HTN: DC Train Driver from Buffalo Laid to Rest

The Buffalo native killed in the Washington DC train crash will be laid to rest today. Services will be held in the nation's Capitol for 42-year-old Jeanice McMillan, who was the conductor of the moving train which collided with a stopped one.McMillan grew up in Buffalo and graduated from Turner-Carroll High school. She moved to Virginia and had worked for the Metro rail system since January of 2007. Nine people were killed in Monday's crash. The cause remains under investigation.

HTN: Prominent Businessman Dies

Buffalo has lost a prominent business and community leader. Joseph Goodell has died at the age of 71. Goodell was most recently on the Erie County Control Board, and was the head of American Brass in the 1980's, credited with turning that company around. Goodell then went on to become executive director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.

Hometown News: Remembering Jack Kemp

Western New Yorkers are remembering a football star who became a national political power. Jack Kemp served nine terms in Congress from Hamburg, and ran for Vice-President in 1996 on the Bob Dole ticket. Kemp died over the weekend at age 73. Kemp is equally well-known as the quarterback of the Bills during the Sixties. He led the Bills to AFL championships in 1964 and 65 before moving into the political arena. Kemp died Saturday night at his home in the Washington DC suburbs, after a fight with cancer.

President Obama is remembering Jack Kemp. Obama said the one-time Republican vice presidential candidate applied lessons he learned as a professional football player to his political life.

Anchorman Ron Hunter Dead

Former Channel 2 anchorman Ron Hunter has died at age 70 in Las Vegas. Hunter worked at Channel 2 in the early '70s, and also anchored in Miami, Chicago, and Philadelphia. Hunter was said by some to be one of the inspirations for the film "Anchorman."

Russert Remembered

Politicians and common people from Western New York were among those paying their respects yesterday to Tim Russert. Among those attending his wake at St. Alban's School in Washington were Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, Erie County Clerk Kathy Hochul, who once worked for Russert, and Congressman Brian Higgins. This morning, Holy Trinity Church in Washington hosted a private funeral service for Tim Russert. Ave Maria was sung inside the sanctuary as Russert's coffin arrived. An invitation-only memorial is being held at four this afternoon at the Kennedy Center in DC. We'll have a live special report later today.

Tim Russert Dies Suddenly at 58

The "New York Times" reports that South Buffalo native and NBC Political Correspondent Tim Russert has died of a heart attack. The host of "Meet the Press" was 58. NBC-TV's Tom Brokaw interrupted coverarge of the U.S. golf open to announce that Russert died after collapsing at NBC's Washington, DC bureau.

Jimmy Griffin Passes Away

Former Buffalo mayor James Griffin has died after a brief illness. He was 78 years old.