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WBFO Brief Wednesday August 31, 2022

The state's teachers' unions are calling for more work to be done to prevent mass shootings and violence. Meanwhile, The Buffalo School District is being sued by someone who says they knew about the impending shooting and stabbing incident at McKinley High School last February.
And join jay Moran as he goes behind the scenes with preparations for next month's Borderlands Music Festival at Knox Farm State Park in East Aurora.

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