SEARCH CREWS ARE ON A GRIM ASSIGNMENT TO FIND THE BODIES OF A MOTHER AND HER TWO KIDS IN THE LOWER NIAGARA RIVER.

A SECOND FELONY LEANDRA’S LAW D-W-I ARREST IN NIAGARA COUNTY HAS BEEN MADE - THIS TIME AGAINST A FALLS WOMAN.

A NEWFANE PAROLEE IS FACING FOUR FELONY COUNTS IN THE BEATING DEATHS OF TWO PUPPIES LAST WEEK.

FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - TWO OF THEM INVOLVING DEER.

A LOCKPORT MAN IS IN CUSTODY ON A FELONY DRUG COUNT AFTER HIS ARREST BY DEPUTIES LATE LAST WEEK.

THE FOUR PEOPLE WHO SHOT-UP A HAWLEY STREET HOUSE TWO YEARS AGO ARE ALL FACING PRISON TIME.

A LAWSUIT FROM A FORMER OTB EXECUTIVE HAS BEEN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT IN FEDERAL COURT TO PROCEED.

HALLOWEEN IS HERE AND AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL BE OUT IN FORCE LOOKING FOR IMPAIRED DRIVERS.

AND - THE DODGERS SHUT DOWN THE YANKEES 7-6 IN GAME FIVE LAST NIGHT TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES.

LATASHA PORTER OF LOCKPORT HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FELONY LEANDRA’S LAW D-W-I AFTER A MIDNIGHT TRAFFIC STOP.

A NIAGARA FALLS MAN IS IN CUSTODY ON A FELONY DRUG COUNT AFTER HIS ARREST BY THE DRUG TASK FORCE.

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - TWO OF THEM IN THE TOWN OF LEWISTON.

SOME VANDALS WHO DAMAGED HALLOWEEN DISPLAYS IN NORTH TONAWANDA SUNDAY WERE “CAUGHT ON CAMERA.”

THE DIOCESE OF BUFFALO HAS SOLD CHRIST THE KING SEMINARY IN EAST AURORA TO HELP PAY SEXUAL ABUSE CLAIMS.

ON THE LABOR BEAT - IN BUFFALO - 165 WORKERS AT THE MILK-BONE PLANT ARE ON STRIKE.

A ROCHESTER MAN WILL SPEND MOST OF THE NEXT THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR THROWING FIREWORKS AT A COP.

WLVL IS CELEBRATING 76 YEARS OF BROADCASTING IN NIAGARA COUNTY AFTER GOING ON-THE-AIR ON THIS DATE IN 1948.

AND - THE YANKEES GOT A GRAND SLAM TO AVOID A SWEEP BY THE DODGERS IN GAME FOUR OF THE WORLD SERIES.

EARLY VOTING IN NIAGARA COUNTY THIS WEEKEND MORE THAN DOUBLED THE TURNOUT FOR THE 2020 ELECTION.

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - AND TWO OF THEM INVOLVED THREE VEHICLES.

A CONVICTED FELON FROM THE FALLS IS FACING NEW CHARGES AFTER PAROLE OFFICERS FOUND A GUN AND DRUGS.

FORMER BUFFALO BILLS DE ALEX CARRINGTON WAS SENTENCED IN NIAGARA COUNTY COURT TO FIVE YEARS PROBATION.

A BUFFALO WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH BANK ROBBERY AFTER A MONDAY HOLD-UP AT A CHEEKTOWAGA BRANCH OF M&T BANK.

KEYONDRE ROBERTSON OF BUFFALO FACES UP TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE 2022 MURDER OF JOHN CRAIG.

THE QUEEN CITY - BUFFALO - IS THE SAFEST LARGE CITY IN THE U-S-A IN WHICH TO DRIVE DURING THE FALL SEASON.

THE YANKEES ARE ON THE BRINK OF BEING SWEPT BY THE DODGERS AFTER LOSING GAME THREE OF THE WORLD SERIES.

AND - THE BUFFALO SABRES’ 3-GAME WINNING STREAK ENDED LAST NIGHT IN A 5-2 LOSS TO THE FLORIDA PANTHERS AT HOME.

JUST TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND - BOTH OF THEM IN THE TOWN OF NIAGARA.

BUFFALO POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TWO SHOOTINGS - ONE OF THEM FATAL ON THE CITY’S WEST SIDE.

A QUEEN CITY WOMAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT ECMC AFTER A FRIDAY FIRE IN THE GENESEE-WALDEN DISTRICT.

MONROE COUNTY FIRE INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO A FATAL BLAZE ON BOWMAN STREET OVER THE WEEKEND.

A 19-YEAR-OLD ALLEGANY COUNTY MAN IS IN TROUBLE WITH THE FEDS FOR EXCHANGING EXPLICIT PHOTOS ON-LINE.

EARLY VOTING GOT UNDERWAY THIS WEEKEND WITH A RECORD TURNOUT IN ERIE COUNTY AND BRISK TRAFFIC LOCALLY.

HIGH MENU PRICES CONTINUE TO DRIVE CHAIN RESTAURANTS TO CLOSE - THE LATEST HERE IS T-G-I FRIDAYS.

THE BUFFALO BILLS SMOKED THE SEAHAWKS IN SEATTLE SUNDAY FOR THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT WIN.

AND - THE SABRES TRY TO MAKE IT FOUR WINS IN A ROW WHEN THEY HOST THE FLORIDA PANTHERS TONIGHT.

A 108-YEAR-OLD AMHERST NURSING HOME HAS GONE BROKE AND WILL CLOSE BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH.

ILLEGAL MIGRANTS LIVING IN ERIE COUNTY HOTELS HAVE TO LEAVE BY THE END OF THE YEAR OR BE SENT BACK TO NYC.

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - ALL OF THEM REPORTING UNKNOWN INJURIES.

DEPUTIES IN MONROE COUNTY ARE INVESTIGATING THE FATAL CRASH OF A MOTORCYCLE IN PERINTON YESTERDAY.

EAST AURORA P-D IS LOOKING INTO A MYSTERIOUS ACCIDENT THAT LEFT A BICYCLIST SERIOUSLY INJURED.

A TONAWANDA MOTHER RECEIVED AN 18-YEAR PRISON TERM YESTERDAY IN THE DEATH OF HER NEWBORN FOUR YEARS AGO.

LOCKPORT NATIVE AND FORMER BILLS’ VOICE JOHN MURPHY IS NOW A MEMBER OF THE NYS BROADCASTING HALL OF FAME.

BUFFALO IS THE SAFEST LARGE METRO AREA IN WHICH TO DRIVE DURING THE FALL SEASON ACCORDING TO THE NHTSA.

AND - THE SABRES PLAY THE RED WINGS AT HOME SATURDAY WHILE THE BILLS BATTLE THE SEAHAWKS IN SEATTLE SUNDAY.

NEW O-T-B CEO BYRON BROWN IS BEING CALLED OUT BY THE ERIE COUNTY EXECUTIVE FOR HIRING FELON STEVE CASEY.

LEVON DICKSON OF BUFFALO FACES 25 YEARS IN THE STATE SLAMMER FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A MAN IN FEBRUARY.

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - A TWO VEHICLE CRASH IN THE TOWN OF PENDLETON.

STATE POLICE IN WAYNE COUNTY HAVE ID’D THE MOTORCYCLE OPERATOR KILLED IN A CRASH IN PALMYRA TUESDAY.

PETER CELENTANO OF GENESEE COUNTY REMAINS IN FEDERAL CUSTODY WHILE HIS FELONY CRIMINAL CASE PROCEEDS.

SUNY NIAGARA IS CELEBRATING IT’S BIGGEST FALL ENROLL- MENT IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

THE DENNY’S RESTAURANT CHAIN IS CLOSING ITS 150 LOWEST PERFORMING SITES IN HOPES OF TURNING AROUND POOR SALES.

IN BUFFALO - 2200 DRIVERS HAVE BEEN SENT TICKETS FOR BEING “CAUGHT ON CAMERA” PASSING STOPPED SCHOOL BUSES.

AND - THE SABRES PLAY THE RED WINGS AT HOME SATURDAY WHILE THE BILLS BATTLE THE SEAHAWKS IN SEATTLE SUNDAY.

OWEN WEIDENBOERNER OF CAMBRIA HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MENACING AFTER AN INCIDENT TUESDAY.

IN ORLEANS COUNTY - A MEDINA STUDENT HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MAKING A FELONY TERROR THREAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

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

ROCHESTER POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE A FATAL CRASH LAST FRIDAY THAT KILLED A 20-YEAR-OLD FEMALE DRIVER.

A WILLIAMSVILLE TEEN RECEIVED A 1 TO 3 YEAR PRISON TERM FOR DRIVING HIGH AND CAUSING THE DEATH OF A YOUNG GIRL.

STATE POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO THE SHOOTING OF A WOMAN’S DOG ON THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT RAIL TRAIL LAST FRIDAY.

IT’S COSTING THE CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS $1.1M TO SETTLE A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT DATING BACK TO 2020.

VETERAN CBS ANCHOR JEFF GLOR FROM THE TOWN OF TONAWANDA HAS HAD RECENT MEETINGS WITH TWO LOCAL T-V STATIONS.

AND - THE SABRES STUNNED THE STARS 4-2 IN NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ACTION AT KEYBANK CENTER LAST NIGHT.

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - A LATE NIGHT SINGLE CAR CRASH IN NEWFANE.

POLICE IN EAST AURORA CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE A FATAL SUNDAY MORNING TRUCK-PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT.

THE BUDGET PROCESS IS RAMPING UP AT LOCKPORT CITY HALL AS DEPARTMENT HEADS MEET WITH THE COMMON COUNCIL.

A REPEAT CHILD PORN OFFENDER IN GENESEE COUNTY IS GOING TO PRISON FOR TEN YEARS ON NEW CHARGES.

AN IRVING MAN WHO DROVE AWAY FROM A TRAFFIC STOP IN A STATE POLICE PATROL CAR IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES.

A FATHER AND SON IN BUFFALO HAVE BOTH BEEN SENTENCED TO PRISON TERMS IN THE BEATING DEATH OF A MAN IN 2022.

BYRON BROWN IS WASTING NO TIME HIRING FORMER CRONIES FROM BUFFALO CITY HALL AT WESTERN O-T-B.

IT’S NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE APPLICATION MONTH AND THOSE FEES ARE WAIVED AT SUNY SCHOOLS.

AND - THE BUCCANEERS AND CARDINALS WERE THE WINNERS LAST EVENING ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY THIS WEEKEND - ONE OF THEM A DOUBLE MOTORCYCLE CRASH WITH INJURIES.

A FATAL STABBING IN THE FALLS TWO YEARS AGO HAS RESULTED IN A PENNSYLVANIA MAN GOING TO PRISON FOR 22 YEARS.

BUFFALO POLICE DETECTIVE TERRANCE MICHAEL CIESEK HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY ON FRAUD CHARGES.

TWO LANCASTER BROTHERS FACE PRISON TERMS FOR DEFRAUDING A FEDERAL COVID RELIEF PROGRAM OF THOUSANDS.

A BUFFALO TEENAGER HIT BY A CITY GARBAGE TRUCK THREE WEEKS AGO REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY IS HOSPITALIZED AFTER HE WAS GUNNED DOWN ON THE STREETS OF ROCHESTER SUNDAY.

AUTHORITIES IN MONROE COUNTY ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A MAN WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A TRAIN SATURDAY.

WESTERN NEW YORK GAS PRICES TOOK A SLIGHT DIP THIS WEEK AFTER GOING UP THE PREVIOUS WEEK.

AND - THE BILLS TROUNCED THE TITANS SUNDAY - AND IT WILL BE THE YANKEES AND DODGERS IN THE WORLD SERIES.

INDEPENDENT HEALTH IS CUTTING OVER 60 JOBS DUE TO WHAT IT CALLS “GROWING CHALLENGES WITHIN THE HEALTH INDUSTRY.”  

AN AMHERST MAN IS CONFESSING THAT HE KILLED HIS MOTHER BACK IN 2022. 

THE TOWN OF CAMBRIA’S PLANS TO ARM COURT CONSTABLES IS FACING A BIT OF RESISTANCE FROM RESIDENTS.

BUFFALO PUMPS IN NORTH TONAWANDA SAYS THEY ARE PLANNING A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION.

A LOCAL PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANIZATION SAYS THAT NEW INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS FROM THE STATE POWER AUTHORITY ARE NOWHERE NEAR MEETING RENEWABLE ENERGY MADATES FROM THE STATE. 

NIAGARA COUNTY VETERANS WILL SOON BE GETTING AN INCREASE IN THEIR COUNTY TAX EXEMPTIONS.

A 13-FOOT BRONZE STATUE OF HARRIET TUBMAN IS ON DISPLAY IN NIAGARA FALLS. 

RESIDENTS IN WILSON ARE TEAMING UP TO HELP COMBAT VANDALISM AT WILSON PIER. 

GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL SAYS GUN VIOLENCE IS AT ITS LOWEST LEVEL SINCE THE STATE STARTED TRACKING THE DATA IN 2006. 

AND IN SPORTS - THE BUFFALO SABRES REMAIN STUCK ON JUST ONE VICTORY TO START THE 2024-2025 CAMPAIGN AFTER FALLING ON THE ROAD TO THE COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS 6-4.

FALLS POLICE ARE REPORTED TO BE CLOSE TO CHARGING A SUSPECT IN TUESDAY’S HIT-AND-RUN HOMICIDE.

56-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM TILTON JR OF LOCKPORT WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY ON TWO CHARGES - ONE OF THEM A FELONY.

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - ONE OF THEM REPORTING POSSIBLE INJURIES.

A TORONTO MAN FACES A PRISON TERM AND LARGE FINE AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO FIREARMS TRAFFICKING.

ONE OF TWO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WANTED IN THE MURDER OF FOUR PEOPLE IN MONROE COUNTY WILL BE IN COURT TODAY.

NIAGARA FALLS, BUFFALO AND SALAMANCA WILL SHARE $16.7M IN A CASINO REVENUE ADVANCE FROM NEW YORK STATE.

THE FABRIC ROOF OVER FLORIDA’S TROPICANA FIELD THAT WAS SHREDDED BY HURRICANE MILTON WAS MADE IN AMHERST.

NIAGARA COUNTY VETERANS WILL RECEIVE AN INCREASE IN THEIR COUNTY PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS.

AND - SIDNEY CROSBY’S GOAL IN OT LIFTED THE PENGUINS OVER THE SABRES 6-5 IN PITTSBURGH LAST NIGHT.

NIAGARA FALLS P-D IS INVESTIGATING A FATAL HIT-AND-RUN THAT MAY BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO A HOMICIDE.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - ONE OF THEM WITH INJURIES IN LOCKPORT.

20-YEAR-OLD DENNIS PARSON OF NIAGARA FALLS WILL SPEND HIS NEXT 22 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A 2023 HOMICIDE.

STARPOINT SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SEAN CROFT MADE AN APPEARANCE IN WEST SENECA TOWN COURT TUESDAY.

A LAWSUIT THAT CLAIMS NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SCHOOLS WERE NEGLIGENT IN STOPPING HARASSMENT WILL GO FORWARD.

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HOMICIDE AFTER A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN HIS DRIVEWAY YESTERDAY.

THREE PEOPLE ESCAPED SAFELY AFTER A BLAZE BROKE OUT IN A COTTAGE NEAR ARCADE IN WYOMING COUNTY.

WITH ELECTION DAY LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AWAY - NIAGARA COUNTY HAS ANNOUNCED EARLY VOTING OPTIONS.

AND - THE NEW YORK YANKEES HAVE TAKEN A 2-0 LEAD IN THE ALCS AFTER A 6-3 WIN OVER CLEVELAND LAST NIGHT.

LOCKPORT FIREFIGHTERS MADE SHORT WORK OF A SMALL RESIDENTIAL FIRE ON ROOSEVELT DRIVE MONDAY.

A CONVICTED FELON IS FACING FEDERAL CHARGES AFTER A FIREARM WAS FOUND IN HIS LUGGAGE AT THE AIRPORT.

BUFFALO’S LONGEST-SERVING MAYOR - BYRON BROWN - WILL RESIGN TODAY BEFORE HE TAKES THE TOP JOB AT O-T-B.

TWO ROCHESTER POLICE OFFICERS ARE RECOVERING AFTER THEY WERE INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY MONDAY.

ROCHESTER P-D IS ON THE TRAIL OF TWO THUGS WHO HELD UP A WEST RIDGE SMOKE SHOP YESTERDAY.

WESTERN NEW YORK DRIVERS ARE DIGGING DEEPER THESE DAYS AS REGIONAL GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE.

ANIMALS DISPLACED BY RECENT HURRICANES DOWN SOUTH ARE UP FOR FREE ADOPTION AT THE ERIE COUNTY S-P-C-A.

THE FULL-SIZED REPLICA OF THE 1825 ERIE CANAL BOAT THE “SENECA CHIEF” WILL WINTER IN LOCKPORT.

AND - THE BUFFALO BILLS OVERCAME A “HAIL MARY” PASS AND MISSED KICKS TO DOWN THE JETS ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.

FIREFIGHTERS FROM SIX COMPANIES BATTLED A TIRE FIRE AT THE MODERN LANDFILL IN LEWISTON EARLY SATURDAY.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND TWO HOUSE FIRES IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND.

DAVID FERMOILE OF LOCKPORT WILL LIKELY SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDERING HIS SISTER.

EDWARD DUNN OF LOCKPORT IS THE THIRD PERSON ARRESTED IN THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER OF MICHAEL POOLE.

ONE MAN IS DEAD - AND A PERSON ARRESTED - AFTER A WEEKEND SHOOTING ON CEDAR ROAD IN CHEEKTOWAGA.

SUBURBAN BUFFALO POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO A SHOOTING INCIDENT BETWEEN TWO ILLEGAL MIGRANTS.

A MAN WANTED IN COLORADO WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN GENESEE COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND.

STATE POLICE IN WAYNE COUNTY ARE INVESTIGATING A 2-CAR CRASH THAT SENT BOTH DRIVERS TO STRONG MEMORIAL.

AND - THE SABRES BEAT THE STANLEY CUP CHAMPS AND THE BILLS PLAY THE JETS ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.

FORMER D-E-A AGENT JOSEPH BONGIOVANNI HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF SEVEN OF THE ELEVEN CHARGES HE FACED.

CLIFFORD COLLIER OF NIAGARA FALLS IS UNDER ARREST ON FOUR FELONY DRUG COUNTS.

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - ONE OF THEM REPORTING INJURIES.

BUFFALO POLICE MADE TWO ARRESTS AFTER TRACKING DOWN A 15-YEAR-OLD WHO MADE A SCHOOL THREAT ON TIK TOK.

ON THE STATE BEAT - AN ALBANY MAN WAS MAULED TO DEATH BY A PACK OF PIT BULLS WEDNESDAY EVENING.

A ROCHESTER WOMAN - IN HER 80’S - IS RECOVERING AFTER A DOG ATTACKED HER ON SHERWOOD AVENUE YESTERDAY.

TWO FALL FESTIVALS THIS WEEKEND - IN ELLICOTTVILLE AND ON BUFFALO’S OLD POLISH EAST SIDE.

THE YANKEES PUNCHED THEIR TICKET TO THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND WITH A WIN LAST NIGHT.

AND - THE SABRES GOT KO’D BY THE KINGS 3-1 IN THEIR HOME OPENER ON BUFFALO ICE AFTER LOSING TWO GAMES IN EUROPE.

THE N-T CROSSING GUARD WHO WAS HIT BY A CAR TUESDAY MORNING IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND ON THE MEND.

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - ON TOWNLINE ROAD IN THE TOWN OF PENDLETON.

ERICA LOUNSBERRY OF NIAGARA FALLS IS GOING TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR BILKING PEOPLE OUT OF MORE THAN $2M.

CONSTRUCTION ON BUFFALO’S KENSINGTON EXPRESSWAY HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD DUE TO THREE LAWSUITS.

DAMAGE IS LISTED AT $230,000 IN A BARN BLAZE AT A TOWN OF ARCADE DAIRY FARM TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

A MONROE COUNTY MAN IS GOING TO PRISON FOR 18 YEARS FOR DRIVING DRUNK AND CAUSING A FATAL CRASH IN JUNE.

DOOR DASH GROCERY DELIVERY WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE AT WEGMANS SUPER MARKETS IN WNY.

THE METS ARE THE FIRST TEAM TO ADVANCE TO THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND IN THE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS.

AND - THE SABRES TAKE ON THE KINGS IN THEIR BUFFALO HOME OPENER AFTER LOSING TWO GAMES IN EUROPE.

A CROSSING GUARD IN NORTH TONAWANDA WAS STRUCK BY A CAR WHILE ON DUTY YESTERDAY MORNING.

FOUR OTHER TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - ONE OF THEM WITH INJURIES IN LOCKPORT.

A BUFFALO MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED A WOMAN SCHOOL BUS DRIVER A WEEK AGO IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES.

TWO BUFFALO MEN ARE RECOVERING AFTER THEY WERE SHOT WHILE IN A VEHICLE ON THE EAST SIDE MONDAY NIGHT.

JOHNNY WILLIAMS OF NORTH TONAWANDA WILL SPEND THE NEXT 14 YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR DEALING DRUGS.

TWO YOUNGSTOWN WOMEN WHO PROTESTED AT THE U-S CAPITOL IN 2021 HAVE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES.

THE BUFFALO NEWS WELCOMES A NEW EDITOR AND SAYS A FINAL GOODBYE TO A FORMER PUBLISHER.

AN E-P-A SPOKESPERSON WILL BE AT LOCKPORT CITY HALL TONIGHT TO FIELD QUESTIONS ON THE SUPERFUND CLEAN-UP.

AND - THE BASEBALL DIVISION PLAYOFFS CONTINUE TODAY WITH FOUR GAMES AFTER THE METS AND PADRES WON ON TUESDAY.

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - IT TOOK PLACE IN THE TOWN OF LEWISTON.

LINDA SKUTT OF MIDDLEPORT PLEADED GUILTY IN CITY COURT TO A CHARGE OF AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT.

A BUFFALO MAN WHO WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING HIS GIRLFRIEND LAST SUMMER FACES LIFE IN PRISON.

FOUR SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN A BRUTAL KIDNAPPING CASE THAT UNFOLDED IN BUFFALO LAST WEEK.

CATHOLIC HEALTH IS CANCELLING SOME SURGERIES AND THE CITY OF BUFFALO HAS CLOSED A FEW COMMUNITY CENTERS.

A MONROE COUNTY GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED TWO BROTHERS IN THE BRUTAL MURDER OF FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS.

POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED 23-YEAR-OLD NOAH LAW AS THE MAN WHO WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A TRAIN IN EAST ROCHESTER.

THE WESTERN NEW YORK MEDICAL COMMUNITY IS MOURNING THE DEATH OF NEUROSURGEON DR NICK HOPKINS.

AND - THE A-L-D-S IS TIED AFTER THE ROYALS AND TIGERS WON IN GAME TWO OF THAT SERIES MONDAY.

FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY THIS WEEKEND - TWO OF THEM IN THE TOWN OF WHEATFIELD.

A BUFFALO MAN WHO WAS ON PAROLE AND PROBATION FACES FOUR FELONIES IN A CITY SHOOTING LAST WEEK.

QUEEN CITY COPS ARRESTED AN 18-YEAR-OLD BUFFALO MAN FRIDAY ON CHARGES OF MAKING A THREAT OF MASS HARM.

THE DRIVER OF A BUFFALO GARBAGE TRUCK THAT STRUCK A STUDENT LAST WEEK WAS OPERATING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE.

ROCHESTER POLICE ARRESTED A 15-YEAR-OLD WHO ROBBED A DOLLAR STORE AND TOOK THEM ON A CHASE.

DEPUTIES IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY ARRESTED A WOMAN ON DRUG CHARGES TWO DAYS IN A ROW LAST WEEK.

FORMER NEW YORK GOVERNOR DAVID PATERSON AND HIS ADULT STEPSON WERE ASSAULTED BY TEENS IN NYC LAST WEEK.

THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL BE PAINTING ITS OLD WATER TOWER - BUT NOT TO LOOK LIKE A HAMBURGER.

AND - THE BILLS PLAYED POORLY EARLY AND THEN CAME UP SHORT WHEN THEY FINALLY RALLIED LATE IN THE GAME.

AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF LEGAL BACK-AND-FORTH - THE NEWFANE “COW CASE” IS OVER - CHARGES DISMISSED.

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - ALL REPORTING INJURIES - TWO OF THEM IN LOCKPORT.

CAMPUS POLICE AT U-B ARE INVESTIGATING AN ARMED ROBBERY OF TWO STUDENTS EARLY THURSDAY.

FORMER BUFFALO COP DEWAYNE RAYE IS FACING POSSIBLE JAIL TIME AFTER ADMITTING TO INSURANCE FRAUD CHARGES.

CHURCH VOLUNTEER FRANCIS WINIARSKI COULD GO TO PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO STEALING FROM HIS PARISH.

IN MONROE COUNTY - QUESTIONS REMAIN AFTER A CHILD WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE INSIDE A CHILI HOME.

ROCHESTER POLICE ARE PROVIDING MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE CITY’S RECENTLY CREATED “SPECIAL EVENT ZONE.”

WE HAVE INFORMATION ON THREE FALL FESTIVALS TAKING PLACE IN EAST AURORA, WEST SENECA AND SALAMANCA.

AND - THE FALCONS SHOCKED THE BUCCANEERS IN OT LAST NIGHT WHILE THE BUFFALO SABRES OPEN THEIR SEASON TODAY.

SAM KEESLER OF NIAGARA FALLS IS CHARGED WITH FELONY ASSAULT IN TUESDAY’S STABBING AT APPLEBEE’S.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - ONE REPORTING INJURIES IN ROYALTON.

A BUFFALO TEEN WHO WAS HIT BY A CITY TRUCK YESTERDAY IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL.

AT LEAST ONE O-T-B BOARD MEMBER WANTS AN INQUIRY INTO THE HIRING OF THE SON OF CEO HENRY WOJTASZEK.

THERE WILL BE SOME “SEAT SHUFFLING” AT BUFFALO CITY HALL ONCE MAYOR BROWN LEAVES FOR HIS NEW JOB.

GOVERNOR HOCHUL HAS SIGNED A NEW BILL THAT ALLOWS BIG GAME RIFLE HUNTING IN NIAGARA COUNTY.

NO INJURIES - BUT ONE ARREST WAS MADE YESTERDAY AFTER FIGHTS BROKE OUT AT A ROCHESTER CAMPUS.

SIX ARRESTS WERE MADE IN TWO RECENT DRUG RAIDS BY THE SOUTHERN TIER REGIONAL TASK FORCE.

AND - THE TIGERS, ROYALS AND PADRES MOVE ON IN BASEBALL’S “WILD CARD” PLAYOFFS - THE METS AND BREWERS PLAY TODAY.

MORE THAN 1000 DRIVERS IN BUFFALO WHO PASSED STOPPED SCHOOL BUSES WILL BE GETTING $250 FINES BY MAIL SOON.

ONE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - WHEN TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED ON THE LOCKPORT BY-PASS.

CHARGES ARE EXPECTED TODAY FROM A STABBING A WEEK AGO IN THE TOWN OF NIAGARA APPLEBEE’S ON MILITARY ROAD.

POLICE IN CHEEKTOWAGA ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS AT A POSSIBLE HOMICIDE SCENE ON CAYUGA ROAD.

LOCKPORT DEVELOPER DAVID ULRICH HAS SOLD THE HISTORIC FORMER M&T BANK BUILDING AT MAIN AND PINE.

THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE KIDNAPPING OF A SUBURBAN ROCHESTER TEENAGER.

A BANKRUPT FORMER SKI RESORT IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IS SET TO BECOME THE REGION’S NEWEST STATE FOREST.

BUFFALO BILLS DEFENSIVE STAR VON MILLER IS SUSPENDED - WITHOUT PAY - FOR THE NEXT FOUR GAMES.

AND - THE TIGERS, ROYALS, METS AND PADRES ALL WON OPENING “WILD CARD” GAMES AS THE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS BEGIN.

KENNETH JAMES OF LOCKPORT WILL SPEND SIX YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR FATALLY SHOOTING A MAN IN BUFFALO LAST YEAR.

A NIAGARA FALLS MAN FACES 20 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR HIS ROLE IN A 2023 HOMICIDE.

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - ONE OF THEM AN INJURY CRASH IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

TWO CHILDREN AND A MOTORCYCLIST WERE TREATED AT ECMC AFTER A CRASH ON GRAND ISLAND SUNDAY.

THREE WORKERS WERE TAKEN TO NEARBY HOSPITALS AFTER YESTERDAY MORNING’S HAZMAT EVENT IN WHEATFIELD.

BUFFALO MAYOR BYRON BROWN MADE IT OFFICIAL MONDAY - HE’S LEAVING CITY HALL FOR THE TOP JOB AT WESTERN OTB.

QUEEN CITY FIRE OFFICIALS ARE STILL LOOKING INTO A WEEKEND BLAZE ON BROADWAY AT BAILEY.

MORE THAN TWO DOZEN WORKERS AT THE MAYER BROTHERS PLANT IN BARKER HAVE BEEN LAID OFF.

AND - THE SABRES WON THEIR FIFTH PRE-SEASON GAME WITH A 4-3 OT DECISION OVER THE RED WINGS LAST NIGHT.