The Skyway is currently closed due to the winter storm, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz announced Monday. WINTER STORM WARNING for all of western New York excluding Allegany County until 4:00 p.m. Wednesday.
Around 3,000 customers in WNY are without power Monday afternoon as a snow storm continues to roll over the region. It’s unclear what caused the outage at this time. As of 1:45 pm, Cattaraugus County is the hardest hit, with around 2,400 customers without power.
The Buffalo Bills fired Sean McDermott on Monday, the team announced. The move came two days after the Bills were eliminated in a heart-wrenching 33-30 overtime loss at Denver in the divisional round of the playoffs.
One person was hospitalized after a fire broke out Sunday night at a Buffalo home. The Buffalo Fire Department was called around 7:37 p.m. Sunday to a home at 125 Marigold Ave., south of East Amherst Street.
Seventeen landmarks across New York State, including Niagara Falls, will be illuminated red, green, and black Monday night in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.