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Hometown Headlines Archives for 2024-03

FRIDAY 03/29/2024

FORMER COUNTY LEGISLATOR WILL COLLINS HAS TAKEN A PLEA DEAL IN HIS TIRE SLASHING CASE.

 

TWO MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY THE COUNTY’S DRUG TASK FORCE ON DRUG POSSESSION CHARGES.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND A CAMBRIA GARAGE FIRE IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY.

 

OTIS JOHNSON OF BUFFALO FACES UP TO 25 YEARS IN STATE PRISON AFTER HE WAS FOUND GUILTY MURDER.

 

THE ERIE COUNTY CLERK IS ON THE “HOT SEAT” AGAIN AFTER FAILING TO SHARE $180,000 IN TAX MONEY.

 

A POPULAR LONG-RUNNING FREE CONCERT SERIES IN BUFFALO HAS ENDED AFTER ATTENDANCE FELL OFF.

 

SIX PEOPLE IN FREDONIA HAVE BEEN BUSTED BY COUNTY DEPUTIES FOR SELLING DRUGS.

 

THE POWERBALL LOTTERY IS ALMOST A BILLION DOLLARS FOR TOMORROW NIGHT’S DRAWING.

 

AND - THE BUFFALO SABRES PLAY THE DEVILS AND LEAFS IN BACK-TO-BACK GAMES THIS WEEKEND.

THURSDAY 03/28/2024

A LEWISTON POLICE OFFICER IS RECOVERING AT ECMC AFTER HE WAS INJURED IN A FIREY CRASH EARLY YESTERDAY.

 

A TOTAL OF FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - INCLUDING THE LEWISTON INCIDENT.

 

A MAN AND A WOMAN FROM THE FALLS ARE IN JAIL TODAY ON A NUMBER OF CHARGES - INCLUDING KIDNAPPING.

 

NINE MONTHS AFTER THE MURDER OF A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN BUFFALO - AN ARREST HAS FINALLY BEEN MADE.

 

TWO TEENS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY AMHERST P-D ON CHARGES OF RIPPING OFF AN AUTO DEALERSHIP.

 

A FORMER ROCHESTER COP IS FACING PRISON TIME AFTER HE ADMITTED TO HAVING SEX WITH A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

 

CANAL FEST OF THE TONAWANDAS WILL BE BACK THIS JULY FOR ITS 41ST SUMMER IN THE TWIN CITIES.

 

TWO CEMETERIES WILL CLOSE AND AN EYE CLINIC WILL OPEN FOR THE SOLAR ECLIPSE APRIL 8TH.

 

AND - A BLOWOUT IN BUFFALO MAY HAVE PUT AN END TO THE SABRES’ UNLIKELY RUN TO AN N-H-L PLAYOFF BERTH.

WEDNESDAY 03/27/2024

AN 83-YEAR-OLD MAN DIED AND TWO OTHERS WERE INJURED WHEN FIRE RIPPED THRU A HOME ON 8TH STREET IN THE FALLS.

 

SIX FIRE COMPANIES BATTLE A BLAZE IN AMHERST MONDAY THAT SEVERELY DAMAGED A HOME ON SUNDRIDGE DRIVE.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - TWO OF THEM HAPPENED IN LEWISTON.

 

AN ALLEGANY COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO KILL A COP WILL BE IN A SOUTHERN TIER COURTROOM TODAY.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO A CRASH ON ANDREWS STREET THAT INVOLVED A PARKED CITY FIRE TRUCK.

 

IN BUSINESS NEWS - FISHER-PRICE HAS LAID OFF BETWEEN 75 AND 100 WORKERS AT ITS EAST AURORA HQ’S.

 

STARTING TODAY - DRIVERS IN NEW YORK MUST SLOW DOWN AND MOVE OVER FOR ALL VEHICLES STOPPED ROADSIDE.

 

THE SPREAD OF THE FLU IS STILL AROUND AND HOLDING STEADY ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK.

 

AND - THE SABRES BEGIN A FIVE-GAME HOME STAND TONIGHT WHEN THEY HOST THE OTTAWA SENATORS AT 7.

TUESDAY 03/26/2024

A NORTH TONAWANDA MAN - ON TRIAL FOR A 2019 HOMICIDE - HAS BEEN INDICTED FOR THREE FENTANYL-RELATED DEATHS.

 

POLICE IN BUFFALO HAVE RELEASED MORE INFORMATION ON THREATS MADE AGAINST SEVERAL CITY SCHOOLS.

 

IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY - A THREE-TIME CONVICTED FELON WILL BE GOING BACK TO PRISON ON A WEAPONS CONVICTION.

 

CANAL FEST OF THE TONAWANDAS REMAINS IN LIMBO AS CITY OFFICIALS DEBATE THE LENGTH OF ITS 8-DAY RUN.

 

70 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK - 15 CHILDREN AT A CLEVELAND HILL SCHOOL WERE KILLED WHEN FIRE SWEPT THROUGH A BUILDING.

 

NIAGARA UNIVERSITY WILL RECEIVE A $1M GRANT TO HELP BUILD A STEM CENTER ON ITS LEWISTON CAMPUS.

 

THE PRICE AT WESTERN NEW YORK GAS PUMPS JUMPED BY 6-CENTS THIS WEEK AS STATE AND NATIONAL PRICES SOARED.

 

NEW YORK’S PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IS A WEEK FROM TODAY - BUT EARLY VOTING IS AVAILABLE NOW.

 

AND - THE N-U WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM GOT KO’D FROM THE FEMALE N-I-T BY VERMONT LAST NIGHT 69 TO 63.

MONDAY 03/25/2024

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS - INCLUDING A MOTORCYCLE CRASH - WERE REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND.

 

POLICE IN ROCHESTER ARE LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT AND A WHITE SUV INVOLVED IN A HIT-&-RUN SATURDAY NIGHT.

 

KAHRON FLEMING OF BUFFALO HAS BEEN INDICTED ON FIVE FELONY CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH A TRIPLE SHOOTING.

 

TWO QUEEN CITY MEN ARE FACING LONG PRISON TERMS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY IN SEPARATE HOMICIDE CASES.

 

A BUFFALO WOMAN WHO BROUGHT A LOADED GUN WITH HER TO THE CIRCUS SATURDAY HAS BEEN CHARGED.

 

SECURITY AT BUFFALO CITY SCHOOLS WILL BE INCREASED TODAY AFTER A 15-YEAR-OLD WAS ARRESTED FOR MAKING A THREAT.

 

THE BUFFALO STATE NEWMAN CENTER ON ELMWOOD HAS BEEN PUT UP FOR SALE BY THE DIOCESE.

 

ALL WEGMANS STORES WILL CLOSE FOR 30 MINUTES DURING THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.

 

AND - THE SABRES SCORED THREE GOALS IN THE FINAL FRAME SUNDAY IN A 4-1 WIN OVER THE FLAMES AT CALGARY.

FRIDAY 03/22/2024

TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND TWO INJURED AFTER A HIGH-SPEED TWO-CAR CRASH IN BUFFALO EARLY THURSDAY.

 

SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE HURT IN A THREE-VEHICLE CRASH ON SHERIDAN DRIVE IN AMHERST YESTERDAY MORNING.

 

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AND A FIRE WERE REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY.

 

FIRE INVESTIGATORS IN AMHERST CONTINUE TO SIFT THROUGH DEBRIS FROM A HOUSE BLAZE THIS WEEK IN EGGERTSVILLE.

 

A CHEEKTOWAGA MAN IS FACING SERIOUS PRISON TIME AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO ANIMAL CRUELTY AND GUN CHARGES.

 

THE BODY RECOVERED AT ROCHESTER’S HIGHLAND PARK RESERVOIR THIS WEEK HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.

 

18-YEAR-OLD KEYON WRIGHT HAS BEEN CHARGED AS THE TRIGGERMAN IN A MURDER IN ROCHESTER LAST DECEMBER.

 

SHERIFF FILICETTI HAS ANNOUNCED THE OPENING OF A NEW SUBSTATION AT THE WHEATFIELD TOWN HALL.

 

AND - A FIVE-GOAL BARRAGE IN THE FINAL FRAME LAST NIGHT SANK THE SABRES IN AN 8-3 LOSS AT EDMONTON.

THURSDAY 03/21/2024

47 FACULTY AND STAFF POSITIONS IN LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN TARGETED FOR ELIMINATION.

 

A BUFFALO MAN IS CHARGED AFTER A TROOPER WAS INJURED DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN LOCKPORT TUESDAY.

 

IN BUFFALO - A WOMAN IS FACING NINE COUNTS IN CONNECTION WITH A DRUG OVERDOSE DEATH THIS PAST WEEKEND.

 

A FEMALE FUGITIVE ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING ALMOST $1M HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED ON 11 FELONY CHARGES.

 

A VOLUNTEER AT A CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BUFFALO IS ACCUSED OF STEALING $3000 IN MASS OFFERINGS.

 

ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND TWO OTHERS INJURED FOLLOWING A SHOOTING IN A JAMESTOWN APARTMENT.

 

THE GENESEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS LOOKING INTO A POSSIBLE HOMICIDE IN THE TOWN OF ALABAMA.

 

GORDIE HARPER’S IN NEWFANE HAS RE-OPENED AFTER SIX WEEKS OF REBRANDING AND IS NOW CALLED “MOM’S PLACE.”

 

AND - THE SABRES FOUR-GAME “WILD WEST” ROAD TRIP CONTINUES IN EDMONTON AGAINST THE OILERS TONIGHT.

WEDNESDAY 03/20/2024

FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - THAT INCLUDES TWO IN THE CITY OF LOCKPORT.

 

FORMER LOCKPORT MAYOR MICHELLE ROMAN WILL CHALLENGE MIKE NORRIS THIS FALL FOR THE 144TH ASSEMBLY SEAT.

 

EARLY VOTING IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY BEGINS THIS SATURDAY - AHEAD OF THE APRIL 2ND PRIMARY.

 

A BUFFALO MAN IS FACING A STIFF FINE FOR HAVING A LOADED HANDGUN IN HIS POSSESSION AT THE BUFFALO AIRPORT.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO THE DISCOVERY OF A MAN’S BODY IN THE HIGHLAND PARK RESERVOIR.

 

A LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED BY A ROCHESTER POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS INJURED ON A DOMESTIC CALL IN 2019.

 

THE STATE D-E-C IS REMINDING RESIDENTS THAT ITS STATE- WIDE BURN BAN IS NOW IN EFFECT.

 

SHEAS BUFFALO HAS ANNOUNCED ITS LINE-UP OF SHOWS FOR THE 2024-25 THEATRE SEASON.

 

AND - VANCOUVER GOT A GOAL IN EACH PERIOD FOR A 3-2 WIN OVER THE SABRES LAST NIGHT.

TUESDAY 03/19/2024

SPRING HAS SPRUNG AND WE IN WESTERN NEW YORK WELCOMED IT WITH A BLANKET OF SNOW OVERNIGHT.

 

A GARAGE FIRE ON COOMER ROAD IN THE TOWN OF NEWFANE KEPT OLCOTT VOLUNTEERS BUSY LAST NIGHT.

 

43-YEAR-OLD KENNETH JAMES OF LOCKPORT WILL BE GOING TO PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER.

 

NIAGARA COUNTY IS IN LINE FOR FEDERAL FUNDS TO PAY FOR REMEDIATION WORK IN LEWISTON AND LOCKPORT.

 

THE CITY OF BUFFALO HAS RECEIVED OVER $100M TO BUILD A NEW BUS LINE ON BAILEY AVENUE.

 

IN ROCHESTER - A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR A SHOOTING THAT LEFT A STORE CLERK SERIOUSLY INJURED.

 

FOR A RECORD FIFTH STRAIGHT WEEK - THE PRICE AT THE PUMP IN OUR AREA REMAINS AT $3.29 A GALLON.

 

SOMEONE BOUGHT A SECOND-PLACE MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY TICKET LAST FRIDAY IN LANCASTER WORTH A MILLION BUCKS!

 

AND - JEFF SKINNER’S “HAT TRICK” SENT THE SABRES TO A 6-2 WIN OVER THE KRACKEN IN SEATTLE LAST NIGHT.

MONDAY 03/18/2024

THE NORTH TONAWANDA CITY ATTORNEY HAS PLEADED GUILTY IN THE D-W-I CASE AGAINST HIM FROM LAST NOVENBER.

 

THE JURY IN THE CORRUPTION TRIAL OF THE FORMER WILSON BUILDING INSPECTOR RETURNED A VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND - INCLUDING TWO HERE IN LOCKPORT.

 

THE SEARCH FOR A NEW PRESIDENT AT SUNY NIAGARA HAS BEEN NARROWED DOWN TO FOUR FINALISTS.

 

IN SOUTH BUFFALO - POLICE HAVE A WOMAN DRIVER IN CUSTODY FOR A WEEKEND HIT-&-RUN THAT INJURED TWO PEOPLE.

 

QUEEN CITY COPS HAVE ARRESTED A MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A HOMICIDE ON THE 4TH OF JULY LAST SUMMER.

 

TWO MEN WERE SENTENCED TO PRISON TIME IN SEPARATE CASES IN FEDERAL COURT IN BUFFALO LAST WEEK.

 

THE MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT IS CLOSING IN ON A BILLION DOLLARS AHEAD OF TOMORROW NIGHT’S DRAWING.

 

AND - THE SABRES BEGIN A FOUR-GAME ROAD TRIP OUT WEST WHEN THEY PLAY SEATTLE TONIGHT.

FRIDAY 03/15/2024

THE FATAL MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN LEWISTON WEDNESDAY TOOK THE LIFE OF 20-YEAR-OLD RAYAN ABDOLAHZADI OF AMHERST.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - INCLUDING AN INJURY CRASH IN LOCKPORT.

 

LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS NEW YORK STATE REMINDS ST PAT’S CELEBRATORS - DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE!

 

IN BUFFALO - FOUR PEOPLE WERE ROUNDED UP BY BORDER AGENTS AFTER JUMPING FROM A TRAIN NEAR THE IN’TL BRIDGE.

 

TWO ROCHESTER WOMEN ARE GOING TO PRISON FOR RIPPING OFF A REGIONAL BEAUTY SUPPLY COMPANY.

 

NO INJURIES AFTER A TANDEM TRACTOR-TRAILER SIDESWIPED A CAR AND CRASHED ON A THRUWAY BRIDGE NEAR ROCHESTER.

 

CONSERVATION OFFICERS SEIZED A VERY LARGE ALLIGATOR FROM A HAMBURG RESIDENCE WEDNESDAY.

 

IT’S BOTH ST PATRICK’S DAY WEEKEND AND MAPLE WEEKEND AS WESTERN NEW YORKERS SET OUT TO CELEBRATE.

 

AND - THE SABRES SHUT-OUT THE ISLANDERS 4-0 ON HOME ICE THURSDAY NIGHT TO IMPROVE THEIR PLAYOFF HOPES.

THURSDAY 03/14/2024

A MOTORCYCLIST WAS KILLED IN A CRASH WITH A SEMI TRUCK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN LEWISTON.

 

ONE OTHER TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY HAPPENED ON MILITARY ROAD IN THE TOWN OF NIAGARA.

 

IN BUFFALO - TWO MEN WERE TAKEN TO ECMC AFTER A DOUBLE SHOOTING IN SCHILLER PARK LAST NIGHT.

 

THE VERDICT IS NOT GUILTY IN THE MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL OF STATE TROOPER ANTHONY NIGRO.

 

CHRISTOPHER JORDAN - A FORMER BUILDING INSPECTOR FOR THE TOWN OF WILSON - IS ON TRIAL FOR CORRUPTION.

 

AS A-R-P-A FUNDS BEGIN TO DRY UP - THE LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CONSIDERING STAFF REDUCTIONS.

 

STATE DATA CONTINUES TO SHOW THE SPREAD OF THE FLU VIRUS REMAINS HIGH ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK.

 

THE BUFFALO BISONS WILL BE HOLDING AUDITIONS FOR SINGERS OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT SAHLEN FIELD THIS SATURDAY.

 

AND - ST BONAVENTURE WON BY A WHISKER, CANISIUS IS OUT AND NIAGARA PLAYS TONIGHT IN COLLEGE HOOP TOURNAMENTS.

WEDNESDAY 03/13/2024

THE LOCKPORT MAN WHO SHOT ANOTHER MAN OUTSIDE WENDY’S LAST FALL HAS TAKEN A PLEA DEAL IN COUNTY COURT.

 

TRAVIS ROSARIO OF NIAGARA FALLS HAS BEEN CHARGED IN A HIT-AND-RUN NEAR THE BUFFALO AIRPORT LAST MONTH.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND A GARAGE FIRE WERE REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY.

 

THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCKPORT FIRE BOARD HAS EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT A PRIVATE MEETING AT CITY HALL SATURDAY.

 

IN BUFFALO - A 55-YEAR-OLD MAN REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BEING SHOT ON WILLIAM STREET SUNDAY.

 

FIRE INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO A DEADLY BLAZE IN A JAMESTOWN HIGH RISE APARTMENT BUILDING.

 

MORE INFORMATION HAS BEEN RELEASED ABOUT THE TRAGIC DEATH OF A GENESEE COUNTY DEPUTY AT BATAVIA DOWNS.

 

THE BILLS STADIUM EXPERIENCE INTERACTIVE PREVIEW OPENS TODAY AT THE WALKER CENTER IN WILLIAMSVILLE.

 

AND - THE SABRES ROUTED THE RED WINGS 7-3 LAST NIGHT WHILE NIAGARA AND CANISIUS BOTH WON IN COLLEGE HOOPS.

TUESDAY 03/12/2024

A BATAVIA MAN IS CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER IN THE DEATH OF A GENESEE COUNTY DEPUTY AT BATAVIA DOWNS SUNDAY.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - ONE OF THEM WITH POSSIBLE INJURIES IN SANBORN.

 

THE DIOCESE OF BUFFALO HAS PUT ITS DOWNTOWN HEADQUARTERS UP FOR SALE FOR JUST UNDER $10-MILLION.

 

SEVERAL ERIE COUNTY OFFICIALS - INCLUDING LEGISLATORS - MAY BE IN LINE FOR BIG PAY RAISES.

 

TWO YOUNG WOULD-BE CARJACKERS FROM BUFFALO FACE UP TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY.

 

ROCHESTER PAROLEE - JOSE ACEVEDO - HAS ADDED TO HIS LEGAL WOES WITH A NEW MURDER CHARGE.

 

FIVE STAR BANK IN WARSAW IS LOOKING INTO ALLEGED FRAUD OF NEARLY $19-MILLION BY A BUSINESS CUSTOMER.

 

THE AVERAGE “PRICE AT THE PUMP” HERE IN WESTERN NEW YORK SITS AT $3.29 A GALLON FOR THE 4TH STRAIGHT WEEK.

 

AND - THE SABRES HOST THE RED WINGS TONIGHT AND COLLGE HOOPS TOURNAMENTS BEGIN FOR REGIONAL TEAMS.

MONDAY 03/11/2024

A 32-YEAR VETERAN OF THE GENESEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS DEAD AFTER A FIGHT BROKE OUT AT BATAVIA DOWNS SUNDAY.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND - ONE OF THEM WITH INJURIES IN THE FALLS.

 

TWO FEMALE TEACHERS WERE HURT AND SIX STUDENTS SUSPENDED AFTER A PAIR OF INCIDENTS AT NFHS LAST WEEK.

 

A BUFFALO MAN IS FACING A DOZEN DRUG AND WEAPONS COUNTS AFTER POLICE RAIDED AN EAST SIDE RESIDENCE LAST WEEK.

 

FORMER CORRECTIONS OFFICER CHARLES EPPS OF BUFFALO MAY BE ON THE “OTHER SIDE” OF THE BARS AFTER A GUILTY PLEA.

TESTIMONY WILL RESUME TODAY IN THE WRONGFUL DEATH CIVIL TRIAL OF RICHARD METCALF JUNIOR.

 

A YOUNG JAMESTOWN FATHER HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR GIVING MARIJUANA TO HIS ONE-YEAR-OLD SON.

 

ERVIN MITCHELL WAS ARRESTED TWICE FRIDAY FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS IN JAMESTOWN.

 

AND - THE SABRES WON A WACKY SHOOTOUT CONTEST OVER THE EDMONTON OILERS IN BUFFALO SATURDAY.

FRIDAY 03/08/2024

THE BODY OF A MAN IN HIS 50’S WAS DISCOVERED IN A FIELD IN THE TOWN OF NIAGARA YESTERDAY.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - ONE OF THEM A CAR-MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN RANSOMVILLE.

 

THE MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL OF STATE TROOPER ANTHONY NIGRO CONTINUES IN A BUFFALO COURTROOM TODAY.

 

TWO QUEEN CITY MEN WERE SENTENCED IN SEPARATE CASES IN ERIE COUNTY EARLIER THIS WEEK.

 

A CAR-BUS CRASH IN THE ROCHESTER SUBURB OF GREECE SENT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL THURSDAY.

 

CONGRESSWOMAN CLAUDIA TENNEY SAID JOE BIDEN’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS LAST NIGHT WAS “DIVISIVE AND HOSTILE.”

 

THE MULTI-STATE LOTTERIES MEGA MILLIONS AND POWERBALL ARE AT A COMBINED $1.2B GOING INTO WEEKEND DRAWINGS.

 

IT’S “SPRING AHEAD” WEEKEND AS MOST OF AMERICA RETURNS TO DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SUNDAY MORNING.

 

AND - THE PREDATORS RODE A FILIP FORSBERG “HAT TRICK” TO A 4-2 WIN OVER THE SABRES IN NASHVILLE LAST NIGHT.

THURSDAY 03/07/2024

THE OWNER OF THE GROOVE LOUNGE IN BUFFALO HAS BEEN BUSTED BY QUEEN CITY COPS ON DRUG CHARGES.

 

BUFFALO POLICE HAVE ARRESTED 21-YEAR-OLD SAMUEL MORAL FOR AN ARMED ROBBERY ON THE WEST SIDE SUNDAY.

 

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - A TWO-CAR CRASH IN NORTH TONAWANDA.

 

TIMOTHY WAGNER OF BUFFALO WILL BE SENTENCED IN JUNE FOR LEAVING THE SCENE OF A SERIOUS INJURY ACCIDENT IN 2021.

 

IMMIGRATION AGENTS IN BUFFALO ARRESTED THIRTEEN PEOPLE FROM MEXICO AND NICARAGUA THIS WEEK.

 

THERE’S MORE LEGAL ACTION COMING FROM THE ROCHESTER ARMORY STAMPEDE THAT KILLED THREE PEOPLE A YEAR AGO.

 

VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS IN NEW YORK WILL SOON BENEFIT FROM A NEW TRAINING STIPEND PROGRAM.

 

BUFFALO BILLS’ FANS WILL NOW HAVE A CHANCE TO PREVIEW THE NEW HIGHMARK STADIUM LONG BEFORE IT OPENS.

 

AND - THE SABRES GOT TORCHED IN TORONTO LAST NIGHT AND TRADED CASEY MITTELSTADT TO THE COLORADO AVALANCHE.

WEDNESDAY 03/06/2024

WESTERN NEW YORKERS WERE TREATED TO A SECOND STRAIGHT DAY OF RECORD-BREAKING WARMTH TUESDAY.

 

A.J. BUTCHER OF LOCKPORT IS STILL IN THE NIAGARA COUNTY JAIL ON FELONY BANK ROBBERY CHARGES.

 

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - A TWO-CAR CRASH IN ROYALTON.

 

LOCKPORT MAYOR JOHN LOMBARDI IS PROPOSING A VOLUNTEER GROUP OF 30 TO 40 “WATCHMEN” TO HELP PATROL THE CITY.

 

A BUFFALO MAN - LAMONT LOVE - HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A WOMAN IN SHOSHONE PARK SUNDAY.

 

A PAIR OF CHEEKTOWAGA RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN INDICTED FOR PROMOTING DOG FIGHTING.

 

A FORMER CHEEKTOWAGA WOMAN HAS BEEN FINED AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO MULTIPLE COUNTS OF ANIMAL CRUELTY.

 

THE FLU IN WESTERN NEW YORK REMAINS A HEALTH CONCERN - ESPECIALLY IN ERIE COUNTY.

 

AND - BOTH U-B AND SYRACUSE LOST IN MENS DIVISION ONE COLLEGE HOOPS LAST NIGHT.

TUESDAY 03/05/2024

LOCKPORT FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A COMMERCIAL BLAZE AT VANDEMARK CHEMICAL JUST BEFORE 8 LAST NIGHT.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - IN PENDLETON, SOMERSET, NEWFANE AND CAMBRIA.

 

A 31-YEAR-OLD FALLS MAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BEING SHOT SUNDAY NIGHT ON 19TH STREET.

 

ALAN SAHR OF THE TOWN OF NIAGARA IS FACING FOUR COUNTS AND MORE AFTER HE TOOK DEPUTIES ON A CHASE YESTERDAY.

 

A NIAGARA FALLS MAN - AUSTIN PAGE - IS GOING TO PRISON FOR 20 YEARS FOR INJURING AN INFANT.

 

A DRIVER WAS AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A SERIOUS CRASH ON THE THRUWAY NEAR BATAVIA MONDAY.

 

NIAGARA COUNTY IS RECEIVING $3.25M FROM NEW YORK STATE TO INVEST IN A BUSINESS PARK IN CAMBRIA.

 

THE “PRICE AT THE PUMP” HERE IN WESTERN NEW YORK REMAINS AT AN AVERAGE OF $3.29 A GALLON.

 

AND - FORMER BUFFALO SABRES COACH LINDY RUFF IS OUT AS COACH OF THE NEW JERSEY DEVILS.

MONDAY 03/04/2024

ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK WILL BASK IN RECORD-BREAKING WARMTH AS THE HIGH IS EXPECTED TO HIT 70 TODAY.

 

THE REGION’S 11TH FATAL VEHICLE-PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT IN THREE MONTHS HAPPENED FRIDAY IN CHEEKTOWAGA.

 

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY THIS WEEKEND - INCLUDING LOCKPORT AND NORTH TONAWANDA.

 

NIAGARA FALLS POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECT IN A DOUBLE STABBING FRIDAY NIGHT ON CLEVELAND AVENUE.

 

23-YEAR-OLD AUSTIN PAGE OF THE FALLS WILL BE CALLING STATE PRISON HOME FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

 

IN BUFFALO - A CITY COP WAS INJURED FRIDAY NIGHT CHASING A SUSPECT ON THE WEST SIDE.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SUNDAY NIGHT SHOOTING THAT SENT A MAN TO THE HOSPITAL.

 

A REPEAT OFFENDER FROM OLEAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON A FEDERAL CHARGE OF CHILD EXPLOITATION.

 

AND - THE SABRES GAVE UP FOUR GOALS IN THE THIRD PERIOD LAST NIGHT AND LOST TO WINNIPEG 5-2.

FRIDAY 03/01/2024

A WOMAN IS DEAD AND A MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER A 2-CAR CRASH IN HAMBURG WEDNESDAY MORNING.

 

JUST ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - AN EARLY MORNING CRASH IN PENDLETON.

 

CARRIE ZIELINSKI OF DEPEW COULD END UP IN PRISON FOR UP TO 15 YEARS FOR HER GUILTY PLEA TO EMBEZZLMENT.

 

A BUFFALO MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING ANOTHER MAN TO DEATH IN 2022 WAS ARRAIGNED ON A MURDER CHARGE THIS WEEK.

 

BUFFALO FIREFIGHTER JASON ARNO WHO DIED A YEAR AGO TODAY WILL BE HONORED BY THE CITY.

 

BUFFALO’S ST LAWRENCE PARISH WILL JOIN TWO OTHER LOCAL CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES IN CLOSING ITS DOORS.

 

A FAMILY OF FOUR LOST THEIR PETS AND THEIR HOME TO A RAGING BLAZE EARLIER THIS WEEK IN WYOMING COUNTY.

 

A ST JOHN FISHER STUDENT HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A VIOLENT ATTACK ON CAMPUS WEDNESDAY.

 

AND - THE SABRES SCORED IN OT TO SHORT CIRCUIT THE LIGHTNING 3-2 IN TAMPA LAST NIGHT.

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