A Buffalo man was sentenced to 18 years in prison Monday for killing his brother in 2022. Jerome Cole, 28, shot and killed his brother, 35-year-old Marcus Anthony Cole, Jr., at the latter’s home on Thatcher Avenue on July 11, 2022. The brother died at the hospital.A Buffalo woman, 32 year old Renaiyah Cornelious, has pleaded guilty to charges related to a drunk driving accident that killed an 81-year-old man last December. Niagara Falls firefighters helped two people from the second floor of a burning Whitney Avenue home early Monday morning.Starpoint Superintendent Sean Croft has stepped down, the district announced, in a sudden departure just weeks before the end of the school year.Police and firefighters responded to a shoe store at the Thruway Plaza in Cheektowaga early Monday morning after a car crashed through it.The Buffalo Sabres are turning their focus to the Montreal Canadiens after an emotional first-round series win over the Boston Bruins.