13 MORE COVID DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY YESTERDAY ALONG WITH 932 NEW CASES OF THE VIRUS.

THE ERIE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORTED A SECOND STRAIGHT RECORD NUMBER OF NEW COVID CASES WITH 1926!

DESPITE RECORD COVID CASES – BUFFALO’S NEW YEAR’S EVE BALL DROP CELEBRATION IS STILL ON TOM’R NIGHT.

A PAIR OF NIAGARA COUNTY MEN ARE IN CUSTODY ON SERIOUS CHARGES IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS.

AN AMHERST MAN IS FACING DOUBLE FELONY CHARGES AFTER HIS SECOND D-W-I ARREST IN THREE MONTHS.

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

THE FUTURE OF BUFFALO’S GREAT NORTHERN GRAIN ELEVATOR IS BACK IN THE HANDS OF A JUDGE.

IN ROCHESTER – POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE “TRIGGER MAN” WHO SHOT ANOTHER MAN ON McNAUGHTON STREET YESTERDAY.

AND – THE SABRES GOT OFF TO A SLOW START AND LOST BY A GOAL TO THE DEVILS 4-3 ON HOME ICE LAST NIGHT.

THE 2020 TERMINATION OF FORMER LOCKPORT CITY CLERK RICHELLE PASCERI MAY BE HEADED TO ARBITRATION.

A FALLS TEENAGER IS FACING A TRIO OF FELONY CHARGES FOR THREATS OF GUN VIOLENCE AT NIAGARA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON SITE AT TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND A SHED FIRE TUESDAY.

A MASSIVE CHRISTMAS MORNING BLAZE IN WEST SENECA DID MORE DAMAGE THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.

THE ERIE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORTED A RECORD 1368 NEW COVID CASES YESTERDAY.

AT LEAST ONE PERSON LOST MONEY IN A SCAM THAT IS MAKING THE ROUNDS IN NIAGARA COUNTY.

IN ROCHESTER – POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE PERSON WHO SENT A TEEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND.

THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY D-A SAYS HE CANNOT PURSUE SEXUAL MISCONDUCT CHARGES AGAINST EX-GOVERNOR CUOMO.

AND – AFTER A LONG “PAUSE” - THE SABRES HOST THE DEVILS ON KEYBANK CENTER ICE TONIGHT AT 7.

LOCKPORT FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON SITE AT A TWO-ALARM BLAZE ON SPALDING STREET LATE LAST NIGHT.

A FALLS WOMAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER SHE WAS RUN OVER WHILE LYING IN THE STREET SUNDAY NIGHT.

IN BUFFALO – POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE “TRIGGER MAN” WHO SHOT FOUR PEOPLE CHRISTMAS WEEKEND.

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS – INCLUDING A 9-VEHICLE CRASH - REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY.

THE ERIE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORTS MORE THAN 5300 RESIDENTS CONTRACTED COVID-19 OVER THE PAST WEEK.

OISHEI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN BUFFALO IS REPORTING A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN “KIDS WITH COVID.”

THIS SATURDAY IS NEW YEAR’S DAY AND “INAUGURATION DAY” AS NIAGARA COUNTY POLITICIANS TAKE THEIR OATH OF OFFICE

IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY – A WOMAN DIED CHRISTMAS NIGHT WHEN HER A-T-V CRASHED INTO A CREEK.

AND – GAS PRICES IN WESTERN NEW YORK REMAIN AT THE SAME LEVEL AS LAST WEEK BUT MUCH HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR.

FIRE INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO A CHRISTMAS MORNING BLAZE AT THE WEST SENECA HIGHWAY GARAGE.

IN GENESEE COUNTY – A MAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER A SUNDAY STAND-OFF WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT ENDED PEACEFULLY.

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT SUNDAY AND THREE ON CHRISTMAS DAY REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY.

THE COVID REPORT IN NEW YORK FROM CHRISTMAS WEEKEND SHOWS THE GROWING IMPACT OF THE OMICRON VARIANT.

A JUDGE MAY DECIDE TODAY IF BUFFALO’S GREAT NORTHERN GRAIN ELEVATOR WILL BE DEMOLISHED.

RETIRING JUSTICE RICHARD KLOCH WILL SERVE AS LAW CLERK NEXT YEAR FOR NEW COUNTY JUDGE JOHN OTTAVIANO.

IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY – A 35-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS ARRESTED CHRISTMAS MORNING ON SEVEN OUTSTANDING WARRANTS.

THE PEOPLE OF MONROE COUNTY ARE MORNING THE PASSING OF MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER GARY BEIKIRCH AT AGE 74.

AND – THE BUFFALO BILLS GOT THE JOB DONE IN NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY AS THEY PICKED OFF THE PATRIOTS 33-21.

A GRIM NEW RECORD WAS REVEALED WHEN 18 VIRUS DEATHS WERE REPORTED AT YESTERDAY’S NIAGARA COUNTY COVID UPDATE.

CLASSES WERE CANCELLED IN NEWFANE SCHOOLS TODAY DUE TO A COVID-RELATED STAFFING SHORTAGE.

EIGHT TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED ON SLICK NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS WEDNESDAY.

CHRIS VOCCIO IS DECLARED THE WINNER IN THE DISPUTED ELECTION FOR THE 6TH DISTRICT SEAT IN THE LEGISLATURE.

BOTH THE SANBORN FARM MUSEUM AND NIAGARA UNIVERSITY HAVE GOTTEN A “GREEN LIGHT” FOR SOLAR-POWER PROJECTS.

THE MAN WHO PERISHED IN A BUFFALO HOUSE FIRE TUESDAY HAS BEEN ID’D AS 54-YEAR-OLD HERBIERTO ALVAREZ.

IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY – THE FORMER CLERK IN THE VILLAGE OF BEMUS POINT HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO EMBEZZLEMENT.

THE BLANKET OF SNOW OUTSIDE TODAY WILL MELT BY SATURDAY DASHING HOPES FOR A “WHITE CHRISTMAS.

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AND – KIDS 5 TO 11 ATTENDING BILLS AND SABRES GAMES MUST NOW SHOW PROOF OF COVID VACCINATION.

BUFFALO FIRE INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO THE CAUSE OF A HOUSE FIRE THAT KILLED A MAN IN HIS 50’S TUESDAY.

A QUEEN CITY MAN WITH A LONG RAP SHEET IS GOING TO PRISON FOR SETTING A FIRE AT CITY HALL DURING 2020 RIOTS.

A SHOPLIFTING INCIDENT IN NEWFANE ENDED WITH A VEHICLE CRASH IN LOCKPORT YESTERDAY.

JUST ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY HAPPENED IN LOCKPORT’S NORTH END.

A BUFFALO EDUCATOR AND CIVIC LEADER WAS KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS PAST WEEKEND.

IN ROCHESTER– A MAN HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED ON D-W-I AND MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES AFTER A FATAL CRASH MONDAY.

THE COVID CRISES IN NEW YORK HAS PROPTED OFFICIALS TO CANCEL JANUARY REGENTS EXAMS STATEWIDE.

GOVERNOR HOCHUL SAYS THE STATE IS “O-K” WITH A NEW STADIUM FOR THE BUFFALO BILLS BEING BUILT IN “O-P.”

AND – COVID OUTBREAKS IN THE NHL HAS CAUSED THE LEAGUE TO PUT THE SCHEDULE ON “PAUSE” UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS.

AN EARLY MORNING SHOOTING OUTSIDE A CHEEKTOWAGA MEN’S CLUB SENT ONE MAN TO THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY.

A 51-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO KIDNAPPED A TEENAGE GIRL FROM N-T IS FACING A LONG TIME IN FEDERAL PRISON.

A PAIR OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN THE FALLS AND WHEATFIELD KEPT FIRST RESPONDERS BUSY ON MONDAY.

ANOTHER SINGLE-DAY RECORD NUMBER OF COVID CASES IN NEW YORK HAS OFFICIALS GEARING UP FOR A “WINTER SURGE.”

NEAR RECORD OUTFLOW RATES FOR DECEMBER HAVE BEEN ORDERED FOR LAKE ONTARIO BY THE INTERNATIONAL BOARD.

LEADERSHIP ROLES FOR THE NIAGARA COUNTY LEGISLATURE FOR 2022 HAVE BEEN SET WITH REBECCA WYDYSH AS CHAIR.

DEBORAH STANLEY FROM OSWEGO STATE HAS BEEN APPOINTED INTERIM CHANCELLOR OF THE SUNY SYSTEM.

INMATE GERMAINE BROWN – ACTING AS HIS OWN ATTORNEY – IS SUING NIAGARA COUNTY OVER TREATMENT OF A WOUND.

AND – LAST NIGHT’S NHL GAME BETWEEN THE SABRES AND BLUE JACKETS WAS CANCELLED BY COVID.

TWO MORE HOMICIDES ON THE STREETS OF BUFFALO THIS WEEKEND CLAIMED THE LIVES OF A MAN AND A TEENAGE GIRL.

THE LARGEST SINGLE-DAY NUMBER OF COVID CASES IN NEW YORK SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN HAS BEEN REPORTED.

ELEVEN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES BATTLED BARN BLAZES IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT AND WYOMING COUNTY ON FRIDAY.

IN ROCHESTER – A FAMILY OF SIX IS UNDER RED CROSS CARE AFTER A HOUSE FIRE DESTROYED THEIR HOME.

A PAIR OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN THE FALLS AND NEWFANE KEPT FIRST RESPONDERS BUSY SUNDAY.

THE THREAT OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE HAS LOCAL POLICE LOOKING AT TIK TOK AND A BUFFALO TEEN BEHIND BARS.

FIVE AREA GOP ASSEMBLYMEN WILL BE AT BUFFALO’S NAVAL AND MILITARY PARK TODAY TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF PTSD.

REGIONAL GAS PRICES INCHED DOWN SLIGHLY IN THE PAST WEEK FOR COST-CONSCIOUS MOTORISTS.

AND – THE BILLS PUT AWAY THE PANTHERS 31-14 SUNDAY TO IMPROVE TO 8-6 ON THE SEASON.

THE SON OF SHERIFF FILICETTI WAS ACQUITTED THIS WEEK IN WHEATFIELD TOWN COURT OF A D-W-I CHARGE.

A DRUG KINGPIN WHO BROUGHT DRUGS FROM MEXICO TO WESTERN NEW YORK IS GOING TO PRISON FOR LIFE.

THREE NIAGARA COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE SENTENCED TO VARIOUS PRISON TERMS IN SEPARATE CASES THIS WEEK.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON SITE AT FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS THURSDAY.

POLICE IN BUFFALO ARRESTED A 15-YEAR-OLD STUDENT WHO BROUGHT A LOADED GUN TO BENNETT HIGH YESTERDAY.

THE FORMER POLICE CHIEF IN THE ROCHESTER SUBURB OF GREECE HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO DRUNK DRIVING CHARGES.

THE NIAGARA FALLS CITY COUNCIL VOTED 3-2 THIS WEEK IN FAVOR OF A CITYWIDE REVALUATION OF PROPERTY.

BISHOP FISHER VISITS MT ST MARY’S IN LEWISTON TODAY TO BLESS AND DEDICATE A NEW HELIPAD.

AND – THE SABRES WON A SHOOT-OUT WITH THE WILD 3-2 IN MINNESOTA LAST NIGHT FOR THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT WIN.

COVID NUMBERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY REMAIN HIGH – BUT A BIT LOWER THAN LAST WEEK WITH 11 DEATHS IN THE PAST WEEK.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON SITE AT NINE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WEDNESDAY.

A NIAGARA FALLS MURDER SUSPECT WILL GO TO TRIAL AFTER REJECTING A PLEA DEAL IN COUNTY COURT YESTERDAY.

THE NIAGARA COUNTY BUDGET FOR 2022 WAS ADOPTED AT THE FINAL MEETING OF THE LEGISLATURE TUESDAY.

A FAMILY OF THREE WAS DISPLACED BY A TUESDAY NIGHT BLAZE IN BUFFALO’S KENSINGTON-BAILEY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AMHERST POLICE HAVE CHARGED A JUVENILE WITH MAKING A SOCIAL MEDIA THREAT AGAINST SWEET HOME SCHOOLS.

IN ROCHESTER - POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THE MAN WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER IN THAT CITY’S 80TH HOMICIDE OF 2021.

DEPUTIES IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY ARE INVESTIGATING A RASH OF BURGLARIES IN THE DUNKIRK AREA.

AND – THE SABRES TRY FOR TWO WINS-IN-A-ROW WHEN THEY TAKE ON THE WILD IN MINNESOTA TONIGHT.

LOCKPORT IS MOURNING THE PASSING OF THE FORMER LONGTIME PASTOR OF ST MARY’S PARISH – FATHER GARY KIBLER.

THE NIAGARA COUNTY D-O-H IS INTRODUCING ITS “TEST OUT OF QUARANTINE” PROGRAM THIS WEEK.

ERIE COUNTY WILL REMAIN IN PHASE ONE OF ITS PLAN TO PREVENT A MASSIVE SURGE IN COVID CASES.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON SITE AT SIX TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TUESDAY.

TWO NIAGARA FALLS MEN WERE SENTENCED TO PRISON TERMS IN SEPARATE STATE SUPREME COURT CASES YESTERDAY.

STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A ONE-CAR CRASH IN ALLEGANY COUNTY THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF A SCIO MAN.

IN ROCHESTER - POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A PAROLEE AFTER A “SHOTS FIRED” INCIDENT AND A TWO-HOUR STAND-OFF.

DISGRACED EX-GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO HAS BEEN ORDERED BY THE STATE ETHICS BOARD TO REPAY PROCEEDS FROM HIS BOOK.

AND – THE SABRES BROKE OUT OF A 7-GAME WINLESS STREAK BY SHOOTING DOWN THE JETS 4-2 IN WINNIPEG LAST NIGHT.

COUNTY HEALTH DIRECTOR DAN STAPLETON SAID THE PAST TWO WEEKS WERE THE “MOST DEADLY” SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.

CREWS CONTINUE TO RESTORE POWER IN THE WAKE OF THE POWERFUL WEEKEND WINDSTORM THAT TORE THROUGH WNY.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON SITE AT FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS MONDAY – THREE OF THEM IN LOCKPORT.

A PAIR OF LOCKPORT MEN WERE SENTENCED TO PRISON TERMS IN SEPARATE COURT CASES YESTERDAY.

JULIAN SERIGHT OF NIAGARA FALLS GOT FOUR YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR BEING INVOLVED IN A GUNFIGHT IN 2019.

STATE SUPREME COURT JUDGE FRANK SEDITA WILL DECIDE THE WINNER OF A DEADLOCKED ELECTION HERE IN NIAGARA COUNTY.

STATE D-O-T IS CLOSING EXIT 21 ON 1-190 IN THE FALLS BETWEEN 7 AND 3 TODAY FOR MAINTENANCE WORK.

GAS PRICES AT UPSTATE PUMPS REMAIN MODESTLY LOWER THAN RECENT WEEKS BUT NO WHERE NEAR PRICES OF A YEAR AGO.

AND – THE SABRES HIT THE ROAD FOR THREE GAMES THIS WEEK BEGINNING IN WINNIPEG TONIGHT.

CLEAN-UP CONTINUES IN THE WAKE OF THE POWERFUL WIND STORM THAT BLEW THRU WNY OVER THE WEEKEND.

STATE PARK POLICE SAY THE CAR THAT WAS STUCK NEAR THE BRINK OF NIAGARA FALLS HAS GONE OVER THE EDGE.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON SITE AT FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND TWO FIRES SUNDAY.

IN THE TOWN OF TONAWANDA – A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF A 7-MONTH-OLD BABY BOY.

AN ALLENTOWN SHOOTING VICTIM IN BUFFALO STAGGERED INTO JIM’S STEAKOUT FOR HELP FRIDAY NIGHT.

A 15-YEAR-OLD MEDINA BOY WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY AFTER HE POSTED VAGUE PLANS FOR SCHOOL VIOLENCE.

STATE POLICE CAUGHT A ROBBER RED-HANDED TRYING TO HOLD UP A TOWN OF LOCKPORT HAIR SALON LAST WEEK.

MASK MANDATES GO INTO EFFECT TODAY AT ALL INDOOR PUBLIC PLACES AROSS NEW YORK STATE.

AND – THE BILLS’ HUGE COMEBACK FELL SHORT IN OT SUNDAY WHEN THE BUCCANEERS SCORED ON A 58-YARD PASS PLAY.

LOCKPORT POLICE ARE ON THE WATCH FOR “COPY CAT” SOCIAL MEDIA THREATS AFTER A SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED THIS WEEK.

STATE PARK POLICE SAY THE CAR IN THE NIAGARA RIVER THIS WEEK WAS DRIVEN THERE INTENTIONALLY.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON SITE AT SIX TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS THURSDAY.

STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES HAS DROPPED OUT OF THE GOVERNOR’S RACE TO STAY ON AS A-G.

ANOTHER CUOMO COLLEAGUE HAS RESIGNED - SUNY CHANCELLOR JIM MALATRAS “CAVED IN” TO A FIRESTORM OF PRESSURE.

41-YEAR-OLD CLINT NEWMAN OF LEWISTON HAS BEEN ID’D AS THE MAN ARRESTED AFTER A STANDOFF WITH POLICE THIS WEEK.

DEPUTIES APPREHENDED A BUFFALO TEEN WHO WAS CAUGHT DRIVING A STOLEN CAR EARLY WEDNESDAY.

MORE THAN $440-MILLION IS UP FOR GRABS THIS WEEKEND IN AMERICA’S TWO BIG LOTTOS – MEGA MILLIONS AND POWERBALL!

AND – THE SABRES HAVE TWO HOME GAMES THIS WEEKEND WITH THE RANGERS TONIGHT AND THE CAPITALS TOM’R NIGHT.

LOCKPORT POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A 9TH GRADER FOR RECENT SOCIAL MEDIA THREATS THAT HAVE CLOSED CITY SCHOOLS.

DRAMA PLAYED OUT ON AN INTERNATIONAL STAGE YESTERDAY WHEN A CAR ENDED UP IN THE NIAGARA YARDS FROM THE FALLS.

16 DEATHS AND 1330 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 WERE REPORTED BY THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WEDNESDAY.

STARTING TODAY – A NUMBER OF AREA HOSPITALS WILL BE LIMITING NON-ESSENTIAL SURGERIES DUE TO COVID-19.

MORE FALLOUT FROM THE COVID CRISIS EVIDENT IN BUFFALO WHERE 60 UNVACCINATED EMPLOYEES AT ECMC WERE LET GO.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON SITE AT A DOZEN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON SLICK HIGHWAYS YESTERDAY.

A LEWISTON MAN WAS ARRESTED EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTER AN OVERNIGHT STANDOFF WITH POLICE ON MOUNT HOPE ROAD.

THE BUFFALO BILLS ARE MOURNING THE DEATH OF FORMER PLAYER MARK PIKE WHO DIED FROM CANCER THIS WEEK.

AND – THE SABRES AND THE BILLS ARE GETTING READY FOR THEIR WEEKEND GAMES.

ALL LOCKPORT SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL BE TAKING CLASSES REMOTELY FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK.

IN LANCASTER – TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED TUESDAY WHEN A PAIR OF VEHICLES COLLIDED ON ROUTE 20.

NIAGARA FALLS P-D ARRESTED A MAN FOLLOWING A MONDAY NIGHT CRASH ON FERRY AVE THAT DAMAGED FIVE VEHICLES.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON SITE AT THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OVER THE PAST 24-HOURS.

A TWO-ALARM BLAZE IN BUFFALO TUESDAY DISPLACED NINE PEOPLE FROM AN AMHERST STREET APARTMENT BUILDING.

AS AREA HOSPITALS STRUGGLE WITH HIGH COVID CASES - HEALTH DEPARTMENTS KEEP TABULATING RECORD NUMBERS.

LPD AND THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE WARN RESIDENTS TO LOCK THEIR VEHICLES IN THE MIDST OF A RASH OF CAR THEFTS.

CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY ON A 3.5-MEGAWATT SOLAR FARM ON LOCKPORT ROAD IN THE TOWN OF NIAGARA.

AND – THE SABRES GOT DINGED BY THE DUCKS 2-0 ON HOME ICE TUESDAY NIGHT.

LOCKPORT HIGH IS CLOSED TO IN-PERSON LEARNING TODAY AFTER A THIRD SOCIAL MEDIA THREAT IN THREE WEEKS.

MULTIPLE REPEAT OFFENDER ANTONIO CARR WAS DENIED BAIL DURING HIS COUNTY COURT ARRAIGNMENT YESTERDAY.

IN BUFFALO – EX-ERIE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN STEVE PIGEON - IN JAIL FOR SEX ABUSE - WAS RELEASED ON BAIL.

A CHEEKTOWAGA CHILD IS RECOVERING AFTER TAKING A NASTY TUMBLE FROM A HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE SATURDAY.

FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SITE AT A SERIOUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON TRANSIT IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT MONDAY.

ONE CANDIDATE IN THE TIED ELECTION FOR THE 6TH DISTRICT LEGISLATURE SEAT IN NIAGARA COUNTY IS GOING TO COURT.

AREA DRIVERS WILL SEE A LONG OVERDUE DROP IN THE PRICE OF GAS WHEN THEY FILL UP THIS WEEK.

ERIE COUNTY RESIDENTS CAN VOICE THEIR THOUGHTS TONIGHT ON PLANS FOR A NEW STADIUM FOR THE BUFFALO BILLS.

AND – THE BILLS FAILED IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO RE-CLAIM FIRST PLACE IN THE AFC EAST AS THE PATRIOTS BEAT ‘EM.

WINDY WEATHER TODAY WILL WREAK HAVOC WITH CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS AND MAKE TAILGATING TOUGH FOR BILLS’ FANS.

IN BUFFALO – A “TRIO OF TEENS” WERE BUSTED FOR GUN POSSESSION AFTER ONE OF THEM WAS SHOT SATURDAY.

A SECOND SHOOTING 12 HOURS LATER IN KENSINGTON-BAILEY SENT A 28-YEAR-OLD MAN TO E-C-M-C.

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THAT CITY’S 79TH HOMICIDE OF THE YEAR.

A BUFFALO MAN WAS ARRAIGNED FOR VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER AND DRUNK DRIVING AFTER A FATAL CRASH LAST WEDNESDAY.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON SITE AT ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT SUNDAY AND A FIRE IN N-T SATURDAY.

TWO HOUSE FIRES IN AMHERST TOTALED MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE YESTERDAY.

AS COVID NUMBERS GO UP – THE COUNTY D-O-H WILL PARTNER WITH SENECA NIAGARA CASINO TO GET FOLKS VACCINATED.

AND – THE BILLS WELCOME THE PATRIOTS TO WINDY HIGHMARK STADIUM FOR MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL THIS EVENING.

STUDENTS AND STAFF WERE NOT ALLOWED INSIDE LOCKPORT’S TWO HIGH SCHOOLS THURSDAY DUE TO ANOTHER ON-LINE THREAT

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON SITE AT ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT THURSDAY AND A FIRE IN THE FALLS.

FORMER LEWISTON RESIDENT CHRISTOPHER BELTER JR IS NOW RATED A “LEVEL THREE” SEX OFFENDER.

ONE-TIME DEMOCRATIC POWER BROKER STEVE PIGEON WAS ARRAIGNED YESTERDAY ON A NUMBER OF SEX CHARGES.

REPEAT OFFENDER MELISSA WENDT OF CAMBRIA IS GOING TO STATE PRISON FOR EMBEZZLING NEARLY $200-GRAND!

ERIE COUNTY HAS SET YET ANOTHER ONE-DAY RECORD FOR NEW COVID CASES WITH 948 REPORTED YESTERDAY.

NEW YORK TAXPAYERS MAY END UP SPENDING MORE THAN $20M FOR THE INVESTIGATIONS OF DISGRACED EX-GOVERNOR CUOMO.

TWO MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR LOTTERY JACKPOTS ARE UP FOR GRABS THIS WEEKEND FOR THE PRICE OF A $2-DOLLAR TICKET.

AND – THE SABRES SAW THEIR EARLY LEAD DISAPPEAR LAST NIGHT IN A 7-4 LOSS TO THE PANTHERS IN FLORIDA.

COVID-19 NUMBERS CONTINUE TO MOUNT WITH 13 DEATHS AND 1050 NEW CASES REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY LAST WEEK.

THE SCANDAL OF DISGRACED EX-GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO HAS RESULTED IN BROTHER CHRIS BEING SUSPENDED AT C-N-N.

BUFFALO POLITICAL OPERATIVE STEVE PIGEON WILL TURN HIMSELF IN TO STATE POLICE TODAY TO FACE SEX CHARGES.

FORMER DEPUTY MAYOR OF BUFFALO STEVE CASEY PAID A FINE AFTER TAKING A PLEA DEAL IN HIS POLITICAL FRAUD CASE.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON SITE AT FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WEDNESDAY.

LONG–TIME STARPOINT TEACHER BRIAN LASHER HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED ON THREE SEX CHARGES IN NIAGARA FALLS.

DAYYOKAY LONE OF NIAGARA FALLS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO A SIX-COUNT INDICTMENT THAT INCLUDES RAPE CHARGES.

FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZED ALMOST A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN A DRUG RAID 9 MONTHS AGO – BUT STILL NO CHARGES FILED.

AND – THE SABRES PLAY THE PANTHERS IN FLORIDA TONIGHT BEFORE A VISIT TO CAROLINA SATURDAY.

BILLY BENTON OF NIAGARA FALLS IS FACING LIFE IN PRISON AFTER HE WAS CONVICTED TUESDAY OF A DOUBLE HOMICIDE.

THE BUFFALO BILLS FAN ASSAULTED BY A DEPUTY IN 2017 HAS WON A MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT FROM ERIE COUNTY.

A WOMAN WHO RAN DOWN A PROTESTER IN NIAGARA SQUARE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN FINED $200-DOLLARS.

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON SITE AT SIX TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TUESDAY.

EVERY VOTE COUNTS – JUST ASK THE TWO MEN TIED WITH 776 VOTES IN THE COUNTY’S 6TH DISTRICT LEGISLATURE RACE.

ERIE COUNTY HEALTH COMMISSIONER DR GALE BURSTEIN IS ASKING FOLKS TO RECONSIDER THEIR HOLIDAY PARTY PLANS.

THE INCREASE IN COVID CASES HAS PROMPTED MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER IN THE FALLS TO ALTER VISITATION.

FRONTIER AIRLINES HAS ANNOUNCED NON-STOP FLIGHTS FROM BUFFALO TO FORT LAUDERDALE AND CANCUN.

AND – THE SABRES ARE HEADING SOUTH FOR THEIR NEXT TWO GAMES AT FLORIDA AND CAROLINA.