Morning News Brief

Monroe County Sheriffs are investigating a shooting at a restaurant early Sunday morning where a woman was seriously injured.  At around 1:00 a.m., Deputies responded to a report of shots fired at Trio Restaurant on Winton Place.  Once there, officers found a 28-year-old woman who was suffering from a gunshot wound to the torso.  The victim was transported to Strong Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.  There are no suspects in custody

Buffalo Police are investigating a mysterious death.  Detectives say the body of a 58 year old woman was found in the street along Indian Church Road in South Buffalo.  That happened just before 8 o’clock Sunday morning.  There’s no word on a possible cause of death at this time.  There is little word on what the police are looking at other than they are looking at the events leading up to finding her body.

Lawmakers in Albany are trying to force Chick Fil A to open on Sundays.  The chicken chain has a longstanding commitment to never having their restaurants open on Sundays but lawmakers are saying this isn’t right when they are operating on the Thruway.  7 Chick fil A’s have opened at recently renovated rest areas across the state.  A bill introduced this week would require restaurants at rest stops be open every day of the week so travelers can count on a meal when they stop by.  The legislation says allowing for a retail space to go unused one seventh of the week or more is a disservice and unnecessary inconvenience to travelers who rely on these service areas.

Good weather brought out many volunteer hands and families to the Wreaths Across America event at the WNY National Cemetery in Pembroke on Saturday afternoon. Wreaths Across America is held at over 4,000 cemeteries across the country.  After a brief ceremony, the largest crowd to attend the event in its third year, placed wreaths on all of the graves of veterans who served our country.  The Pembroke H.S. Veterans Outreach Club sold wreaths over the past few months, and for every sale, $5 was donated to the WNY National Cemetery Memorial Council. The club raised $3,000. The Memorial Council supports the cemetery for items the Department of Veteran Affairs cannot support, like golf carts, plants, shrubs and flowers to beautify the location during the spring, summer and fall months.

The Buffalo Bills crushed the Cowboys 31 to 10 Sunday night in Buffalo.  James Cook had a career-high 221 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns in his best game as a Bill. Buffalo racked up 263 yards on the ground, and Josh Allen only had to throw the ball 15 times to pull out a win.  Stefon Diggs had four catches for 48 yards, which was enough to put him over 1,000 receiving yards on the season, making it four straight seasons he’s surpassed that mark.  Buffalo has won two games in a row, moving to 8-6 on the season. They’re still two games behind the Dolphins in the AFC East standings.  Next the Bills will head to Los Angeles to take on the Chargers, who just fired their head coach and general manager following a 63-21 loss to the Raiders in Week 15.

Gas Price Update:  Gas prices are still slowly falling across western NY.  In Batavia the price of a gallon of regular is 3.50 which is down 2 cents from last week.  The NY average is 3.42 which is down 6 cents from last week and 20 cents from a month ago.  The national price is hovering near the dollar mark at 3.07.  Experts say it is likely to continue to drop as the price of oil is falling and demand continues to be low.