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Hometown Headlines Archives for 2023-12

FRIDAY 12/29/2023

A RASH OF EIGHT TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS THURSDAY.

 

THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT MAN ACCUSED OF BURNING A PATROL CAR LAST WEEKEND HAS A HISTORY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.

 

NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST THE DRIVER WHO STRUCK AND KILLED A WOMAN IN CHEEKTOWAGA WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

 

A FAULTY FURNACE WAS THE CAUSE OF A CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK THAT MADE PEOPLE ILL THIS WEEK AT HOLIDAY TWIN RINKS.

 

THE STATE A-G’S OFFICE IS LOOKING INTO THE FATAL OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN ROCHESTER OVER CHRISTMAS WEEKEND.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO SUSPECTS IN THE ARMED ROBBERY YESTERDAY OF A WOMAN ON GENESEE STREET.

 

LOTS OF CHANGES AS THE NEW YEAR APPROACHES - INCLUDING NEW POLICE AND FIRE CHIEFS IN NIAGARA FALLS.

 

TOLLS ON THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY WILL INCREASE BY 5% THIS NEW YEAR AND AGAIN IN 2027.

 

AND - THE BUFFALO BANDITS, SABRES AND BILLS ALL HAVE HOME GAMES THIS LAST WEEKEND OF 2023.

THURSDAY 12/28/2023

LOCKPORT FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED A BLAZE IN A TWO-STORY HOUSE ON SOUTH STREET EARLY LAST EVENING.

 

A GO-FUND-ME PAGE HAS BEEN SET UP TO ASSIST THE CAMBRIA FAMILY THAT LOST EVERYTHING IN A FIRE CHRISTMAS NIGHT.

 

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY AND A FATAL PEDESTRIAN CRASH IN ERIE COUNTY.

 

A CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK YESTERDAY HAS FORCED THE CLOSING OF CHEEKTOWAGA’S HOLIDAY TWIN RINKS.

 

QUEEN CITY COPS ARE INVESTIGATING AN EAST SIDE SHOOTING THAT SENT TWO MEN TO ECMC YESTERDAY.

 

A FATAL OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING TOOK PLACE IN THE CITY OF ROCHESTER OVER CHRISTMAS WEEKEND.

 

THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IS WARNING RESIDENTS OF A PHONE SCAM THAT’S GOING ON NOW.

 

A 20-MEMBER SEARCH COMMITTEE IS NOW LOOKING FOR NCCC’S NEXT PRESIDENT TO SUCCEED RETIRING WILLIAM MURABITO.

 

AND - THE SABRES LOST THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT GAME WHEN THE BRUINS BEAT THEM 4-1 LAST NIGHT IN BUFFALO.

WEDNESDAY 12/27/2023

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY ON THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS - TWO OF THEM IN NEWFANE.

 

A HOUSE BLAZE ON SHAWNEE ROAD IN CAMBRIA ON CHRISTMAS DAY HAD SIX VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES RESPOND.

 

TEN PEOPLE WERE BUSTED ON DRUG CHARGES IN THE FALLS LAST WEEK FOLLOWING A LENGTHY INVESTIGATION.

 

POLICE IN KENMORE ARE LOOKING INTO CHRISTMAS DAY GUNFIRE THAT SENT A 23-YEAR-OLD MAN TO ECMC.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE PERSON WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER IN A SHOOTING TUESDAY THAT INJURED A MAN.

 

POLICE WERE CALLED TO DISTURBANCES AT WALDEN GALLERIA AND ROCHESTER’S MALL AT GREECE RIDGE YESTERDAY.

 

CHICK-FIL-A WILL NOT BE COMING TO NORTH BUFFALO AFTER AN “EASEMENT ISSUE” COULD NOT BE SOLVED.

 

A STAGGERING 613 NEW CASES OF THE FLU WERE REPORTED IN ERIE COUNTY FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 16TH.

 

AND - THE SABRES HOST THE BRUINS TONIGHT AFTER LOSING TO THE RANGERS IN OT SATURDAY.

FRIDAY 12/22/2023

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - A TWO-CAR CRASH IN PENDLETON.

 

POLICE IN BUFFALO HAVE ARRESTED A TEEN IN CONNECTION WITH A HOMICIDE EARLIER THIS MONTH.

 

ORCHARD PARK P-D IS INVESTIGATING AN ASSAULT THAT TOOK PLACE AFTER LAST WEEKEND’S BILLS’ GAME.

 

BELLS WILL RING AT CATHOLIC CHURCHES ACROSS THE DIOCESE OF BUFFALO TODAY FOR VICTIMS OF LAST YEAR’S BLIZZARD.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO A STABBING THAT LEFT A MAN IN HIS 60’S IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

 

QUICK WORK BY TWO MEN SAVED THE LIFE OF A TEENAGE BOY WHO COLLAPSED DURING A HOOPS GAME IN ROCHESTER.

 

FIRST NIGHT BUFFALO IS REMAINING VIRTUAL AND FAMILY FRIENDLY AS WESTERN NEW YORKERS RING IN 2024.

 

DRIVERS HITTING THE HIGHWAYS ACROSS NEW YORK WILL SEE MORE POLICE PATROLS AND LOWER GAS PRICES THIS YEAR.

 

AND - THE “HOT AND COLD” SABRES WERE “RED HOT” LAST NIGHT AS THEY TORCHED TORONTO 9-3 AT KEYBANK CENTER.

THURSDAY 12/21/2023

THE BODY OF EMILY NEAL OF THE TOWN OF NIAGARA WAS FOUND ON THE N-U CAMPUS TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

 

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - A HEAD-ON CRASH IN NORTH TONAWANDA.

 

IN THE FALLS - A WOMAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH D-W-I AFTER SHE CRASHED HER VEHICLE INTO A PATROL CAR TUESDAY.

 

LOCKPORT’S HARRISON LOFTS PROJECT CAN FINALLY GET GOING NOW THAT THE BUILDING SALE IS FINAL.

 

REASSESSMENT IS COMING TO ROYALTON AND HARTLAND IN THE NEW YEAR AFTER ALMOST TEN YEARS SINCE THE LAST ONE.

 

IN MONROE COUNTY NEWS - THE FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE IN IRONDEQUOIT IS GOING TO JAIL FOR TAX FRAUD.

 

UNION WORKERS AT ROCHESTER’S UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAY WALK OFF THE JOB AS NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BOGGED DOWN.

 

1986 LOCKPORT HIGH GRAD JOHN LLOYD HAS BEEN PROMOTED BY THE ARMY TO BRIGADIER GENERAL.

 

AND - THE SABRES TAKE ON TORONTO TONIGHT - STILL SMARTING FROM TUESDAY’S BLOW-OUT LOSS TO COLUMBUS.

WEDNESDAY 12/20/2023

TWO OF THREE FORMER CHILDCARE WORKERS AT SWEET ANGELS IN NEWFANE APPEARED IN TOWN COURT YESTERDAY.

 

FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED ON SLICK NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS TUESDAY - TWO OF THEM IN NORTH TONAWANDA.

 

A LOCKPORT TEEN HAS BEEN LOCKED UP ON A QUARTER OF A MILLIONS DOLLARS BAIL FOR ALMOST A MONTH.

 

A NEW PRINCIPAL WILL TAKE THE REINS AT ROY B KELLEY SCHOOL IN LOCKPORT NEXT MONTH.

 

IN THE FALLS - AN INTERIM C-E-O HAS BEEN APPOINTED AT THE AQUARIUM OF NIAGARA.

 

IN MONROE COUNTY - DEPUTIES HAVE ID’D THE 28-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO DIED AFTER BEING SHOT IN SUBURBAN ROCHESTER.

 

MICHAEL RINES HAS WALKED OUT OF ATTICA PRISON AFTER SERVING NEARLY 40 YEARS FOR A CRIME HE DIDN’T COMMIT.

 

ERIE, NIAGARA AND GENESEE COUNTIES HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF FLU CASES IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

 

AND - THE SABRES TAKE ON TORONTO TOM’R AFTER THEY WERE BLOW OUT BY THE BLUE JACKETS 9-4 AT HOME LAST NIGHT.

TUESDAY 12/19/2023

A STATE INVESTIGATION AND A THIRD ARREST HAS PROMPTED THE CLOSING OF SWEET ANGELS DAY CARE IN NEWFANE.

 

A FANCY NEW WELCOME CENTER IS NOW OPEN AT NIAGARA FALLS STATE PARK TO GREET VISITORS AND TOURISTS.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN THE COUNTY MONDAY - IN THE CITY AND TOWN OF NIAGARA.

 

QUEEN CITY COPS SAY A WOMAN FOUND DEAD OVER THE WEEKEND IN SOUTH BUFFALO WAS THE VICTIM OF A HIT-&-RUN.

 

A BUFFALO MAN INVOLVED IN A DEADLY CRASH ON McKINLEY PARKWAY IN MARCH HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO PROBATION.

 

IN MONROE COUNTY - A 28-YEAR-OLD WOMAN HAS DIED AFTER BEING SHOT EARLY SUNDAY IN SUBURBAN ROCHESTER.

 

A FORMER STATE TROOPER HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS PROBATION FOR HIS CONNECTION TO A GAMBLING RING.

 

A CODE BLUE IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CITY OF LOCKPORT FROM TONIGHT THRU SATURDAY AS TEMPS GO BELOW FREEZING.

 

AND - THE SABRES ARE BACK ON HOME ICE FOR THEIR NEXT TWO GAMES AGAINST THE BLUE JACKETS AND MAPLE LEAFS.

MONDAY 12/18/2023

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS SUNDAY.

 

CURTIS HALL OF BUFFALO IS FACING MANSLAUGHTER AND D-W-I CHARGES AFTER A FATAL CRASH FRIDAY NIGHT.

 

A QUEEN CITY MAN WHO CAUSED A CRASH THAT KILLED TWO PEOPLE LAST YEAR FACES UP TO 25 YEARS BEHIND BARS.

 

THE RED CROSS IS ASSISTING SEVEN PEOPLE MADE HOMELESS BY A WEEKEND FIRE IN BUFFALO.

 

NINE PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN A TWO-VEHICLE CRASH IN WYOMING COUNTY SUNDAY - TWO WERE TREATED FOR INJURIES.

 

FIRE INVESTIGATORS IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO A SUSPICIOUS BLAZE IN SINCLAIRVILLE.

 

IN DUNKIRK - A MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED ON CHARGES OF FORCED LABOR, KIDNAPPING AND SEX TRAFFICKING.

 

GAS PRICES ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK CONTINUE ON A DOWN- WARD TREND WITH CHRISTMAS JUST A WEEK FROM TODAY.

 

AND - THE BILLS CRUSHED THE COWBOYS 31-10 INSIDE RAIN SOAKED HIGHMARK STADIUM LAST NIGHT.

FRIDAY 12/15/2023

AN ALDEN MAN ACCUSED OF HARRASSMENT DURING AN INCIDENT AT LOCKPORT CITY CALL IS SEEING HIS CHARGES DISMISSED. 

 

LOCKPORT CITY POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE CALLED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES THURSDAY FOLLOWING REPORTS OF A SUSPICIOUS LETTER.

 

THE NIAGARA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS A NIAGARA FALLS MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN COUNTY PROPERTY. 

 

LOCKPORT CITY OFFICIALS ARE SIGNING OFF ON DEMOLITION OF THE “NUISANCE” APARTMENT PROPERTY AT 96 LOCUST STREET.

 

THE ERIE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING AN ALLEGED HOMICIDE IN THE TOWN OF ELMA. 

 

THE BOULEVARD MALL WILL SOON BE RECEIVING MILLIONS OF STATE DOLLARS FOR A REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. 

 

THE MAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO ATTACK NY GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE LEE ZELDIN LAST YEAR NEAR ROCHESTER IS GETTING A PROBATION SENTENCE. 

 

THE REMAINS OF FALLEN AIRMAN TERRY BRAYMAN WILL BE RETURNING TO THE REGION TODAY.

 

AND - THE LOCKPORT SALVATION ARMY IS LOOKING TO GET A BIG BOOST IN DONATIONS THIS WEEKEND DURING ITS RED KETTLE DRIVE.

THURSDAY 12/14/2023

NIAGARA COUNTY LEGISLATOR WILLIAM COLLINS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN CITY COURT YESTERDAY.

 

TODD LARABA OF LOCKPORT HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A HOME INVASION ROBBERY THAT HAPPENED SIX YEARS AGO.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TOOK PLACE ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS WEDNESDAY.

 

A LEWISTON MAN IS ONE OF TWO DRIVERS FACING MANSLAUGHTER AND D-W-I CHARGES IN A FATAL TWO-CAR CRASH IN HAMBURG.

 

THE N-T-S-B SAYS PILOT ERROR IS WHAT CAUSED THE DEADLY CRASH OF A MERCY FLIGHT HELICOPTER LAST APRIL.

 

THE R-I-T STUDENT FROM ROCHESTER WHO WENT MISSING WEEKS AGO HAS TURNED UP SAFE IN PENNSYLVANIA.

 

IT’S AN “ELVIS AND COUNTRY CHRISTMAS CONCERT” WITH TERRY BUCHWALD THIS SATURDAY AT THE HISTORIC PALACE THEATRE.

 

LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS NEW YORK REMIND MOTORISTS TO DRIVE SOBER OR GET PULLED OVER THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

 

AND - THE SABRES GOT CLOBBERED IN COLORADO LAST NIGHT AS THE AVALANCHE BURIED THEM 5 TO 1.

WEDNESDAY 12/13/2023

A WIND-WHIPPED 3-ALARM BLAZE IN BUFFALO TUESDAY SENT TWO FIREFIGHTERS TO ECMC AND DAMAGED SEVEN BUILDINGS.

 

A FATAL FIRE IN CLARENCE THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF A WOMAN WAS CAUSED BY CHIMNEY FAILURE IN THE FIREPLACE.

 

A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING STABBED IN FRONT OF BUFFALO CITY HALL IN NIAGARA SQUARE TUESDAY.

 

NORTH TONAWANDA BUSINESSMAN GEORGE WARD IS FACING A FEDERAL SENTENCE FOR TAX EVASION.

 

IN ROCHESTER - A MOTHER IS BEHIND BARS CHARGED WITH ALLOWING HER 1-YEAR-OLD SON TO STARVE TO DEATH.

 

A JAMESTOWN MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON SIX NEW CHARGES WHILE AWAITING SENTENCING FOR CHILD PORN COUNTS.

 

THE TOWN OF BETHANY IN GENESEE COUNTY HAS BEEN AWARDED $5M IN STATE FUNDING TO HELP FIX ITS WATER WOES.

 

WITH STATE SUPPORT - NIAGARA FALLS IS MOVING FORWARD WITH A GATEWAY PROJECT TO IMPROVE ITS DOWNTOWN.

 

AND - THE SABRES OPEN A THREE-GAME WESTERN ROAD TRIP IN COLORADO AGAINST THE AVALANCHE TONIGHT.

TUESDAY 12/12/2023

POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE TWO PEOPLE KILLED IN A SOUTH BUFFALO MOTORCYCLE CRASH SATURDAY.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - TWO OF THEM IN CAMBRIA.

 

MATTHEW GERWITZ OF TONAWANDA IS GOING TO PRISON FOR 65 YEARS TO LIFE FOR KILLING A MAN AND INJURING A COP.

 

A STATE-ISSUED REPORT SAYS THE LOCKPORT CAVE BOAT THAT CAPSIZED LAST JUNE WAS UNSTABLE AND TOP HEAVY.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE HOMICIDE VICTIM WHO WAS GUNNED DOWN IN A DRUG HOUSE SUNDAY NIGHT.

 

JOHN EWERT HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON AN ARSON CHARGE FOR BURNING DOWN A MOTORCYCLE CLUBHOUSE IN ALLEGANY COUNTY.

 

A CODE BLUE IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CITY OF LOCKPORT THRU THIS THURSDAY DECEMBER 14TH.

 

AS CHRISTMAS APPROACHES - UPSTATE DRIVERS CONTINUE TO FEEL LESS “PAIN AT THE PUMP” WHILE PRICES DECLINE.

 

AND - THE SABRES HAD THE OFFENSE IN HIGH GEAR LAST NIGHT IN A 5-2 ROUT OF THE ARIZONA COYOTES AT KEYBANK CENTER.

MONDAY 12/11/2023

FOUR INJURY ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND - ALL WITHIN AN HOUR ON SATURDAY.

 

A LEWISTON POLICE OFFICER WAS INJURED FRIDAY ATTEMPTING A RESCUE AT A FATAL FIRE IN SANBORN.

 

IN LOCKPORT - CITY FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO A WEST END APARTMENT HOUSE SATURDAY EVENING.

 

THERE’S A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO A FATAL CRASH ON THE RAINBOW BRIDGE IN NIAGARA FALLS.

 

A FRIDAY MORNING DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN CHEEKTOWAGA TURNED DEADLY WHEN A MAN SHOT HIMSELF.

 

AMHERST P-D ARRESTED A 16-YEAR-OLD IN A STOLEN CAR INCIDENT THIS WEEKEND AFTER A BRIEF POLICE PURSUIT.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE HAVE ANOTHER HOMICIDE ON THEIR HANDS AFTER A MAN WAS FATALLY GUNNED DOWN LAST NIGHT.

 

A PEDIATRIC DEATH FROM THE FLU HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ERIE COUNTY AS CASES OF THE VIRUS CONTINUE TO INCREASE.

 

AND - THE BILLS WON BIG ON SUNDAY AS THEY HELD OFF THE CHIEFS FOR A 20-17 VICTORY IN KANSAS CITY.

FRIDAY 12/08/2023

MARK PRINTUP OF CAMBRIA PLEADED GUILTY TO DRIVING DRUNK IN AN INJURY CRASH AND COULD GO TO PRISON FOR 7 YEARS.

 

AMHERST P-D DETECTIVE GREGORY TROTTER HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF LYING TO FBI INVESTIGATORS.

 

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - A CAR STRUCK A POLE IN LOCKPORT.

 

ON THE REGIONAL BEAT - TWO MEN ARE IN JAIL ON DRUG COUNTS AFTER BEING BUSTED DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN JAMESTOWN.

 

ERIE COUNTY TAXPAYERS ARE CELEBRATING A TAX CUT AS NIAGARA COUNTY PREPARES TO PASS PAY RAISES.

 

IN LOCKPORT YESTERDAY - COMMUNITY EVENTS RECOGNIZED THE 82ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK.

 

WITH NEW YEARS EVE APPROACHING - FIRST NIGHT BUFFALO HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR ITS VIRTUAL CELEBRATION.

 

LOTTERY PLAYERS HAVE PLENTY TO PLAY FOR THIS WEEKEND AS POWERBALL AND MEGA MILLIONS TOTAL MORE THAN $800M!

 

AND - THE SABRES SHOCKED THE BRUINS 3-1 THURSDAY NIGHT IN BOSTON TO SNAP A FOUR-GAME LOSING SKID.

THURSDAY 12/07/2023

VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED A BLAZE IN A LAKE STREET HOME IN WILSON YESTERDAY MORNING.

 

TWO MORE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS WERE REPORTED WEDNESDAY.

 

NO CHARGES WILL BE FILED AGAINST FORMER TOWN OF LOCKPORT HIGHWAY CHIEF DAVID MILLER.

 

IN BUFFALO - A THIRD PERSON HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN LAST WEEKEND’S “TARGETED” SHOOTING AT CLUB MARCELLA.

 

THE MONROE COUNTY D-A PLANS TO RE-TRY TIMOTHY WILLIAMS AFTER A JUDGE DECLARED A MISTRIAL IN THE MURDER CASE.

 

THREE DEFENDANTS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AT A HIGH SCHOOL IN WAYNE COUNTY WILL REMAIN IN YOUTH COURT.

 

LOCKPORT’S CHENEZ GOURMET POPCORN IS PREPARING TO OPEN ITS THIRD SHOP SOON IN THE VILLAGE OF KENMORE.

 

CASES OF RSV CONTINUE TO RISE ACROSS NEW YORK AND THE STATE D-O-H IS URGING RESIDENTS TO GET VACCINATED.

 

AND - THE SABRES BLOW INTO BOSTON ON A FOUR-GAME LOSING STREAK FOR TONIGHT’S 7 O’CLOCK FACEOFF.

WEDNESDAY 12/06/2023

MORE QUESTIONS CAME UP ABOUT COUNTY PAY RAISES AT LAST NIGHT’S LEGISLATURE MEETING.

 

VILLAGE OF MIDDLEPORT RESIDENTS VOTED TO ADOPT A LENGTH OF SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - IN WHEATFIELD AND CAMBRIA.

 

TEN PEOPLE IN THE CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY CITY OF DUNKIRK WERE DISPLACED BY A HOUSE FIRE YESTERDAY.

 

A MONROE COUNTY NATIVE WAS ONE OF EIGHT AIRMEN KILLED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN LAST WEEK.

 

TWO SUNY SCHOOLS - BUFFALO STATE AND ECC - ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF NEW PRESIDENTS YESTERDAY.

 

A “RATE YOUR RIDE” SURVEY OF N-F-T-A USERS REVEALED THAT MANY ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE SERVICE THEY RECEIVE.

 

NEW CASES OF THE FLU IN NEW YORK ARE UP 25% AND HOSPITAL STAYS INCREASED BY 30%.

 

AND - THE SABRES LOST THEIR FOURTH STRAIGHT GAME LAST NIGHT - A 5-3 SETBACK TO THE RED WINGS.

TUESDAY 12/05/2023

BUFFALO POLICE HAVE ARRESTED TWO MEN IN THE “TARGETED” SUNDAY MORNING SHOOTING AT CLUB MARCELLA.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - ONE IN THE TOWN OF NIAGARA AND ONE IN PENDLETON.

 

ON THE REGIONAL BUSINESS BEAT - BOULEVARD MALL HAS LOST ANOTHER ANCHOR TENANT AS IT REDEVELOPS THE PROPERTY.

 

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NIAGARA FALLS IS AMONG 17 WORSHIP SITES IN NEW YORK AWARDED A GRANT.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE WARNING MOTORISTS TO BE WATCHING FOR CARJACKERS AS THAT CRIME CONTINUES TO INCREASE.

 

CONVICTED CHILD PORN USER JEFFREY PADEN OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IS FACING NEW CHARGES OF THE SAME CRIME.

 

THE CITY OF BUFFALO IS AIRING PSA’S ALERTING RESIDENTS HOW TO BE PREPARED FOR WINTER STORMS.

 

THE STATE LABOR DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING A JOB FAIR IN DOWNTOWN BUFFALO TOMORROW.

 

AND - IN THE “BATTLE OF THE CATS” ON M-N-F LAST NIGHT - THE BENGALS BEAT THE JAGUARS 34-31 IN OT.

MONDAY 12/04/2023

A SOUTHERN ONTARIO MAN WAS KILLED FRIDAY MORNING WHEN HIS CAR STRUCK A UTILITY POLE IN THE TOWN OF NIAGARA.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS OVER THE WEEKEND - INCLUDING ANOTHER CAR-DEER CRASH.

 

FIRE DESTROYED A BARN ON DICKERSONVILLE ROAD IN THE TOWN OF PORTER LAST NIGHT.

 

IN BUFFALO - POLICE HAVE CLOSED DOWN CLUB MARCELLA AFTER THE FOURTH SHOOTING INCIDENT THERE THIS YEAR.

 

BERNARD BROWN - A STREETS DEPARTMENT WORKER IN BUFFALO - HAS BEEN BUSTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SELLING DRUGS.

 

ON THE REGIONAL BEAT - INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO A PAIR OF SEPARATE HOMICIDES IN THE ROCHESTER AREA.

 

NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE BETWEEN THE SENECA NATION AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK ON A NEW GAMING COMPACT.

 

GAS PRICES AT PUMPS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY DOWNWARD - DROPPING ANOTHER 3-CENTS LAST WEEK.

 

AND - NASHVILLE KNOCKED OFF THE SABRES 2-1 LAST NIGHT AND BOTH NIAGARA AND CANISIUS LOST IN COLLEGE HOOPS.

FRIDAY 12/01/2023

A 17-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN THE FATAL SHOOTING OF MICHAEL HATHAWAY OF LOCKPORT TEN DAYS AGO.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - ALL OF THEM REPORTING UNKNOWN INJURIES.

 

11-POUNDS OF POT HIDDEN IN A COMMERCIAL SHIPMENT WAS SEIZED BY AGENTS AT THE LEWISTON-QUEENSTON BRIDGE.

 

OPIOID DEATHS IN ERIE COUNTY HAVE HIT 370 FOR 2023 - THE HIGHEST EVER - WITH A FULL MONTH TO GO.

 

TWO ERIE COUNTY MEN RECEIVED THEIR SENTENCES THIS WEEK - ONE FOR HOMICIDE - THE OTHER FOR ASSAULT.

 

THE SHERIFF OF ONONDAGA COUNTY WANTS BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH STEVE McDUFFIE TO BE ARRESTED.

 

ATTICA PRISON REMAINED ON LOCKDOWN THURSDAY FOLLOWING MULTIPLE VIOLENT INCIDENTS.

 

UNION MEMBERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER HAVE ANNOUNCED A STRIKE DATE OF DECEMBER 13TH.

 

AND - THE BLUES OUTGUNNED THE SABRES 6-4 LAST NIGHT IN ST LOUIS - BUFFALO PLAYS AT CAROLINA SATURDAY.

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