THE BUFFALO BILLS HAVE SENT THEIR ROOKIE PLAYERS HOME DUE TO FIVE POSITIVE CORONAVIRUS TESTS.  NO WORD WHEN THEY'LL RETURN TO THE TEAM'S TRAINING FACILITY.  

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SAYS THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS WILL COMPLY WITH STATE AND COUNTY RULES AIMED AT PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS.  THE LEAGUE SAYS WHEN TEAMS ARRIVE IN WESTERN NEW YORK, PLAYERS AND COACHES WON'T BE ABLE TO LEAVE THEIR HOTELS UNLESS TRAVELING TO THE STADIUM.

STATE PRISONS WILL BE ALLOWED TO RESUME VISITATIONS NEXT WEEK.  THE OFFICE OF CORRECTIONS IS OUT WITH NEW GUIDELINES FOR VISITS TO RESUME. 

STUDENTS AT SUNY SCHOOLS MAY BE SUBJECTED TO RANDOM COVID19 TESTING WHEN THEY GO BACK TO CAMPUS THIS FALL.  STUDENTS ARRIVING FROM OUT OF STATE HOT SPOTS WILL NEED TO QUARANTINE WHEN THEY ARRIVE.

A BAR IN KENMORE HAS HAD ITS LIQUOR LICENSE SUSPENDED FOR VIOLATING THE STATE'S COVID-19 REOPENING RULES. THE STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY SAYS THE VILLAGE LINE ON KENMORE AVENUE WASN'T REQUIRING CUSTOMERS TO BUY FOOD WHEN DRINKING ALCOHOL.

THE DICAMILLO BAKERY IN THE FALLS IS CELEBRATING A MILESTONE TODAY – THE FAMILY BAKERY IS MARKING THE 100 YEAR MARK OF BEING IN BUSINESS. 

ENH/LOCKPORT AND MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER IN THE FALLS HAVE STOPPED COMMUNITY TESTING SERVICES FOR COVID-19.

WESTERN NEW YORK HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR CORONAVIRUS ARE AT THE LOWEST LEVELS SINCE MARCH.

NIAGARA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS WERE CALLED OUT TO A GARAGE FIRE AND FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS YESTERDAY.

DETECTIVES IN NORTH TONAWANDA INVESTIGATED A STABBING ON OLIVER STREET LAST NIGHT.

NYPD HAS ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN THE SHOOTING OF A BUFFALO STATE STUDENT INSIDE A QUEENS DELI MONDAY.

ERIE COUNTY DEPUTIES HAVE RECOVERED THE BODY OF A MISSING SWIMMER IN THE NIAGARA RIVER.

NEW YORK STATE IS FACING A $30-BILLION-DOLLAR BUDGET SHORTFALL OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

SOME STATE LAWMAKERS ARE LOOKING AT SPORTS BETTING AS A POSSIBLE REVENUE SOURCE DURING TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES.

AND, DRIVING SCHOOLS GOT THE GREEN LIGHT FROM THE STATE D-M-V TO OFFER REMOTE PRE-LICENSING CLASSES.

A BUFFALO STATE STUDENT WHO WAS SHOT IN NEW YORK CITY MONDAY REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS WERE CALLED OUT TO A PAIR OF STRUCTURE FIRES AND TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS YESTERDAY.

THE NIAGARA COUNTY DEATH TOLL FROM COVID-19 CLIMBED TO 98 TUESDAY WITH THE DEATHS OF TWO WOMEN.

FIVE MORE AREAS – INCLUDING WASHINGTON DC - HAVE BEEN ADDED TO NEW YORK’S QUARANTINE LIST.

DRUG-RELATED OVERDOSE DEATHS ARE ON THE RISE IN ERIE COUNTY AFTER A THREE-YEAR DECLINE.

SCHOOLS IN THE BUFFALO-NIAGARA REGION ARE UNVEILING RE-OPENING PLANS FOR THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR.

LOCKPORT POLICE CHIEF STEVE ABBOTT HAS ANNOUNCED A NEW OVERTIME POLICY FOR THE LPD.

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTRICTIONS MAY BE LIFTED FOR DREDGING AT OLCOTT HARBOR AND 18-MILE CREEK.

AND, ROSWELL PARK HAS PLACED 14TH ON THE LIST OF AMERICA’S BEST CANCER TREATMENT HOSPITALS.

FIRE TORE THRU A NEWFANE HOME LATE MONDAY AS VOLUNTEERS FROM THREE FIRE COMPANIES RESPONDED.

A GRINDING 2-CAR CRASH AT ROUTE 104 AND TOWNLINE ROAD YESTERDAY SENT ONE PERSON TO ECMC BY MERCY FLIGHT.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON SITE AT FOUR OTHER TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS MONDAY.

HEAVY RAINS CAUSED FLASH FLOODING AND SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES IN ORLEANS COUNTY YESTERDAY.

NIAGARA FALLS P.D. HAS MADE AN ARREST IN LAST TUESDAY’S FATAL SHOOTING ON FERRY AVENUE.

CREWS AT BUFFALO’S SAHLEN FIELD ARE WORKING HARD TO UPGRADE THE BALLPARK FOR A BLUE JAYS GAME AUGUST 11TH.

THE PANDEMIC HAS CAUSED THE CANCELLATION OF FALL SPORTS AT CANISIUS AND NIAGARA.

VOTERS IN CHEEKTOWAGA AND EDEN HEAD BACK TO THE POLLS TODAY TO CAST BALLOTS ON REVISED SCHOOL BUDGETS.

AND, IN ROCHESTER, EASTMAN KODAK IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC.

UTILITY COMPANIES ARE BRACING FOR A HIGH DEMAND TODAY AS TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER NEAR 90.

IN NIAGARA FALLS, A TEEN IS DEAD AFTER CRASHING HIS A-T-V WHILE DRIVING THE WRONG WAY ON A ONE-WAY STREET.

COAST GUARDS FROM THE U.S. AND CANADA ARE LOOKING INTO A FATAL BOATING ACCIDENT OFF CRYSTAL BEACH SUNDAY.

60-YEAR-OLD BRYCE SHIPMAN HAS BEEN ID’D AS THE MAN WHO DROWNED IN THE NIAGARA RIVER FRIDAY.

A SATURDAY NIGHT SHOOTING ON SOUTH PARK AVENUE IN BUFFALO SENT A MAN TO E-C-M-C.

WRIGHTS CORNERS VOLUNTEERS RESPONDED TO A MOTOR HOME FIRE ON RIDGE ROAD LAST EVENING.

CORONAVIRUS CASES REMAIN PRETTY MUCH UNDER CONTROL BOTH LOCALLY AND AT THE STATE LEVEL.

THE BLUE JAYS BEGIN PLAYING THEIR HOME GAMES IN BUFFALO ON AUGUST 11TH.

AND, RETIRED BUFFALO BROADCAST EXECUTIVE BILL McKIBBEN HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 90.

NIAGARA FALLS P.D. HAS IDENTIFIED THE SECOND VICTIM OF TWO FATAL SHOOTINGS IN THE CATARACT CITY TUESDAY.

STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE PASSED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD “PAUSE” THE USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY.

THE G-A-O IS WORKING TO OVERHAUL THE PLAN FOR MANAGING LAKE ONTARIO WATER LEVELS.

PENNSYLVANIA HAS SAID “NO” TO THE BLUE JAYS PLAYING THEIR HOME GAMES IN PITTSBURGH THIS SEASON.

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTED WEDNESDAY ON MILITARY ROAD NEAR RESEVOIR STATE PARK.

A PAIR OF SHOOTINGS IN REGIONAL NEWS - A DEADLY ONE IN ROCHESTER AND A SERIOUS INJURY IN BATAVIA.

ERIE COUNTY WILL BE WATCHING BARS AND RESTAURANTS CLOSELY REGARDING COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

NIAGARA REGIONAL TOURISM IS TARGETING PEOPLE WITHIN DRIVING DISTANCE OF THE AREA TO VISIT.

AND, STATE POLICE HAVE ANNOUNCED RESULTS OF THEIR 4TH OF JULY D-W-I BLITZ.

POLICE IN NIAGARA FALLS ARE INVESTIGATING TWO FATAL SHOOTINGS IN THE CATARACT CITY YESTERDAY.

FORMER COUNTY GOP CHAIRMAN HENRY WOJTASZEK HAS BEEN CLEARED AFTER AN 18-MONTH BID-RIGGING INVESTIGATION.

THE FACULTY UNION AT NCCC HAS REJECTED PERMANENT CONCESSIONS TO AVOID LAYOFFS THIS ACADEMIC YEAR.

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN LOCKPORT AND A FARM FIRE IN ROYALTON ON TUESDAY’S EMERGENCY CALL LIST.

CANADA’S SPORTSNET SAYS THE BLUE JAYS WILL PLAY THEIR HOME GAMES IN PITTSBURGH THIS SEASON.

A FALL FESTIVAL AND A LABOR DAY PARADE HAVE BEEN ADDED TO WESTERN NEW YORK’S “CANCELLATION LIST.”

TEN MORE STATES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO NEW YORK STATE’S QUARANTINE LIST.

CHRIS JACOBS WAS SWORN IN TO HIS CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE IN WASHINGTON TUESDAY.

AND, STATE LAWMAKERS CONTINUE WITH A BUSY (AND RARE) SUMMER SESSION IN ALBANY.

CHRIS JACOBS WILL BE SWORN INTO OFFICE TODAY AS THE 27^TH DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS.

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - INCLUDING A STATE POLICE PURSUIT INJURY CRASH.

BUFFALO P.D. IS INVESTIGATING A DOUBLE SHOOTING SUNDAY THAT SENT A PAIR OF MEN IN THEIR 20’S TO E-C-M-C.

HOMELAND SECURITY AND LOCAL COPS TEAMED UP TO BUST A MASSACHUSETTS MAN ON SERIOUS DRUG CHARGES.

MORE YOUNGER AREA RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO TEST POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS.

NEW YORK STATE HOSPITALS WILL BE GETTING A MUCH-NEEDED FINANCIAL BOOST FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

CANISIUS COLLEGE HAS ANNOUNCED 96 LAYOFFS AS THE JESUIT SCHOOL TRIES TO CLOSE A LARGE PROJECTED BUDGET GAP.

THERE’S MORE INFORMATION ON THE LENGTHY BREAK-UP OF THE CELLINO & BARNES LAW FIRM.

AND, LT GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL WILL BE IN NIAGARA FALLS TODAY FOR A ROUNDTABLE WITH TOURISM LEADERS.

REPORTING TWO INJURY ACCIDENTS IN BUFFALO SUNDAY – ONE OF THEM FATAL FOR A YOUNG WOMAN.

BUFFALO P.D. IS INVESTIGATING A SUNDAY SHOOTING THAT SENT A 26-YEAR-OLD WOMAN TO KENMORE MERCY.

ARSON IS SUSPECTED IN A WEEKEND BLAZE AT A WEST SIDE PIZZERIA ACROSS FROM BUFFALO’S RIVERSIDE PARK.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY FROM THE WEEKEND “ROAD REPORT.”

THE QUESTION OF WHERE THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS WILL PLAY THEIR HOME GAMES IS STILL UP IN THE AIR.

AND THE NAME OF “THE HOME WHERE THE BUFFALO BILLS ROAM”  HAS ALL SORTS OF POSSIBILITIES.

THERE’S MORE INFORMATION ON THE LENGTHY BREAK-UP OF THE CELLINO & BARNES LAW FIRM.

IN MONROE COUNTY, THE PERSONAL VEHICLES OF 2 SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WERE “TORCHED” OVER THE WEEKEND.

AND, THE NEW NIAGARA FALLS V-A CLINIC OPENS FOR BUSINESS TODAY AT 1300 PINE AVENUE.

THE ORCHARD PARK HOME OF THE BUFFALO BILLS WILL SOON NO LONGER BEAR THE NAME “NEW ERA FIELD.”

INVESTIGATIVE POST REPORTS O-T-B ACCEPTED MILLIONS IN FEDERAL FUNDS AND STILL FURLOUGHED EMPLOYEES.

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY.

IN NIAGARA FALLS, A MAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER HE FIRED A PISTOL DURING AN ARGUMENT WITH A NEIGHBOR.

OFFICIALS AT NCCC ARE PLANNING LAYOFFS AND OTHER BUDGET CUTS FOR THE UP-COMING SCHOOL YEAR.

THE LATEST DATA SHOWS A HIGH NUMBER OF YOUNGER PEOPLE CONTINUE TO TEST POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS.

BUFFALO POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE “TRIGGER MAN” IN A TUESDAY SHOOTING THAT SENT A MAN TO E-C-M-C.

THE NIAGARA COUNTY PEACH FESTIVAL IS THE LATEST EVENT TO BE CANCELLED BY THE PANDEMIC.

AND, ONE LUCKY LOTTERY PLAYER BOUGHT A MEGA MILLIONS TICKET WORTH A COOL MILLION BUCKS IN N-T.

THE U.S.- CANADIAN BORDER WILL REMAIN CLOSED FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER FIVE WEEKS.

THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN WESTERN NEW YORK HAS TOPPED TEN THOUSAND.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON THE SCENE OF FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TUESDAY.

IN NIAGARA FALLS, A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY IS CHARGED WITH STEALING A CAR WITH A BABY IN THE BACKSEAT.

BUFFALO POLICE HAVE RELEASED NEW INFORMATION ON A MAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND ON ADAMS STREET LAST WEEK

WITH ALMOST ALL THE VOTES COUNTED - IT APPEARS CHRIS JACOBS WILL FINISH THE TERM OF CHRIS COLLINS.

NIAGARA COUNTY D-A CAROLINE WOJTASZEK HAS SWEPT THE MAJOR PARTY PRIMARIES FOR COUNTY JUDGE.

TRAVELERS FROM 22 STATES NOW HAVE TO QUARANTINE FOR TWO WEEKS AFTER ARRIVING IN NEW YORK.

AND, ALBANY LAWMAKERS HAVE SCHEDULED EIGHT HEARINGS ON THE EFFECT OF COVID-19 ON NEW YORK NURSING HOMES.

THE GOVERNOR SAYS SCHOOL BELLS WILL RING THIS FALL – BUT ONLY IF CERTAIN CRITERIA ARE MET.

LOTS OF RULES, CLEANING AND DISINFECTING WILL BE PART OF SCHOOL RE-OPENINGS IN NEW YORK.

COVID-19 HOSPITALIZATION RATES IN WESTERN NEW YORK HAVE SPIKED TO THEIR HIGHEST LEVELS IN WEEKS.

A NEW SIENA COLLEGE POLL SHOWS NEW YORKERS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT A RESURGENCE OF CORONAVIRUS.

TRAVELERS ARRIVING IN NEW YORK FROM HIGH COVID STATES WILL NEED TO DO PAPERWORK – OR FACE A FINE.

BUFFALO’S DELAWARE NORTH SAID MONDAY THEY’RE CHOPPING ANOTHER 100 FULL-TIME JOBS PERMANENTLY.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON THE SCENE OF FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS YESTERDAY.

CRIME STOPPERS BUFFALO HAS PUT UP A $2500-DOLLAR REWARD FOR INFORMATION ON CRIMINAL MAURICE CRAIG.

AND, FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR FORMER BUFFALO BISHOP EDWARD KMIEC HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED.

TWO INCIDENTS OF GUNFIRE ON BUFFALO’S EAST SIDE SENT FOUR MEN TO E-C-M-C OVER THE WEEKEND.

A POPULAR BAR ON BUFFALO’S CHIPPEWA STREET WAS CLOSED DOWN BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR VIRUS VIOLATIONS.

IN THE FALLS, SENECA NIAGARA IS TAKING XTRA PRECAUTIONS AFTER AN EMPLOYEE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.

STATE EDUCATION OFFICIALS WILL MEET TODAY TO DISCUSS GUIDELINES SHOULD CLASSROOMS RE-OPEN IN THE FALL.

REPUBLICAN POLITICAL BOSSES ARE NOT HAPPY WITH DEFEATED CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE BETH PARLATO.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON THE SCENE OF FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS SUNDAY.

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE “TRIGGER MAN” IN A DOUBLE SHOOTING EARLY YESTERDAY.

THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BUFFALO IS MOURNING THE PASSING OF FORMER BISHOP EDWARD KMIEC AT AGE 84.

AND, LOCKPORT’S DALE ASSOCIATION SENIOR CENTRE WILL RE-OPEN TODAY.

A Heat Advisory is in effect for Niagara, Erie, Wyoming, Orleans and Genesee counties as another day of record breaking head is on the way. High temps are expected in the 90s again and the heat index could approach 100 degrees. 

Absentee ballot counting continues in the 27th congressional district race. The Buffalo News reports that Democrat Nate McMurray is now just six points behind Republican state senator Chris Jacobs.

After being shut down for months to prevent the spread of coronavirus, malls across the state will finally welcome shoppers. Locally, the Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls, the Walden Galleria and Boulevard Malls begin welcoming customers back today. 

Fantasy Island may end up having new life under new ownership.  A local investment group called Empire Adventures says they are working on plans to reopen the famed Grand Island amusement park, and that the plans are nearly complete. 

And weather permitting, Medina’s Friday Night Cruise Nights returns to the Erie Canal Basin tonight from 5:30 – 7:30.

EASTERN NIAGARA HOSPITAL HAS RECEIVED NEARLY $6M IN FEDERAL PPP FUNDS AND CALLED EMPLOYEES BACK TO WORK.

IN ERIE COUNTY, THERE’S BEEN A NOTABLE SPIKE IN VIRUS INFECTIONS AMONG YOUNGER PEOPLE.

STUDENTS, PARENTS & TEACHERS WILL FIND OUT IN EARLY AUGUST IF SCHOOL BELLS WILL RING THIS FALL.

MALLS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK HAVE THE “GREEN LIGHT” TO RE-OPEN TOMORROW - BUT GYMS REMAIN CLOSED.

BUFFALO POLICE SAY TUESDAY’S FATAL SHOOTING IN M-L-K JUNIOR PARK WAS A “TARGETED ATTACK.”

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON THE SCENE OF FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WEDNESDAY.

ERIE COUNTY EXECUTIVE MARK POLANCARZ IS UPSET WITH THE LATEST ROUND OF LAYOFFS AT THE NEW ERA CAP COMPANY.

STATE LAWMAKERS WILL BE BACK IN ALBANY JULY 20TH WITH A FULL AGENDA OF NEW AND AMENDED LEGISLATION.

AND, DUE TO NEW YORK’S NEW QUARANTINE LAW, NASCAR WILL NOT RUN AT WATKINS GLEN THIS SUMMER.

A BODY WAS DISCOVERED IN YESTERDAY’S TRIPLE HOUSE FIRE IN NIAGARA FALLS.

A FALLS MAN IS CHARGED WITH 2ND DEGREE MURDER IN SUNDAY NIGHT’S STABBING DEATH ON WALNUT AVENUE.

TRAFFIC INVESTIGATORS IN THE FALLS ARE FOLLOWING UP ON TWO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS FROM THE 4TH OF JULY.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON THE SCENE OF SIX TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND A BOAT RESCUE TUESDAY.

A BUFFALO MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING A FEDERAL MARSHALL AT A PROTEST IN MAY.

NORTH TONAWANDA P.D. WILL CHARGE FOUR JUVENILES FOR BEATING UP ON A GIRL LAST WEEK.

MORE LAYOFFS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AT NEW ERA CAP COMPANY’S BUFFALO HEADQUARTERS.

TRAVELERS FROM THREE MORE STATES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO NEW YORK’S LIST FOR VOLUNTARY QUARANTINE.

AND, THIS MORNING’S HISTORY SHOW ON W-L-V-L WILL BE “TAKING YOU OUT TO THE OLD BALLGAME.”

A LONG HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT TODAY THRU LATE FRIDAY IN NIAGARA, ORLEANS AND NORTHERN ERIE COUNTIES.

ABOUT 5500 NATIONAL GRID CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER IN PARTS OF BUFFALO AND AMHERST LAST EVENING.

BUFFALO P.D. IS FOLLOWING UP ON YET ANOTHER SHOOTING AFTER A MAN SHOWED UP AT E-C-M-C WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS.

TWO QUEEN CITY COPS ARE STILL SUSPENDED AFTER JUNE’S PROTEST INCIDENT, BUT ARE BACK ON THE PAYROLL.

VERQUAN JACKSON OF NIAGARA FALLS IS FACING FEDERAL PRISON TIME ON MULTIPLE DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON THE SCENE OF ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AND A HOUSE FIRE MONDAY.

A CATTARAUGUS COUNTY LANDLORD IS IN JAIL FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING HIS TENANT MULTIPLE TIMES.

IN ROCHESTER, ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND TWO INJURED IN A TRIPLE SHOOTING LAST NIGHT.

AND, ADD THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR TO YOUR LIST OF CANCELLED EVENTS IN THE SUMMER OF 2020.

TWO PEOPLE DIED IN SEPARATE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND.

A 12-YEAR-OLD FALLS BOY IS AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AFTER CRASHING HIS MINI-BIKE THIS WEEKEND.

A WOMAN WITH A KNIFE HELD UP THE SPEEDWAY GAS STATION ON WILLIAMS ROAD IN THE TOWN OF NIAGARA LAST NIGHT.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON THE SCENE OF THREE ACCIDENTS AND A BRUSH FIRE SUNDAY.

SINCE JULY FIRST - BUFFALO POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO SEVEN SHOOTINGS – ONE OF THEM FATAL.

QUEEN CITY COPS HOPE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WILL REVEAL THE VANDALS WHO DEFACED BUFFALO’S McKINLEY MONUMENT.

IN ROCHESTER, VANDALS WHO MUST HAVE FLUNKED HISTORY DAMAGED A STATUE OF ABOLISHONIST FREDERICK DOUGLASS.

AMHERST POLICE BROKE UP AN UNRULY 4TH OF JULY GATHERING THAT INCLUDED GUNSHOTS AT CREEKSIDE PARK SATURDAY.

AND, AREA BOARD OF ELECTIONS OFFICIALS BEGIN COUNTING ABSENTEE BALLOTS FROM THE JUNE 23RD PRIMARIES.

AREA HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT “VIRUS SPREAD” OVER THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND.

BUFFALO POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO THE CITY’S LATEST SHOOTING – IT HAPPENED ON THE WEST SIDE WEDNESDAY.

HOMICIDE DETECTIVES ARE AMONG THOSE INTERESTED IN A BODY PULLED FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER YESTERDAY.

IN NIAGARA FALLS – POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A STABBING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON MAIN STREET.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON THE SCENE OF FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WEDNESDAY.

TWO AREA MEN WERE ARRESTED THIS WEEK ON CHARGES OF D-W-I AND POT POSSESSION IN SEPARATE TRAFFIC STOPS.

ROCHESTER P.D. HAVE MADE ARRESTS IN A PAIR OF RECENT HOMICIDES.

FOUR SMALL BREED PUPPIES HAVE BEEN FOUND ABANDONED IN THE TOWN OF ROYALTON IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

AND, STATE POLICE REMIND RESIDENTS THAT THEY’RE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ILLEGAL FIREWORKS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND!

SIXTEEN STATES ARE NOW ON NEW YORK’S “QUARANTINE LIST” DUE TO THEIR HIGH NUMBER OF COVID-19 CASES.

THE WESTERN NEW YORK REGION GLIDED INTO PHASE FOUR OF THE STATE’S RE-OPENING PROCESS YESTERDAY.

PROTESTOR MARTIN GUGINO - INJURED DURING A JUNE 4TH RALLY AT NIAGARA SQUARE - IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.

A 30-YEAR-OLD BUFFALO MAN IS LOOKING AT 20 YEARS IN A FEDERAL PRISON FOLLOWING HIS DRUG CONVICTION.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON THE SCENE OF FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND A BOAT RESCUE TUESDAY.

HOLLYWOOD WILL BE COMING TO BUFFALO NEXT YEAR WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW $50M-DOLLAR PRODUCTION STUDIO.

WEGMANS IS CLOSING DOWN IT’S “PUB” RESTAURANTS AT STORES IN THREE STATES – INCLUDING NEW YORK.

GETTING TO AND FROM WILSON GETS A LITTLE TRICKY WITH BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION ON ROUTE 425 BEGINNING MONDAY.

AND, IN SPORTS – NO BASEBALL IN BUFFALO THIS SUMMER AS THE MINOR LEAGUES SHUT DOWN FOR 2020.