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wkbw.com | Eileen Buckley
BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — Last week, 7 News told you that 14 Catholic churches across Western New York, slated for closure or merger as part of the Diocese of Buffalo's "Road to Renewal" initiative, have had their fates temporarily placed on hold. The churches received letters from the Vatican saying they received their appeals and will suspend the closings and mergers until a full review is conducted.
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wkbw.com | Eileen Buckley
BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — Buffalo Pro Soccer has selected 427 Elk Street for its new 7,600-seat facility at the former Medaille University sports complex, where four years ago, the school stopped playing on at the site because of the strong smell of chemicals from the plant right next door. The chemical company is pushing back against the soccer stadium. 7 News Senior Reporter Eileen Buckley brought these concerns to the president of Buffalo Pro Soccer.
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1 week ago |
wkbw.com | Eileen Buckley
BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is now saying it will not appeal a judge’s ruling to halt the Kensington Expressway project. A judge ruled in February that the state cannot move forward with plans to recreate a stretch of the 33 by covering a portion with a tunnel to restore the top as a parkway without a full environmental impact study. The DOT said it would work with the community to hear what east side neighbors would like to see.
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2 weeks ago |
wkbw.com | Eileen Buckley
BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — For the first time in more than two years, the racist Tops mass shooter appeared in a federal courtroom in Buffalo on Thursday as his death penalty case moves forward. Payton Gendron is already serving a life sentence for killing ten Black people at the tops on Jefferson Avenue almost three years ago. 7 News Senior Reporter Eileen Buckley found out jury selection will now take place months later than expected.
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2 weeks ago |
wkbw.com | Eileen Buckley
The Vatican has responded to ten area churches slated to close or merge as part of the Diocese of Buffalo’s Road to Renewal. The letters call to suspend the closings/merges during a review by the Vatican. The following churches received the letters from the Dicasterium Pro Clericis after sending appeals to RomeThe Disastery states the petition sent “has been legitimately presented” and that it “accepts” the appeal for “examination”.
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State DOT won't appeal judge's Kensington Expressway project ruling @WKBW https://t.co/Kv4Uyq6HtP
'Not adjourning for a year': Trial will move forward for Buffalo mass shooting gunman @WKBW https://t.co/Coxo7JpNAE
Some of the family members at Federal court as the Tops mass shooter appeared for a status conference for his death penalty trial. The judge refused defenses request to delay this trial, but now jury selection won’t begin until January instead of Sept. @WKBW https://t.co/RiYOBPdIZf