A 74-YEAR-OLD WOMAN RUN DOWN AND KILLED OUTSIDE THE N-T WALMART FRIDAY REMAINS UNIDENTIFIED.

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY SUNDAY - AND ALL OF THEM INVOLVED INJURIES.

WEEKEND GUNFIRE IN A BUFFALO STATE CAMPUS PARKING LOT HAS LED TO INCREASED PATROLS THERE.

BOTH THE V-A AND CONGRESS MAY BE LOOKING AT PATIENT CARE AT THE BUFFALO FACILITY AFTER A CRITICAL REPORT.

WHOEVER FOLLOWS BYRON BROWN AS MAYOR OF BUFFALO WILL FACE DAUNTING FINANCIAL ISSUES.

IN ORLEANS COUNTY - A 14-YEAR-OLD ALBION CENTRAL STUDENT IS IN CUSTODY AFTER MAKING ON-LINE TERROR THREATS.

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECTS WHO TRIED TO BURGLARIZE A TOPS GAS STATION.

THE “PRICE AT THE PUMP” REMAINS IN A SLOW DECLINE ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK AS ELECTION DAY LOOMS.

AND - BOTH THE SABRES AND THE BILLS LOST THEIR FIRST GAMES OVER THE WEEKEND.

TWO NIAGARA COUNTY WOMEN WERE ARRAIGNED YESTERDAY FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE BREACH OF THE U-S CAPITOL IN 2021.

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - IT WAS IN LOCKPORT AND INVOLVED THREE VEHICLES.

A BUFFALO MAN - ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE WITH AN AXE LAST MONTH - WAS ARRAIGNED YESTERDAY.

TWO ACCUSED VANDALS WHO SPRAY-PAINTED RACIST AND VULGAR GRAFFITI IN A TONAWANDA PARK WERE CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

A WOMAN WHO WAS ABDUCTED OUTSIDE CHEEKTOWAGA’S WALDEN GALLERIA MONDAY EVENING IS SAFE.

BUFFALO MAYOR BYRON BROWN SAYS HE WILL HAVE AN ANSWER NEXT WEEK REGARDING A JOB OFFER FROM WESTERN OTB.

STATE POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO THE CAUSE OF A THREE-TRUCK CRASH ON THE THRUWAY BETWEEN EXITS 42 AND 43.

LOCKPORT AND LEWISTON WILL BE HOSTING FALL FESTIVALS ON THIS FINAL WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER.

AND - BOTH THE SABRES AND THE BILLS REMAIN UNBEATEN HEADING INTO WEEKEND GAMES.

A NIAGARA FALLS WOMAN WHO SOLD A FATAL DRUG DOSE TO HER MOTHER WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY TO “TIME SERVED.”

A DUNKIRK DOCTOR WAS KILLED TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHEN HIS CAR WAS HIT BY A TOW TRUCK IN WYOMING COUNTY.

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS ON WEDNESDAY - TWO OF THEM REPORTED INJURIES.

THE 23-YEAR-OLD DRIVER KILLED IN MONDAY’S FIREY CRASH ON SHERIDAN DRIVE IS ID’D AS MARCUS POWELL OF AMHERST.

BUFFALO MAYOR BYRON BROWN IS ON TRACK TO BECOME THE HIGHEST PAID OTB EXECUTIVE IN NEW YORK STATE.

IN BROADCAST NEWS - JEFF GLOR HAS BEEN RELEASED BY CBS AFTER 17 YEARS WITH THE NETWORK’S NEWS DIVISION.

LEGISLATOR RICHARD ANDRES JR HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED TO A FOURTH TERM AS REPUBLICAN COUNTY CHAIRMAN.

BILLS’ QB JOSH ALLEN IS THE NFL’S AFC OFFENSIVE PLAY OF THE WEEK FOR THE 13TH TIME IN HIS CAREER.

AND - THE SABRES TAKE AN UNBEATEN RECORD INTO TONIGHT’S PRE-SEASON GAME AGAINST THE SENATORS AT OTTAWA.

THE STARPOINT SCHOOL BOARD MET WITH SUPERINTENDENT SEAN CROFT LAST NIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIS DWI ARREST.

STATE COMPTROLLER THOMAS DINAPOLI HAS CITED PENDLETON TOWN OFFICIALS FOR NOT PROPERLY MONITORING PROJECTS.

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - A TWO-CAR CRASH IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

FANS OF THE BUFFALO BILLS INVESTED $2.7-MILLION IN “BILLS BONDS” TO HELP FINANCE THE TEAM’S NEW STADIUM.

IN ROCHESTER - A 28-YEAR-OLD MOTHER IS ON HER WAY TO PRISON FOR BRUTALLY BEATING TO DEATH HER 1-YEAR-OLD SON.

A SUSPECT IN A QUADRUPLE HOMICIDE IN SUBURBAN ROCHESTER HAS BEEN ADDED TO A “MOST WANTED” LIST IN PUERTO RICO.

TWO COMMUNITY PROJECTS - IN LOCKPORT AND BARKER - HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND DEDICATED.

THE THIRD ANNUAL “BLESSING OF THE PETS” IS SET FOR THIS SATURDAY AT COMMUNITY MISSIONS IN THE FALLS.

AND - THE SABRES IMPROVED TO 3-0 AFTER PICKING OFF PITTSBURGH 3-2 IN A PRE-SEASON GAME LAST NIGHT.

A YOUNG WILLIAMSVILLE DRIVER DIED IN A FIREY CRASH ON SHERIDAN AT ESSJAY IN AMHERST LAST NIGHT.

TWO INCIDENTS REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - A CAR CRASH IN ROYALTON AND A HAZMAT EVENT NEAR LEWISTON.

A CHEEKTOWAGA WOMAN IS GOING TO PRISON FOR DRIVING DRUNK AND CAUSING A CRASH THAT KILLED A LOCKPORT WOMAN.

A NIAGARA COUNTY PRISONER WHO TRIED TO ESCAPE WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED TO ATTICA FACES NEW CHARGES.

BUFFALO NARCOTICS COPS SEIZED WEAPONS AND DRUGS - AND MADE AN ARREST DURING A RAID LAST WEEK.

A STUDENT AT GENESEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS FACING CHARGES OF WEAPONS POSSESSION AFTER BRINGING A GUN ON CAMPUS.

A MAN WANTED FOR MURDER IN ROCHESTER HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP IN VERMONT.

THE BUFFALO BILLS BLEW UP THE “JACKSONVILLE JINX” IN A 47-10 BLOW-OUT OF THE JAGUARS LAST NIGHT.

AND - THE SABRES CRUSHED COLUMBUS 6-1 IN PRE-SEASON PLAY AT KEYBANK CENTER MONDAY NIGHT.

A YOUNG WILLIAMSVILLE DRIVER DIED IN A FIREY CRASH ON SHERIDAN AT ESSJAY IN AMHERST LAST NIGHT.

TWO INCIDENTS REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - A CAR CRASH IN ROYALTON AND A HAZMAT EVENT NEAR LEWISTON.

A CHEEKTOWAGA WOMAN IS GOING TO PRISON FOR DRIVING DRUNK AND CAUSING A CRASH THAT KILLED A LOCKPORT WOMAN.

A NIAGARA COUNTY PRISONER WHO TRIED TO ESCAPE WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED TO ATTICA FACES NEW CHARGES.

BUFFALO NARCOTICS COPS SEIZED WEAPONS AND DRUGS - AND MADE AN ARREST DURING A RAID LAST WEEK.

A STUDENT AT GENESEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS FACING CHARGES OF WEAPONS POSSESSION AFTER BRINGING A GUN ON CAMPUS.

A MAN WANTED FOR MURDER IN ROCHESTER HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP IN VERMONT.

THE BUFFALO BILLS BLEW UP THE “JACKSONVILLE JINX” IN A 47-10 BLOW-OUT OF THE JAGUARS LAST NIGHT.

AND - THE SABRES CRUSHED COLUMBUS 6-1 IN PRE-SEASON PLAY AT KEYBANK CENTER MONDAY NIGHT.

THREE FIRES IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER A 24-HOUR PERIOD THIS WEEKEND - INCLUDING TWO IN LOCKPORT.

THREE MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS - TWO IN THE FALLS AND ONE IN LEWISTON.

BUFFALO P-D IS LOOKING INTO A SUNDAY MORNING SHOOTING THAT SENT A MAN TO ECMC.

RAYMOND TORRES OF BUFFALO IS CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A MAN LAST WEEK ON THE WEST SIDE.

IN WAYNE COUNTY - DEPUTIES HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN A HOMICIDE THAT TOOK PLACE IN LYONS SATURDAY.

THE ROCHESTER POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD IS TAKING HEAT FOR RELEASING A REPORT ON ALLEGED MISCONDUCT.

TRIPLE-A SAYS DRIVERS ARE GETTING A BIT OF A BREAK FROM HIGH GAS PRICES HERE IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

FLUORIDE WILL BE BACK IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO’S WATER SUPPLY BEGINNING TOMORROW.

AND - THE BILLS PUT THEIR UNBEATEN RECORD ON THE LINE TONIGHT AGAINST THE JAGUARS ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.

CONSTRUCTION WILL START NEXT SPRING FOR A NEW $10M CIVIC ARENA ON THE CAMPUS OF LOCKPORT’S KENAN CENTER.

A LOCAL CASE OF WEST NILE VIRUS WAS CONFIRMED THURSDAY BY THE NIAGARA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

LEWISTON-PORTER AND WILSON DISTRICTS JOIN A GROWING LIST OF SCHOOLS RECEIVING THREATS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTED HERE IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - IN ADDITION TO ONE WE ALREADY REPORTED.

A WORKER AT A FORMER NORTH TONAWANDA DAYCARE CENTER IS FACING THREE CHILD ENDANGERMENT CHARGES.

JAMES FOX OF CHEEKTOWAGA IS HEADED FOR A LONG STRETCH IN FEDERAL PRISON ON A SEX-TRAFFICKING CONVICTION.

ROCHESTER POLICE HAVE ID’D THE CITY’S LATEST HOMICIDE VICTIM AS CHRISTOPHER ROMERO-WARREN.

GOVERNOR HOCHUL’S APPROVAL RATINGS HAVE FALLEN TO AN ALL-TIME LOW IN THE NEWEST SIENA POLL.

AND - THE JETS PUT AWAY THE PATRIOTS 24-3 AT THE JERSEY  MEADOWLANDS ON THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.

AN E-BIKE RIDER FROM CHAUTAUQUA DIED THIS WEEK AFTER HE WAS STRUCK BY AN SUV IN NORTH TONAWANDA.

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED HERE IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - TWO OF THEM WITH POSSIBLE INJURIES.

STARPOINT SUPERINTENDENT SEAN CROFT WAS ARRAIGNED ON THREE COUNTS IN WEST SENECA TOWN COURT TUESDAY.

A NIAGARA FALLS WOMAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO VEHICULAR ASSAULT IN A CRASH THAT SERIOUSLY INJURED A CHILD.

FOUR PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND EIGHT ARE HOMELESS AFTER FIRE DESTROYED A DUPLEX ON BUFFALO’S WEST SIDE.

FIVE CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN BUFFALO ARE SEEKING LANDMARK STATUS TO SAFEGUARD THEIR HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.

STATE SENATOR ROB ORTT HAS CALLED ON GOVERNOR HOCHUL TO SIGN A NEW HUNTING BILL THAT HAS PASSED BOTH HOUSES.

THE YANKEES HAVE PUNCHED THEIR TICKET TO THE PLAYOFFS  AFTER EDGING SEATTLE IN EXTRA INNINGS LAST NIGHT.

AND - THE PATRIOTS PLAY THE JETS IN THE MEADOWLANDS TONIGHT ON THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.

BILLIONAIRE TOM GOLISANO YESTERDAY SURPRISED A GROUP OF NON-PROFITS WITH GIFTS THAT TOTALED OVER $360M!

A FEMALE JUVENILE WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AND CHARGED WITH MAKING A THREAT OF MASS HARM ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

A NIAGARA FALLS MAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY FOR HIS ROLE IN A HIT-AND-RUN THAT SERIOUSLY INJURED A PERSON.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED HERE IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - ONE OF THEM INVOLVING A MOTORCYCLE.

IN BUFFALO BRIEFS - A CHEMICAL SPILL AT B-G-H AND U-B WILL BE GETTING A NEW ENGINEERING BUILDING.

NO NEW CHARGES WILL BE FILED AGAINST EMBATTLED MONROE COUNTY D-A SANDRA DOORLEY IN HER “TRAFFIC STOP ORDEAL.”

AN AUDIT HAS REVEALED THAT FORMER ONTARIO COUNTY CLERK MATTHEW HOOSE EMBEZZLED THOUSANDS BEFORE HIS DEATH.

A NIAGARA FALLS POWERBALL LOTTERY PLAYER MAY BE $50,000 RICHER AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT.

AND - THE YANKEES LEAD IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE GOT A BIT BIGGER IN SEATTLE LAST NIGHT.

AN INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE WILL BE IN EFFECT TODAY AT CLARENCE HIGH SCHOOL AFTER A THREAT WAS MADE.

COPS IN THE TOWN OF TONAWANDA ARE LOOKING FOR THE VANDALS WHO DEFACED KENNEY PARK WITH OFFENSIVE GRAFFITI.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED HERE IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - ONE OF THEM WITH INJURIES IN N-T.

A CAREER CRIMINAL HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SHOOTING A COACH FROM ROCHESTER AT A YOUTH FOOTBALL GAME IN BUFFALO.

33-YEAR-OLD RASHOD COE IS IN CUSTODY FOR A ROCHESTER SHOOTING THAT SERIOUSLY INJURED A MAN LAST WEEK.

IN GENESEE COUNTY - A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER WAS INJURED WHILE BATTLING A BARN BLAZE IN ELBA MONDAY.

14 ARRESTS - THREE FOR D-W-I - DURING LAW ENFORCEMENT’S RECENT LABOR DAY TRAFFIC SAFETY BLITZ.

BUFFALO IS BOUNCING BACK IN A BIG WAY ACCORDING TO A STUDY OF RUST BELT CITIES IN THE NORTHEAST AND MIDWEST.

AND - AN UPSET ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL AND THE YANKEES BEGIN A SIX-GAME WEST COAST ROAD TRIP TONIGHT.

A STATE TROOPER IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER HIS POLICE MOTORCYCLE WAS HIT FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED HERE IN NIAGARA COUNTY SUNDAY - TWO OF THEM INVOLVED MOTORCYCLES.

AN UNDERAGE DRIVER IS FACING NUMEROUS CHARGES AFTER CRASHING A CAR IN SNYDER EARLY THIS MORNING.

A YOUNG ROCHESTER MAN WAS KILLED SATURDAY WHEN HE CRASHED HIS MOTORCYCLE ON ROUTE 33 IN GENESEE COUNTY.

POLICE IN ROCHESTER ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER THE BODY OF A 63-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS FOUND OVER THE WEEKEND.

A MONROE COUNTY MAN IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING SHOT WHILE ATTENEDING A YOUTH FOOTBALL GAME IN BUFFALO SUNDAY.

MARCHELLO GILDERSLEEVE OF NIAGARA FALLS IS EXPECTED TO SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDER.

A HIT-AND-RUN MOTORIST FROM AMHERST IS FACING A PRISON TERM FOR HIS ACTIONS BACK IN MAY.

AND - THE BUFFALO BILLS ARE ALL ALONE ATOP THE STANDINGS IN THE AFC EAST JUST TWO GAMES INTO THE SEASON.

TWO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE HOSPITALIZED AFTER A CAR HIT THEM ON STATE ROAD IN MIDDLEPORT YESTERDAY.

FOUR OTHER TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS THURSDAY - TWO OF THEM IN LOCKPORT.

THE GRAND ISLAND 8TH GRADER WHO WAS STRUCK AND KILLED WEDNESDAY NIGHT HAS BEEN ID’D AS LEAH MAYER.

THE TWO MEN WHO OPERATE THE RAPIDS THEATRE IN THE FALLS ARE FACING NEW FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES.

IN BUFFALO - A PAIR OF TEENS ARE FACING CHARGES AFTER A THREAT WAS MADE AGAINST A CITY SCHOOL.

A TRIO OF MONROE COUNTY TEENAGERS HAVE BEEN INDICTED FOR THEIR ROLE IN A CRASH THAT KILLED A MAN IN HIS 90’S.

IN NIAGARA COUNTY NEWS BRIEFS - A MAN IS FACING D-W-I CHARGES AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP IN NEWFANE.

THE TWO-DAY NIAGARA FALLS BLUES FESTIVAL ON OLD FALLS STREET KICKS OFF TONIGHT.

AND - THE BILLS DOMINATED THE DOLPHINS 31-10 LAST NIGHT AS JAMES COOK SCORED THREE TOUCHDOWNS IN THE FIRST HALF.

GRAND ISLAND IS MOURNING THE DEATH OF AN 8TH GRADER WHO WAS STRUCK AND KILLED ON SOUTH PARKWAY LAST NIGHT.

FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS WEDNESDAY - ALL WITH UNKNOWN INJURIES.

LOUIS GREENWALD OF FLORIDA HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE MAN WHO DIED AFTER A HEAD-ON CRASH IN SOMERSET TUESDAY.

CHRISTOPHER FREDRICK OF GASPORT IS CHARGED WITH FELONY D-W-I AFTER CRASHING HIS PICKUP INTO A NEWFANE HOME.

NEW INFORMATION HAS BEEN REVEALED IN MONDAY’S STABBING OF A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY AT BUFFALO’S McKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

A COMBAT VETERAN FROM CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO KIDNAPPING IN FEDERAL COURT.

NIAGARA PARKS POLICE OFFICER NATHAN SIBENIK THIS WEEK WAS PUBLICLY COMMENDED FOR A RIVER RESCUE IN JULY.

WITH THE BUFFALO BILLS ON THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - IT’S  TAILGATE TIME IN DOWNTOWN LOCKPORT TONIGHT!

AND - THE YANKEES LEAD THE EAST BY A GAME AND A HALF AS THEY GET READY TO HOST THE RED SOX THIS WEEKEND.

THE DIOCESE OF BUFFALO WILL CLOSE 70 PARISHES NEXT YEAR - INCLUDING SEVEN HERE IN NIAGARA COUNTY.

ONE MAN WAS KILLED - ANOTHER INJURED - IN A GRINDING TWO-CAR CRASH IN SOMERSET YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

FIVE OTHER TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS TUESDAY - ALL REPORTING UNKNOWN INJURIES.

TWO NIAGARA FALLS WOMEN WILL SPEND A COUPLE YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR THE BRUTAL BEATING OF A TIM HORTON’S WORKER.

A GETZVILLE MAN WHO STOLE THE LIFE SAVINGS OF AN AMHERST WOMAN GOT PROBATION AND MUST PAY FULL RESTITUTION.

A SINGLE STUDENT HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED IN MONDAY’S STABBING OF A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY AT BUFFALO’S McKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

ONLY A DOZEN PEOPLE WERE AT THE STARPOINT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING MONDAY TO DISCUSS THE ARREST OF SEAN CROFT.

THE BUFFALO BILLS HAD LITTLE TIME TO CELEBRATE SUNDAY’S WIN AS THEY PREPARE TO PLAY MIAMI TOM’R NIGHT.

AND - THE YANKEES NOW HAVE A HALF-GAME LEAD IN THE A-L EAST AFTER THEY LOST TO KANSAS CITY 5-0 TUESDAY.

THE DIOCESE OF BUFFALO WILL BE ANNOUNCING ITS FINAL DECISION ON MERGERS AND PARISH CLOSINGS THIS MORNING.

A NEW OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE HAPPENED MONDAY AT BUFFALO’S TROUBLED McKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

THE ADMINISTRATION OF SWEET HOME HIGH SCHOOL IS LOOKING INTO A FIGHT AMONG STUDENTS AT A FRIDAY FOOTBALL GAME.

ONE PERSON IS HOSPITALIZED - ANOTHER ARRESTED - AFTER A HIT-AND-RUN THAT FOLLOWED SUNDAY’S BILLS’ GAME.

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AND A FIRE IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - WITH POSSIBLE INJURIES IN THE CRASH.

THREE OF THE FOUR PEOPLE WHO DIED IN AN EARLY MORNING FIRE IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY FRIDAY HAVE BEEN ID’D.

A FALLS MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED IN A FATAL CRASH THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF HIS WIFE TWO WEEKS AGO.

MORE THAN TWO DOZEN STATE TROOPERS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO THE STREETS OF ROCHESTER TO GET A HAND ON VIOLENCE.

AND - THE YANKEES HAVE OPENED A GAME AND A HALF LEAD IN THE A-L EAST AFTER THEY KO’D KANSAS CITY 10-4 MONDAY.

A BUFFALO MAN WAS KILLED AFTER HE WAS STRUCK BY A CAR EARLY SATURDAY IN A HIT-AND-RUN ON FILLMORE AVENUE.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND A FIRE IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND - WITH TWO PEOPLE INJURED.

FOUR MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY DIED IN AN EARLY MORNING FIRE IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY FRIDAY.

A NEWFANE CONTRACTOR WHO DEFRAUDED AREA HOMEOWNERS OF THOUSANDS HAS RECEIVED A PRISON SENTENCE.

A 32-YEAR-OLD NIAGARA COUNTY MAN IS FACING WEAPONS CHARGES AFTER TRYING TO TRADE GUNS ON FACEBOOK.

ROCHESTER POLICE SAY A 30-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS GUNNED DOWN LAST NIGHT AT LINCOLN AND MERRIMACK.

THE WIFE OF A JAMESTOWN DRUG DEALER HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO PROBATION FOR ASSISTING WITH HIS ILLEGAL ACTIONS.

THE MAYOR OF BUFFALO WILL BE LEAVING AFTER ALMOST 20 YEARS ON THE JOB TO RUN WESTERN O-T-B.

AND - THE BILLS HAD TO RALLY FOR A 34-28 WIN OVER THE PESKY ARIZONA CARDINALS SUNDAY IN THEIR SEASON OPENER.

LOCKPORT MAYOR JOHN LOMBARDI SAYS HE’S LOOKING FOR A NEW DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AFTER PLANS TO DOWNSIZE THE DEPARTMENT WERE VOTED DOWN IN AUGUST.     

TOWN OF TONAWANDA POLICE SAY CRASHES THAT TOOK THE LIVES OF TWO CHILDREN EARLIER THESE YEAR WERE TRAGIC, BUT NOT CRIMINAL. 

TOURISM IN NIAGARA FALLS IS BOOMING.  THE CITY TOOK IN OVER A BILLION DOLLARS IN TOURISM SPENDING IN 2023. THAT’S UP NEARLY 12 PERCENT FROM 2022.   

A 14 MILLION DOLLAR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO BUILD GORGE GATEWAY PARK AND HYDRAULIC POWER PROJECTS. 

OFFICIALS ARE DISCUSSING JUST WHERE THE LAST OF NIAGARA COUNTY’S PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO NETWORK TOWERS WILL BE BUILT. 

THE GRAND ISLAND BRIDGES WILL SEE SOME LANE CLOSURES THIS WEEKEND.

A BUFFALO PRIEST IS BEING PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS OF INAPPROPRIATE CONDUCT WITH WOMEN. 

AND - ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?  THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS JUST BARELY HELD OFF THE BALTIMORE RAVENS IN THE NFL SEASON OPENER.  MEANWHILE, THE BUFFALO BILLS ARE SET TO KICKOFF THEIR SEASON SUNDAY AGAINST THE ARIZONA CARDINALS.    

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - ONE IN NORTH TONAWANDA - THE OTHER IN LOCKPORT.

FROM THE LOCKPORT POLICE REPORT - TWO CITY MEN WERE CHARGED IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS THIS WEEK.

A 15-YEAR-OLD BUFFALO BOY IS FACING TWO FELONIES AFTER HE SHOT AT HIS FATHER TUESDAY NIGHT.

THE STATE A-G’S OFFICE IS NOW INVESTIGATING LAST WEEK’S OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN ORCHARD PARK.

THERE IS NEW INFORMATION IN THE 20-YEAR-OLD COLD CASE MURDER OF YOLANDA BINDICS OF JAMESTOWN.

THE 66TH ANNUAL NIAGARA COUNTY PEACH FESTIVAL OPENS IN LEWISTON TODAY AT ACADEMY PARK.

THE BISHOP OF BUFFALO - MICHAEL FISHER - WAS IN LOCKPORT YESTERDAY TO BLESS THE NEW PLAYGROUND AT DESALES.

THE NFL OPENS TONIGHT IN K-C AND THE BILLS HOST THE CARDINALS SUNDAY AT HIGHMARK STADIUM.

AND - THE YANKEES AND ORIOLES BOTH LOST WEDNESDAY - SO THERE’S NO CHANGE ATOP THE AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST.

SCANDAL BREWING IN ALBANY AS ONE OF GOVERNOR HOCHUL’S TOP AIDES HAS BEEN ARRESTED AS A CHINESE SPY.

STARPOINT SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SEAN CROFT HAS BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AFTER A D-W-I ARREST.

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS - IN THE FALLS, LEWISTON AND N-T.

A WRONG-WAY CRASH ON BUFFALO’S KENSINGTON EXPRESSWAY MONDAY PROVED FATAL FOR AN AMHERST DRIVER.

A 22-YEAR-OLD BUFFALO WOMAN IS GOING TO PRISON FOR STABBING HER BOYFRIEND TO DEATH LAST YEAR.

CAREER CRIMINAL WALTER BALKUM HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE BRUTAL MURDER OF HIS GIRLFRIEND IN ROCHESTER LAST WEEK.

MONROE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING INTO A FATALITY ON TRAIN TRACKS IN CHILI THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.

AMHERST’S GRAPEVINE RESTAURANT HAS CLOSED ITS DOORS FOR GOOD AFTER 41 YEARS IN BUSINESS.

AND - BALTIMORE IS BACK IN FIRST PLACE IN THE A-L EAST AFTER THE O’S WON AND THE YANKEES LOST TUESDAY.

STARPOINT SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SEAN CROFT WAS CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

A NEWFANE WOMAN WAS ARRESTED ON A “LEANDRA’S LAW” D-W-I CHARGE EARLY SUNDAY ON COOMER ROAD.

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT SUNDAY AND A BARN BLAZE SATURDAY WERE REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY.

A BUFFALO MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 19 FELONY COUNTS FOR THREATENING THE MAYOR AND VANDALIZING CITY HALL.

A QUEEN CITY MAN IS RECOVERING FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND AFTER HE WAS HIT FRIDAY JUST THREE BLOCKS FROM ECMC.

A FAMILY OF FOUR WAS FOUND MURDERED AFTER A HOUSE FIRE IN THE ROCHESTER SUBURB OF IRONDEQUOIT.

A RASH OF VEHICLE THEFTS IN THREE ROCHESTER SUBURBS IS KEEPING MONROE COUNTY DEPUTIES BUSY.

THE NIAGARA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING INTO A RABIES CASE INVOLVING A STRAY KITTEN.

AND - SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER WON $25M FOR CAPTURING THE FED EX GOLF TITLE OVER THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND.