BACK TO CLASSROOMS UNDER HEAT ADVISORIES.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY LABOR DAY - INCLUDING AN INJURY CRASH IN YOUNGSTOWN.

 

IN BUFFALO - POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A DOUBLE HOMICIDE ON THE EAST SIDE AND TWO MEN SHOT IN RIVERSIDE.

 

A MAN AND A WOMAN WERE KILLED SUNDAY WHEN THEIR MOTORCYCLE COLLIDED WITH A PICK-UP IN CHAUTAUQUA.

 

AN 81-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS KILLED WHEN HIT BY A CAR IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY SUNDAY EVENING.

 

A TRIO OF JAMESTOWN DRUG DEALERS RECEIVED PRISON TERMS FOR SELLING FENTANYL THAT ENDED IN FATAL OVERDOSES.

 

A BARN BLAZE IN WYOMING COUNTY CAUSED AN ESTIMATED $100,000 DAMAGE IN THE TOWN OF ARCADE.

 

TAYLOR SWIFT FANS WHO MISSED HER ERAS TOUR CONCERT CAN SEE THE MOVIE AT THE TRANSIT DRIVE-IN NEXT MONTH.

 

AND – IN SPORTS - JESSICA PEGULA WAS KNOCKED OUT OF THE WOMEN’S SINGLES YESTERDAY BY MADISON KEYS.

FRIDAY 09/01/2023

FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY YESTERDAY - TWO OF THEM IN NORTH TONAWANDA.

 

A HEAD-ON CRASH ON ROUTE 104 IN THE ROCHESTER SUBURB OF WEBSTER TOOK THE LIVES OF BOTH DRIVERS THURSDAY.

 

NO BOMB WAS FOUND AFTER A THREAT OF ONE AT THE NIAGARA FALLS TRAIN STATION WAS PHONED IN YESTERDAY.

 

THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF ERIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS SUING ITS FACULTY UNION FOR DEFAMATION.

 

A ONE-TIME REGIONAL EMPLOYEE OF THE I-R-S WAS SENTENCED TO A YEAR ON PROBATION FOR VIOLATING REGULATIONS.

 

CONSTRUCTION CREWS WILL INSTALL THE FINAL 6 SCULPTURES  IN THE LOCK TENDERS TRIBUTE MONUMENT TODAY.

 

THE NATIONAL BUFFALO WING FESTIVAL HAPPENS AT HIGHMARK STADIUM IN ORCHARD PARK THIS WEEKEND.

 

AFTER A 2-YEAR HIATUS - WESTERN NEW YORK BEER WEEK WILL RETURN THIS MONTH FROM THE 23RD THRU THE 30TH.

 

AND – THE U-B BULLS OPEN THEIR FOOTBALL SEASON AGAINST 19TH RANKED WISCONSIN AT MADISON TOM’R.

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