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Hometown Headlines Archives for 2023-03

FRIDAY 03/31/2023

LOCKPORT WAS ONE OF 34 SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK THAT GOT “SWATTED” BY WORD OF A BOGUS ACTIVE SHOOTER THREAT.

 

A CHEMICAL FIRE IN NEWFANE YESTERDAY BROUGHT OUT FIRST RESPONDERS TO THE NOURYON PLANT ON ROUTE 78.

 

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - TWO IN THE FALLS AND ONE IN LOCKPORT.

 

QUICK WORK BY DEPUTIES THWARTED A BURGLARY AT A CAMBRIA STORAGE FACILITY LATE TUESDAY.

 

TWO BUFFALO BROTHERS WERE BUSTED AFTER A STOLEN KIA WAS OBSERVED IN A FALLS’ PARKING LOT WEDNESDAY.

 

THE CITY OF BUFFALO HAS JOINED OTHER U-S CITIES IN A LAWSUIT AGAINST KIA AND HYUNDAI.

 

CONVICTED KILLER AND RAPIST EDWARD KINDT WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON IN ELMIRA YESTERDAY.

 

LAWMAKERS ARE IN ALBANY ATTEMPTING TO HAMMER OUT LAST MINUTE ISSUES IN ORDER TO GET A BUDGET PASSED.

 

AND – THE SABRES PLAY “BACK-TO-BACK” GAMES AGAINST THE RANGERS AND FLYERS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

THURSDAY 03/30/2023

MARCUS EDWARDS OF BUFFALO HAS BEEN INDICTED ON TWO COUNTS OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE FOR A FATAL CRASH LAST YEAR.

 

A BUFFALO MAN WHO RAN DOWN A PEDESTRIAN IN A DEADLY HIT AND RUN IN 2017 IS GOING TO STATE PRISON.

 

NIAGARA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SITE AT THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND A NUMBER OF TREES DOWN.

 

NEW CASES OF COVID-19 IN NIAGARA COUNTY DECLINED FROM 84 LAST WEEK TO 62 IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT.

 

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY DEPUTIES BUSTED THREE PEOPLE AFTER DISCOVERING A METH LAB IN WESTFIELD THIS WEEK.

 

A TWICE-CONVICTED FELON FROM DUNKIRK IS GOING BACK TO PRISON FOR NINE MORE YEARS ON A WEAPONS RAP.

 

A TOWN OF ALLEGANY MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER A DEPUTY STOPPED HIM AND LEARNED HE HAS 23 LICENSE SUSPENSIONS.

 

LEGENDARY PERFORMER - AND DIVA - DIANA ROSS IS COMING TO WESTERN NEW YORK WITH A NEW TOUR THIS SUMMER.

 

AND – IT’S TIME TO “PLAY BALL” AS THE 2023 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON KICKS OFF TODAY WITH NINE GAMES.

WEDNESDAY 03/29/2023

THE COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE BUSTED A GOWANDA MAN ON FOUR DRUG COUNTS OVER THE WEEKEND.

 

TOWN OF NIAGARA FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SITE AT A 2-CAR HEAD-ON CRASH ON MILITARY ROAD TUESDAY.

 

IN BUFFALO - CRIMESTOPPERS IS OFFERING A REWARD THAT LEADS TO AN ARREST IN FEBRUARY’S CLUB MARCELLA MURDER.

 

ONE PERSON DIED IN A SATURDAY NIGHT HOUSE FIRE IN THE TOWN OF WALES IN ERIE COUNTY.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE USING SURVEILANCE VIDEO TO ROUND UP SUSPECTS IN “SMASH-AND-GRAB” BURGLARIES.

 

30 NEW CASES OF THE FLU REPORTED IN ERIE COUNTY - JUST ONE HERE IN NIAGARA - ACCORDING TO “FLU TRACKER.”

 

AT LEAST 60 NEW ASH TREES ARE SCHEDULED TO BE PLANTED ALONG SOUTH STREET IN LOCKPORT.

 

BUFFALO COMUTERS CAN EXPECT DELAYS NEAR DODGE STREET ON “THE KENSINGTON” BEGINNING THIS MONDAY.

 

AND – THE 2023 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON KICKS OFF TOMORROW WITH NINE GAMES.

TUESDAY 03/28/2023

TWO L-P-D OFFICERS ARE RECOVERING AFTER A SUNDAY NIGHT SCUFFLE WITH A SUSPECT FAMILIAR TO POLICE.

 

NIAGARA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SITE AT A PAIR OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS MONDAY.

 

IN BUFFALO - A 52-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS GUNNED DOWN SUNDAY NIGHT IN A “TARGETED” KILLING ON BAILEY AVENUE.

 

30 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON IS THE SENTENCE FOR NAKEEM HAYNES OF BUFFALO FOR A JUNE MURDER LAST YEAR.

 

THE STATE A-G’S OFFICE IS LOOKING INTO LAST WEEK’S OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN ROCHESTER.

 

IN MONROE COUNTY - THE HILTON SCHOOLS RECEIVED A THIRD BOMB THREAT IN LESS THAN A WEEK YESTERDAY.

 

NEW COST ESTIMATES FOR A PROPOSED STADIUM FOR THE BUFFALO BILLS HAVE NOW TOPPED $1.5B!

 

THE CITY OF LOCKPORT HAS A CODE BLUE IN EFFECT THIS WEEK - THRU FRIDAY MORNING AT 8.

 

AND – THE SABRES LET ANOTHER ONE GET AWAY AS THEY LOST TO MONTREAL 4-3 IN A SHOOTOUT LAST NIGHT.

MONDAY 03/27/2023

THE WINDY WEEKEND IN WESTERN NEW YORK SAW WIND GUSTS OF 73 MPH, DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES.

 

NIAGARA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SITE AT A SINGLE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT SUNDAY.

 

NO INJURIES REPORTED IN TWO AREA FIRES THIS WEEKEND - ONE IN LEWISTON - THE OTHER IN BUFFALO.

 

HIGH WINDS HAMPERED ROCHESTER FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING A BLAZE SUNDAY THAT TOTALLY DESTROYED A HOME.

 

MICHAEL PAONESSA OF NIAGARA FALLS IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER A SATURDAY DRUG RAID.

 

IN ERIE COUNTY - A BUFFALO MAN WAS ARRESTED TWICE THIS MONTH - ONCE FOR DRUGS AND ONCE ON A WEAPONS CHARGE.

 

A STATE PAROLE OFFICER HAS RESIGNED IN A PLEA DEAL THAT ALSO PUT HIM ON PROBATION FOR TWO YEARS.

 

NEW YORK LAWMAKERS ARE SCRAMBLING IN ALBANY TO HAMMER OUT ISSUES JUST AHEAD OF THE APRIL 1ST BUDGET DEADLINE.

 

AND – THE SABRES WON TWICE THIS WEEKEND AND THE “FINAL FOUR” ARE READY TO GO IN “MARCH MADNESS.”

FRIDAY 03/24/2023

TWO VARSITY WRESTLERS AT STARPOINT ARE CHARGED WITH HARASSMENT AFTER A SHERIFF’S OFFICE INVESTIGATION.

 

IN LOCKPORT - A TERMINATED JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MEDIATOR ADDRESSED THE SCHOOL BOARD TO GET HIS JOB BACK.

 

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

 

THE DRIVER INVOLVED IN LAST SATURDAY’S FATAL CRASH IN SOUTH BUFFALO HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON A FELONY CHARGE.

 

A BUFFALO MAN WHO BRUTALLY MURDERED THREE PEOPLE IN A DRUG ROBBERY IS GOING TO PRISON FOR LIFE.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO AN INCIDENT IN WHICH TWO TEENAGERS WERE STABBED LAST NIGHT.

 

THE FIRST OF TWO MAJOR CONCERTS IN BUFFALO OVER A THREE DAY PERIOD HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WITH “THE BOSS.”

 

THIS IS “MAPLE WEEKEND” ALL ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK WITH MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO ENJOY FRESH MAPLE TREATS.

 

AND – MINNESOTA CAME ON STRONG IN THE THIRD PERIOD TO KNOCK CANISIUS OUT OF THE NCAA HOCKEY TOURNAMENT.

THURSDAY 03/23/2023

NO INTIMIDATION” WAS THE FINDING OF AN INTERNAL PROBE AT CITY HALL AFTER ALLEGATIONS FROM AN ALDERMAN.

 

IN TOWN ELECTIONS THIS WEEK - SIX-TERM MIDDLEPORT MAYOR DICK WESTCOTT IS OUT AND DAN DODGE IS IN.

 

NIAGARA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SITE AT A SINGLE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN THE TOWN OF NIAGARA YESTERDAY.

 

A CAMBRIA MAN WAS INDICTED WEDNESDAY IN ERIE COUNTY ON TWO FELONY COUNTS FROM A SERIOUS CRASH LAST SUMMER.

 

EMMET BELKNAP STUDENTS SWITCH TO REMOTE INSTRUCTION AS THE CLEAN-UP FROM SUNDAY’S SCHOOL FIRE CONTINUES.

 

IT’S OFFICIAL - MONDAY NIGHT’S FIRE AT BUFFALO’S CENTRAL TERMINAL HAS BEEN RULED AN ARSON.

 

THE TEEN KILLED IN A TRAGIC CRASH IN BUFFALO EARLY MONDAY HAS BEEN ID’D AS 18-YEAR-OLD JEREL BUCHANAN.

 

CHEEKTOWAGA POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO A VIDEO RACIST RANT BY A MAN THAT HAS GONE VIRAL ON TWITTER.

 

AND – THE CANISIUS HOCKEY TEAM PLAYS THE ROLE OF “GIANT KILLER” AS THE NCAA TOURNAMENT KICKS OFF TONIGHT.

WEDNESDAY 03/22/2023

A STATE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION HAS CITED NIAGARA COUNTY’S FORENSICS LAB WITH AT LEAST EIGHT VIOLATIONS.

 

FROM LOCKPORT CITY HALL - HOSPITAL QUESTIONS AND RESULTS OF AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION.

 

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

 

27-YEAR-OLD DESTINY BROWN OF LOCKPORT WAS ARRESTED THIS WEEK ON A PAIR OF DRUG CHARGES.

 

BUFFALO POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO AN INCIDENT WHERE A SNIPER RIFLE FELL FROM A ROOF AT SUNDAY’S PARADE.

 

BUFFALO’S FIRE COMMISSIONER SAYS MONDAY NIGHT’S BLAZE AT THE CENTRAL TERMINAL IS “SUSPICIOUS.”

 

POLICE IN ROCHESTER HAVE IDENTIFIED THE MAN KILLED IN MONDAY’S OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING.

 

NEW CASES OF THE FLU CONTINUE TO TREND DOWNWARD HERE IN WNY ACCORDING TO THE STATE’S “FLU TRACKER.”

 

AND – ANOTHER EMBARRASSING LOSS FOR THE STRUGGLING SABRES AS NASHVILLE KNOCKED THEM OFF LAST NIGHT 7-3.

MONDAY 03/20/2023

CLASSES ARE CANCELLED TODAY AT EMMET BELKNAP IN LOCKPORT AFTER A SUNDAY FIRE DID $300,000 DAMAGE TO THE SCHOOL.

 

A FIRE IN THE FALLS LAST NIGHT AND A POSSIBLE INJURY ACCIDENT IN LOCKPORT REPORTED AT NOON YESTERDAY.

 

ONE MAN DIED - ANOTHER WAS INJURED - IN A ONE-CAR CRASH IN SOUTH BUFFALO SATURDAY NIGHT.

 

A BATAVIA WOMAN WAS KILLED IN A 3-VEHICLE CRASH ON ROUTE 5 IN GENESEE COUNTY FRIDAY EVENING.

 

A TONAWANDA MOTHER IS FACING A FELONY “LEANDRA’S LAW” VIOLATION AFTER SHE WAS CAUGHT IN A D-W-I CHECKPOINT.

 

EASTERN NIAGARA HOSPITAL WILL CLOSE IN JUNE - BUT CATHOLIC HEALTH WILL PROVIDE URGENT CARE.

 

TWELVE TEACHING POSITIONS ARE AMONG THE CUTS FROM THE TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR THE ‘23-‘24 LOCKPORT SCHOOL YEAR.

 

CANALFEST OF THE TONAWANDAS IS TAKING THIS YEAR OFF - BUT THE GATEWAY CONCERT SERIES IS ALL SET TO GO.

 

AND – IT WAS A SUNDAY AFTERNOON “BLOWOUT IN BUFFALO” AS THE SABRES GOT SHUT-OUT BY THE BRUINS 7-0!

FRIDAY 03/17/2023

OVERDOSE DEATHS IN ERIE COUNTY HAVE HIT A NEW HIGH AND NIAGARA COUNTY NOW EQUIPS JAIL OFFICERS WITH NARCAN.

 

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG IS IN BUFFALO TODAY TO DISCUSS A KENSINGTON EXPRESSWAY PROJECT.

 

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY AT NASH AND WALCK IN NORTH TONAWANDA.

 

A MAN IS HOSPITALIZED AFTER HE WAS SHOT IN A PARKING LOT IN THE ROCHESTER SUBURB OF IRONDEQUOIT.

 

DRUG BUSTERS IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY ROUNDED UP NINE PEOPLE IN A WEDNESDAY RAID IN DUNKIRK.

 

A ROCHESTER MAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO A PAIR OF KNIFE ATTACKS IN BUFFALO AND HAS TWO MORE CASES PENDING.

 

THE CLASSIC ROCK GROUP STYX WILL PLAY ARTPARK IN JUNE AND TICKETS GO ON SALE TODAY.

 

BUFFALO IS BRACING FOR WINTERY WEATHER FOR SUNDAY’S BIG ST PATRICK’S PARADE ON DELAWARE AVENUE.

 

AND – THE SABRES PLAY IN PHILLY TONIGHT - LOOKING FOR A MUCH-NEEDED WIN AGAINST THE FLYERS.

THURSDAY 03/16/2023

A NORTH TONAWANDA DRIVER IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES IN A HIT-AND-RUN THAT INJURED A WOMAN LAST SATURDAY.

 

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AND A RESCUE CALL REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY.

 

THE STARPOINT SCHOOL BOARD WANTS THE WRESTLING SCANDAL MOVED FROM STATE TO FEDERAL COURT.

 

THE PRESIDENT FINALLY PUT A “DISASTER DECLARATION” ON THE DEADLY CHRISTMAS BLIZZARD TO FREE UP FUNDING.

 

THE LATEST STATE DATA CONFIRMS THAT NEW COVID CASES ARE DECLINING IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN A FATAL SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED ON CITY STREETS LAST FRIDAY.

 

STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE REGION WILL ATTEND THE FINAL DAY OF THE BUFFALO NATIONAL COLLEGE FAIR TODAY.

 

ST PATRICK’S WEEKEND IS HERE AND POLICE WILL BE OUT IN FORCE LOOKING FOR IMPAIRED DRIVERS.

 

AND – THE SABRES’ PLAYOFF HOPES CONTINUE TO DIM AFTER LAST NIGHT’S 5-4 SO LOSS TO THE CAPITALS DOWN IN D-C.

WEDNESDAY 03/15/2022

A FALLS SNOW PLOW DRIVER CRASHED AND ROLLED HIS TRUCK YESTERDAY ON HYDE PARK - HE’S CHARGED WITH D-W-I.

 

FOUR OTHER TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - ALL REPORTING POSSIBLE INJURIES.

 

A CALIFORNIA TRUCK DRIVER WILL APPEAR IN NEWFANE TOWN COURT AFTER REFUSING TO MOVE HIS TRACTOR-TRAILER.

 

A NIAGARA COUNTY INMATE IS NOW FACING NEW CHARGES AFTER HE WAS CAUGHT WITH CONTRABAND.

 

FALLS ATTORNEY NICHOLAS D’ANGELO HAS ADDED “CAMPAIGN FRAUD” TO A LONG LIST OF CHARGES AGAINST HIM.

 

THE FAMILY OF A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL KILLED IN A TRAGIC CRASH IS SUING THE TOWN OF CLARENCE.

 

AN ALBION TEENAGER IS CHARGED WITH A FELONY FOR MAKING AN ON-LINE THREAT OF VIOLENCE THAT HE SAID WAS A “JOKE.”

 

THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE IS HOSTING A JOB FAIR TODAY IN LOCKPORT FROM 11 TO 4.

 

AND – THE SABRES ARE OUT TO MAKE IT TWO STRAIGHT WINS WHEN THEY CLASH WITH THE CAPITALS DOWN IN D-C TONIGHT.

TUESDAY 03/14/2023

THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE FATAL BUFFALO INFERNO THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF FIREFIGHTER JASON ARNO IS NOW COMPLETE.

 

FIRE INVESTIGATORS IN ROCHESTER ARE LOOKING INTO THE CAUSE OF A MASSIVE WAREHOUSE FIRE YESTERDAY.

 

HERE IN NIAGARA COUNTY - TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED MONDAY IN N-T AND PENDLETON.

 

44-YEAR-OLD DWIGHT WILLIAMS OF MEDINA HAS BEEN INDICTED ON FOUR CHARGES OF DRUG POSSESSION AND SALE.

 

A BUFFALO MAN HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO WITHDRAW HIS GUILTY PLEA TO KILLING HIS MOTHER AND GIRLFRIEND.

 

A SNOW STATE OF EMERGENCY IS STILL IN EFFECT IN SEVERAL COUNTIES IN NEW YORK’S CAPITAL DISTRICT.

 

THE STATE’S “FLU TRACKER” CONTINUES TO MEASURE THE DROPPING NUMBER OF NEW CASES HERE IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

 

WITH MORE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES THIS WEEK - THE CODE BLUE IN LOCKPORT HAS BEEN EXTENDED THRU THURSDAY.

 

AND – ALEX TUCK AND THE SABRES AMBUSHED THE LEAFS 4-3 IN TORONTO LAST NIGHT.

MONDAY 03/13/2023

FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND A FIRE TO REPORT IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND.

 

PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE CITY OF LOCKPORT WILL BEGIN TO SEE REASSESSMENT LETTERS JUST AFTER ST PATRICK’S DAY.

 

MARALYN MILITELLO HAS BEEN APPOINTED C-E-O OF EASTERN NIAGARA HOSPITAL FOR ITS FINAL CHAPTER.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECT IN A SUNDAY STABBING THAT SENT ONE MAN TO THE HOSPITAL.

 

ELEVEN PEOPLE ARE FACING CHARGES AFTER A DRUG RAID IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY FRIDAY MORNING.

 

WITH SPRING BREAK ON THE WAY - THE T-S-A HAS TIPS FOR TRAVELERS BEFORE THEY PACK THAT SUITCASE.

 

THE PRICE AT THE PUMP IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS LAST WEEK HERE IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

 

FORMER U-B MEN’S HOOPS COACH NATE OATES HAS THE TOP SEED IN “MARCH MADNESS” AS SUCCESSOR JIM WHITESELL IS FIRED.

 

AND – THE SABRES PLAY THE LEAFS IN TORONTO TONIGHT AFTER LOSING TO THE RANGERS IN OT SATURDAY.

FRIDAY 03/10/2023

FAMILY AND FRIENDS SAY FINAL “GOODBYES” TODAY TO FALLEN BUFFALO FIREFIGHTER JASON ARNO.

 

NIAGARA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SITE AT A TRIO OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS THURSDAY.

 

A BUFFALO POLICE LIEUTENANT IS SUSPENDED FROM DUTY AND ACCUSED IN A DOMESTIC INCIDENT.

 

NIAGARA COUNTY INMATE DEMPSEY FREEMAN MAY HAVE ADDED TO HIS JAIL TIME BY FALSELY REPORTING AN INCIDENT.

 

ANTONIO LEE OF BUFFALO IS ON HIS WAY TO PRISON FOR 13 YEARS FOR HIS ROLE IN A BRUTAL MURDER IN 2020.

 

A THIRD VICTIM OF THE ROCHESTER RAP CONCERT STAMPEDE WAS NAMED WITH THE DEATH OF ASIA STEPHENS OF SYRACUSE.

 

ROCHESTER HAS A PARADE AND BUFFALO IS HOSTING A RUN TO CELEBRATE ST PATRICK’S DAY THIS WEEKEND.

 

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS SUNDAY - A REMINDER TO CHECK THE BATTERIES IN THOSE SMOKE ALARMS.

 

AND – THE SABRES GOT SMOKED ON HOME ICE LAST NIGHT AS THE DALLAS STARS SKATED OFF WITH A 10-4 BLOW-OUT.

THURSDAY 03/09/2023

LOCKPORT PARAMEDIC KAREN GAVIN GOT A HUGE “THANK YOU” YESTERDAY FROM THE MOM WHOSE BABY SHE SAVED WITH CPR.

 

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

 

MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD TODAY FOR FALLEN BUFFALO FIREFIGHTER JASON ARNO - WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

 

SCAM ARTIST JOSEPH BELLA HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON AFTER ADMITTING TO FIVE FELONY CHARGES.

 

A BUFFALO MAN INVOLVED IN A GUNFIGHT IN JAMESTOWN LAST MARCH WILL SPEND THE NEXT FIVE YEARS BEHIND BARS.

 

THE LATEST DATA SHOWS COVID-19 DECLINING IN WNY - BUT NEW CASES WERE UP IN NIAGARA COUNTY LAST WEEK.

 

THE CITY OF ROCHESTER HAS SHUT DOWN THE MAIN STREET ARMORY AFTER TWO PEOPLE DIED THERE LAST WEEKEND.

 

CONSERVATIVE NEWSMAN MICHAEL KNOWLES WHO HAS CALLED FOR TRANSGENDERISM TO BE ERADICATED SPEAKS AT U-B TONIGHT.

 

AND – THE SABRES WILL BE OUT TO SNAP A TWO-GAME LOSING STREAK WHEN THEY HOST THE DALLAS STARS TONIGHT.

WEDNESDAY 03/08/2023

THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO THE FATAL FIRE IN BUFFALO THAT CLAIMED FIREMAN JASON ARNO A WEEK AGO.

 

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

 

THE SECOND PERSON TO DIE IN A STAMPEDE FOLLOWING A RAP CONCERT IN ROCHESTER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.

 

A CHEEKTOWAGA MAN WHO ADMITTED TO KILLING TWO CATS MAY GO TO PRISON FOR TWO YEARS.

 

MICHELLE HARRIS WILL SUCCEED MELISSA DUNLAP AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

 

THE LATEST “FLU TRACKER” DATA SHOWS THE VIRUS CONTINUES TO DECLINE ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK.

 

A HIRING EVENT FOR SUMMER JOBS AT NIAGARA AMUSEMENT PARK AND SPLASH WORLD IS SET FOR THIS WEEKEND.

 

SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP LOCKPORT’S CODE BLUE IN EFFECT THRU THIS MONDAY.

 

AND – THE SABRES’ PLAYOFF HOPES CONTINUE TO DIM AFTER LAST NIGHT’S 3-2 LOSS TO THE ISLANDERS.

TUESDAY 03/07/2023

MORE THAN A $100M IN FEDERAL FUNDING IS COMING TO HELP CLEAN-UP THE CONTAMINATED GUTERL STEEL SITE IN LOCKPORT.

 

THREE OTHER REGIONAL SITES WILL ALSO GET FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR CLEAN-UP PROJECTS.

 

NIAGARA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SITE AT A TRIO OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS MONDAY.

 

A BUFFALO WOMAN WAS ONE OF TWO PEOPLE KILLED FOLLOWING A RAP CONCERT AT ROCHESTER’S MAIN STREET ARMORY SUNDAY.

 

THE GRANDMOTHER OF FIVE CHILDREN KILLED IN A NEW YEARS EVE BLAZE IN BUFFALO HAS DIED FROM HER INJURIES.

 

QUEEN CITY FIRE INVESTIGATORS ARE SEARCHING FOR THE CAUSE OF A WEST SIDE BLAZE THAT LEFT NINE HOMELESS.

 

WAYNE SHERK OF LOCKPORT IS FACING DRUG AND TRAFFIC CHARGES AFTER HE WAS PULLED OVER LAST WEEK.

 

UPSTATE NEW YORK GAS PRICES CONTINUE A VERY SLOW DECLINE AT REGIONAL PUMPS.

 

AND – CONNOR McDAVID SCORED TWICE AS THE OILERS EDGED THE SABRES 3-2 ON BUFFALO ICE LAST NIGHT.

 

MONDAY 03/06/2023

THE STARPOINT WRESTLING SCANDAL IS GOING TO COURT AND THE PROCEEDINGS WILL BE “BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.”

 

NIAGARA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON SITE AT A PAIR OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS SUNDAY EVENING.

 

A SHOOTING VICTIM IN BUFFALO IS RECOVERING FROM HIS WOUNDS AT ECMC AFTER HE WAS HIT EARLY YESTERDAY.

 

A CHEEKTOWAGA TEEN WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO FIVE FELONIES IN TWO CARJACKINGS FACES UP TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON.

 

ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND TWO OTHERS INJURED FOLLOWING A CONCERT AT ROCHESTER’S MAIN STREET ARMORY SUNDAY.

 

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR SUSPECTS IN FOUR SEPARATE SHOOTINGS EARLY YESTERDAY.

 

MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR BUFFALO’S FALLEN FIREFIGHTER - JASON ARNO - HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED.

 

UPSTATE NEW YORK GAS PRICES CONTINUE A VERY SLOW DECLINE AT REGIONAL PUMPS.

 

AND – IN THE NHL - THE SABRES SURPRISED TAMPA BAY SATURDAY AND WILL TAKE ON EDMONTON TONIGHT.

FRIDAY 03/03/2023

BUFFALO’S FALLEN FIREFIGHTER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 37-YEAR-OLD JASON ARNO - WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

 

POLICE BELIEVE A LONE VANDAL DAMAGED A TRIBUTE PARK OUTSIDE RUSSELL SALVATORE’S RESTAURANT.

 

A HIT-AND-RUN IN NORTH TONAWANDA AND A PEDESTRIAN RUN DOWN ON SWEET HOME ROAD IN AMHERST.

 

A “RENT STRIKE” AT RIDGEVIEW PARK IN WRIGHTS CORNERS IS OVER AS EVICTIONS WERE THREATENED.

 

A BODY WAS FOUND IN AN S-U-V AT A RENTAL CAR LOT NEAR THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT IN SUBURBAN GATES.

 

NEW YORK’S ATTORNEY GENERAL IS PROPOSING NEW LAWS AIMED AT FURTHER PROTECTING CONSUMERS FROM PRICE GOUGING.

 

ACTOR AND COMEDIAN ADAM SANDLER WILL STOP IN BUFFALO ON THE NEXT LEG OF HIS TOUR NEXT MONTH.

 

BOTH OF AMERICA’S MULTI-STATE LOTTERY GAMES HAVE JACKPOTS OVER $150M THIS WEEKEND!

 

AND – THE SABRES WERE BLOWN-OUT IN BOSTON LAST NIGHT - LOSING TO THE BRUINS 7-TO-1.

THURSDAY 03/02/2023

BUFFALO FIREFIGHTERS ARE MOURNING A COLLEAGUE WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY BATTLING A BLAZE YESTERDAY.

 

SIX VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES WERE ON SITE AT AN OVERNIGHT FIRE IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT I-D-A PARK.

 

A LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED AS THE STARPOINT WRESTLING SCANDAL TOOK A NEW TURN THIS WEEK.

 

4TH WARD ALDERMAN KITTY FOGLE STILL HAS NOT MET WITH THE PERSON INVESTIGATING FOGLE’S CLAIMS OF HARASSMENT.

 

TWO TEENS WERE ROUNDED UP BY FALLS P-D IN THE ON-GOING THEFTS OF KIA AND HYUNDAI VEHICLES.

 

THE LATEST NIAGARA COUNTY REPORT ON NEW CASES OF COVID SHOWS THE VIRUS TO STILL BE DECLINING.

 

ONTARIO COUNTY DEPUTIES SHOT AND KILLED A SUSPECT WHO RAISED A GUN AT THEM FOLLOWING A CAR CHASE.

 

TWO NIAGARA COUNTY POW’S FROM THE VIETNAM WAR WILL BE HONORED TODAY AT 4 AT THE COURTHOUSE.

 

AND – THE SABRES ARE IN BOSTON TONIGHT TO BATTLE THE LEAGUE-LEADING BRUINS IN A 7 O’CLOCK FACEOFF.

WEDNESDAY 03/01/2023

A FORMER GIRL SCOUT LEADER FROM NORTH TONAWANDA IS BEING SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN JAIL AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO SEX ABUSE CHARGES.

 

A LAWSUIT IS BEING FILED IN NIAGARA COUNTY SUPREME COURT BY STARPOINT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER MICHELLE LEUER AND HER HUSBAND JAMES FOLLOWING THEIR SON’S SUSPENSION.    

 

THE TOWN OF CAMBRIA AND CYPRESS CREEK RENEWABLES ARE APPEALING THE BEAR RIDGE SOLAR RULING. 

 

THE COUNTY SHERRIFFS OFFICE SAYS THE NUMBER OF POLICE PURSUITS ARE RISING. 

 

NIAGARA FALLS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER SAYS ITS LOOKING TO EASE THE NURSING SHORTAGE BY PARTNERING WITH NIAGARA UNIVERSITY. 

 

STATE POLICE ARE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO A CRASH ON THE THRUWAY THAT LEFT A TROOPER INJURED.

 

UNILAND SAYS ITS NO LONGER PURSUING THE PURCHASE OF THE FORMER BUFFALO NEWS BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN BUFFALO. 

 

BUFFALO BILLS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR LESLIE FRAZIER IS GOING TO BE TAKING A BREAK FROM COACHING DURING THE 2023 SEASON.

 

THE BUFFALO SABRES HAD THEIR THREE-GAME WINNING STREAK SNAPPED AFTER FALLING TO THE COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS 5-TO-3 AT KEYBANK CENTER. 

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