A MOTORCYCLIST WAS KILLED WEDNESDAY IN ORLEANS COUNTY WHEN HIS BIKE RAN A STOP SIGN AND COLLIDED WITH A CAR.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS (WITH INJURIES) ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS THURSDAY.

A LOCKPORT MAN WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT FOR DRIVING DRUNK WITH A 9-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN HIS CAR.

ERIE COUNTY SHERIFF JOHN GARCIA SAID NOTHING WAS COVERED UP IN THE RECKLESS DRIVING CASE OF D.J. GRANVILLE.

MORE THAN TWO DOZEN DOGS AND PUPPIES WERE RESCUED BY THE SPCA FROM DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS THIS WEEK.

ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOLS ARE STILL TRYING TO SOLVE A PESKY ISSUE WITH ITS COMPUTER PAYROLL SYSTEM.

THIS IS PUMPKIN DESTRUCTION WEEKEND AT WICKHAM FARMS IN THE MONROE COUNTY VILLAGE OF PENFIELD.

THE SABRES LOSING STREAK HAS REACHED THREE AFTER THEY LOST IN OT AT BOSTON LAST NIGHT.

AND - TORONTO IS ONE WIN AWAY FROM BECOMING THE NEW WORLD CHAMPIONS OF BASEBALL WHEN THEY PLAY GAME SIX TONIGHT.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND A CAR FIRE IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS.

TWO BUFFALO TEENS ARE NOW CONVICTED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A TODDLER LAST YEAR.

IN FEDERAL COURT 32-YEAR-OLD ALPHONSO PAYNE OF BUFFALO RECEIBED A LIFE SENTENCE FOR A 2019 MURDER.

IN BUSINESS NEWS - GM ANNOUNCED THE CHOPPING OF 3300 JOBS ACROSS THREE STATES AT SEVERAL E-V FACILITIES.

INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO A FATAL CRASH INSIDE THE ROCHESTER GENERAL PARKING GARAGE WEDNESDAY.

A REPEAT OFFENDER FROM DUNKIRK IS GOING TO PRISON AFTER HIS THIRD WEAPONS CONVICTION.

A SENECA COUNTY DEPUTY HAS BEEN TICKETED AFTER SLAMMING HIS UNMARKED CAR INTO A SCHOOL BUS NEAR PENN YAN.

THE SABRES ARE OUT TO SNAP A TWO-GAME LOSING STREAK WHEN THEY VISIT THE BRUINS IN BOSTON TONIGHT.

AND - TORONTO IS ONE WIN AWAY FROM BECOMING THE NEW WORLD CHAMPIONS OF BASEBALL AFTER TAKING GAME FIVE IN L-A.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND TWO FIRE ALARMS RANG IN ACROSS NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY.

MONDAY NIGHT’S CRASH BETWEEN A MOTORCYCLE AND AN E-BIKE  SENT BOTH DRIVERS TO THE HOSPITAL.

AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN AMHERST SENT A WOMAN TO ECMC TUESDAY WITH NON LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

IN BUSINESS NEWS - MAHLE WILL BE RELOCATING ITS MICHIGAN RESEARCH AND TESTING CENTER TO NIAGARA COUNTY.

THE CITY OF TONAWANDA IS CLEARING SPACE  FOR A LARGE APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROJECT ON ELLICOTT CREEK.

THE POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE IN ROCHESTER CONTINUES ITS SEARCH FOR TWO WOMEN INVOLVED A RECENT SHOOTING.

THE PRICE AT THE PUMP IN WESTERN NEW YORK WENT RIGHT BACK UP THIS WEEK AFTER FALLING A WEEK AGO.

THE SABRES CAVED-IN LATE AND ALLOWED COLUMBUS TO EARN A 4-3 OT VICTORY AT KEYBANK CENTER LAST NIGHT.

AND - GAME FOUR OF THE WORLD SERIES GOES TO TORONTO AND TIES THE SERIES AT TWO WITH GAME FIVE TONIGHT IN L-A.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - ONE IN RURAL WILSON - THE OTHER IN THE FALLS.

THE WOMAN WHO DIED IN A CRASH ON THE KENSINGTON LAST WEEK HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HEATHER COTTONE.

AVANTAE AYALA OF BUFFALO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF MURDERING 13-YEAR-OLD MIRACLE HUNT TWO YEARS AGO.

JA-HI POPE OF GETZVILLE IS CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A BUFFALO TEEN LAST YEAR.

THE BODY OF AN OLEAN WOMAN MISSING SINCE THIS TIME LAST YEAR HAS BEEN FOUND NEAR ERIE PENNSYLVANIA.

A STUDENT AT PENFIELD HIGH IN SUBURBAN ROCHESTER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH BRINGING A GUN INTO THE SCHOOL.

THE PRICE AT THE PUMP IN WESTERN NEW YORK WENT RIGHT BACK UP THIS WEEK AFTER FALLING A WEEK AGO.

THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS TUNED UP FOR THIS WEEK’S GAME IN BUFFALO BY WHIPPING WASHINGTON LAST NIGHT ON MNF.

AND - GAME THREE OF THE WORLD SERIES WAS AN 18-INNING MARATHON - FINALLY WON BY THE DODGERS 6-5.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - ONE IN RURAL WILSON - THE OTHER IN THE FALLS.

THE WOMAN WHO DIED IN A CRASH ON THE KENSINGTON LAST WEEK HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HEATHER COTTONE.

AVANTAE AYALA OF BUFFALO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF MURDERING 13-YEAR-OLD MIRACLE HUNT TWO YEARS AGO.

JA-HI POPE OF GETZVILLE IS CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A BUFFALO TEEN LAST YEAR.

THE BODY OF AN OLEAN WOMAN MISSING SINCE THIS TIME LAST YEAR HAS BEEN FOUND NEAR ERIE PENNSYLVANIA.

A STUDENT AT PENFIELD HIGH IN SUBURBAN ROCHESTER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH BRINGING A GUN INTO THE SCHOOL.

THE PRICE AT THE PUMP IN WESTERN NEW YORK WENT RIGHT BACK UP THIS WEEK AFTER FALLING A WEEK AGO.

THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS TUNED UP FOR THIS WEEK’S GAME IN BUFFALO BY WHIPPING WASHINGTON LAST NIGHT ON MNF.

AND - GAME THREE OF THE WORLD SERIES WAS AN 18-INNING MARATHON - FINALLY WON BY THE DODGERS 6-5.

FALLS FIRE INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO A WEEKEND BLAZE THAT DISPLACED DOZENS OF PEOPLE.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS OVER THE WEEKEND - BOTH IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT.

A PAIR OF PASSENGERS ESCAPED DEATH SUNDAY WHEN THEIR VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD, OVER A CLIFF AND INTO WATER.

AN UNLICENSED TEENAGE DRIVER MAY BE TO BLAME IN THE DEATH OF A WOMAN IN A CRASH ON THE KENSINGTON LAST WEEK.

A FIERY CRASH THAT INVOLVED TWO 18-WHEELERS INJURED ONE OF THE DRIVERS AND CLOSED THE THRUWAY FOR AWHILE.

THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AFTER A STOLEN VEHICLE CHASE ACROSS MONROE COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND.

EARLY VOTING BEGAN THIS WEEKEND AND CONTINUES ALL WEEK AT FIVE LOCATIONS IN NIAGARA COUNTY.

JAMES COOK RAN FOR 216 YARDS AND TWO TD’S AS THE BUFFALO BILLS CLAWED THE CAROLINA PANTHERS SUNDAY 40 TO 9.

AND - GAME THREE OF THE WORLD SERIES TAKES THE FIELD IN L-A TONIGHT WITH THE BLUE JAYS AND DODGERS TIED.

A BUFFALO MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED ON A MURDER CHARGE TIED TO LAST SATURDAY’S DOUBLE FATAL FIRE IN ELMWOOD VILLAGE.

ONE ACCIDENT IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - INVOLVING A MOTORCYCLE HITTING A POTHOLE IN THE FALLS.

IN BUSINESS NEWS - WASTE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES BASED IN LEWISTON HAS BEEN SOLD TO A MASSACHUSETTS FIRM.

NEXT YEAR’S NATIONAL BUFFALO WING FESTIVAL WILL MOVE TO THE WEEKEND BEFORE LABOR DAY.

STATE POLICE IN GENEVA ARE INVESTIGATING A HIT-&-RUN THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF A MAN.

A 19-YEAR-OLD ROCHESTER WOMAN IS IN THE MONROE COUNTY JAIL FOR A SHOOTING THAT INJURED ANOTHER TEEN.

A WYOMING COUNTY MAN FACES A LONG PRISON TERM AFTER HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER THIS WEEK.

A LOT IS ON THE LINE AS NEWFANE AND WILSON - BOTH UNBEATEN - CLASH ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD TONIGHT.

AND - GAME ONE OF THE 2025 WORLD SERIES TAKES THE FIELD IN TORONTO TONIGHT AS THE BLUE JAYS HOST THE DODGERS.

DAVID STEINMAN OF LOCKPORT HAS BEEN INDICTED BY AN ERIE COUNTY GRAND JURY ON 11 COUNTS - INCLUDING STALKING.

TWO ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN NIAGARA COUNTY WEDNESDAY - INCLUDING A ROLLOVER WITH INJURIES.

MORE WELCOME RAIN IS ON THE WAY FOR THE BUFFALO-NIAGARA  REGION OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

THE STRAINED RELATIONS BETWEEN THE SENECA NATION AND NEW YORK STATE ARE BACK IN THE NEWS.

ECMC AND U-B HAVE LANDED A MAJOR STATE INVESTMENT THAT COULD IMPROVE PATIENT CARE ON BUFFALO’S EAST SIDE.

A ROCHESTER DRIVER WAS KILLED TUESDAY IN GENESEE COUNTY WHEN A DEER CRASHED THROUGH HIS WINDSHIELD.

A MONROE COUNTY PAROLEE WILL BE IN A ROCHESTER COURTROOM TODAY IN CONNECTION WITH A NEAR FATAL SHOOTING.

A WYOMING COUNTY MAN FACES A LONG PRISON TERM AFTER HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER THIS WEEK.

AND - ROOKIE GOALIE COLTEN ELLIS POWERED THE SABRES TO A 4-2 SURPRISE WIN OVER THE HOT DETROIT RED WINGS.

A BUFFALO MAN IS CHARGED WITH MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER IN THE MAY DEATH OF HIS 3-MONTH-OLD SON.

REVEREND PATRICK O’KEEFE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED BY THE DIOCESE AFTER HE WAS ACCUSED OF MISCONDUCT.

NYSEG WANTS TO INCREASE ELECTRIC AND GAS DELIVERY RATES BY 35% AND 40% RESPECTIVELY.

THE NIAGARA COUNTY D-O-H HOSTED A TOUR OF ITS NEW HQ’S IN LOCKPORT’S WEST END TUESDAY.

POLICE IN MONROE COUNTY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE WOMAN WHO WAS KILLED IN A TWO-CAR CRASH MONDAY NIGHT.

BASS PRO SHOPS HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO OPEN A NEW STORE AT EASTVIEW MALL IN SUBURBAN ROCHESTER.

VIOLENCE AMONG INMATES IN STATE PRISONS IS GOING UP AS THE NUMBER OF CORRECTIONS OFFICERS IS GOING DOWN.

A SMALL PARADE IS PLANNED IN EAST AURORA FOR THE THEATRE PREMIERE OF A HALLMARK CHRISTMAS SPECIAL.

AND - THE SABRES ARE BACK IN BUFFALO TONIGHT TO HOST THE RED WINGS IN A NIGHT AFTER WINNING TWO STRAIGHT.

A LOCKPORT MAN IS BEHIND BARS ON TWO FELONY COUNTS AFTER AN INVESTIGATION INTO A “SHOTS FIRED” INCIDENT IN APRIL.

THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN A FATAL ACCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE ON BUFFALO’S EAST SIDE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

SUSPICIOUS IS THE WORD FIRE OFFICIALS IN BUFFALO ARE USING TO DESCRIBE A WEEKEND BLAZE THAT TOOK TWO LIVES.

STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A TWO-CAR CRASH IN MONROE COUNTY THAT WAS FATAL FOR A FEMALE PASSENGER.

IN ROCHESTER - THE POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE IS OFFERING $150,000 FOR INFORMATION IN THE SHOOTING OF AN EMPLOYEE.

THE OLCOTT LOBSTER COMPANY WILL OPEN A SECOND LOCATION NEXT MAY IN LEWISTON’S HISTORIC STONE HOUSE.

AAA SAYS THE PRICE AT THE PUMP IS DOWN FOR MOTORISTS AT THE REGIONAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS.

THE BLUE JAYS RALLIED TO K-O THE MARINERS 4-3 LAST NIGHT AND PUNCH THEIR TICKET TO THE WORLD SERIES.

AND - THE BUFFALO SABRES LOST TO THE CANADIENS 4-2 IN MONTREAL MONDAY NIGHT AFTER WINNING TWO STRAIGHT.

A WOMAN AND AN INFANT DIED AND A MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A SATURDAY MORNING BLAZE IN BUFFALO.

A 31-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A VEHICLE ON THE QUEEN CITY’S EAST SIDE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND A FIRE BACK HERE IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND.

CROWDS GATHERED IN BUFFALO’S NIAGARA SQUARE AND OTHER WNY LOCATIONS SATURDAY FOR A “NO KINGS” PROTEST.

IN ROCHESTER - A MAN RIDING A BIKE WAS HIT BY A CAR SUNDAY AND TAKEN TO STRONG MEMORIAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION.

MONROE COUNTY WILL BE RECEIVING MORE THAN $6M TO HELP BATTLE THEIR OPIOID EPIDEMIC.

FORMER 1960’S ACTIVIST AND TV COMEDY STAR DICK SMOTHERS LOVES LIVING IN LEWISTON DURING THE SUMMER.

THE BLUE JAYS SANK THE MARINERS 6-2 LAST NIGHT TO SEND THE TWO TEAMS TO A SEVENTH GAME IN THE ALCS TONIGHT.

AND - THE BUFFALO SABRES SHUT-OUT THE FLORIDA PANTHERS 3-0 SATURDAY ON HOME ICE - THEY’RE IN MONTREAL TONIGHT.

A WOMAN DRIVER DIED LAST NIGHT AFTER CRASHING HER CAR ON ROUTE 78 IN NEWFANE AROUND 7:15.

TWO OTHER TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - BOTH OF THEM REPORTING UNKNOWN INJURIES.

ALEX KOZAK OF BUFFALO HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO FELONY CHARGES IN A CRASH LAST YEAR THAT KILLED HIS PASSENGER.

NIAGARA FALLS FIRE INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO WHAT CAUSED A THURSDAY BLAZE IN AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP.

“CARELESS COOKING” WAS THE CAUSE OF A MOBILE HOME FIRE IN NEWSTEAD THAT DISPLACED A WOMAN AND HER CAT.

FIVE START-UP BUSINESSES CAME AWAY WITH $1M PRIZES AT THE 43-NORTH FINALS AT SHEAS LAST NIGHT.

IN SUBURBAN ROCHESTER - A POST OFFICE EMPLOYEE IS ON THE MEND AFTER BEING SHOT ON JEFFERSON ROAD.

THE BLUE JAYS MAULED THE MARINERS 8-2 LAST NIGHT TO TIE THE ALCS AT TWO GAMES EACH.

AND - THE BENGALS OUTSCORED THE STEELERS IN CINCINNATI 33-31 ON THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.

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

MOISES CORTIJO JR COULD SPEND 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH IN JULY OF DAVID ORTIZ-RAMOS.

30-YEAR-OLD LATRICE PURDIE OF BUFFALO WAS SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS TO LIFE FOR MURDERING A MAN A YEAR AGO.

TWO PEOPLE WERE RESCUED WEDNESDAY WHEN THEIR BOAT TOOK ON WATER IN THE NIAGARA RIVER NEAR THE PEACE BRIDGE.

FIVE SUSPECTS INVOLVED IN THE TORTURE AND MURDER OF A TRANSGENDER MAN IN ROCHESTER WERE IN COURT WEDNESDAY.

A DRIVER FACES A D-W-I CHARGE AFTER A TWO-VEHICLE CRASH IN SUBURBAN ROCHESTER YESTERDAY.

THE BUFFALO DUO KNOWN AS LETTER TO ELISE WERE KNOCKED OUT OF THE COMPETITION ON NBC’S “THE VOICE” WEDNESDAY.

THE BLUE JAYS FINALLY GOT THEIR BATS WORKING AND MUGGED THE MARINERS 13-4 LAST NIGHT IN THE ALCS.

AND - THE SABRES SCORED EARLY AND OFTEN TO WIN THEIR FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON 8-4 OVER THE OTTAWA SENATORS.

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - ONE OF THEM REPORTING INJURIES.

20-YEAR-OLD KESHAI HUNTER IS FACED WITH THREE FELONY CHARGES FROM A SHOOTING THREE WEEKS AGO.

FALLS POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE AN EARLY MORNING BAR SHOOTING SUNDAY THAT LEFT A MAN INJURED.

A BUYER HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THE FORMER SUMITOMO RUBBER PLANT IN TONAWANDA THAT SHUT DOWN A YEAR AGO.

FORMER AMERICAN LEGION COMMANDER DALE MOSHER - ACCUSED OF STEALING THOUSANDS - IS UNDER ARREST IN PENNSYLVANIA.

THE ROCHESTER TRANSIT AUTHORITY WILL USE $17M IN STATE FUNDING TO BUY ELECTRIC BUSES.

MEDICARE PATIENTS ARE FINDING FEWER CHOICES AS THEY SHOP FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE.

THE DODGERS AND THE MARINERS BOTH LEAD THEIR RESPECTIVE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES 2-0 GOING INTO GAME THREE.

AND - THE SABRES CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR THEIR ELUSIVE FIRST WIN OF THE NEW NHL SEASON - THEY HOST OTTAWA.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY MONDAY - BOTH OF THEM REPORTING INJURIES.

THE CITY OF BUFFALO IS PURCHASING ABOUT 60 ACRES OF LAND ALONG BAILEY AVENUE FOR ITS NEW D-P-W CAMPUS.

BUFFALO CITY COURT IS THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY TO HAVE ITS OWN CLINICAL DRUG TESTING LAB.

TEMPS MAY BE GETTING LOWER - BUT THE PRICE AT THE PUMP WENT UP JUST A BIT OVER THE PAST WEEK.

THE VICTIM OF ROCHESTER’S LATEST HOMICIDE HAS BEEN ID’D AS 39-YEAR-OLD JOHN DEMPSEY.

A WOMAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT IN THE STABBING OF A MAN AT A ROCHESTER GAS STATION MONDAY.

FIRE INVESTIGATORS IN ORLEANS COUNTY ARE LOOKING INTO A TWO-ALARM BLAZE THAT HAPPENED IN HOLLEY MONDAY.

GEORGES APPLIANCE IN NIAGARA FALLS WILL BE CLOSING ITS DOORS AFTER 92 YEARS ON PINE AVENUE.

AND - THE BILLS GOT BLOWN OUT BY THE HIGH-FLYING FALCONS IN ATLANTA LAST NIGHT.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NIAGARA COUNTY THURSDAY - BOTH INVOLVING TWO VEHICLES WITH UNKNOWN INJURIES.

AN ORCHARD PARK WOMAN WHO WAS DRIVING AN E-SCOOTER WHILE IMPAIRED IS NOW IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT ECMC.

THE PROSECUTOR IS PROSECUTED - STATE A-G LETITIA JAMES WAS INDICTED THURSDAY ON MORTGAGE FRAUD CHARGES.

A NEW FINANCING DEAL WILL KEEP WALDEN GALLERIA OPEN FOR BUSINESS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

POLICE IN SUBURBAN ROCHESTER ARE SEARCHING A LANDFILL FOR CLUES TO FINDING A NEW YORK CITY BOY.

THE ROCHESTER MAN WHO GUNNED DOWN A CONVENIENCE STORE OWNER IN MARCH IS FACING 23 YEARS IN PRISON.

LARGE CROWDS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED AT THIS WEEKEND’S ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL IN ELLICOTTVILLE.

THE BUFFALO SABRES GOT SHUT-OUT 4-0 BY THE NEW YORK RANGERS IN THEIR SEASON-OPENING GAME LAST NIGHT.

AND - THE GIANTS SHOCKED THE EAGLES 34-17 IN THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL AT THE JERSEY MEADOWLANDS.

THE FIRST FROST ADVISORY OF THE FALL SEASON HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NIAGARA AND ORLEANS COUNTIES.

THE 17-YEAR-OLD DRIVER WHO INJURED ANOTHER TEEN IN AN SUV ACCIDENT LAST MONTH IS FACING NUMEROUS CHARGES.

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY HIGHWAYS WEDNESDAY - ONE OF THEM WITH POSSIBLE INJURIES.

A 67-YEAR-OLD MOTORIST IS DEAD AFTER HIS VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO A PROPANE TRUCK IN GENESEE COUNTY WEDNESDAY.

THREE MORE WESTERN NEW YORK COUNTIES HAVE BEEN UPGRADED FROM A DROUGHT WATCH TO A DROUGHT WARNING.

AN 18-YEAR-OLD DEPEW MAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO ATTEMPTED MURDER IN A SHOOTING FROM LAST MAY.

MORE PROGRESS FROM ORCHARD PARK AS CREWS BEGAN LAYING THE NATURAL GRASS PLAYING SURFACE AT THE NEW STADIUM.

THE BUFFALO SABRES HIT THE ICE FOR THEIR SEASON-OPENING GAME TONIGHT AGAINST THE NEW YORK RANGERS.

AND - THE YANKEES SEASON IS OVER AFTER LOSING TO THE BLUE JAYS LAST NIGHT IN THE ALDS 5-2.

STATE POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE PERSON WHO DIED WHEN A JEEP PLUNGED INTO THE NIAGARA RIVER MONDAY MORNING.

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY ROADWAYS TUESDAY - TWO OF THEM IN NORTH TONAWANDA.

A WOMAN AND A MAN FROM LOCKPORT FACE FELONY DRUG COUNTS AFTER THEIR ARREST IN SEPARATE CASES.

FIVE PEOPLE WERE ROUNDED UP BY F-B-I AGENTS ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED RAPE AFTER AN ON-LINE INVESTIGATION.

POLICE IN ROCHESTER ARE INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING OF A MAN ON EMERSON STREET LAST NIGHT.

MORE THAN 20 YEARS AFTER A GIRL’S DEATH IN MONROE COUNTY - HER ACCUSED KILLER HAS BEEN SET FREE.

NIAGARA FALLS SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT MARK LAURRIE SAYS HE WILL RETIRE AT THE END OF THIS ACADEMIC YEAR.

COSTCO HAS TAKEN ITS LATEST STEP TOWARD OPENING ITS FIRST STORE IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

AND - THE YANKEES GOT BACK INTO THE ALDS SERIES WITH A 9-6 WIN OVER THE BLUE JAYS LAST NIGHT.

STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A MONDAY MORNING EVENT WHERE A VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN INTO THE NIAGARA RIVER.

TWO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON NIAGARA COUNTY ROADWAYS MONDAY - ONE OF THEM IN LOCKPORT REPORTING INJURIES.

DEPUTIES AND YOUNGSTOWN FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON SITE AT A BOAT FIRE ON DRY LAND MONDAY AFTERNOON.

POLICE IN A ROCHESTER SUBURB ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A 30-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO WAS KILLED SATURDAY.

TWO McDONALD’S EMPLOYEES IN FREDONIA ARE RECOVERING AFTER A MINOR EXPLOSION AND FIRE THERE SUNDAY.

THE GREAT LAKES CHEESE COMPANY WILL PAY NEARING A HALF MILLION IN PENALTIES FOR POLLUTING ISCHUA CREEK.

THE PRICE AT THE PUMP IN WESTERN NEW YORK REMAINS FLAT FOR NOW AT $3.18 A GALLON FOR REGULAR.

IN MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - JACKSONVILLE SCORED LATE TO K-O KANSAS CITY 31-28.

AND - THE DODGERS AND BREWERS WON THEIR NLDS GAMES MONDAY AND THE YANKEES HOST THE BLUE JAYS TONIGHT.

A NIAGARA FALLS MAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER HE WAS HIT BY A CITY VEHICLE WHILE RIDING AN E-BIKE.

THREE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TOOK PLACE IN NIAGARA COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND - TWO REPORTING INJURIES.

FIVE FIREFIGHTERS SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES BATTLING A TWO-ALARM BLAZE IN BUFFALO EARLY SATURDAY.

A 20-YEAR-OLD BUFFALO STATE STUDENT WAS SHOT DURING AN ALTERCATION AT A PARTY OVER THE WEEKEND.

A FEMALE OFFICER AT THE WENDE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY REMAINS OFF WORK AFTER SHE WAS EXPOSED TO FENTANYL.

STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A FATAL ATV CRASH THAT TOOK PLACE SUNDAY IN ARCADE.

A ROCHESTER TEEN REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BEING SHOT SUNDAY DURING A GANG BRAWL.

FORMER BUFFALO POLICE COMMISSIONER ROCCO DIINA HAS PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER AT 75.

AND - THE BILLS PULLED A “MELT DOWN” AGAINST THE PATRIOTS AND LOST THEIR FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON 23-20.

CANADIAN OFFICIALS SAY THE COMPUTER OUTAGE THAT CAUSED COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC DELAYS THIS WEEK HAS BEEN RESOLVED, BUT SOME COMMERCIAL DRIVERS MAY STILL EXPERIENCE DELAYS AT AREA BORDER CROSSINGS. 

THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS UNLIKELY TO HAVE MUCH OF AN IMMEDIATE EFFECT IN WNY, HOWEVER GOV. HOCHUL IS WARNING THAT IT COULD HAVE DEVASTATING EFFECTS ON WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE STATE. 

THE U.S. COAST GUARD SAYS ITS INVESTIGATING AFTER FINDING A BODY IN THE WATER NEAR DOWNTOWN BUFFALO. 

THE CITY OF BUFFALO IS ASKING FOR THE WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT OF FIREFIGHTER JASON ARNO TO BE DISMISSED. 

A DEAL HAS BEEN STRUCK BETWEEN EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS TO BEGIN DEVELOPMENT IN THE BRIDGE DISTRICT. 

THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO IS INITIATING A SEARCH FOR ITS NEXT PRESIDENT.

AND IN SPORTS, THE YANKEES AND RED SOX ARE HEADED TO A DECISIVE GAME THREE IN THE MLB PLAYOFFS TONIGHT.  

OCTOBER HAS ARRIVED WITH A “TOUCH OF AUTUMN” IN THE AIR THIS MORNING - BUT A RETURN TO WARMER WEATHER THURSDAY.

A BUFFALO MOTORCYCLIST DIED TUESDAY MORNING WHEN HIS BIKE COLLIDED WITH A CAR IN WEST SENECA.

FOUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND A FIRE HERE IN NIAGARA COUNTY TUESDAY - JUST ONE INJURY REPORTED.

IT WAS A CANADIAN CUSTOMS SYSTEM OUTAGE THAT CAUSED A MASSIVE TRAFFIC DELAY TUESDAY AT THREE BRIDGES.

A WEST SENECA MAN IS FACING PRISON TIME FOR HIS ROLE IN A FATAL HIT-AND-RUN LAST YEAR.

TWO SOUTHERN TIER MEN ARE LOOKING AT FEDERAL PRISON TERMS IN SEPARATE CHILD PORN CASES.

MONROE COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE ID’D THOMAS SOWARD OF EAST ROCHESTER AS THE MAN FOUND DEAD IN BROCKPORT.

THE BUFFALO BILLS HAVE BROUGHT IN A NEW PUNTER TO REPLACE THE INJURED CAMERON JOHNSTON.

AND - THE RED SOX RALLIED TO NIP YANKEES 3-1 IN GAME ONE OF BASEBALL’S WILD CARD PLAYOFFS.