{"id":168871,"date":"2026-04-17T21:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/168871\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T21:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:09:08","slug":"evening-briefing-in-buffalo-april-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/168871\/","title":{"rendered":"Evening Briefing in Buffalo: April 17"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good evening, Buffalo. We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook.<\/p>\n

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

Our next cold front brings in showers on Saturday into Sunday. We will go from 60s and 70s back into the chilly 40s by early next week.<\/p>\n

Next week looks to trend much drier than what we have been seeing.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow’s Forecast<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Highs: Mid 70s
\u00a0Lows: High 30s
\u00a0Showers<\/p>\n

7-Day Forecast<\/a>\u00a0| Interactive Radar<\/a><\/p>\n

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Watch the latest news and more local stories from across the country.<\/p>\n

Today’s Big Stories<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Erie County announces more than $50 million investment into roads, bridges<\/a><\/p>\n

More than $50 million will be poured into repaving roads across Erie County and repairing bridges across the county this year. The funding is made possible through the 2026 Erie County Road and Bridge Program.\u00a0<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Sabres announce full schedule for first-round playoff series against Bruins<\/a><\/p>\n

The NHL has announced the schedule for the Buffalo Sabres’ first Stanley Cup Playoff series in 14 years. The Sabres will host the Boston Bruins for game one of their first-round matchup on Sunday at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0NFTA makes changes to rail service for Sabres-Bruins playoff series<\/a><\/p>\n

The Buffalo Sabres are set to host the Boston Bruins for\u00a0game one<\/a>\u00a0of their first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at KeyBank\u00a0Center, and the\u00a0Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority is making some special changes to make getting to and from the arena easier on gameday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0New coach in Buffalo, same high expectations with Bills expected to focus on defense in NFL draft<\/a><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a new coach and yet a familiar question in Buffalo: Can Joe Brady do what Sean McDermott failed to accomplish over nine years and finally lead Josh Allen and the Bills to the Super Bowl?<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Who the best ideas are for the Bills draft with Joe Buscaglia<\/a><\/p>\n

What will Brandon Beane do in the NFL Draft? The Athletic’s Buffalo Bills beat reporter Joe Buscaglia joins Andy Young to discuss the Bills’ biggest needs going into the draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0Firefighters: Despite rainy weather, New York burn ban remains in effect<\/a><\/p>\n

As of mid-April, New York remains under a burn ban.\u00a0Despite the rainy weather, the danger is still there.\u00a0But can you still have a bonfire or small cooking fires?<\/p>\n

In Case You Missed It
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Weekend Pass Buffalo: Pizza Fest 2026, Nashville Nights in Ellicottville, A Dream Is A Wish<\/a><\/p>\n

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here’s a look at some of the top upcoming activities and events around the\u00a0Buffalo region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good evening, Buffalo. We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[76054,1611,136,138,137,139,1592],"class_list":{"0":"post-168871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-app-evening-briefing","9":"tag-buffalo","10":"tag-erie","11":"tag-erie-headlines","12":"tag-erie-news","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-spectrum-news-staff"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}