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BTPM NPR's Alex Simone joined WXXI's "Connections with Evan Dawson" alongside sports columnist Scott Pitoniak to discuss Terry Pegula's decision to fire Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott, and where the team goes from here.

Joseph Bongiovanni, a retired DEA Special Agent, will serve 60 months in prison for his role in aiding a local drug trafficking operation, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.

Shane Cronin, of Illinois, was sentenced to five years in prison for illegally entering the Charles R. Drew Science Magnet School in February 2025, approaching two students and attempting to abduct one of them, according to prosecutors.

A total of $1,000 per month will be awarded to three students who miss one day of school or less each month.

A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for every county of Western New York with the exception of Allegany County, beginning Sunday evening and continuing through Wednesday afternoon.

The investigation continues into a four-alarm fire which destroyed a shuttered schoolhouse on the grounds of a former Buffalo Catholic parish set for redevelopment.

Heavy snowfall and bitter cold temperatures led many school districts to close in Western New York Thursday. The weather wasn’t much better across the border in Southern Ontario.

A Lancaster woman will serve the next two and two-thirds to eight years in prison, after admitting to stealing a large sum money from her employer over a seven-year period, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for seven of the eight counties in Western New York, continuing through Thursday evening or Friday morning, depending on the region.

Gov. Hochul will speak to New Yorkers at 1 p.m. Tuesday about where she believes New York is at, and outline her agenda for 2026.