{"id":182709,"date":"2026-05-03T08:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T08:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/182709\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T08:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T08:26:11","slug":"evening-briefing-in-buffalo-may-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/182709\/","title":{"rendered":"Evening Briefing in Buffalo: May 1"},"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

High temperatures will continue to run well below average in the upper 40s to low 50s through the weekend.<\/p>\n

Low temperatures will also run below average, falling into the 30s again tonight and tomorrow night.<\/p>\n

Frosts and freezes will be possible each morning especially Sunday morning off the lakes.<\/p>\n

We’ll have a rain shower chance through the second half of the day today and spotty, light, showers or sprinkles tomorrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Most of Sunday looks dry ahead of a late day rain shower chance.<\/p>\n

Temperatures will get a bump to start next week but we’ll also be tracking more rain chances by the middle of the week.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow’s Forecast<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Highs: 49
\u00a0Lows: 32
\u00a0Mostly Cloudy<\/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.\u00a0Police confirm no gunman onsite after lockdown at SUNY Erie City Campus<\/a><\/p>\n

Police have confirmed there is no person with a firearm\u00a0at SUNY Erie City Campus after a lockdown in Buffalo Friday morning.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Vatican rules Buffalo Diocese must return money to 8 parishes<\/a><\/p>\n

Save Our Buffalo Churches said eight parishes will not have to contribute to the Buffalo Diocese Bankruptcy Settlement.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Sabres coach Lindy Ruff named finalist for Jack Adams Award<\/a><\/p>\n

For the sixth time in his career, Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff has been named as a finalist for the Jack Adams Award, which is\u00a0presented to the NHL coach \u201cadjudged to have contributed the most to his team’s success.\u201d<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Pressure mounts for Sabres as series closeout time arrives<\/a><\/p>\n

Closeout time has arrived in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and the pressure to avoid a Game 7 is squarely on Buffalo Friday night as the Sabres-Bruins series shifts back to Boston. The Sabres lead the series 3-2.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0D\u2019Youville’s School of Pharmacy to add new drug compounding space<\/a><\/p>\n

The new facility will be a secure, regulated space that specializes in both sterile and non-sterile compounding, giving the pharmacists of tomorrow a new place to learn.\u00a0<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0‘Workers Over Billionaires’ protests taking place in Western N.Y. on Friday, Saturday<\/a><\/p>\n

May 1, dubbed May Day, is part of a worldwide strike calling for peace, higher wages and better working conditions as many workers grapple with\u00a0rising energy costs\u00a0and\u00a0shrinking purchasing power\u00a0tied to\u00a0the Iran war.<\/p>\n

In Case You Missed It
\n\"Fantasy<\/a><\/p>\n

IB Parks & Entertainment purchased the former Martin’s Fantasy Island in 2021 after the park closed a year earlier. (Spectrum News 1 Photo)<\/p>\n

Niagara Amusement Park & Splash World will not open this summer<\/a><\/p>\n

Niagara\u00a0Amusement\u00a0Park &\u00a0Splash\u00a0World will not open this summer on\u00a0Grand\u00a0Island, IB Parks & Entertainment announced Thursday.<\/p>\n

The company\u00a0says\u00a0attendance and revenue over the last few years\u00a0haven’t\u00a0been enough to sustain and rebuild the park.<\/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":182710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[76054,1611,136,138,137,139,1592],"class_list":["post-182709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-app-evening-briefing","tag-buffalo","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-news","tag-spectrum-news-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182709","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=182709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}