FIRST RESPONDERS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WERE KEPT BUSY THURSDAY AT SIX TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.

A BOLD DISPLAY OF GUNFIRE IN TRAFFIC SENT THREE PEOPLE TO A ROCHESTER HOSPITAL LAST NIGHT.

THE DEATH LAST NOVEMBER OF ROCHESTER HEALTHCARE WORKER BRITTNEY IVERSON HAS BEEN RULED A HOMICIDE.

FOUR NIAGARA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WILL BE HONORED FOR THEIR SERVICE TOMORROW NIGHT.

A TREE PLANTING PROGRAM - FUNDED WITH FEDERAL MONEY - CONTINUES IN LOCKPORT, THE FALLS AND TWO COUNTY PARKS.

CANISIUS COLLEGE WILL JOIN THREE OTHER BUFFALO SCHOOLS WHEN IT TRANSITIONS TO “UNIVERSITY” STATUS THIS FALL.

SUNY ERIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN ITS SEARCH FOR A NEW PRESIDENT.

A PRAYER AND HEALING VIGIL FOR BILLS AND SABRES CO-OWNER KIM PEGULA WILL TAKE PLACE TOM’R AT EASTERN HILLS CHURCH.

AND – THE BUFFALO BILLS SELECTED UTAH TE DALTON KINCAID IN LAST NIGHT’S FIRST ROUND OF THE NFL DRAFT.

THE TEENAGER INJURED IN A DOUBLE SHOOTING IN THE FALLS MONDAY MORNING HAS DIED AT ECMC.

NIAGARA FALLS ATTORNEY NICHOLAS D’ANGELO HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO EIGHT SEX CRIME FELONIES.

IN BUFFALO - A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER WHO THREATENED A STUDENT HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND FIRED FROM HIS JOB.

QUEEN CITY COPS ARE LOOKING FOR A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO BROUGHT A LOADED “GHOST GUN” TO SCHOOL YESTERDAY.

ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEFED UP SECURITY AT THE FRANKLIN EDUCATIONAL CAMPUS.

THE SENECA NATION HAS ANNOUNCED ITS INTEREST IN PLACING A BID ON THE McKINLEY MALL IN HAMBURG.

LAWMAKERS ARE POINTING FINGERS AT GOVERNOR HOCHUL FOR THE LONG DELAY IN REACHING A STATE BUDGET DEAL.

THE STATE “FLU TRACKER” STILL SHOWS THE VIRUS HAS A HOLD UPSTATE - INCLUDING WESTERN NEW YORK.

AND – WITH THE “SUMMER FUN SEASON” ABOUT TO OPEN - SIX FLAGS DARIEN LAKE IS LOOKING FOR MORE WORKERS.

MID-MORNING GUNFIRE IN THE FALLS YESTERDAY SENT A MAN AND A TEENAGER TO ECMC WITH INJURIES.

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY - INCLUDED A CAR-BUS CRASH IN WHEATFIELD MONDAY.

ANOTHER VOTE TO AUTHORIZE AMBULANCE SERVICE BY THE LFD WILL BE HELD AT TOMORROW’S COMMON COUNCIL MEETING.

IN BUFFALO - 27-YEAR-OLD CHARLES JONES IS GOING TO PRISON FOR 50 YEARS FOR A DOUBLE HOMICIDE.

QUEEN CITY TEACHERS YESTERDAY OVERWHELMINGLY GAVE THE “GREEN LIGHT” TO A NEW $240M LABOR AGREEMENT.

THE PANDEMIC MAY BE OVER - BUT SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF NEW CASES OF COVID-19 ARE STILL SHOWING UP IN WNY.

A VERY LATE NEW YORK STATE BUDGET IS SAID TO BE INCHING CLOSER TO A VOTE IN ALBANY.

THE “PAIN AT THE PUMP” CONTINUES FOR UPSTATE DRIVERS AS YET ANOTHER PRICE INCREASE HIT THIS WEEK.

AND – THE NEW YORK JETS GAVE UP A BUNDLE OF DRAFT PICKS TO SIGN AGING QB AARON RODGERS YESTERDAY.

IN WILSON - THE FORMER CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED ON A PAIR OF FELONIES.

TWO STATE LAWMAKERS ARE CRAFTING LEGISLATION WITH STIFF PENALTIES FOR LIVESTOCK THEFT.

FOUR ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS OVER THE WEEKEND - INCLUDING TWO IN NORTH TONAWANDA.

IN BUFFALO - A SATURDAY MORNING SHOOTING ON WILLIAM STREET SENT A 29-YEAR-OLD MAN TO E-C-M-C.

JONATHAN BERSANI OF NIAGARA FALLS - WHO TRIED TO FLEE A DRUG BUST - HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED ON A COCAINE CHARGE.

A BUFFALO WOMAN WAS CONVICTED FRIDAY OF MURDER IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A 3-YEAR-OLD TWO YEARS AGO.

TEACHERS IN BUFFALO WILL VOTE TODAY ON A NEW $240M CONTRACT WITH THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IN ROCHESTER - POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE TRIGGERMAN IN A FATAL WEEKEND SHOOTING ON WEBSTER AVENUE.

AND – THE N-L-L BUFFALO BANDITS ARE EAST CHAMPS WITH ONE GAME LEFT IN THE REGULAR SEASON.

DAVID DRAPER OF NIAGARA FALLS IS GOING TO PRISON FOR A FATAL HIT-AND-RUN IN LEWISTON LAST SEPTEMBER.

STATE POLICE HAVE ID’D THE 14-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS KILLED WHEN HE CRASHED A VEHICLE ON THE THRUWAY APRIL 8TH.

TWO ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS THURSDAY - IN NORTH TONAWANDA AND IN THE TOWN OF NEWFANE.

A STATE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION MET YESTERDAY OVER FUTURE SANCTIONS AGAINST NIAGARA COUNTY’S FORENSICS LAB.

THE BUFFALO WOMAN ACCUSED OF VANDALIZING A SIGN AT COMPASSCARE IN AMHERST APPEARED IN COURT YESTERDAY.

IN HARTLAND - 50 CHICKENS WERE STOLEN WEDNESDAY AFTER A PUBLIC WARNING WENT OUT TO FARMERS TO BE VIGILANT.

NO INJURIES AFTER A TRAIN AND TRACTOR-TRAILER COLLIDED YESTERDAY IN THE WYOMING COUNTY VILLAGE OF WARSAW.

THE BUFFALO BILLS ARE TEAMING UP WITH THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE LIFE-SAVING C-P-R TRAINING.

AND – THE BUFFALO BISONS PLAYED A DOUBLE-HEADER YESTERDAY AND WERE ALMOST “NO-HIT” IN BOTH GAMES.

AN ALDERMAN AND TWO FORMER ALDERMEN ARE CHALLENGING THE L-F-D AMBULANCE VOTE IN STATE SUPREME COURT.

HOWARD MURPHY FROM NIAGARA FALLS IS GOING TO PRISON FOR THE “HATE CRIME” HE COMMITTED A YEAR AGO.

JUST ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS WEDNESDAY - IT HAPPENED IN THE TOWN OF NIAGARA.

THE MAN WHO HEADED UP THE BUFFALO TEACHERS UNION FOR 42 YEARS - PHIL RUMORE - WILL RETIRE IN JUNE.

A PAIR OF BUFFALO THUGS - CAUGHT ON CAMERA - HAVE PLEADED GUILTY TO BURGLARIES DURING THE “CHRISTMAS BLIZZARD.”

IN ROCHESTER - DEMOLITION IS UNDERWAY FOR A MAJOR EXPANSION PROJECT AT STRONG MEMORIAL.

ANOTHER WEEK HAS PASSED WITHOUT A NEW STATE BUDGET FROM THE GOVERNOR AND OUR LAWMAKERS.

TODAY IS 4/20 - POPULAR WITH POT USERS - AND POLICE WILL BE LOOKING FOR IMPAIRED DRIVERS.

AND – IN SPORTS - THE TAMPA BAY RAYS ARE STILL MLB’S TOP TEAM ALMOST 20 GAMES INTO THE SEASON.

A D-W-I CASE INVOLVING A LOCAL ATTORNEY HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FROM ERIE COUNTY.

THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS WARNING NIAGARA COUNTY FARMERS TO BE AWARE OF “SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY.”

IN CHEEKTOWAGA - POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE PERSON WHO INJURED A MAN IN A SHOOTING YESTERDAY.

A 75-YEAR-OLD TRUCK DRIVER WAS KILLED YESTERDAY IN A MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH ON THE THRUWAY NEAR CHILI.

IN ROCHESTER - SEVERAL STUDENTS AT FRANKLIN HIGH ESCAPED INJURY WHEN AN S-U-V ENDED UP ON CAMPUS GROUNDS.

THE STATE REGENTS WANT NATIVE AMERICAN IMAGERY AND MASCOTS REMOVED FROM ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

TOPS WILL CLOSE ITS JEFFERSON AVENUE STORE ON MAY 14TH TO HONOR THOSE WHO DIED THERE LAST YEAR.

NEW YORK’S ANNUAL “OPERATION HARDHAT” CAMPAIGN IS ON AS TROOPERS WATCH DRIVERS IN CONSTRUCTION ZONES.

AND – IN SPORTS - BILLS SAFETY DAMAR HAMLIN SAYS HE’S BEEN OK’D BY HIS DOCS TO BEGIN HIS NFL COMEBACK.

ROCHESTER ROAD - EAST OF LOCKPORT - RE-OPENED TO TRAFFIC LATE MONDAY AFTER AN ACCIDENT TOOK DOWN POWER LINES.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS MONDAY - IN LOCKPORT AND THE TOWN OF NIAGARA.

IN BUFFALO - A 35-YEAR-OLD MAN IS RECOVERING AFTER HE WAS INJURED BY GUNFIRE EARLY SUNDAY NEAR E-C-M-C.

A DUMPSTER FIRE CAUSED $300,000 IN DAMAGE AT U-B’S ELLICOTT COMPLEX OVERNIGHT SUNDAY.

CONGRESSMEN HIGGINS AND LANGWORTHY ARE “CALLING OUT” SKYWEST AIRLINES ON SAFETY REGULATIONS.

IN ROCHESTER - POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM OF A FATAL WEEKEND SHOOTING ON WILKINS STREET.

A TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET IN THE HARASSMENT CASE AGAINST DAVID MONGIELO FILED BY THREE TOWN OF LOCKPORT OFFICALS.

NEW YORK’S “FLU TRACKER” SHOWS THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS IS HOLDING ON HERE IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

AND – IN SPORTS - THE BILLS HAVE SIGNED LINEBACKER A.J. KLEIN TO A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT.

UTILITY CREWS ACROSS THE REGION ARE WORKING TO RESTORE POWER AFTER POWERFUL STORMS SWEPT THROUGH THE AREA LAST NIGHT.

A LOCKPORT MAN IS BEING ARRAIGNED ON ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES.

NIAGARA SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT SAYS AN EXPANSION PROJECT IS BEING PLANNED AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER SUMMIT MALL. 

GOVERNOR HOCHUL AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERS STILL HAVE NOT REACHED A DEAL ON A NEW STATE BUDGET NEARLY THREE WEEKS AFTER THE APRIL 1ST DEADLINE.

MEANWHILE A NY TIMES REPORT SAYS GOVERNOR HOCHUL AUTHORIZED PAYING NEARLY TWO-MILLION DOLLARS IN TAXPAYER MONEY FOR OUTSIDE GHOSTWRITERS TO HELP DRAFT HER TWO STATE OF THE STATE SPEECHES. 

WESTERN NEW YORK DRIVERS CONTINUE TO PAY MORE AT THE PUMP FOLLOWING ANOTHER INCREASE IN GAS PRICES.

THE BUFFALO CENTRAL LIBRARY SAYS ITS GOING TO BE ADDING WEAPONS DETECTORS AS THE SITE STRUGGLES WITH YOUTH VIOLENCE. 

IN SPORTS - THE YANKEES BLANKED THE TWINS 2-0.

AND – THE NHL PLAYOFFS BEGIN TONIGHT. 

A 3-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER SHE WAS ATTACKED BY FOUR FAMILY PIT BULLS WEDNESDAY.

IN NIAGARA FALLS - A WOMAN ESCAPED A HOUSE FIRE WITH MINOR BURNS ON WESTON AVENUE YESTERDAY.

A TRIO OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS - WITH INJURIES - REPORTED ON COUNTY HIGHWAYS THURSDAY.

ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A 3-VEHICLE CRASH ON THE THRUWAY NEAR THE PEMBROKE EXIT YESTERDAY.

18-YEAR-OLD JAYLA MUELLER OF COLDEN WAS ARRAIGNED ON THREE COUNTS OF MANSLAUGHTER FOR A TRIPLE FATAL CRASH.

A NORTH TONAWANDA MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED ON EIGHT DRUG COUNTS AFTER AN INVESTIGATION.

IN ROCHESTER - THREE MORE PEOPLE ARE NOW FACING CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH A KIDNAPPING LAST MONTH.

NIAGARA’S FAMOUS “MAID OF THE MIST” WILL LAUNCH TOMORROW FOR IT’S 2023 SUMMER SEASON.

AND – THE SABRES TAKE ON THE BLUE JACKETS IN COLUMBUS TONIGHT IN THE FINAL GAME OF THE SEASON.

THERE WAS A RASH OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ACROSS NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - INCLUDING SEVERAL WITH INJURIES.

A TOWN OF TONAWANDA EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH DWI WHILE ON THE JOB HAS BEEN FIRED AFTER A CRASH.

A CALIFORNIA MAN - WANTED IN WEST VIRGINIA - HAS BEEN ARRESTED HERE IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

A THREE TIME FELONY OFFENDER FROM BUFFALO WILL BE GOING BACK TO FEDERAL PRISON ON A DRUG AND WEAPONS CONVICTION.

A TRIO OF MEN FROM JAMESTOWN AND ONE FROM BUFFALO ARE FACING PRISON TIME ON DRUG CHARGES.

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE PERSON WHO STABBED A MAN IN THE CITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THE STATE LEGISLATURE OK’D ANOTHER “BUDGET EXTENDER” AS THEY TRY TO HAMMER OUT A NEW BUDGET IN ALBANY.

SUNY STUDENTS ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 TO BE ON CAMPUS.

AND – THE SABRES TAKE ON THE SENATORS IN THE FINAL HOME GAME OF THE SEASON TONIGHT.

THE NIAGARA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARRESTED 23 PEOPLE ON CHARGES OF WELFARE FRAUD OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS.

18-YEAR-OLD PAROLEE JOSHUA McPHAIL OF LOCKPORT HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THREE FIREARMS FELONIES.

ASHLEY CLARK OF LOCKPORT WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER SHE WAS INDICTED ON NINE DRUG COUNTS.

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - INCLUDING AN INJURY CRASH IN LEWISTON.

ARSON IS SUSPECTED IN AN EARLY MORNING FIRE MONDAY NEAR THE COUNTY HIGHWAY GARAGE IN LOCKPORT’S WEST END.

IN BUFFALO - A PAIR OF DETECTIVES WERE INJURED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ARREST A BURGLARY SUSPECT YESTERDAY.

A ROCHESTER MAN GOT BUSTED AT THE PEACE BRIDGE SUNDAY AFTER A WRONG TURN REVEALED HIS “CANNABIS CARGO.”

OSCAR-WINNING ACTRESS JODIE FOSTER WILL RECEIVE THE GEORGE EASTMAN AWARD NEXT MONTH IN ROCHESTER.

AND – THE DEVILS KNOCKED THE SABRES RIGHT OUT OF THE NHL PLAYOFF RACE WITH A 6-2 VICTORY LAST NIGHT.

BRETT HOLT OF MEDINA IS IN THE NIAGARA COUNTY JAIL AFTER HE WAS ARRAIGNED ON FIVE CHARGES.

A CHEEKTOWAGA MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 8-1/2 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A PAIR OF CAR-JACKINGS LAST YEAR.

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - INCLUDING TWO ON SOUTH TRANSIT IN PENDLETON.

A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS HANDED THE STARPOINT WRESTLING CASE BACK TO NEW YORK STATE SUPREME COURT.

THE LONG-AWAITED OPENING OF THE SENECA NATION’S NEW CANNABIS DISPENSARY IN THE FALLS WILL BE TOMORROW.

A CONVICTED SEXUAL PREDATOR FROM CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON.

THE STATE “FLU TRACKER” SHOWS THE VIRUS STILL HAS A HOLD HERE IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

ANGRY UPSTATE DRIVERS KEEP GETTING GOUGED AT THE GAS STATION AS “PUMP PRICES” CONTINUE TO GO UP.

AND – THE SABRES STAYED ALIVE IN THE NHL PLAYOFF RACE WITH A 3-2 SO WIN OVER THE RANGERS IN NEW YORK MONDAY.

A FALLS TEENAGE DRIVER IS IN JAIL AFTER TAKING DEPUTIES ON A CAR CHASE EARLY EASTER SUNDAY MORNING.

STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A FATAL WEEKEND CRASH ON THE THRUWAY IN WEST SENECA.

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE PAST 24-HOURS - INCLUDING A CAR INTO A POLE THIS MORNING.

A FARM ACCIDENT IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY TOOK THE LIFE OF A POMFRET MAN WHEN HIS TRACTOR OVERTURNED.

FIREFIGHTERS FROM FOUR COUNTIES HELPED BATTLE A 4-ALARM BLAZE IN DOWNTOWN MEDINA FRIDAY.

TWO NIAGARA FALLS TEENS WHO VIDEO RECORDED THE ASSAULT OF A 17-YEAR-OLD MALE ARE FACING CHARGES.

NATHAN BUNDSHOW OF CLARENCE WILL ANSWER TO A NUMBER OF CHARGES AFTER A DOMESTIC INCIDENT LAST WEEK.

SQUABBLING OVER CHANGES TO BAIL REFORM IS KEEPING NEW YORK FROM A NEW BUDGET - NOW TEN DAYS OVERDUE.

AND – THE SABRES PLAY FOUR GAMES IN FIVE NIGHTS THIS WEEK AND COULD STILL MAKE THE PLAYOFFS!

LOCAL SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AND STATE POLICE WERE INVOLVED IN A HIGH-SPEED PURSUIT IN WHEATFIELD YESTERDAY. 

CHEEKTOWAGA POLICE ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP TO TRACK DOWN THE GUNMAN IN A DEADLY SHOOTING OUTSIDE OF A BUSINESS.

STATE LAWMAKERS ARE ON TRACK TO MISS A SECOND STATE BUDGET DEADLINE AS NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE IN ALBANY. 

POPULAR HAMBURGER CHAIN CHEEBURGER CHEEBURGER SAYS ITS CLOSING ITS DOORS HERE IN WNY.

NEWLY APPOINTED SUNY CHANCELLER JOHN KING JR MADE A VISIT TO NCCC YESTERDAY.

ONLY ONE INCIDENT REPORTED ON THE COUNTY FIRE WIRE THURSDAY. 

SKIING SEASON IN WESTERN NEW YORK APPEARS TO BE JUST ABOUT FINISHED – HOLIDAY VALLEY SAYS ITS CLOSING ITS SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING SLOPES FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON THANKS TO RAIN AND WARMER TEMPS.

IN SPORTS - THE BUFFALO SABRES PLAYOFF HOPES ARE STILL ALIVE AFTER PICKING UP A MUCH-NEEDED WIN ON THE ROAD.

AND, THE BUFFALO BILLS WILL PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING NFL SEASON AT SAINT JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY.

A LOCKPORT FATHER AND SON WERE FOUND DEAD IN AN ORLEANS COUNTY ORCHARD IN AN APPARENT MURDER-SUICIDE.

FIRE CREWS FROM THREE COMPANIES BATTLED A BLAZE ON BEEBE ROAD IN WILSON MID-MORNING WEDNESDAY.

NO INJURIES - BUT SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE - AFTER A FIRE YESTERDAY AT THE MAPLE ROAD OLIVE GARDEN IN AMHERST.

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - WHEN A CAR STRUCK A TREE IN LOCKPORT.

A CONVICTED FELON IN THE FALLS WAS BUSTED TUESDAY WHEN NARCOTICS COPS RAIDED A HOUSE ON 17TH STREET.

MICHAEL STASIUK OF LANCASTER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH VANDALIZING THE PATRIOTS PARK AT SALVATORE’S.

A 66-YEAR-OLD HAMBURG WOMAN WAS STRUCK AND KILLED WHILE TRYING TO CROSS LAKE AVENUE TUESDAY NIGHT.

SENATOR SCHUMER WAS IN LOCKPORT YESTERDAY TO CALL ON THE F-B-I TO INVESTIGATE “SWATTING” CALLS IN NEW YORK.

AND – THE BISONS HAVE SCHEDULED A DOUBLE-HEADER TODAY FOR THEIR TWICE POSTPONED OPENING DAY AT SAHLEN FIELD.

THE E-P-A SAYS AN OVERHEATED STORAGE AREA IS WHAT SPARKED A FIRE AT NEWFANE’S NOURYON CHEMICAL LAST WEEK.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - BOTH REPORTED IN THE CITY OF LOCKPORT.

BUFFALO POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO A MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH DOWNTOWN THAT SENT SEVERAL PEOPLE TO ECMC YESTERDAY.

THE MAN WHO RAN A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR NARCOTICS RING OUT OF BUFFALO IS GOING TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR 27 YEARS.

ALL RESIDENTS AND A PAIR OF DOGS ESCAPED SAFELY FROM A HOUSE FIRE IN DUNKIRK TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

NEW DATA FROM THE STATE’S “FLU TRACKER” SHOWS THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS HAS INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN WNY.

WEGMANS SUPERMARKETS ARE THE FOURTH BEST PLACE IN AMERICA IN WHICH TO WORK.

A NEW $1.5B-DOLLAR STADIUM FOR THE BUFFALO BILLS MOVED EVEN CLOSER TO REALITY THIS WEEK.

AND – THE SABRES COULDN’T “SEAL THE DEAL” IN FLORIDA LAST NIGHT - LOSING TO THE PANTHERS 2-1.

THE RANSOMVILLE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS NIAGARA FALLS CO-WORKER TWO YEARS AGO HAS PLEADED GUILTY.

THE SAGA OF THE SUSPENDED STARPOINT WRESTLERS WAS BACK BEFORE A JUDGE IN FEDERAL COURT YESTERDAY.

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - IT HAPPENED IN LOCKPORT.

BUFFALO FIREFIGHTER JOSE DEJESUS WAS ARRAIGNED MONDAY ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES.

TWO FIRES REPORTED IN REGIONAL NEWS - A BARN BLAZE IN WYOMING COUNTY AND A HOUSE FIRE IN MONROE COUNTY.

STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE PASSED A STOPGAP FUNDING BILL AS NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE ON THE STATE BUDGET.

NEW YORK HAS ANNOUNCED ITS NEW “NY-RX” PHARMACY BENEFIT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE PRESCRIPTION DRUG ACCESS.

LATE NIGHT DRIVERS ON BUFFALO’S KENSINGTON EXPRESSWAY WILL EXPERIENCE CONSTRUCTION NEAR BEST STREET.

AND – THE UCONN HUSKIES WON THE NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TITLE FOR A FIFTH TIME WITH A WIN OVER SAN DIEGO STATE.

A LACKAWANNA MAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT ECMC AFTER BEING SHOT EARLY YESTERDAY ON BAILEY AVENUE.

THREE POLICE AGENCIES RESPONDED WITH “PEPPER SPRAY” AT AN OUT-OF-CONTROL PARTY IN KENMORE FRIDAY NIGHT.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND IN NIAGARA COUNTY - ONE IN MIDDLEPORT - THE OTHER IN LEWISTON.

AN UNLICENSED DRIVER FROM BUFFALO PLEADED GUILTY TO ALL CHARGES AGAINST HIM IN A FATAL MISHAP TWO YEARS AGO.

A SHOOTING INCIDENT IN BUFFALO’S BLACK ROCK DISTRICT IN 2021 HAS LANDED A MAN IN PRISON FOR FIVE YEARS.

IN ROCHESTER - A WOMAN WHO WAS RUN DOWN ON CLIFFORD STREET SATURDAY NIGHT REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

LAWMAKERS IN ALBANY ARE IN “OVERTIME” TODAY TRYING TO GET ISSUES IN THE STATE BUDGET IRONED OUT.

DRIVERS ACROSS NEW YORK WILL START TO FEEL REAL “PAIN AT THE PUMP” IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

AND – THE “MARCH MADNESS” NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TITLE GAME HITS THE COURT IN HOUSTON TONIGHT.