THE DIOCESE OF BUFFALO WILL CLOSE 70 PARISHES NEXT YEAR - INCLUDING SEVEN HERE IN NIAGARA COUNTY.

ONE MAN WAS KILLED - ANOTHER INJURED - IN A GRINDING TWO-CAR CRASH IN SOMERSET YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

FIVE OTHER TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS TUESDAY - ALL REPORTING UNKNOWN INJURIES.

TWO NIAGARA FALLS WOMEN WILL SPEND A COUPLE YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR THE BRUTAL BEATING OF A TIM HORTON’S WORKER.

A GETZVILLE MAN WHO STOLE THE LIFE SAVINGS OF AN AMHERST WOMAN GOT PROBATION AND MUST PAY FULL RESTITUTION.

A SINGLE STUDENT HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED IN MONDAY’S STABBING OF A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY AT BUFFALO’S McKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

ONLY A DOZEN PEOPLE WERE AT THE STARPOINT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING MONDAY TO DISCUSS THE ARREST OF SEAN CROFT.

THE BUFFALO BILLS HAD LITTLE TIME TO CELEBRATE SUNDAY’S WIN AS THEY PREPARE TO PLAY MIAMI TOM’R NIGHT.

AND - THE YANKEES NOW HAVE A HALF-GAME LEAD IN THE A-L EAST AFTER THEY LOST TO KANSAS CITY 5-0 TUESDAY.