Monday’s Trending Stories In Western New York

Check out some of the top trending stories in Western New York.

1 –The fall and Halloween decorations are all over Western New York and now we will have the weather to match it. A cold front that moved across Western New York is bringing fall like weather across the 716 this week. Today we are looking at a mix of sun and clouds with a chance of pop up showers with a high of only 61. We could also see temperature dip into the 30s overnight which could bring the first frost of the season to our area. Temperature will remain in the 50s this week before we get a bit of a warm up heading into the Weekend.

2 –It was a tough weekend to be a Buffalo sports fan. The Buffalo Sabres lost both of their opening games over the weekend and the Bills lost a close one to Houston yesterday afternoon. Many fans think the Bills bungled the end of the game time management and Head Coach Sean McDermott said it was his fault. Many fans are calling for McDermott to be fired, but in my opinion, there is a better option. Hire a time management guru and let him guide McDermott during the game. McDermott is a good leader and I think he is the best option for the Bills as a head coach. The good news is the Bills are 3-2 and still atop of the AFC East and they will take on rival the New York Jets next Monday night.

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3-This is good news, gas prices continue to drop across Western New York and New York State. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is around $3.36 with the cheapest prices found in Niagara County. Overall gas prices in WNY have dropped almost 50 cents from last year and 15 cents since last month.

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4– A lot of people are wondering when the first snow of the year will be heading our way. A new computer weather model suggests that you will want to get your snow shovel out a lot earlier than normal. The latest model is calling for possible measurable snow in Western New York during the final week of October. While rare, it had happened before where we have had snow before Halloween and it looks like that could happen again this year. Normally we get our first measurable snow in Buffalo around November 8^th.

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5- Today you will see all flags on government buildings in Western New York lowered to half-staff after an order from the Governor. NY Gov Kathy Hochul ordered the flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the victims of terrorist attacks on Israel. Today marks a one-year anniversary of the attack.

6  -- It was a big weekend for lottery players in New York. There were several “Big money” winning tickets sold in the Empire State from the Mega Millions and Powerball drawing this weekend. There were two 3^rd place winning Mega Millions tickets sold and two Powerball tickets sold. No one the grand prizes so tonight’s Powerball jackpot is up to $315 million dollars.

7 – This week you can save some money with our “We Are Buffalo” deal. Starting at 9 am on Friday you can get a $50 gift card to Hattrix Bar and Grill in Hamburg for only $25. They have a huge menu, a full bar, trivia, and karaoke every week. This week’s deal from Hattrix goes on sale Friday morning at 9 am at wearebuffalo.net.