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Hometown Headlines Archives for 2023-10

TUESDAY 10/31/2023

ARSON HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN RULED THE CAUSE OF THE BLAZE THAT DESTROYED A LOCKPORT APARTMENT BUILDING OCT 19.

 

MICHAEL PAPA OF LOCKPORT IS CHARGED WITH FIVE FRAUD RELATED COUNTS AFTER A SHERIFF’S INVESTIGTION.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - TWO OF THEM WITHIN MINUTES OF EACH OTHER.

 

BUFFALO POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THE PERSON THEY SAY SHOT A MAN ON OCTOBER 12TH IN THE CITY’S LASALLE AREA.

 

AUTO WORKERS IN WESTERN NEW YORK ARE CELEBRATING THE END OF A SIX-WEEK STRIKE THAT IDLED THOUSANDS.

 

ELECTION DAY IS ONE WEEK FROM TODAY - BUT EARLY VOTING IS AVAILABLE RIGHT THRU SUNDAY.

 

HALLOWEEN IS HERE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION HAS SOME SIMPLE TIPS TO KEEP “TRICK OR TREATERS” SAFE.

 

GAS PRICES ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK EXPERIENCED A MODEST DROP OVER THE PAST WEEK.

 

AND – THE RANGERS RATTLED THE DIAMONDBACKS 3-1 IN GAME THREE OF THE WORLD SERIES LAST NIGHT.

MONDAY 10/30/2023

BUFFALO POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE PERSON WHO SHOT THREE PEOPLE EARLY YESTERDAY ON THE CITY’S EAST SIDE.

 

A 35-YEAR-OLD DRIVER IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT ECMC AFTER ROLLING HIS CAR SATURDAY IN THE TOWN OF PORTER.

 

FIVE OTHER TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND - THREE OF THEM IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

 

A NIAGARA FALLS MAN WAS AMONG FIVE PEOPLE ARRESTED FRIDAY FOR STEALING A KIA IN AMHERST.

 

TWO ERIE COUNTY MEN ARE IN CUSTODY FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - ONE IS ACCUSED - THE OTHER HAS PLEADED GUILTY.

 

IN ROCHESTER - AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY INTO AN EXPLOSION AT A McKEE ROAD CHEMICAL FACILITY.

 

A JAMESTOWN PAROLEE IS LOCKED UP ON FEDERAL CHARGES AFTER HE WAS FOUND POSSESSING GUNS AND DRUGS.

 

THAT FOUR-LETTER WORD SNOW IS STILL IN THE FORECAST FOR “TRICK OR TREATERS” ON HALLOWEEN TOMORROW.

 

AND – THE SABRES BURIED THE AVALANCHE 4-0 SUNDAY BEHIND STERLING GOAL-TENDING BY LUUKKONEN.

FRIDAY 10/27/2023

ONE PERSON IS DEAD - TWO INJURED - AFTER THEY WERE SHOT WHILE DRIVING ON THE I-190 IN BUFFALO YESTERDAY.

 

FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - TWO OF THEM IN LOCKPORT.

 

HEATHER WALTON SUBMITTED HER RESIGNATION WEDNESDAY AS PRINCIPAL OF ROY B KELLEY ELEMENTARY IN LOCKPORT.

 

IN BUFFALO - JAVIER WALKER HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER IN THE 2021 DEATH OF 17-YEAR-OLD NAJAE LANIER.

 

A BUFFALO MAN IS ACCUSED OF POSSESSING AND SHARING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AFTER AN INVESTIGATION.

 

A NEW INTERNET PROVIDER IS WORKING TO GIVE CUSTOMERS ANOTHER OPTION TO VERIZON AND SPECTRUM.

 

LAW ENFORCEMENT REMINDS DRIVERS TO CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN RESPONSIBLY - THEY’LL BE WATCHING FOR DRUNK DRIVERS.

 

THAT FOUR-LETTER WORD SNOW IS IN THE FORECAST FOR “TRICK OR TREATERS” THIS HALLOWEEN.

 

AND – THE BILLS STARTED STRONG AND HELD ON TO BEAT THE BUCCANEERS 24-18 ON THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.

THURSDAY 10/26/2023

TWO MEN FROM NORTH TONAWANDA WERE BUSTED BY THE COUNTY’S DRUG TASK FORCE ON SEVERAL FELONY COUNTS TUESDAY.

 

ALEXANDER BRYANT OF NIAGARA FALLS WAS ARRESTED THIS WEEK ON SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES FROM AN INCIDENT LAST MONTH.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - INCLUDING A HEAD-ON CRASH IN PENDLETON.

 

SIXTEEN COUNTY RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP ON CHARGES OF WELFARE FRAUD OVER RECENT MONTHS.

 

TWO MEN - ONE FROM THE FALLS AND ONE FROM BUFFALO - ARE BOTH GOING TO PRISON FOR A LONG STRETCH.

 

DEPUTIES IN MONROE COUNTY HAVE ID’D THE TWO PEOPLE WHO DIED IN A POSSIBLE MURDER-SUICIDE IN PITTSFORD TUESDAY.

 

A 22-YEAR-OLD STUDENT FROM R-I-T IS DEAD AFTER CRASHING HIS MOTORCYCLE NEAR THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT.

 

KIDS IN THE ORCHARD PARK SCHOOLS HAVE JUST A HALF DAY OF CLASSES DUE TO TRAFFIC CONCERNS WITH TONIGHT’S GAME.

 

AND – THE STRUGGLING BILLS HOPE TO GET BACK ON TRACK THIS EVENING AGAINST THE BUCS AT HIGHMARK STADIUM.

WEDNESDAY 10/25/2023

TAMAR COPELAND OF NIAGARA FALLS IS IN CUSTODY FACING DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES AFTER TUESDAY RAIDS.

 

MORE INFORMATION IS EXPECTED TODAY IN A SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE IN NIAGARA FALLS FROM LAST MONTH.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED ON THE HIGHWAYS OF NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - TWO OF THEM IN LOCKPORT.

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE CITY OF LOCKPORT’S PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET WILL BE HELD THIS EVENING AT CITY HALL.

 

THE DIOCESE OF BUFFALO SAYS IT’S WILLING TO PAY A TOTAL OF $100M TO THE SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE.

 

SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INJURED WHEN FIRE TORE THRU A MOTEL IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY YESTERDAY.

 

DEPUTIES IN MONROE COUNTY ARE INVESTIGATING A POSSIBLE MURDER-SUICIDE IN PITTSFORD TUESDAY.

 

NEW YORK HAS JOINED DOZENS OF OTHER STATES IN BRINGING A LAWSUIT AGAINST META.

 

AND – THE SABRES OUTSCORED THE SENATORS LAST NIGHT AND IT WILL BE ARIZONA AND TEXAS IN THE WORLD SERIES.

TUESDAY 10/24/2023

A RASH OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS - SEVEN IN ALL - REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY ROADWAYS MONDAY.

 

AFTER NEARLY 100 YEARS OF FAMILY OWNERSHIP - THE COMO RESTAURANT IN NIAGARA FALLS IS CHANGING HANDS.

 

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GRANTS MAY BE COMING TO UPSTATE NEW YORK - NOW DESIGNATED A “FEDERAL TECH HUB.”

 

IN ROCHESTER - POLICE HAVE ID’D THE WEEKEND HOMICIDE VICTIM WHO WAS GUNNED DOWN ON HUDSON AVENUE SUNDAY.

 

SOME PROGRESS WAS REPORTED IN LABOR TALKS AS THE UAW STRIKE ENTERS ITS SIXTH WEEK.

 

WITH SO MANY DEER ACCIDENTS ON NEW YORK HIGHWAYS - THE STATE D-M-V HAS ISSUED A REMINDER TO MOTORISTS.

 

IT’S “RESTAURANT WEEK” ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK WITH GOOD DINING DEALS RIGHT THRU THIS SUNDAY.

 

THE TRAFFIC PLAN FOR THIS THURSDAY NIGHT’S BILLS’ GAME AT HIGHMARK STADIUM HAS BEEN REVEALED.

 

AND – THE SABRES GOT COOLED OFF BY THE CANADIENS 3-1 AT KEYBANK CENTER LAST NIGHT.

MONDAY 10/23/2023

NIAGARA FALLS POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE TRIGGERMAN IN A FRIDAY NIGHT SHOOTING THAT SENT A MAN TO ECMC.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND - THREE IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

 

LOCKPORT FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED AN EARLY MORNING BLAZE ON PROSPECT STREET SATURDAY.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE HAVE ANOTHER HOMICIDE TO INVESTIGATE AFTER A MAN WAS GUNNED DOWN ON HUDSON LAST NIGHT.

 

STATE POLICE IN MONROE COUNTY SAY A BICYCLIST WAS STRUCK AND KILLED ON I-590 LAST NIGHT.

 

NICHOLAS RICH OF ALDEN IS FACING A CHARGE OF VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER IN A D-W-I CRASH THAT KILLED A YOUNG BOY.

 

FORMER FALLS ATTORNEY NICHOLAS D’ANGELO HAS HAD HIS SEX OFFENDER STATUS CHANGED TO INCLUDE THE TERM “VIOLENT.”

 

IT’S “RESTAURANT WEEK” ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK WITH GOOD DINGING DEALS THRU THIS SUNDAY.

 

AND – THE BILL LOST A KEY AFC EAST GAME TO THE PATRIOTS SUNDAY AND FELL TO 4-AND-3 ON THE SEASON.

FRIDAY 10/20/2023

ARSON IS SUSPECTED IN THE EARLY MORNING BLAZE THAT LEFT 16 PEOPLE HOMELESS IN LOCKPORT YESTERDAY.

 

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - AN INJURY CRASH IN RANSOMVILLE.

 

LANCASTER POLICE ARE EXPECTED TO FILE CHARGES IN A FATAL CRASH A WEEK AGO TODAY THAT KILLED A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY.

 

CANDIDATES ANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM KIDS & CONSTITUENTS IN BOTH NIAGARA AND ERIE COUNTIES THURSDAY.

 

IN BUSINESS NEWS - FASHION OUTLETS OF NIAGARA FALLS USA HAS DEFAULTED ON ITS $86M-DOLLAR LOAN.

 

TWO TEENS - 15 AND 16 - HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND ARRAIGNED FOR A MURDER IN ROCHESTER EARLIER THIS MONTH.

 

NURSES AT ROCHESTER GENERAL ARE EXPRESSING RELIEF THAT A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WAS REACHED ON A NEW LABOR DEAL.

 

POPCORN FANS CAN REJOICE AS BYE’S 100-YEAR-OLD STAND IN OLCOTT RE-OPENS FOR BUSINESS THIS WEEKEND.

 

AND – THE SABRES’ RECORD FELL TO 1-3 AFTER THEY GOT SCORCHED BY THE FLAMES LAST NIGHT 4 TO 3.

THURSDAY 10/19/2023

TWO FIRES TO REPORT - AN EARLY MORNING BLAZE IN LOCKPORT TODAY AND A HOUSE FIRE IN WHEATFIELD YESTERDAY.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - IN LOCKPORT, THE TOWN OF NIAGARA AND N-T.

 

AN ASYLUM SEEKER FROM VENEZUELA HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED FOR HIS ROLE IN A FIGHT AT AN AMHERST HOTEL.

 

$4.5 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING HAS BEEN AWARDED TO A COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCY IN THE FALLS.

 

WITH WINTER WEATHER ON THE HORIZON - FEMA HELD A SEMINAR YESTERDAY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.

 

ROCHESTER GENERAL AND ITS NURSES UNION HAVE REACHED A  TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON A NEW LABOR CONTRACT.

 

A TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR NEXT YEAR FOR A ROCHESTER MOTHER ACCUSED OF KILLING HER 1-YEAR-OLD SON.

 

PEOPLE WHO NEED TO SURRENDER THEIR PETS NOW HAVE AN OPTION TO “RE-HOME” THEM THRU THE ERIE COUNTY SPCA.

 

AND – THE SABRES WILL BE SEEKING THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT WIN WHEN THEY HOST THE CALGARY FLAMES TONIGHT.

WEDNESDAY 10/18/2023

STATE AND COUNTY AGENCIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE FATAL APARTMENT BUILDING FIRE THAT HAPPENED A WEEK AGO TODAY.

 

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - A 3-CAR ROLLOVER COLLISION ON THE BOULEVARD IN THE FALLS.

 

A FRIDAY NIGHT CRASH IN LANCASTER HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF 10-YEAR-OLD LEVI ZIELONKA.

 

IN ROCHESTER - POLICE ARE ASKING FOR HELP IN SOLVING THE MURDER OF 16-YEAR-OLD JAKARAH LOPEZ-MOORE.

 

OLEAN MAYOR WILLIAM AIELLO SAYS ITS SAFE FOR RESIDENTS TO DRINK TAP WATER NOW AFTER AN ISSUE THIS WEEKEND.

 

THE NEW YORK D-O-H WANTS CITIZENS TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND GET SHOTS FOR THE FLU, COVID-19 AND R-S-V.

 

A D-M-V SUMMER CRACKDOWN ON YOUNG PEOPLE USING FAKE I-D AT BARS AND CONCERTS NABBED 312 LAW-BREAKERS.

 

LOCKPORT NATIVE JOHN MURPHY SIGNED COPIES OF HIS NEW BOOK LAST EVENING AT DANNY SHEEHAN’S.

 

AND – DYLAN COZENS’ GOAL LESS THAN TWO MINUTES INTO OT LIFTED THE SABRES TO A 3-2 WIN OVER TAMPA BAY LAST NIGHT.

TUESDAY 10/17/2023

THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS CONFIRMED THAT ONE PERSON DIED IN AN APARTMENT HOUSE FIRE ON DYSINGER ROAD LAST WEEK.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - THAT INCLUDED A 3-CAR CRASH AT LOCUST & WILLOW IN LOCKPORT.

 

35-YEAR-OLD JAY LEE WOLF OF LOCKPORT HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND INDICTED ON FOUR FELONY DRUG COUNTS.

 

FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A WEEK - A FEMALE VISITOR IS UNDER ARREST FOR BRINGING DRUGS INTO THE COUNTY JAIL.

 

MICHAEL BARNES OF BUFFALO HAS BEEN INDICTED ON SEVERAL CHARGES FOR GUNNING DOWN A MAN LAST MONTH.

 

IN ROCHESTER - THE BODY OF A MISSING 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL HAS BEEN FOUND NEAR VANGUARD PARKWAY.

 

A MOTORCYCLIST IN MONROE COUNTY IS FACING CHARGES IN A HIT-&-RUN THAT HAPPENED LAST MONTH.

 

THE RITE AID PHARMACY CHAIN - WITH THREE STORES IN LOCKPORT - HAS DECLARED CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY.

 

AND – THE SABRES OPEN UP A FOUR-GAME HOME STAND WHEN THEY HOST TAMPA BAY TONIGHT AT KEYBANK CENTER.

MONDAY 10/16/2023

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAPPENED IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND - INCLUDING A PEDESTRIAN BEING INJURED.

 

24-YEAR-OLD COUNTY INMATE RAYMOND BROOKS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FALSELY REPORTING AN INCIDENT.

 

A FORMER SCRAP YARD IN CAMBRIA MAY BE CONVERTED INTO A $95M-DOLLAR STRAWBERRY FARM.

 

LANCASTER POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE A 2-CAR CRASH FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THAT SENT SEVERAL PEOPLE TO ECMC.

 

AN ANTI-ABORTION CENTER IN AMHERST HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST FOUR PEOPLE FOLLOWING AN ARSON FIRE.

 

IN ROCHESTER - POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE DRIVER IN A WEEKEND HIT-&-RUN THAT INJURED A 75-YEAR-OLD MAN.

 

A 3RD-PLACE WINNING POWERBALL TICKET WORTH $100,000 WAS SOLD AT A QUICK MART IN AMHERST LAST WEEK.

 

GAS PRICES AT UPSTATE NEW YORK PUMPS ARE DOWN JUST A BIT - THE AVERAGE PRICE IS $3.81 A GALLON FOR REGULAR.

 

AND – THE BILLS “WON UGLY” 14-9 IN A SUNDAY NIGHT PRIME TIME GAME AT HIGHMARK STADIUM.

FRIDAY 10/13/2023

FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE - JUAN UBILES - IS BACK IN NIAGARA COUNTY AND HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED ON A HOMICIDE CHARGE.

 

MALE NURSE PRACTITIONER MICHAEL OSTOLSKI OF N-T HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON FEDERAL DRUG DISTRIBUTION CHARGES.

 

JUST ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - A SINGLE CAR CRASH IN THE FALLS.

 

QUEEN CITY COPS ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER THE BODY OF A MAN WAS PULLED FROM THE BUFFALO RIVER YESTERDAY.

 

IN ROCHESTER - A TEENAGE BOY AND A WOMAN WERE STRUCK BY GUNFIRE NEAR AVENUE D AND NORTH CLINTON LAST NIGHT.

 

LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS NEW YORK STATE WILL BE ON HIGH ALERT TODAY DUE TO THE THREAT OF “A GLOBAL DAY OF JIHAD.”

 

TEENAGE DRIVERS IN NEW YORK RANK NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO DRIVER SAFETY.

 

WHAT’S TERMED AS AN “INAPPROPRIATE” OFFICE ROMANCE HAS RESULTED IN TWO BUFFALO BILLS EXECUTIVES BEING FIRED.

 

AND – THE SABRES GOT ROUGHED UP BY THE RANGERS 5-1 IN THE REGULAR SEASON OPENER FOR BOTH TEAMS LAST NIGHT.

THURSDAY 10/12/2023

THE “NUISANCE PROPERTY” IN LOCKPORT AT 96 LOCUST IS NEARING A DATE ON WHICH TENANTS WILL BE EVICTED.

 

LEGISLATIVE ACTION IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK TO KEEP THE COUNTY MOVING CLOSER TO ITS OWN AMBULANCE SERVICE.

 

IN BUFFALO - A MAN HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED FOR ASSAULT AFTER ATTACKING A STUDENT AND A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE.

 

CHEEKTOWAGA COUNCILMAN BRIAN NOWAK HAS BEEN CLEARED BY THE D-A’S OFFICE IN A BRIBERY PROBE.

 

18-YEAR-OLD NAVEAIR STEWART OF ROCHESTER IS IN CUSTODY CHARGED WITH TWO SEPARATE MURDERS.

 

NURSES AT ROCHESTER GENERAL HAVE VOTED TO GO ON STRIKE FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR.

 

ERIE COUNTY HAS PURCHASED 300,000 PAIR OF EYE GLASSES FOR THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE NEXT APRIL.

 

THERE’S A WINNING POWERBALL TICKET IN CALIFORNIA THAT CAN BE CASHED IN FOR $1.7B AFTER LAST NIGHT’S DRAWING.

 

AND – THE BUFFALO SABRES HOST THE NEW YORK RANGERS IN THE REGULAR SEASON OPENER FOR BOTH TEAMS TONIGHT.

WEDNESDAY 10/11/2023

THREE FIRES ACROSS NIAGARA COUNTY IN THE PAST 24 HOURS - INCLUDING AN APARTMENT BLAZE IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

 

A TRIO OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON COUNTY HIGHWAYS TUESDAY- THAT INCLUDED A CAR-PEDESTRIAN MISHAP IN LOCKPORT.

 

CIAREA LEWIS - A VISITOR AT THE NIAGARA COUNTY JAIL - HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON CONTRABAND CHARGES.

 

A JUDGE YESTERDAY DISMISSED A MURDER INDICTMENT AGAINST A BUFFALO WOMAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HER GRANDMOTHER.

 

A DEPEW MAN FACES MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES FOR A FATAL CRASH IN WEST SENECA WHILE HE WAS ALLEGEDLY HIGH ON DRUGS.

 

IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY - A DUNKIRK MAN WAS KILLED MONDAY WHEN HIS PICKUP SLAMMED HEAD-ON INTO A MACK TRUCK.

 

NURSES AT ROCHESTER GENERAL WILL VOTE TODAY TO STRIKE FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR.

 

THE BUFFALO RIVER NOW HAS $2.5M IN FEDERAL FUNDS TO HELP RESTORE THE WATERWAY AND WILDLIFE HABITATS.

 

AND – THE BUFFALO BILLS AND NEW YORK GIANTS ARE BOTH COMING OFF LOSSES AHEAD OF THEIR SUNDAY NIGHT GAME.

TUESDAY 10/10/2023

A NEW ERA OF HEALTHCARE BEGINS TODAY AS DOORS OPEN AT THE NEW LOCKPORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON SHIMER DRIVE.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY- ONE IN THE FALLS - THE OTHER IN NEWFANE.

 

BUFFALO POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN A WEEKEND SHOOTING THAT INJURED A 26-YEAR-OLD MAN FOLLOWING A FIGHT.

 

AN AUTISTIC 13-YEAR-OLD NIAGARA FALLS BOY WAS BULLIED AND BEATEN ON A SCHOOL BUS RECENTLY.

 

AFTER A BRIEF SUSPENSION … IN-PERSON VISITS RESUME TODAY AT THE ERIE COUNTY JAIL IN ALDEN.

 

IN ROCHESTER - TWO 19-YEAR-OLDS WERE ARRESTED THIS PAST WEEKEND FOR GUN POSSESSION INSIDE A CITY HOSPITAL.

 

CLOSING ARGUMENTS WILL BE HEARD TODAY IN THE MONROE COUNTY MURDER TRIAL OF KELVIN VICKERS.

 

SECURITY REMAINS ON HIGH ALERT AT JEWISH FACILITIES ACROSS NEW YORK AFTER THE RECENT HAMAS ATTACK.

 

AND – BUFFALO BILLS’ PLAYERS MATT MILANO AND DAQUAN JONES ARE EXPECTED TO UNDERGO SEASON-ENDING SURGERY.

MONDAY 10/09/2023

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND - TWO IN LOCKPORT AND TWO IN THE FALLS.

 

AMHERST POLICE ARRESTED FOUR TEENS LATE FRIDAY AFTER THEY CRASHED A STOLEN CAR ON I-990 NEAR SWEET HOME.

 

SEBRUN DANIELS OF BUFFALO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FOUR FELONIES STEMMING FROM A DOUBLE SHOOTING LAST MONTH.

 

A CITY OF LOCKPORT FIRE CREW RESPONDED SATURDAY MORNING TO A SMALL BLAZE AT LOCKPORT PLAZA.

 

NIAGARA FALLS POLICE ARE WARNING RESIDENTS OF TWO SEXUAL ASSAULTS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS.

 

FROM THE SOUTHERN TIER - SIX PEOPLE AND TWO FIREFIGHTERS WERE INJURED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN OLEAN SUNDAY.

 

BUFFALO CANCER HOSPITAL ROSWELL PARK HAS OPENED A COMMUNITY CARE CENTER IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

 

THE POWERBALL JACKPOT KEEPS ON GROWING - IT’S UP TO A WHOPPING $1.55B FOR TONIGHT’S DRAWING.

 

AND – THE BUFFALO BILLS LOST THEIR 7TH OF 8 GAMES PLAYED OUTSIDE THE U-S - A 25-20 STINKER IN LONDON TO THE JAGS.

THURSDAY 10/05/2023

YESTERDAY MORNING’S FIRE ON WHITNEY AVENUE IN NIAGARA FALLS IS BEING TREATED AS AN ARSON.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY.

 

LOCKPORT MAYOR ROMAN HAS PROPOSED A NEARLY $30M BUDGET FOR 2024 THAT INCLUDES FIVE NEW CITY POSITIONS.

 

L-P-D IS LOOKING FOR BOLD THIEVES WHO WALKED OUT OF TWO 7-11’S THIS MORNING WITH ARMLOADS OF BEER.

 

IN BUFFALO - MAKAI COOK IS CHARGED WITH FELONY ASSAULT AFTER A STABBING OUTSIDE RIVERSIDE HIGH YESTERDAY.

 

A QUEEN CITY WOMAN WAS ARRESTED THIS WEEK FOR MAKING A THREAT AT SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY.

 

AN ORCHARD PARK MAN WHO EMBEZZLED THOUSANDS FROM A FAMILY MEMBER IS FACING UP TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON.

 

IN ROCHESTER - TESTIMONY RESUMES TODAY IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF ACCUSED COP KILLER KELVIN VICKERS.

 

AND – ARIZONA, PHILADELPHIA, MINNESOTA AND TEXAS HAVE ALL WON FIRST ROUND SERIES IN THE MLB PLAYOFFS.

WEDNESDAY 10/04/2023

DETECTIVES IN NIAGARA FALLS ARE INVESTIGATING A MURDER THAT HAPPENED AROUND 10 LAST NIGHT ON PINE AVENUE.

 

FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED ON THE HIGHWAYS OF NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - TWO OF THEM IN THE FALLS.

 

IN BUFFALO - A MALE NURSE FROM CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IS UNDER ARREST ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES.

 

A CANADIAN MAN WAS ARRESTED AT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE ON AN ACTIVE WARRANT FOR A SEX CHARGE IN WELLSVILLE.

 

IN ROCHESTER - A MAN IS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE IN A CITY HOSPITAL AFTER BEING SHOT ON JEFFERSON AVENUE.

 

A BLESSING AND DEDICATION CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT 2 TODAY AT THE NEW LOCKPORT MEMORIAL DRIVE.

 

AN EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM TEST WILL BE HEARD ON RADIO, TV AND CELL PHONES ABOUT 2:20 TODAY - IT’S ONLY A TEST.

 

THE THIRD LARGEST POWERBALL JACKPOT EVER IS ON THE LINE TONIGHT - A WHOPPING $1.2B!

 

AND – ARIZONA, PHILADELPHIA, MINNESOTA AND TEXAS WERE THE WINNERS TUESDAY AS THE MLB PLAYOFFS BEGAN.

TUESDAY 10/03/2023

FIREFIGHTERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON SITE AT TWO FIRES MONDAY - IN WILSON AND NIAGARA FALLS.

 

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

 

IN ERIE COUNTY - TWO EMPLOYEES OF THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON FELONIES IN SEPARATE CASES.

 

A 17-YEAR-OLD BUFFALO STUDENT WILL BE SENTENCED NEXT MONTH FOR POSSESSING A HANDGUN INSIDE A SCHOOL.

 

RELATIVES OF THOSE KILLED IN THE BUFFALO SUPERMARKET MASSACRE CANNOT ACCESS FEDERAL EVIDENCE FOR CIVIL SUITS.

 

54-YEAR-OLD KEITH WAGNER OF ROCHESTER HAS BEEN ID’D AS THE MAN KILLED IN A SATURDAY MORNING CRASH IN NEWSTEAD.

 

AREA COMIC BOOK FANS ARE SADDENED TO LEARN THAT THE PULP 716 SHOPS IN LOCKPORT AND N-T WILL BE CLOSING SOON.

 

THE FOUR NEW LION CUBS AT THE BUFFALO ZOO NOW HAVE THEIR NEW “OFFICIAL” NAMES.

 

AND – BUFFALO BILLS’ ALL-PRO CB TRE’DAVIOUS WHITE HAS BEEN RULED OUT FOR THE SEASON WITH AN ACHILLES INJURY.

MONDAY 10/02/2023

TWO PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FOLLOWING A WEEKEND POLICE CHASE FROM NEWFANE TO LOCKPORT.

 

DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING FOR THE DRIVER WHO FLED FROM A ROLLOVER CRASH IN WHEATFIELD SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS SUNDAY - IN WHEATFIELD AND LOCKPORT.

 

A DOUBLE SHOOTING NEAR THE BUFFALO MEDICAL CAMPUS EARLY YESTERDAY HAS POLICE LOOKING FOR THE GUNMAN.

 

SHAQUILLE CHILLIS OF BUFFALO IS FACING PRISON TIME AFTER ADMITTING TO A BURGLARY DURING THE “CHRISTMAS BLIZZARD.”

 

WNY’S U-A-W WORKERS REMAIN ON STAND-BY AS THE STRIKE AGAINST THE “BIG THREE” AUTOMAKERS EXPANDED FRIDAY.

 

IN MONROE COUNTY - A WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN A GATES PARKING LOT WAS MURDERED - ACCORDING TO POLICE.

 

A NEW POLL SHOWS NEW YORKERS ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT RISING COSTS AND THE MIGRANT CRISIS.

 

AND – THE BUFFALO BILLS DESTROYED THE HIGH-SCORING MIAMI DOLPHINS SUNDAY IN A 48-20 BLOW-OUT AT ORCHARD PARK.

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