Friday’s Trending Stories In Western New York

Here is what's happening around the 716 for your Friday.

1 – Give yourself some extra time this morning to head to work or school this morning. We have a mix of snow and rain for much of Western New York and that will make things much slower this morning than normal. A winter weather advisory is in place for Wyoming, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany counties until Noon today. Otherwise, most of Western New York will be dealing with rain and a high near 41.

2 - The Buffalo Bills are off this week, but they could be AFC East Champs before they take the 1^st snap of their next game. They will host the 49ers on December 1^st for Sunday Night Football, but if the other AFC East teams lose their games this week and next week, the Bills could already have clinched the AFC East before they play. Right now the Bills have a 5 game lead over Miami for the AFC East title.

3 - We made it to the weekend and there are plenty of things to do. You can bring the kids out to meet Santa Claus tomorrow afternoon at Clayton Toys in Williamsville. He will be there from 2-4 pm and you can get a free photo and sign up to win great prizes like tickets to see the Greater Niagara Ballet Company’s production of the Nutcracker, Tomorrow you can be transported to the 90s, as C&C Music Factory will be playing at Showplace Theater, Freedom Williams said you will hear all your favorite 90s song, and of course tonight you can join me for free adult bar bingo at Bloomfield’s Pub in Depew. You can win lots of great prizes like movie tickets, gift cards, and tickets to the C&C Music Factory concert. Bingo happened between 5-7 pm.

4 – Thousands of drivers in the city of Buffalo are getting fines in the mail for illegally passing school buses. This year, the Buffalo School District teamed up with a company to place cameras on school buses to catch people illegally passing school buses. Over 16,000 tickets have been issued since cameras were installed in Buses earlier this year.

5– A simple trick could help lower your heating bills this winter. If you have ceiling fans in your home you need to make sure the blades are rotating in the right direction to push the warm air down onto you. The blades should be spinning clockwise, this will allow the fan to push the warm air down instead of sucking it up. Most fans have a button that you can switch to change the way the blades spin.

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6 – The Goo Goo Dolls are coming back to Buffalo. The band will be bringing their Summer Anthem tour to KeyBank Center on August 9^th, 2025. General admission tickets go on sale this morning at 10 am. You can get ticket information at the band’s website googoodolls.com

7 – Tis the season to help your neighbors in need and now through December 15^th, you can make a donation of a non-perishable food item at several locations across Western New York as part of our Cans for Christmas donation drive. The drive is being sponsored by Lake Effect Furniture, Vidler’s, and Hardy Marbel Attorneys. You can find all the donation locations using our station APP.

8 - Christmas decorations were going up all over Western New York and if you were hard at work on yours you could be a winner. We are lighting up Buffalo this Holiday Season and if you send a photo of your display you could win $1000 courtesy of Shanor Electric! The easiest way to send in your photo is to open up our App and click on the “Light Up Buffalo” link.

9 –Today you have another chance to get an amazing “We Are Buffalo” Deal. Starting this morning at 9 am you can get a $50 gift card to Rainforest Café in Niagara Falls for only $25. Experience a dining adventure surrounded by wild animals. They have amazing food, a full bar, and family fun on Thursday with Kids Night. Don’t miss this deal going on sale this morning at 9 am.