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Hometown Headlines Archives for 2022-03

THURSDAY 03/31/2022

ONE OF THREE BUFFALO COPS SHOT DURING A WILD CAR CHASE TUESDAY REMAINS IN STABLE CONDITION AT ECMC.

 

39-YEAR-OLD ERIE COUNTY DEPUTY ARTHUR BASHER DIED FROM A MEDICAL EVENT WHILE ON DUTY TUESDAY.

 

NEW COVID-19 INFECTIONS IN NIAGARA COUNTY INCREASED FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK WITH ONE DEATH ANNOUNCED.

 

CRIME IS ON THE DECLINE IN LOCKPORT AND NIAGARA COUNTY BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021 - ACCORDING TO NEW DATA.

 

A PAIR OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN THE CITY AND TOWN OF LOCKPORT IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.

 

THERE IS NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED STADIUM AGREEMENT FOR THE BUFFALO BILLS.

 

WAREHOUSE RETAILER COSTCO IS COMING TO AMHERST AT A SITE ON RIDGE LEA NEAR NIAGARA FALLS BOULEVARD.

 

FEDERAL RELIEF IS AVAILABLE TO SOME RESIDENTS WITH OVERDUE WATER AND SEWER BILLS IN NIAGARA FALLS.

 

AND THE SABRES LOST TO THE JETS 3-2 IN A SO LAST NIGHT – BUT FINISHED MARCH WITH AN 8-3-3 RECORD.

WEDNESDAY 03/30/2022

THREE BUFFALO COPS ARE RECOVERING AFTER BEING SHOT DURING A WILD CAR CHASE ACROSS THE CITY TUESDAY.

 

FRANK BREDT JR OF BUFFALO FACES UP TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE BRUTAL MURDER OF HIS GIRLFRIEND IN 2018.

 

THE OWNER AND THE C-F-O OF THE RAPIDS THEATRE IN THE FALLS HAVE BEEN ARRAIGNED ON FELONY FRAUD CHARGES.

 

TIMOTHY REINARD OF LOCKPORT IS GOING BACK TO PRISON FOR A FIFTH TIME ON A PAIR OF ROBBERY CHARGES.

 

LOCKPORT FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SITE AT A CRASH BETWEEN A CAR AND SCHOOL BUS YESTERDAY MORNING.

 

IN BUFFALO - THE N-F-T-A IS WORKING TO REDUCE VIOLENCE AT METRO RAIL STATIONS IN THE CITY.

 

SUMITOMO RUBBER USA IS ROLLING OUT A $129M INVESTMENT AT ITS TONAWANDA TIRE PLANT.

 

THE UMPIRES WILL YELL “PLAY BALL” IN LESS THAN A WEEK AT BUFFALO’S SAHLEN FIELD.

 

AND ST BONAVENTURE’S STORYBOOK RUN IN THE N-I-T HOOPS TOURNAMENT CAME TO AN END IN NEW YORK CITY LAST NIGHT.

TUESDAY 03/29/2022

THE BUFFALO BILLS ARE GETTING A NEW BILLION-DOLLAR STADIUM AND WILL BE STAYING IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

 

A CHEEKTOWAGA WOMEN IS FACING SERIOUS PRISON TIME FOR ALLEGEDLY SELLING PHONY COVID VACCINATION CARDS.

 

NIAGARA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SITE AT THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS MONDAY.

 

THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT PLANNING BOARD WILL BE LOOKING AT THREE NEW LARGE HOUSING PROPOSALS NEXT WEEK.

 

IN THE TOWN OF NIAGARA – THE QUICKLEE’S RESTAURANT CHAIN IS PLANNING AN $8.2M-DOLLAR FACILITY.

 

WESTERN NEW YORK’S “BIG THREE” HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS ARE SHARING IN MORE THAN $17M IN FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDS.

 

IN ROCHESTER - FOUR MEN HAVE BEEN INDICTED FOR THEIR ROLES IN A VIOLENT CRIME SPREE LATE LAST YEAR.

 

THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN REMOVING THE LAKE ERIE ICE BOOM TODAY.

 

AND THE SABRES STORMED BACK FROM A 4-0 DEFICIT TO BEAT THE BLACKHAWKS 6-5 IN CHICAGO LAST NIGHT.

MONDAY 03/28/2022

BUFFALO P-D IS INVESTIGATING A FATAL HIT-AND-RUN FROM EARLY FRIDAY ON THE CITY’S EAST SIDE.

 

TWO QUEEN CITY COPS ARE RECOVERING AFTER THEY WERE INJURED WHEN THEIR CRUISER WAS HIT SATURDAY NIGHT.

 

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AFTER A VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO AN M&T BANK BRANCH ON HERTEL IN NORTH BUFFALO SUNDAY.

 

NIAGARA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SITE AT FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND A “TREE EMERGENCY” SUNDAY.

 

A NIAGARA COUNTY MOTHER HAS BEEN EXTRADITED FROM NEW MEXICO TO ANSWER TO CHARGES OF CUSTODIAL INTERFERENCE.

 

IN NIAGARA COUNTY COURT – JUDGE OTTAVIANO HANDED DOWN TEMPORARY DECISIONS IN A COUPLE OF HOMICIDE CASES.

 

A PAIR OF 16-YEAR-OLD BUFFALO BOYS HAVE BEEN ARRAIGNED IN THE BEATING DEATH OF A MAN BACK IN JANUARY.

 

NFL OWNERS WILL LIKELY VOTE TODAY ON WHETHER OR NOT TO LOAN THE BUFFALO BILLS $200M TOWARD A NEW STADIUM.

 

AND THE SABRES DROPPED THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT OT GAME IN A 5-4 LOSS TO THE RANGERS IN NEW YORK SUNDAY.

FRIDAY 03/25/22

FEDERAL AGENTS AND STATE POLICE CONDUCTED A SEARCH YESTERDAY AT THE AMHERST HOME OF JUDGE JOHN MICHALSKI.

 

CLASSES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED TODAY AT BUFFALO STATE AS POLICE INVESTIGATE A THREAT MADE AGAINST THE SCHOOL.

 

IN TONAWANDA – FORMER 9-1-1 SUPERVISOR BRETT RIDER HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO THREE FELONY SEX CRIMES.

 

NOBODY’S TALKING AFTER ONE BUFFALO FIREMAN WAS INJURED AND ANOTHER WAS SUSPENDED LAST WEEKEND.

 

THERE WAS JUST ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY – IT WAS IN DOWNTOWN LOCKPORT.

 

IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY – THE TOWN JUSTICE IN PERSIA HAS RESIGNED AMID ALLEGATIONS OF JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT.

 

THE BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC IS HOSTING A BENEFIT CONCERT APRIL 3RD FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.

 

AN NFL COMMITTEE WILL VOTE TODAY ON WHETHER OR NOT TO LOAN THE BUFFALO BILLS $200M TOWARD A NEW STADIUM.

 

AND TWO BIG UPSETS IN “MARCH MADNESS” AND THE SABRES HOST THE CAPITALS TONIGHT.

THURSDAY 03/24/22

THE LOCKPORT COMMON COUNCIL SAID “NO” TO A CHALLENGE TO THE CITY’S REASSESSMENT AT LAST NIGHT’S MEETING.

 

FOUR OF NIAGARA COUNTY’S TOP OFFICIALS WILL GET BONUSES – RATHER THAN OT – FOR WORK DURING THE PANDEMIC.

 

A SETTLEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND A MAN INJURED BY ONE OF ITS VEHICLES.

 

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

 

IN LEWISTON – A SECOND JUVENILE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ON-LINE THREATS AGAINST LEW-PORT MIDDLE SCHOOL.

 

A FALLS MAN IS GOING TO FEDERAL PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO SEVERAL FELONIES FROM A 2018 CASE.

 

THREE BUFFALO PEOPLE ARE UNDER ARREST AFTER GUNFIRE WAS EXCHANGED BETWEEN VEHICLES IN JAMESTOWN TUESDAY.

 

THE CITY OF LOCKPORT HAS HIRED THE SECOND WOMAN FIREFIGHTER IN ITS DEPARTMENT’S HISTORY.

 

AND ALEX TUCK SCORED IN THE SO TO LIFT THE SABRES TO THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT – A 4-3 WIN OVER PITTSBURGH.

WEDNESDAY 03/23/2022

A HEAD-ON CRASH TOOK THE LIFE OF A LOCKPORT MAN SUNDAY NIGHT ON ROUTE 104 IN MONROE COUNTY.

 

FIRST RESPONDERS HERE IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON SITE AT ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AND TWO FIRES TUESDAY.

 

TWO QUEEN CITY COPS HAVE BEEN CLEARED OF ANY WRONGDOING IN A RECENT SHOOTING ON HERTEL AVENUE.

 

IN BUFFALO – A PAIR OF TEACHERS WERE INJURED MONDAY WHEN FIGHTS BROKE OUT AT THE PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY.

 

A BUFFALO TEEN HAS BEEN INDICTED ON MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES FOR HIS ROLE IN A CRASH THAT KILLED A BABY.

 

THE PROPOSED $300M-DOLLAR AMAZON PROJECT IN THE TOWN OF NIAGARA CLEARED ITS FIRST HURDLE THIS WEEK.

 

IN MONROE COUNTY – THE STATE A-G IS INVESTIGATING A POSSIBLE MURDER-SUICIDE INVOLVING A 911 DISPATCHER.

 

THREE WESTERN NEW YORK SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN CITED FOR FISCAL MISMANAGEMENT BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER.

 

AND ST BONAVENTURE BEAT VIRGINIA 52-51 TO ADVANCE TO THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE N-I-T HOOPS TOURNAMENT.

TUESDAY 03/22/22

A STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR MAKING AN ON-LINE TERRORIST THREAT.

 

TONY GOLDEN OF BUFFALO WILL SPEND THE NEXT 25 YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR SHOOTING A MAN TO DEATH IN 2019.

 

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

 

IN ROCHESTER – POLICE HAVE ONE SUSPECT IN CUSTODY AFTER A PAIR OF HOMICIDES OVER THE PAST THREE DAYS.

 

HIGH WINDS HAVE FORCED THE POSTPONEMENT OF A HELICOPTER OPERATION NEAR THE BRINK OF NIAGARA FALLS TODAY.

 

PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN BUFFALO WILL BE ADDING MORE SECURITY POSITIONS AT MOST CITY CAMPUSES.

 

STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS DON’T EXPECT A STEEP SURGE IN COVID CASES DUE TO AN OMICRON SUBVARIANT.

 

WEEKEND DELAYS AT THE CANADIAN SIDE OF THE PEACE BRIDGE WERE BLAMED ON NEW COVID-19 PROCEDURES.

 

AND THE SABRES WILL HOST A COUPLE OF HOME GAMES AGAINST TOUGH COMPETITORS THIS WEEK.

MONDAY 03/21/22

A MAN WAS KILLED FRIDAY NIGHT IN LOCKPORT WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY TWO VEHICLES AT SOUTH TRANSIT AND HIGH.

 

MINUTES BEFORE THAT FATAL ACCIDENT – AN AMHERST WOMAN DIED WHEN HER CAR WENT OFF HOPKINS ROAD.

 

A LOCKPORT MAN IS FACING A D-W-I CHARGE AFTER HE WAS PULLED FROM HIS BURNING CAR YESTERDAY MORNING

 

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

 

IN NIAGARA FALLS – A POLICE CRUISER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION DURING A VEHICLE PURSUIT LATE LAST WEEK.

 

ANTONIO PORTER JR OF THE FALLS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 3 FELONIES IN LAST MONDAY’S 7-11 SHOOTING ON HYDE PARK.

 

FIVE MONTHS AFTER LAST HALLOWEEN’S “SHOTS FIRED” INCIDENT IN LOCKPORT – A MAN IS UNDER ARREST.

 

KALEIDA HEALTH AND TWO OF ITS LARGEST UNIONS WILL RESUME LABOR NEGOTIATIONS THIS WEEK.

 

AND THE SABRES WON 2 OF 3 GAMES ON THEIR ROAD TRIP TO WESTERN CANADA WITH AN OT VICTORY AT VANCOUVER SUNDAY.

FRIDAY 03/18/22

A HIGH-SPEED CRASH BETWEEN A TRACTOR-TRAILER AND AN S-U-V ON THE THRUWAY LAST NIGHT INJURED 3 SERIOUSLY.

 

IN ERIE COUNTY – A MEDICAL ISSUE MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH IN ALDEN THAT WAS FATAL TO THE DRIVER OF A CAR.

 

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

 

A FOUR-TIME CONVICTED FELON RECEIVED A TONGUE LASHING FROM JUDGE OTTAVIANO IN COUNTY COURT THIS WEEK.

 

A DEPEW WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF SWALLOWING DRUGS, A LIGHTER AND A PIPE IN AN ATTEMPT TO SMUGGLE THEM INTO JAIL.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE TRYING TO ROUND UP SUSPECTS IN A WAVE OF CARJACKINGS IN THAT CITY.

 

A NEW ON-LINE “FLOOD FORECAST” TOOL FOR LAKE ONTARIO WAS LAUNCHED YESTERDAY.

 

SPRING ARRIVES SUNDAY AND WITH IT 20 MILLION COVID-19 TEST KITS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ACROSS NEW YORK.

 

AND BUFFALO WAS THE “UPSET CAPITAL OF AMERICA” THURSDAY AS “MARCH MADNESS” TOOK CENTER COURT IN COLLEGE HOOPS.

THURSDAY 03/17/22

A 12-YEAR-OLD STUDENT IS CHARGED WITH A FELONY AFTER AN ON-LINE THREAT AT LEW-PORT MIDDLE SCHOOL.

 

BUFFALO P-D HAS RELEASED BODY-CAM VIDEO OF THIS WEEK’S OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING ON HERTEL AVENUE.

 

NIAGARA FALLS FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SITE AT A ONE-CAR CRASH ON MILITARY ROAD LAST EVENING.

 

A DRIVER WAS BUSTED ON THE CANADIAN SIDE OF THE PEACE BRIDGE TUESDAY WHEN HE CLAIMED AN 8MM UNLICENSED GUN.

 

THE LATEST COVID REPORT FOR NIAGARA COUNTY REVEALED 104 NEW CASES AND FIVE DEATHS.

 

NEW CASES OF COVID-19 ACROSS NEW YORK HAVE SEEN THE SMALLEST INCREASE SINCE LAST JULY.

 

POLITICAL SOURCES SAY FORMER GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO MAY CHALLENGE KATHY HOCHUL IN A DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.

 

LOCKPORT’S “BEEF KING” DON KAUFMAN – THE FORMER OWNER OF THE WASHBURN STREET MEAT MARKET – HAS DIED AT 83.

 

AND “MARCH MADNESS” TIPS OFF IN BUFFALO TODAY WITH FOUR COLLEGE HOOPS GAMES AT KEYBANK CENTER.

WEDNESDAY 03/16/2022

NIAGARA FALLS POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE A GUNSHOT INCIDENT INSIDE A HYDE PARK 7-11.

 

A BUFFALO MAN TOOK A PLEA DEAL TUESDAY IN NIAGARA COUNTY COURT AFTER ADMITTING TO INJURING HIS 1-MONTH-OLD SON.

 

IN ROCHESTER – AN APPARENT MURDER-SUICIDE INVOLVED A 9-1-1 DISPATCHER AND A CITY POLICE OFFICER.

 

BRANDON KIDDER OF ALDEN IS GOING TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR SIX YEARS AFTER A CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CONVICTION.

 

A CHEEKTOWAGA WOMAN IS FACING FELONY CHARGES FOR HAVING ALLEGEDLY FORGED TWO VACCINATION CARDS.

 

NEW CASES OF COVID-19 ACROSS NEW YORK HAVE SEEN THE SMALLEST INCREASE SINCE LAST JULY.

 

THE NEWFANE SCHOOL DISTRICT BROKE GROUND TUESDAY ON A $30M-DOLLAR PROJECT FEATURING A NEW ATHLETIC CENTER.

 

JOB-SEEKERS AND CAREER-CHANGERS CAN ATTEND A BIG JOB FAIR AT THE WALDEN GALLERIA TODAY.

 

AND “MARCH MADNESS” COLLEGE HOOPS ARE NOT SOLD OUT IN BUFFALO AND “EYEBROWS ARE RAISED” AT THE NCAA.

TUESDAY 03/15/2022

BUFFALO POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE AN INCIDENT WHERE TWO OFFICERS SHOT A KNIFE-WIELDING MAN.

 

A $7500-DOLLAR REWARD IS BEING OFFERED IN SUNDAY’S FATAL SHOOTING OF A 19-YEAR-OLD BUFFALO STATE STUDENT.

 

THERE WERE NO INJURIES IN A MONDAY MORNING HOUSE FIRE IN THE TOWN OF PENDLETON.

 

NIAGARA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SITE AT SEVEN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS MONDAY.

 

IN BATAVIA - THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING MAN ENDED MONDAY WHEN HIS BODY WAS DISCOVERED IN TONAWANDA CREEK.

 

A GENESEE COUNTY CORRECTION OFFICER HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLING MONEY FROM A UNION FUND.

 

LOCKPORT’S “MEALS ON WHEELS” PROGRAM IS LOOKING FOR A NEW SITE AT WHICH TO PREPARE ITS MEALS.

 

SPECTRUM CUSTOMERS WILL BE “COUGHING UP” MORE CASH FOR CABLE T-V STARTING THIS WEEK.

 

AND ANOTHER WEEK OF INCREASING GAS PRICES AT WESTERN NEW YORK PUMPS HAS DRIVERS SHOUTING “ENOUGH!”

MONDAY 03/14/2022

AN OFF-CAMPUS SHOOTING SUNDAY CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A 19-YEAR-OLD BUFFALO STATE FRESHMAN FROM BROOKLYN.

 

IN GENESEE COUNTY - TWO MEN ARE IN CUSTODY CHARGED IN A DOUBLE HOMICIDE OVER THE WEEKEND.

 

A BLAZE ON BUFFALO’S WEST SIDE SUNDAY NIGHT CAUSED MORE THAN A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.

 

THERE WAS NO DAMAGE ESTIMATE IN A SUNDAY EVENING HOUSE FIRE IN THE TOWN OF PORTER.

 

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

 

AN AMHERST MAN WILL ANSWER TO NINE CHARGES AFTER TAKING HIS CHILD FROM A SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICE.

 

CLARENCE BRYANT OF BUFFALO IS ON HIS WAY TO STATE PRISON FOR 25 YEARS TO LIFE FOR KILLING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND.

 

THE EIGHT TEAMS COMPETING IN “MARCH MADNESS” IN BUFFALO THIS WEEK HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED.

 

AND THE SABRES STUNNED THE MAPLE LEAFS 5-2 IN SUNDAY’S OUTDOOR “HERITAGE CLASSIC” AT HAMILTON.

FRIDAY 03/11/2022

THE HISTORIC LOCKPORT PRESBYTERIAN HOME IS CLOSING AFTER OCCUPANCY TUMBLED TO LESS THAN 50%.

 

A GASPORT MAN WHO TOOK POLICE ON A CAR CHASE WEDNESDAY HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FIVE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.

 

A TOWN OF ROYALTON REPEAT OFFENDER WILL BE GOING TO FEDERAL PRISON AFTER HIS SECOND CHILD PORN CONVICTION.

 

NIAGARA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SITE AT A TWO-CAR COLLISION WITH POSSIBLE INJURIES LAST EVENING.

 

IN BUFFALO – A JURY CONVICTED JASON WASHINGTON ON A MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE IN THE DEATH OF A YOUTH COACH.

 

QUEEN CITY COPS HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN THE TRIPLE INJURY SHOOTING AT BUFFALO’S MARINER TOWERS LAST MONTH.

 

THE FAMILY OF A FATAL FALLS STABBING VICTIM IS UPSET THAT HE WAS OFFERED A PLEA DEAL THIS WEEK.

 

TWO NEWFANE BROTHERS ARE WORKING TO CONVERT THE FORMER KENDZIE’S BOWLING ALLEY INTO A BREWERY.

 

AND THE SABRES SNAPPED THEIR LATEST TWO-GAME LOSING STREAK WITH A 3-1 WIN AT HOME OVER VEGAS LAST NIGHT.

THURSDAY 03/10/2022

A YOUNGSTOWN MAN PLEADED GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER FOR HIS ROLE IN A CRASH THAT KILLED HIS PASSENGER LAST YEAR.

 

A GO-FUND-ME DRIVE HAS RAISED $11,000 FOR THE FAMILIES OF TWO TEENAGERS KILLED IN A CRASH IN CLARENCE.

 

IN ROCHESTER – A WOMAN DIED LAST NIGHT WHEN SHE WAS HIT BY A CAR IN THE CITY’S NORTH END.

 

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON SITE AT A CAR-DEER COLLISION LAST EVENING.

 

REPEAT OFFENDER KENYATTA AUSTIN – IN PRISON FOR A DOUBLE HOMICIDE – HAS ADMITTED TO A THIRD MURDER.

 

WORKERS AT THREE MORE STARBUCKS IN THE BUFFALO METRO HAVE VOTED TO UNIONIZE.

 

FRONTIER AIRLINES HAS ADDED DALLAS AND ATLANTA TO ITS DESTINATIONS FOR FLIGHTS FROM BUFFALO-NIAGARA.

 

BROADCASTER JACK MINDY – WHO WORKED IN BUFFALO, DETROIT AND ROCHESTER – HAS DIED FROM CANCER AT 79.

 

AND WILL SABRES FANS WELCOME HIM OR BOO HIM WHEN JACK EICHEL TAKES THE ICE AGAINST HIS FORMER TEAM TONIGHT?

WEDNESDAY 03/09/2022

IN LESS THAN A WEEK – TWO HIGH-SPEED CRASHES HAVE TAKEN THE LIVES OF FOUR WESTERN NEW YORK TEENAGERS.

 

IT APPEARS THE CITY OF LOCKPORT WILL PAY A $3M-DOLLAR SETTLEMENT IN THE TROY HODGE CASE.

 

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

 

IN ROCHESTER – POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO A CAR JACKING THAT TURNED FATAL YESTERDAY.

 

GAS STATION “PRICE GOUGERS” BEWARE! ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES IS WATCHING PUMP PRICES CLOSELY.

 

AS THE SUNY BOARD LOOKS FOR A NEW CHANCELLOR – OLEAN’S ST BONAVENTURE HAS INTRODUCED ITS NEW PRESIDENT.

 

IN LABOR NEWS – A STRIKE AT A LEWISTON NURSING HOME AND A NEW AGREEMENT AT THE CASCADES PLANT IN THE FALLS.

 

THREE NEW OFFICERS JOINED THE L-P-D FORCE YESTERDAY AFTER GRADUATION AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY.

 

AND BUFFALO IS AMERICA’S 10TH BEST CITY IN WHICH TO CELEBRATE ST PATRICK’S DAY – EVEN BETTER THAN NYC.

TUESDAY 03/08/2022

THE FIRST REASSESSMENT IN LOCKPORT IN TEN YEARS HAS BOOSTED TOTAL PROPERTY VALUATION BY NEARLY 50%.

 

A BUFFALO MAN IS IN JAIL ON A MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE IN A SHOOTING THAT KILLED A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY.

 

ZACHERY WILSON OF LOCKPORT HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FELONY POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.

 

THE INMATE WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE AT THE NIAGARA COUNTY JAIL LAST MONTH HAS BEEN ID’D AS LEROY CHEEK OF AMHERST.

 

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

 

A GENESEE COUNTY MAN WAS KILLED BY A FALLING TREE WHILE WALKING IN THE WOODS DURING SUNDAY’S WINDSTORM.

 

IT’S “LOCKPORT DAY” IN FLORIDA AND WLVL’S ERIC KOCH WILL BE BROADCASTING TODAY FROM TEN TO NOON.

 

THE “GOUGING AT THE GAS PUMPS” BY THE OIL INDUSTRY CONTINUES WITH RECORD-BREAKING HIGH PRICES.

 

AND THE PANTHERS POUNCED ON THE SABRES FOR A 6-1 ROUT MONDAY NIGHT AT KEY BANK CENTER.

MONDAY 03/07/2022

THREE FATAL SHOOTINGS IN BUFFALO OVER A 24-HOUR SPAN HAS PUT THE CITY’S HOMICIDE RATE AT 11 FOR 2022.

 

TWO BLAZES IN LOCKPORT THIS WEEKEND – ONE IN THE TOWN AND ONE IN THE CITY – KEPT FIRE CREWS BUSY.

 

HIGH WINDS HAD FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY ON SITE AT DOZENS OF EMERGENCY INCIDENTS SUNDAY.

 

LANCASTER IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF TWO 19-YEAR-OLD YOUNG WOMEN IN A HORRIFIC CRASH LAST WEEK.

 

IN WYOMING COUNTY - A FILLMORE MAN WAS KILLED INSTANTLY FRIDAY WHEN HIS PICKUP SLAMMED INTO A UTILITY POLE.

 

A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE HAS FILED DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT CHARGES.

 

KAHILL REEVES TOOK POLICE ON A CHASE TWO WEEKS AGO – IT WAS JUST ONE OF EIGHT ARRESTS IN LESS THAN 2 MONTHS.

 

ALL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WILL BE BACK IN THE CLASSROOM TODAY AT BUFFALO’S McKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

 

AND THE SABRES GOT CROWNED BY THE KINGS IN BUFFALO SUNDAY – LOSING TO L-A 3-0.

FRIDAY 03/04/2022

AMAZON WANTS TO BUILD A NEW $300M-DOLLAR DISTRIBUTION CENTER HERE IN NIAGARA COUNTY.

 

TWO KIDS - MISSING FOR THREE YEARS - HAVE BEEN FOUND LIVING IN NEW MEXICO WITH THEIR MOTHER.

 

NIAGARA FALLS NARCS AND FEDERAL AGENTS BUSTED REPEAT OFFENDER TYRONE HALL IN A DRUG RAID THURSDAY.

 

FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE ON SITE AT TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WITH INJURIES YESTERDAY.

 

A BUFFALO MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN THE STABBING DEATH OF DONNIE REESE AT THE UTICA STREET METRO STATION.

 

WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION ON THE JET BLUE PILOT WHO WAS SUSPENDED THIS WEEK FOR BEING “UNDER THE INFLUENCE.”

 

EDWARD IVES – FORMER SUPERINTENDENT OF LOCKPORT’S GLENWOOD CEMETERY - IS IN JAIL FOR DODGING RESTITUION.

 

“MARCH MADNESS” RETURNS TO BUFFALO ST PATRICK’S DAY WEEKEND FOR SIX COLLEGE HOOPS PLAYOFF GAMES.

 

AND THE SABRES OPEN A FIVE-GAME HOME STAND TONIGHT WHEN THEY HOST THE MINNESOTA WILD AT 7.

THURSDAY 03/03/22

DR KRINER CASH IS OUT AS SUPERINTENDENT OF BUFFALO’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

 

QUEEN CITY COPS ARE LOOKING FOR THE “TRIGGER PERSON” IN A BAILEY AVENUE SHOOTING YESTERDAY.

 

A JET BLUE PILOT IS SUSPENDED AFTER BEING REMOVED FROM  HIS PLANE IN BUFFALO FOR BEING “UNDER THE INFLUENCE.”

 

THE NIAGARA COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE HAS DISMISSED A NUMBER OF SEX CRIMES AGAINST CONVICTED KILLER KYLE CUMMINGS.

 

WE ARE REPORTING ON THE DISPOSITION OF THREE CASES IN NIAGARA COUNTY COURT THIS WEEK.

 

NEW COVID-19 INFECTIONS AND RELATED DEATHS CONTINUE TO DROP IN THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM NIAGARA COUNTY.

 

MASK MANDATES HAVE BEEN LIFTED IN MOST SETTINGS AT U-B AND AT BOTH SHEA’S AND KLEINHANS.

 

GOVERNOR HOCHUL IS RENEWING HER PUSH TO MAKE ALCOHOL-TO-GO SALES PERMANENT IN NEW YORK STATE.

 

AND THE SABRES “MULCHED” THE MAPLE LEAFS 5-1 IN FRONT OF A FULL HOUSE IN TORONTO LAST NIGHT.

WEDNESDAY 03/02/22

THE NEARLY 100-YEAR-OLD COMO RESTAURANT IN NIAGARA FALLS WILL GO UP FOR SALE BY AUCTION NEXT MONTH.

 

THE DRIVER IN A FATAL CITY CRASH LAST YEAR IS GETTING A LIGHTER SENTENCE - THANKS TO THE VICTIM’S PARENTS.

 

IN CHEEKTOWAGA – POLICE HAVE FOUND THE CAR - BUT NOT THE DRIVER - FROM LAST WEEKEND’S FATAL HIT-AND-RUN.

 

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS TUESDAY.

 

THE WIDELY UNPOPULAR MASK MANDATE IN NEW YORK SCHOOLS IS NO LONGER IN PLACE – EFFECTIVE TODAY!

 

IN POLITICS – LEE ZELDIN WILL BE THE GOP CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR WHILE CLAUDIA TENNEY NOW HAS AN OPPONENT.

 

BOYD BAKER OF DEPEW IS FACING A POSSIBLE TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR BEATING HIS CAT TO DEATH LAST YEAR.

 

A 14-YEAR-OLD STUDENT IN ROCHESTER IS CHARGED WITH SETTING HIS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S HAIR ON FIRE.

 

AND THE SABRES’ ARE OUT TO SNAP A SIX-GAME LOSING STREAK WHEN THEY MEET THE MAPLE LEAFS IN TORONTO TONIGHT.

TUESDAY 03/01/22

A BUFFALO TEEN HAS BEEN INDICTED FOR HIS ROLE IN THE FEBRUARY VIOLENCE AT McKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

 

STUDENTS RETURN TO CLASSROOM LEARNING AT McKINLEY THIS WEEK WITH SENIORS BACK ON CAMPUS TODAY.

 

CAMPUS AND CITY POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO A “SHOTS FIRED” INCIDENT YESTERDAY JUST OFF THE BUFFALO STATE CAMPUS.

 

NEW INFORMATION HAS BEEN RELEASED ON A PAIR OF FATAL WEEKEND INCIDENTS IN BUFFALO AND CHEEKTOWAGA.

 

A BUFFALO MAN WAS KILLED SUNDAY ON I-390 IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY AS HE WAS WALKING TO GET GAS.

 

THE J-P MORGAN CORPORATE CHALLENGE IS BACK THIS JUNE AS AN “IN-PERSON” EVENT.

 

NEW YORK STATE’S SUPER BOWL WEEKEND CRACKDOWN ON DRUNK DRIVING RESULTED IN OVER 900 D-W-I TICKETS WRITTEN.

 

THE PAIN AT THE PUMP KEEPS GETTING WORSE AS BIDEN FACES AMERICA TONIGHT FOR HIS STATE-OF-THE-UNION ADDRESS.

 

AND THE SABRES’ WILL BE OUT TO SNAP A SIX GAME LOSING STREAK WHEN THEY MEET THE MAPLE LEAFS IN TORONTO TOM’R.

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