WBFO Brief

WBFO Brief

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WBFO Brief episodes

  • WBFO Brief August 28, 2023
    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.
    4 min
  • WBFO Brief August 24, 2023
    Buffalo actor Peter Johnson speaks with Jay Moran about the Actors Expo. A State Supreme Court Judge will hold a hearing tomorrow on a challenge to the state's retail cannabis licensing rules.
    14 min
  • WBFO Brief August 23, 2023
    A business advocacy group is warning of the fiscal challenges ahead as financial firms continue to exit New York State. A poll finds 82% of New Yorkers are concerned about the influx of migrants into New York State.
    7 min
  • WBFO Brief August 22, 2023
    Indicted former President Donald Trump remains unpopular in the polls in New York. The 44 asylum seekers who were removed from Buffalo State University, have been relocated to other temporary housing.
    7 min
  • WBFO Brief August 21, 2023
    44 asylum seekers are being evicted from their temporary housing at Buffalo State University. A self-proclaimed member of the Kia Boys has been sentenced to three to 9 years in prison after pleading guilty to several charges including grand larceny for stealing 10 Kia and Hyundai vehicles in Niagara Falls earlier this year.
    8 min
  • WBFO Brief August 18, 2023
    A 17-year-old boy who pleaded guilty to four counts of manslaughter in the deaths of four passengers in a crash of a stolen Kia last year was sentenced yesterday to one and a third to four years of incarceration. Lenox Grill will be closing its doors. Theater Talk with Peter Hall and Anthony Chase.
    11 min
  • WBFO Brief August 17, 2023
    YouTube, Reddit, and a body armor manufacturer were among the businesses that helped enable the gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist attack at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket, according to a pair of lawsuits announced Wednesday. Hear how to deal with some new COVID-19 strains that are emerging this summer.
    8 min
  • WBFO Brief August 16, 2023
    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.
    19 min
  • WBFO Brief August 15, 2023
    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.
    8 min

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The WBFO Brief podcast brings you the award-winning reporting from the newsroom of WBFO, Buffalo Toronto Public Media's NPR station, each weekday morning. To get up to the minute news, tune into WBFO…