Monday, May 11, 2009
Hometown News: UB Grad Gunned Down
A family's celebration of their child receiving a college degree turned to sadness after he was gunned down in cold blood hours later near the University of Buffalo campus. Twenty-three-year-old Javon Jackson, a native of the Bronx, was shot and killed as he was crossing a street in the University Heights section around 3 a.m. Sunday. Buffalo Chief of Detectives Dennis Richards says the gunman was with three other men. Detectives believe Jackson may have been involved in a bar fight shortly before the shooting took place. Buffalo police are asking for the public's help in finding the killer. Jackson just received his engineering degree on Saturday and was out with friends when he was gunned down.
HTN: Flight 3407 Briefings Loom
We could know more about what happened aboard Flight 3407 which crashed in Clarence and killed 50 people. The National Transportation Board begins three days of public hearings tomorrow in Washington DC. The board will hear testimony from Colgan Air, which operated the doomed flight for Continental as well as from the plane's manufacturer. Additional audio from the cockpit voice recorder will be released as well. So far officials say a combination of weather and pilot error are the leading factors. However, many questions still remain such as if the pilot had enough training on the aircraft, and if he too tired to be behind the controls. A final report is still months away.
HTN: WNY in Running for Yahoo Data Center
Western New York has a chance of landing Yahoo's Northeast data center. The center is expected to employ between 50 and 100 people, possibly more after it opens. Several sites in Genessee, Niagara and Orleans counties have been considered, though there are no Erie County candidates. The center could be as big as 60-thousand-square-feet, with room for future expansion. Also in the running are Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
HTN: Fort Niagara Gets Rare Painting
Old Fort Niagara has received a rare portrait. It's of an 18th century British general who helped capture the fort from the French in 1759. The 49-and-a-half-inch by 40-inch oil painting is just one of only a few known portraits of General Eyre Massey, 1st Baron Clarina. He was a senior officer at the siege of the fort. The 250th anniversary of the siege will be celebrated in July. Massey is credited with rallying his regiment to stop French reinforcements from getting to the fort during the battle of La Belle Famille, south of present-day Youngstown. The fort surrendered the next day.
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