Monday, March 2, 2009

BuffaloStyle: Troop Care Packages

Christina Abt talks with WNYers who are organizing unique and effective ways to get those highly valued care packages to our troops around the world...and how we can all help.

Good Morning Buffalo: Judge Makowski Resigns

Loraine and Tom talk with attorney Jeff Santoro.

Reason with Scott Leffler

Scott's live from Cheektowaga today (2 hours).

Hometown News: Canisius Coach on Leave

An assistant basketball coach at Canisius College has been given a leave of absence after being accused of beating his four-year-old son. Lazare Adingono was arrested on February tenth, after Buffalo Police say he took a belt to his son in mid-January. The alleged incident happened in Adingono's Lafayette Avenue home. Adingono hasn't been with the team since February 21st and head coach Tom Parrotta says he doesn't expect him back before next week's Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament.

Flight 3407: News Summary

Continental Connection Flight 3407 ranks number 22 on the list of most deadly crashes of American commercial flights over the last three decades. Only two crashes of propeller planes were deadlier than the February 12th crash that killed 50 people in Clarence Center.

Williamsville-based Tony Walker Company has been selling T-shirts with the proceeds going to the Wielinski family. The company reports that it has already raised over 30-thousand dollars from the shirt sales. Those interested can get one at Stereo Advantage and the Tony Walker Company.

HTN: Lockport Cabbie Stabbed

A Lockport cab driver and member of a well-known family there was stabbed last night during an attempted robbery. 57-year-old William Timkey Jr. is in fair condition at ECMC. He told police he picked up a white male and female at the NOCO station on South Transit Road. As he was driving, the male reached into the front seat and stabbed him. Timkey jumped from the moving vehicle and ran for help. The two suspects also fled the vehicle before it crashed. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 438-3409.

HTN: Big Storm Socks Eastern Seaboard

After starting in the Southeast over the weekend, a big winter storm is moving slowly up the east coast. More than 900 flights have been canceled at New York City's three regional airports, and passenger and being delayed here at Buffalo Niagara International. The Eastern Seaboard is digging out. Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency spokesman Steve Kass says most schools and many businesses are closed today, making it easier for plows