A CITY WOMAN WAS KILLED WEDNESDAY WHEN A DUMP TRUCK HIT HER CAR ON BEATTIE AVENUE IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND A HOUSE FIRE REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY.

TWO MEN WERE ARRESTED WEDNESDAY IN OLCOTT AFTER AN ARGUMENT ESCALATED AND GUNS WERE PULLED OUT.

DRUG BUSTERS ROUNDED UP FOUR FALLS’ MEN IN A SERIES OF RAIDS IN THE CITY WEDNESDAY.

CITY PARKS AND REPURPOSING OLDER SITES WAS THE MAIN TOPIC AT THIS WEEK’S LOCKPORT COMMON COUNCIL MEETING.

A DUNKIRK MAN WILL SPEND 19 YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR ABDUCTING AN AUTISTIC TEEN IN 2016.

THE OLCOTT JAZZ TRAIL IS BACK THIS SUNDAY WITH A FULL DAY OF MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT.

LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS NEW YORK STATE WILL BE OUT IN FORCE LOOKING FOR DRUNK DRIVERS THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

AND - THE YANKEES PLAY THE CARDINALS AND BALTIMORE TAKES ON COLORADO THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

THE MAN WHO OPERATED TWO ILLEGAL SMOKE SHOPS IN THE FALLS IS UNDER ARREST AND HIS BUSINESSES SHUT DOWN.

A CANADIAN TRUCK DRIVER IS BUSTED AT LEWISTON-QUEENSTON FOR ATTEMPTING TO SMUGGLE MORPHINE INTO THE U-S.

AT THE PEACE BRIDGE IN BUFFALO - A WEST VIRGINIA MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON FELONY WEAPONS CHARGES.

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - TWO THAT REPORTED INJURIES.

A ROCHESTER TEENAGER FACES A FELONY MURDER CHARGE AFTER SLAMMING A STOLEN KIA INTO A CAR - KILLING ITS DRIVER.

CITY DETECTIVES IN ROCHESTER ARE LOOKING INTO THE STABBING DEATH OF A 43-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.

2023 WAS A RECORD YEAR FOR TOURISM IN NEW YORK WITH MORE THAN 306-MILLION VISITORS WHO SPENT $88B-DOLLARS!

GET READY TO SEE GIANT HELIUM BALLOONS IN THE SKIES ABOVE THE MIGHTY NIAGARA - STARTING SATURDAY.

AND - BOTH THE YANKEES AND BALTIMORE LOST WEDNESDAY - SO THERE’S NO CHANGE IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST RACE.

EIGHT TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - THAT INCLUDED “DOUBLES” IN LOCKPORT, N-T AND TOWN OF NIAGARA.

THE WOMAN KILLED IN SUNDAY’S 2-VEHICLE CRASH IN CAMBRIA HAS BEEN ID’D AS 71-YEAR-OLD MARY RYAN OF NIAGARA FALLS.

A MOTORCYCLE CRASH NEAR ZOAR VALLEY LAST WEEKEND TOOK THE LIFE OF 68-YEAR-OLD MARK BURKHOLDER OF AMHERST.

A BUFFALO WOMAN REMAINS IN SERIOUS CONDITION AT ECMC AFTER BEING SHOT MONDAY ON THE CITY’S EAST SIDE.

IN ROCHESTER - STILL NO ARREST IN THE DOUBLE FATAL GROUP SHOOTING AT MAPLEWOOD PARK A MONTH AGO TODAY.

THE SOUTHERN TIER TASK FORCE BUSTED TWO ERIE COUNTY MEN FOR SELLING DRUGS AROUND SOUTH DAYTON.

A $9M-DOLLAR EXPANSION OF “CROWS NEST” NEAR PROSPECT POINT WILL PROVIDE A BETTER VIEW OF NIAGARA FALLS.

RB FRANK GORE JR WAS AMONG THE CUTS AS THE BUFFALO BILLS TRIMMED THEIR ROSTER TO 53 ACTIVE PLAYERS TUESDAY.

AND - THE YANKEES LOST AND BALTIMORE WON TUESDAY TO TIGHTEN UP THE RACE IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST.

43-YEAR OLD ANTHONY BRANTLEY HAS BEEN ID’D AS THE VICTIM OF SATURDAY’S FATAL SHOOTING IN NIAGARA FALLS.

LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER KYLE ELDER OF THE FALLS WILL BE EXTRADITED TO KANSAS TO ANSWER TO NEW CHARGES.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS MONDAY - BOTH IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

A WOMAN IS DEAD AND A MAN IS CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER A WEST SIDE DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN BUFFALO MONDAY.

A BUFFALO DRUG DEALER - WHO KILLED A MAN HE THOUGHT WAS A “SNITCH” - FACES POSSIBLE LIFE IN PRISON.

LITHIUM ION BATTERIES MAY HAVE SPARKED A 3-ALARM BLAZE AT A BUSINESS IN BROCKPORT YESTERDAY.

ARROYO COLLAZO OF PENNSYLVANIA WILL DO A STRETCH IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SELLING ILLEGAL GUNS IN JAMESTOWN.

IT’S “CUT DOWN TUESDAY” AS THE BUFFALO BILLS AND OTHER NFL TEAMS TRIM THEIR ROSTERS TO 53 ACTIVE PLAYERS.

AND - THE YANKEES USED THE “LONG BALL” TO WHIP WASHINGTON 5-2 MONDAY AND INCREASE THEIR FIRST PLACE LEAD.

A NIAGARA FALLS WOMAN DIED SUNDAY IN A TWO-VEHICLE CRASH IN CAMBRIA - FIVE OTHERS WERE INJURED.

TWO OTHER TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS SUNDAY - BOTH IN THE FALLS.

TWO MOTORCYCLE MISHAPS - WITH INJURIES - HAPPENED IN THE COUNTY SATURDAY AT LEWISTON AND WILSON.

FALLS POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECT IN A SHOOTING THAT LEFT A MAN DEAD ON 9TH STREET SATURDAY NIGHT.

A WRONG-WAY HEAD-ON ROLLOVER CRASH IN BUFFALO EARLY SUNDAY SENT THREE PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL.

TWO MOTORCYCLE OPERATORS ARE DEAD FROM SEPARATE WEEKEND CRASHES IN CHAUTAQUA AND MONROE COUNTIES.

EXPANDING “TOO MUCH-TOO SOON” HAS PROMPTED RACHEL’S MEDITERRANEAN GRILL TO CLOSE SOME RESTAURANTS.

IT’S “CUT DOWN TIME” AS THE BUFFALO BILLS TRIM THEIR ROSTER FOR THE SEASON-OPENER IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS.

AND - THE YANKEES CRUSHED COLORADO 10-3 SUNDAY TO KEEP THEIR GAME AND A HALF LEAD OVER BALTIMORE.

SEVEN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS THURSDAY - FOUR IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

AT CITY HALL - MAYOR LOMBARDI IS STILL BACKING HIS PLAN TO HIRE A “PROJECT MANAGER” FOR ENGINEERING.

TWO STATE LAWMAKERS WANT THE A-G’S OFFICE TO REVIEW THE LUCRATIVE SEVERANCE FOR THREE O-T-B EXECUTIVES.

THE SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF A BUFFALO MAN LAST WEEKEND HAS BEEN CAUGHT IN CAROLINA.

AFTER FOUR YEARS - A BUFFALO WOMAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO FATALLY STABBING HER BOYFRIEND IN 2020.

A MONROE COUNTY MAN IS DEAD AFTER TEENS IN A STOLEN KIA CRASHED INTO HIS CAR IN BRIGHTON YESTERDAY.

NO ONE WAS INJURED WHEN A BOAT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AT THE ROCHESTER YACHT CLUB THURSDAY.

A BICENTENNIAL COMMUNITY DAY IN NEWFANE AND AN OUTDOOR JAZZ FESTIVAL IN LEWISTON ARE HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND.

AND - THE YANKEES BLANKED CLEVELAND 6-0 THURSDAY AS THE “AARON JUDGE HOME RUN DERBY” CONTINUED.

PAUL BOLOGNA OF CLARENCE HAS BEEN NAMED THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR NEW YORK’S 144TH ASSEMBLY SEAT.

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS WEDNESDAY.

STEPHANIE KOLLATZ OF ELMA WAS SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS PROBATION FOR A FATAL HIT-AND-RUN IN JANUARY.

THE TWO TOP EXECUTIVES AT THE BUFFALO V-A MEDICAL CENTER HAVE BEEN REASSIGNED PENDING AN INVESTIGATION.

A ROCHESTER COUPLE IS CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER AFTER DOING DRUGS WHILE TWO DOGS MAULED THEIR CHILD TO DEATH.

A MONROE COUNTY TEEN IS RECOVERING FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS AFTER A SHOOTING IN ROCHESTER YESTERDAY.

NEWFANE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS WILL NOW BENEFIT FROM THE LENGTH OF SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM.

WESTERN NEW YORK’S LARGEST OUTDOOR JAZZ FESTIVAL KICKS OFF TOMORROW ON CENTER STREET IN LEWISTON.

AND - THE YANKEES CRUSHED CLEVELAND 8-1 WEDNESDAY AS AARON JUDGE WENT DEEP TWICE.

A BUFFALO MAN WAS ARRESTED MONDAY FOR D-W-I, DRUG AND WEAPONS VIOLATIONS AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP IN LOCKPORT.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY ROADS TUESDAY - IN LOCKPORT AND LEWISTON.

25-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL TROOGSTAD WAS ID’D AS THE VICTIM OF A FRIDAY NIGHT SHOOTING IN LOCKPORT.

A MAN ARRESTED IN BUFFALO SATURDAY IS WANTED ON MURDER CHARGES IN NORTH CAROLINA.

RONALD OLSON OF GRAND ISLAND WILL SPEND 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF MURDER.

TWO MEN ARE DEAD IN ROCHESTER FOLLOWING SEPARATE CITY HOMICIDES THERE YESTERDAY.

A PAIR OF SISTERS HAVE BEEN INDICTED IN MONROE COUNTY FOR STARTING A FIRE THAT KILLED A 5-YEAR-OLD BOY.

AN ALBION MAN IS IN JAIL IN BATAVIA CHARGED WITH STEALING MULTIPLE GUNS FROM A LOCAL SPORTING GOODS STORE.

AND - CLEVELAND CLIPPED THE YANKEES 9-5 IN A 12-INNING GAME - LONGEST IN THE MAJORS THIS SEASON.

MAYOR LOMBARDI YESTERDAY PROMOTED EMILY STODDARD TO BE LOCKPORT’S NEW CITY CLERK.

FORMER LOCKPORT MAYOR MICHELLE ROMAN - A DEMOCRAT - IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE FOR NEW YORK’S 144TH ASSEMBLY SEAT.

FORMER BUFFALO BILLS PLAYER ALEX CARRINGTON HAS AGREED TO A PLEA DEAL IN HIS WEAPONS POSSESSION CASE.

ANOTHER POLICE PURSUIT ENDED WITH AN OFFICER INJURED IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO MONDAY.

IN NIAGARA FALLS - A MAN IS CHARGED WITH TWO FELONIES FOR ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING AND ROBBING A STORE OWNER.

TWO PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN ONE OF SEVERAL SHOOTINGS IN JAMESTOWN THIS PAST WEEKEND.

IN BUSINESS NEWS FROM GENESEE COUNTY - BATAVIA’S GRAHAM CORPORATION IS BEGINNING AN $18M EXPANSION.

WESTERN NEW YORK GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO DROP - EVER SO SLOWLY - AS MOTORIST FRUSTRATION GROWS.

AND - THE YANKEES OPEN A 3-GAME HOME SERIES WITH ANOTHER FIRST PLACE TEAM TONIGHT - THE CLEVELAND GUARDIANS.

A CHEEKTOWAGA MAN FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER TAKING COPS ON A CHASE THROUGH FIVE TOWNS SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TOOK PLACE IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND.

A YOUNG WOMAN WAS KILLED WHEN HER CAR CRASHED, ROLLED AND BURNED IN BATAVIA SATURDAY NIGHT.

AN ELDERLY COUPLE SWAM TO SAFETY AFTER THEIR BOAT BURST INTO FLAMES FRIDAY ON CHAUTAUQUA LAKE.

IN BUFFALO - A THREE-ALARM FIRE EARLY SATURDAY CAUSED NEARLY A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.

TWO-TIME FELON ROBERT GREEN OF BUFFALO IS IN CUSTODY ON NEW DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES.

A NOTORIOUS PERUVIAN GANG LEADER - WANTED FOR 23 MURDERS - IS UNDER FEDERAL LOCK-UP IN BATAVIA.

A FEDERAL GRANT WILL ALLOW THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO COMPLETE A SHORELINE PROJECT AT OLD FORT NIAGARA.

AND - THE YANKEES REMAIN TIED WITH BALTIMORE AFTER BOTH TEAMS LOST TWO OF THEIR THREE WEEKEND GAMES.

A FATHER AND SON - BOTH FORMER FELONS FROM NIAGARA FALLS - ARE CHARGED WITH FIREARMS TRAFFICKING.

FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TOOK PLACE IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - TWO OF THEM IN THE TOWN OF NIAGARA.

IN BUFFALO - TWO MEN ARE AT ECMC AFTER THEY WERE GUNNED DOWN IN THE CITY’S RIVERSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD.

NIAGARA’S ROCK ‘N ROLL MOTEL PUT ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL WITH A $450,000 GRANT FROM THE COUNTY I-D-A.

A “DRUG-DEALING DAD” IN ROCHESTER IS GOING TO PRISON AFTER HIS ONE-YEAR-OLD CHILD OVERDOSED WHILE HE DOZED.

AN OLEAN COUPLE WAS BUSTED THIS WEEK ON FELONY CHARGES OF WELFARE FRAUD FOR SELLING FOOD STAMP BENEFITS.

THE ERIE COUNTY FAIR IS QUICKLY COMING TO THE END OF ITS 12-DAY RUN AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN HAMBURG.

THE BUFFALO BILLS HAVE OFFICIALLY SUBMITTED THEIR “REQUEST OF INTEREST” TO HOST A FUTURE NFL DRAFT.

AND - THE YANKEES OPEN A 3-GAME WEEKEND SERIES IN MOTOWN WITH THE TIGERS TONIGHT AT 6:40.

LOCKPORT ASSEMBLYMAN MIKE NORRIS MAY SOON HAVE A NEW TITLE AS STATE SUPREME COURT JUDGE.

LOCKPORT’S 3RD WARD ALDERMAN MARK DEVINE HAS PLEADED GUILTY IN HIS PUBLIC URINATION CASE.

LOCAL CATHOLIC PARISHES MET WITH BISHOP FISHER THIS WEEK TO OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN TO CLOSING ALL SAINTS.

MAYOR LOMBARDI RAN INTO RESISTANCE ON HIS PLAN TO HAVE A “PROJECT MANAGER” RUN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

IN NIAGARA FALLS - CSX IS TAKING ACTION AFTER ONE OF THEIR TRAINS DERAILED INTO A GARAGE LAST MONTH.

A HAMBURG MAN WILL SEE JAIL TIME AND PROBATION FOR HIS RECKLESS DRIVING THAT LED TO A FATAL CRASH LAST YEAR.

KEEP AN “EYE TO THE SKY” AS CANADIAN WILDFIRE SMOKE MAY PAY A RETURN VISIT TO WESTERN NEW YORK.

NBA LEGEND SHAQUILLE O’NEAL WILL BE PLAYING AT AN “ALL STAR FESTIVAL” SATURDAY AT BUFFALO RIVERWORKS.

AND - AARON JUDGE SLUGGED HIS 300TH CAREER HOME RUN AS THE YANKEES ROUTED THE WHITE SOX 10-2 WEDNESDAY.

A TEENAGE DRIVER FROM SANBORN IS FACING PRISON TIME FOR HER ROLE IN A FATAL CRASH BACK IN FEBRUARY.

THE DRIVER WHO DIED IN A ONE-CAR CRASH IN WILSON LAST THURSDAY HAS BEEN ID’D AS BRIAN BOLT OF AMHERST.

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS TUESDAY - IT HAPPENED ON HESS ROAD IN THE TOWN OF NEWFANE.

A TRIO OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR 20’S WERE SENTENCED TUESDAY IN THE BRUTAL STABBING DEATH OF A HAMBURG MAN.

THE STATE A-G’S OFFICE HAS RELEASED A REPORT CITING THE TONAWANDA POLICE CHIEF WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE IN 2022.

ONE OF THE THREE TEENS GUNNED DOWN IN ROCHESTER MONDAY HAS DIED FROM HIS WOUNDS.

MORE THAN 800 RESIDENT PHYSICIANS AT U-B ARE GOING “ON STRIKE” NEXT MONTH OVER WAGES AND BENEFITS.

VOTERS IN ROYALTON WILL GET TO DECIDE IN NOVEMBER IF THEY WANT TO ABOLISH THE TAX COLLECTOR’S POST.

AND - THE YANKEES ARE BACK ON TOP IN THE A-L EAST AFTER JUAN SOTO LED THEM TO A 4-1 WIN IN CHICAGO TUESDAY.

NO INJURIES - BUT EXTENSIVE DAMAGE - AFTER A RESIDENTIAL  FIRE IN NEWFANE LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS MONDAY - A MOTORCYCLE STRUCK A DEER IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

SPEED WAS SAID TO BE THE CAUSE OF A CRASH THAT KILLED ONE AND INJURED ANOTHER IN WEST SENECA SUNDAY.

THE FEDERAL FRAUD TRIAL OF LEWISTON BUSINESSMAN JOHN HUTCHINS HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL EARLY NEXT YEAR.

THREE TEENS ARE IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER THEY WERE GUNNED DOWN ON A ROCHESTER STREET CORNER MONDAY.

A ROCHESTER WOMAN WHO HID HER DEAD BOYFRIEND’S BODY SO SHE COULD COLLECT HIS CHECKS HAS BEEN ARRESTED.

NEW YORK STATE IS KICKING IN $10M TOWARD THE RESTORATION TAB FOR TWO HISTORIC SHIPS IN BUFFALO.

THE PRICE AT THE PUMP IS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN IT WAS LAST WEEK - LOCALLY, STATEWIDE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND - THE YANKEES GOT SHOT DOWN IN CHICAGO BY THE WORST TEAM IN BASEBALL MONDAY - LOSING TO THE WHITE SOX 12-2.

A BUFFALO MAN IS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE AFTER BEING GUNNED DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE EARLY SUNDAY.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS SUNDAY - ONE IN THE FALLS - THE OTHER IN LOCKPORT.

A ROCHESTER MAN IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER HE TOOK OFF FROM A STATE POLICE TRAFFIC STOP.

NIAGARA FALLS ATTORNEY ROBERT KORYL HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO FOUR FELONY COUNTS OF GRAND LARCENY.

AFTER A 5-YEAR LEGAL BATTLE - A FALLS SPEAKEASY OPERATOR  AND REPEAT OFFENDER WILL BE GOING TO PRISON.

DANIEL KUHAR OF NORTH TONAWANDA FACES POSSIBLE PRISON TIME FOR POSTING A SCHOOL SHOOTING THREAT ON FACEBOOK.

IN ERIE COUNTY - A FORMER DEPUTY CLERK HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING MORE THAN $320,000.

THE BILLS’ FIRST PRE-SEASON GAME SHOWS THERE IS LOTS OF WORK AHEAD FOR PLAYERS AND COACHES.

AND - AFTER WEEKEND GAMES - THE YANKEES AND ORIOLES ARE AT THE VERY TOP OF THE MAJOR LEAGUES THIS MONDAY.

ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A CAR STRUCK A TREE LAST NIGHT ON WEST LAKE ROAD IN WILSON.

FIVE OTHER TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY  THURSDAY - THREE OF THEM INVOLVING INJURIES.

A BUFFALO MAN IS FACING 13 DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES AFTER TWO SEARCH WARRANTS WERE EXECUTED ON THE WEST SIDE.

TWO ROCHESTER WOMEN FACE MURDER CHARGES AFTER AN ARSON FIRE TOOK THE LIFE OF A 5-YEAR-OLD BOY.

A YOUNG CATTARAUGUS COUNTY TEEN IS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE AFTER BEING STRUCK DOWN IN A HIT-AND-RUN.

A $1.6M-DOLLAR FEDERAL GRANT HAS BEEN RECEIVED TO ASSIST WITH PLANS FOR REHABILITATION OF THE I-190 CORRIDOR.

GET READY FOR A BUSY WEEKEND WITH THE LEWISTON ART FESTIVAL AND LOCKPORT FOOD FEST.

THE REPLICA OF THE SENECA CHIEF CANAL BOAT IS DOCKED IN THE LOCKS THIS WEEKEND FOR FREE TOURS.

AND - THE BUFFALO BILLS BREAK CAMP AT ST JOHN FISHER TODAY AND PREPARE TO PLAY THE CHICAGO BEARS TOM’R.

A FORMER NIAGARA FALLS COP IS FACING UP TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO RAPING A JUVENILE.

A PENNSYLVANIA MAN WILL SPEND A LONG STRETCH BEHIND BARS FOR MURDERING A MAN ON NEW YEAR’S DAY OF LAST YEAR.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON THE HIGHWAYS OF NIAGARA COUNTY  WEDNESDAY - BOTH REPORTING POSSIBLE INJURIES.

THE NYS UNION FOR CORRECTIONS OFFICERS IS CALLING ON GOVERNOR HOCHUL FOR MORE PAY AND INCREASED STAFFING.

THE STATE CANAL CORPORATION IS LIFTING REMOVABLE DAMS AS TROPICAL STORM DEBBY APPROACHES.

A NEW MIXED-USE WATERFRONT PROJECT IN NORTH TONAWANDA IS BEING CELEBRATED AT 110 SWEENEY STREET.

GET READY FOR A BUSY WEEKEND WITH THE LEWISTON ART FESTIVAL AND LOCKPORT FOOD FEST.

THE NEW YORK STATE FIREFIGHTERS CONVENTION KICKS OFF THIS MORNING AT THE FALLS CONVENTION CENTER.

AND - THE YANKEES AND ORIOLES ARE ONCE AGAIN TIED FOR FIRST AFTER NEW YORK SPLIT IT’S TWIN BILL WITH L-A.

A NIAGARA FALLS MAN IS FACING AN ASSAULT CHARGE AFTER ALLEGEDLY SETTING A WOMAN ON FIRE THIS PAST WEEKEND.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON THE HIGHWAYS OF NIAGARA COUNTY  TUESDAY - BOTH REPORTING UNKNOWN INJURIES.

NEWFANE’S NOTORIOUS TWO-YEAR-OLD “COW CASE” IS FINALLY GOING TO TRIAL THIS FALL.

IN BUFFALO - THE FOUR PEOPLE ACCUSED OF RUNNING FROM A MURDER SCENE ON THE WEST SIDE HAVE BEEN ID’D.

CAMILLE PIRRONE-HESS OF DEPEW IS GOING TO PRISON AFTER ADMITTING TO STEALING NEARLY $720,000-DOLLARS.

A 90-YEAR-OLD OHIO WOMAN FACES CHARGES AFTER CAUSING A CRASH IN CHAUTAUQUA THAT SENT A COUPLE TO THE HOSPITAL.

A JAMESTOWN DRUG DEALER - ON PROBATION FOR A PREVIOUS CRIME - IS GOING TO PRISON THIS TIME.

NATIONAL RETAILER BIG LOTS WILL CLOSE 315 STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY - INCLUDING TWO IN BUFFALO.

AND - THE YANKEES WERE RAINED OUT TUESDAY - BUT WOUND UP ALONE IN FIRST PLACE WHEN BALTIMORE LOST TO TORONTO.

A WOMAN RIDING AN “E-BIKE” WAS STRUCK DOWN IN A FATAL HIT-AND-RUN EARLY YESTERDAY IN NIAGARA FALLS.

FOUR OTHER TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS MONDAY - AND THREE REPORTED INJURIES.

NIAGARA FALLS DETECTIVES ARE LOOKING INTO A STABBING THAT WAS REPORTED MONDAY ON WELCH AVENUE.

A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN BUFFALO MONDAY AFTERNOON - FLIPPING CARS AND TOPPLING TREES.

THE RE-TRIAL OF FORMER D-E-A AGENT JOSEPH BONGIOVANNI GOT UNDERWAY IN A BUFFALO COURTROOM MONDAY.

TWO MEN WERE HOSPITALIZED MONDAY AFTER THEIR PRIVATE JET CRASH LANDED AT THE JAMESTOWN AIRPORT.

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO MORE PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN JULY’S DOUBLE FATAL SHOOTING.

IT’S NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ACROSS AMERICA AND MIDDLEPORT IS PLANNING ACTIVITIES THIS EVENING FROM 5 TO 9.

AND - THE YANKEES REMAIN TIED WITH BALTIMORE FOR FIRST IN THE A-L EAST AS THEY OPEN A SERIES AGAINST TORONTO.

NIAGARA COUNTY CORRECTIONS OFFICER DEONTE PAIGE WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY ON A HARASSMENT CHARGE.

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY ROADS THURSDAY AND EARLY TODAY.

A FUEL SPILL SNARLED TRAFFIC AND KEPT FIRST RESPONDERS BUSY DURING RUSH HOUR YESTERDAY ON I-290.

A BUFFALO TEEN IS IN CUSTODY AND FACING NUMEROUS CHARGES AFTER SPEEDING AWAY FROM A TRAFFIC STOP IN A STOLEN CAR.

MARKUS GENOVESE OF ANGOLA HAS BEEN NAMED IN A SIX-COUNT FELONY INDICTMENT FROM A JUNE CRASH THAT KILLED A CHILD.

A BUFFALO SHOPLIFTER WILL SPEND SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON AFTER HE WAS FOUND WITH AN ILLEGAL WEAPON.

MURDER IS NOW ADDED TO AN ARSON CHARGE AFTER A 5-YEAR-OLD ROCHESTER BOY DIED OF BURNS SUFFERED IN A HOUSE FIRE.                                                                                                                      

THE ERIE COUNTY EXECUTIVE WANTS HIS OTB BOARD PERSON TO BE INVOLVED IN THE SEARCH FOR A NEW CEO.

AND - THE YANKEES WILL TAKE A FIVE-GAME WINNING STREAK INTO THIS WEEKEND’S SERIES WITH TORONTO.

CONGRESSWOMAN CLAUDIA TENNEY WAS IN LOCKPORT YESTERDAY TO CALL ON OSHA TO RECONSIDER CERTAIN NEW REGULATIONS.

THE BUFFALO MAN WHO WAS 18 WHEN HE COMMITTED A DOUBLE HOMICIDE TWO YEARS AGO IS ON HIS WAY TO PRISON.

A FEMALE TEEN FROM THE QUEEN CITY WHO GOT RECKLESS WITH A FIREARM COULD FACE A LONG PRISON TERM.

THE JURY IS SET AND THE RE-TRIAL OF JOSEPH BONGIOVANNI IS READY FOR OPENING STATEMENTS THIS MONDAY.

THE BODY OF ROBERT BRISTOL WAS RECOVERED FROM THE ERIE CANAL IN ORLEANS COUNTY YESTERDAY.

STILL NO ARRESTS IN THE MASS SHOOTING LAST WEEKEND AT ROCHESTER’S MAPLEWOOD PARK THAT CLAIMED TWO LIVES.          

A POSTAL EMPLOYEE FROM CANANDAIGUA IS CHARGED WITH FORGERY AND MAIL FRAUD FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING CHECKS.

NIAGARA FALLS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING VANDALISM AND RACIST GRAFFITI IN THE CITY’S NORTH END.

AND - THE YANKEES SWEPT THE PHILLIES AND EXTENDED THEIR WINNING STREAK TO FIVE GAMES WEDNESDAY.