COVID-19 DEATH TOLLS ARE MOUNTING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HERE IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

 

208 NEW VIRUS CASES WERE REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - LIFTING TOTAL ACTIVE CASES TO 1224.

 

IN ALLEGANY COUNTY – FIVE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH STAFF MEMBERS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.

 

YESTERDAY THE GOVERNOR SAID THE COVID-19 VACCINE IS THE “WEAPON THAT IS GOING TO WIN THE WAR.”

 

EIGHT TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS – FIVE OF THEM IN LOCKPORT – WERE REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY.

 

IN AMHERST – POLICE HAVE ID’D THE MAN WHO DIED EARLIER THIS WEEK AFTER HE WAS FOUND ON A TOWN STREET.

 

FREDERICK JORDAN OF BUFFALO WAS SENTENCED TO PRISON THIS WEEK FOR STABBING A MAN TO DEATH BACK IN MAY.

 

A GRAND ISLAND MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED ON FELONY CHARGES IN THE BEATING DEATH OF A NEIGHBOR’S DOG IN MARCH.

 

AND THE ERIE COUNTY LEGISLATURE HAS APPROVED A $1.7B-DOLLAR BUDGET FOR 2021 THAT INCLUDES LAYOFFS.