The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services Program is taking steps this month to try and prevent the spread of rabies in raccoons here in Western New York.Starting Monday, helicopters will be distributing the oral rabies vaccine in select areas of Erie and Niagara counties.Eastern Niagara County’s state legislators are calling on New York State leadership to find $300,000 to keep the Niagara County Family Opportunity Center open. Starpoint Superintendent Sean Croft has stepped down, the district announced, in a sudden departure just weeks before the end of the school year.One man is in serious condition after an early morning shooting near Twilight Grill on Howard Street in Buffalo's Babcock neighborhood.A spokesperson for the Buffalo Police Department says that at around 3:30 a.m. Sunday. It will be the Canadiens who visit Buffalo when the next round of the NHL playoffs begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday at KeyBank Center.