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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.

THURSDAY 08/31/2023

30-YEAR-OLD ZACHARY REIMERS OF CHEEKTOWAGA WAS KILLED TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN HIS MOTORCYCLE COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - ONE IN LOCKPORT - THE OTHER IN THE FALLS.

 

IN ROCHESTER - POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TWO HOMICIDES ON CITY STREETS THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.

 

ANTONIO CARR OF NIAGARA FALLS WILL LIKELY SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS FOR A BRUTAL MURDER IN 2021.

 

IN ERIE COUNTY - A CHEEKTOWAGA WOMAN WAS SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON YESTERDAY FOR HER ROLE IN A MURDER.

 

A MAN FROM PHILADELPHIA WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AT THE PEACE BRIDGE ON A FELONY ARREST WARRANT FOR RAPE.

 

ERIE COUNTY EXECUTIVE MARK POLONCARZ IS GLAD TO SEE THE END OF AUGUST TODAY AFTER LOTS OF BAD NEWS IN HIS LIFE.

 

TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY WITH EVENTS PLANNED IN LOCKPORT AND BUFFALO.

 

AND – THE BUFFALO BILLS HAVE MADE A TRADE IN THE HOPE THAT D-E VON MILLER WILL RETURN IN WEEK FIVE.

WEDNESDAY 08/30/2023

NIAGARA FALLS P-D IS LOOKING FOR THE TRIGGERMAN IN THE MONDAY NIGHT SHOOTING OF A MAN ON 19TH STREET.

 

IN BUFFALO - AN OFF-DUTY COP - WORKING SECURITY AT CVS - SHOT A SUSPECTED SHOPLIFTER YESTERDAY.

 

THE BODY OF AN OLDER BLACK MAN WAS DISCOVERED IN THE SCAJAQUADA CREEK IN CHEEKTOWAGA YESTERDAY.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS TUESDAY - ONE OF THEM INVOLVING A MOTORCYCLE.

 

IN ROCHESTER - FOUR PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND INJURED IN A RASH OF SHOOTINGS NEAR CENTER CITY.

 

STARTING TODAY - THE SALE OF RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IN ROCHESTER OFFICIALLY BEGINS.

 

NEW YORK STATE HAS REVEALED ITS NEW STEPS AIMED AT PROTECTING CITIZENS FROM A RECENT SURGE IN COVID-19.

 

ON THE BUFFALO BROADCAST BEAT - ANCHOR/REPORTER MICHAEL WOOTEN HAS LEFT CHANNEL 2 AFTER 14 YEARS.

 

AND – THE BUFFALO BILLS TRIMMED THE TEAM ROSTER TO THE NFL MAXIMUM OF 53 PLAYERS YESTERDAY.

TUESDAY 08/29/2023

FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS - THREE OF THEM IN LOCKPORT.

 

ANOTHER MIGRANT ARREST - THIS ONE IN AMHERST AFTER A FIGHT SUNDAY AT THE RED ROOF INN NEAR U-B.

 

IN ROCHESTER - TWO TEENS HAVE BEEN ARRAIGNED ON MURDER CHARGES FOR A SHOOTING DEATH OVER THE WEEKEND.

 

STATE POLICE IN WAYNE COUNTY ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A MAN WAS RUN DOWN AND KILLED IN SODUS.

 

WITH MANY SCHOOLS SET TO OPEN A WEEK FROM TODAY - A BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE CONTINUES TO POSE PROBLEMS.

 

STARTING THIS FRIDAY - SMOKERS IN NEW YORK WILL SEE THE TAX ON A PACK OF CIGARETTES GO UP BY A BUCK.

 

A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD THIS MORNING FOR THE VICTIMS OF BUFFALO’S MASS SHOOTING LAST YEAR.

 

THE CITY OF BUFFALO IS RANKED BY U-S NEWS & WORLD REPORT AS A TOP TOWN IN WHICH FAMILIES CAN LIVE.

 

AND – THE BUFFALO BILLS AND OTHER NFL TEAMS MUST TRIM ROSTERS TO 53 PLAYERS BY 4 THIS AFTERNOON.

MONDAY 08/28/2023

THE LOCKPORT CAVE TOURS HAS RESUMED OFFERING A 90-MINUTE LANTERN-LIT WALKING TOUR.

 

TWO CHEEKTOWAGA TEENS ARE FACING SERIOUS CHARGES AFTER TAKING FALLS’ COPS ON A STOLEN CAR CHASE.

 

NIAGARA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SITE AT FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS SUNDAY - TWO OF THEM IN N-T.

 

34-YEAR-OLD LAZARUS HAYES OF NIAGARA FALLS WILL SPEND THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN A FEDERAL PRISON ON GUN CHARGES.

 

IN ROCHESTER - TWO TEENS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN THE CITY’S LATEST HOMICIDE.

 

GAS PRICES ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK REMAIN AT ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL AS LAST WEEK.

 

ATTENDEES AT THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR IN SYRACUSE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPGRADE THEIR LEGAL ID’S.

 

THIS EVENING’S LOCKPORT MONDAY NIGHT CRUISE WILL INCLUDE A 45-MINUTE CONCERT BY THE CITY’S COMMUNITY BAND

 

AND – THE BILLS BEAT THE BEARS 24-21 IN THEIR FINAL PRE-SEASON GAME IN CHICAGO SATURDAY.

FRIDAY 08/25/2023

A STABBING BEHIND LASALLE PREP IN THE FALLS HAS LANDED A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY IN COURT ON ASSAULT CHARGES.

 

A SECOND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOLS THIS FALL.

 

NIAGARA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SITE AT JUST ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT THURSDAY.

 

ERIE COUNTY EXECUTIVE MARK POLONCARZ HAS BEEN NAMED IN A DOMESTIC INCIDENT REPORT FROM LAST WEEKEND.

 

THE LEGACY OF FALLEN BUFFALO FIREFIGHTER JASON ARNO WILL BE CARRIED ON BY A FOUNDATION BEARING HIS NAME.

 

A MAN AND A WOMAN HAVE PLEADED GUILTY TO MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES IN SEPARATE CASES IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY.

 

IN ROCHESTER - POLICE HAVE ID’D THE MAN MURDERED THIS WEEK INSIDE A JAY STREET CONVENIENCE STORE.

 

NIAGARA COUNTY IS ALERTING DRIVERS ABOUT THREE ROAD CLOSURE PROJECT COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER.

 

AND – THE BILLS’ STARTERS WILL PLAY IN THE TEAM’S FINAL PRE-SEASON GAME TOM’R AT CHICAGO.

THURSDAY 08/24/2023

NORTH TONAWANDA POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO THE DISCOVERY OF A MAN’S BODY IN THE ERIE CANAL YESTERDAY.

 

NIAGARA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SITE AT THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND A FIRE WEDNESDAY.

 

BILAL WRIGHT OF BUFFALO WENT WRONG WHEN HE ASSAULTED SEVERAL PEOPLE - NOW HE’S GOING TO PRISON.

 

IN ROCHESTER - POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HOMICIDE AT A CONVENIENCE STORE ON JAY STREET.

 

MORE MIGRANTS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED TO MONROE COUNTY FROM NEW YORK CITY AS THE CRISIS WORSENS.

 

AUTO WORKERS WERE AT LOCKPORT’S UNION HALL YESTERDAY TO WEIGH IN ON A NATIONAL STRIKE VOTE.

 

THE NIAGARA COUNTY PLANNING BOARD HAS RECOMMENDED THE REZONING OF A NEWFANE MOBILE HOME PARK FOR A NEW PROJECT.

 

FRONTIER AIRLINES WILL BE OFFERING DIRECT FLIGHTS TO FLORIDA FOR UNDER $40 STARTING IN NOVEMBER.

 

AND – THE SABRES WILL CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF RICK JEANNERET THIS SUNDAY AT KEYBANK CENTER.

WEDNESDAY 08/23/2023

ANTHONY HOWARD OF LOCKPORT HAS BEEN INDICTED ON THREE COUNTS RELATED TO DRUG SALES.

 

A NIAGARA FALLS MAN - ACCUSED IN A HOMICIDE EARLIER THIS YEAR - HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO THREE FELONIES.

 

NIAGARA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SITE AT A TRIO OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TUESDAY.

 

A CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY WOMAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH A LEANDRA’S LAW D-W-I AFTER CRASHING HER CAR MONDAY.

 

IN ROCHESTER - POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING MONDAY THAT INJURED TWO ON SAINT PAUL STREET.

 

A SIENA POLL SHOWS THAT 82% OF NEW YORKERS BELIEVE THE MIGRANT CRISIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.

 

THE NIAGARA COUNTY PLANNING BOARD HAS RECOMMENDED A PERMIT BE ISSUED FOR A WEST END SOLAR PROJECT IN LOCKPORT.

 

THE GREAT NEW YORK STATE FAIR OPENS TODAY IN SYRACUSE FOR ITS 13-DAY RUN THRU LABOR DAY.

 

AND – THE POWERBALL JACKPOT HAS ECLIPSED THE $300M MARK FOR TONIGHT’S DRAWING IN THE MULTI-STATE GAME.

TUESDAY 08/22/2023

THE DEATH - IN 2022 - OF NIAGARA COUNTY JAIL INMATE LEROY CHEEK HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN RULED A SUICIDE.

 

POLICE IN HAMBURG ARE LOOKING INTO THE CAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT SUNDAY THAT LEFT A 26-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DEAD.

 

IN BUFFALO - AN EAST SIDE MAN WAS ARRAIGNED MONDAY ON A FELONY CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.

 

TWO QUEEN CITY MEN ARE FACING FELONY WEAPONS CHARGES AFTER SEPARATE INCIDENTS THIS PAST WEEKEND.

 

DOZENS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS WERE MOVED MONDAY FROM THE BUFFALO STATE CAMPUS TO OTHER TEMPORARY HOUSING.

 

IN ROCHESTER - TWO MEN ARE RECOVERING AFTER BEING INJURED IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING ON ST PAUL STREET.

 

FIVE BALL PYTHONS HAVE TURNED UP AT OR NEAR A DELTA SONIC ON NIAGARA FALLS BOULEVARD IN AMHERST.

 

GAS PRICES IN WESTERN NEW YORK HAVE LEVELED OFF AFTER WEEKS OF PRICES SPIKING UPWARD.

 

AND – ANYONE LOOKING FOR WORK NOW HAS OPPORTUNITIES AT A WALDEN GALLERIA JOB FAIR AND DARIEN LAKE.

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