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Deaths from opioid overdoses in Erie County could reach nearly 400 by year's end. City drivers and Allen Street businesses are welcoming the reopening of the intersection of Allen and Elmwood Avenues. The Buffalo Police Department is asking the public to be careful when receiving any call from an unknown individual calling and asking for money.

A public debate is emerging between elected officials regarding Erie County's response to the Christmas blizzard that claimed 47 lives. The public gets another chance to offer thoughts on the planned memorial to victims of the May 14 racist shooting.

Details will be released today regarding two new lawsuits connected with the May 14 attack on the Jefferson Avenue Tops. Lewis Black is hosting a special dedication for Mark Russell at the National Comedy Center. He spoke with Jay Moran. The game of cricket is growing in Buffalo. WBFO's Holly Kirkpatrick reports.

Jay Moran sits with Jeremy Besch, a DEI consultant who walks through an exercise that examine one’s own identity and privilege in order to be a good ally, from June 10 of last year. Then Brigid Jaipaul Valenza talks with Wil Green, Regional Office Director of NYS Network for Youth Success. The two discuss racism, youth and education, from June 23 of last year.

State officials are expected to make changes in emergency procedures after an audit that found New York lacking in its response to the Christmas blizzard that claimed 47 lives in this area. The city of Buffalo is paying over $1 million as part of a settlement to a man who continues to deal with the effects of a brain injury he sustained in 2017.

Jay Moran and Thomas O’Neil White speak to the Executive Director at Western New York Peace Center Deidra EmEl. The three discuss the health of the East Side and its future from August 18 of last year. Then Jay Moran talks to parent advocate and writer Tarja Parssinen about the science of reading and poor literacy rates in Buffalo and throughout NY, from June 29 of last year.

A group of bystanders came to the rescue after a vehicle crashed into a building on Niagara Street Saturday morning. A fire at a medical cannabis dispensary in Buffalo caused roughly $40,000 in damage. The Lockport Cave and Underground Boat Ride has reopened.

Pegula Sports and Entertainment, the parent company of the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres, is dissolving. A top city official in Lockport said he didn't know the Lockport Cave and Underground Boat Ride planned to reopen until yesterday morning when news outlets began calling him.

Work is progressing on the shoreline of Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park in Buffalo. Ontario says it will ban ads for online gaming that feature athletes and celebrities.

A wrong turn onto the Peace Bridge resulted in the arrest of a Philadelphia man who was wanted on an active warrant for rape. Federal funding will be announced today for a proposed $22 million Hispanic Heritage Cultural Institute in Buffalo. NYS health officials are on the lookout for a new COVID variant.