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Your Monday morning catch-up: 5 stories you may have missed St. Patrick's Day weekend

Posted at 5:20 AM, Mar 18, 2019
and last updated 2019-03-18 06:46:31-04

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.

Parade goers don't want this to be final year of the "Old Neighborhood" St. Patrick's Day Parade

Twenty-six straight years, the "Old Neighborhood" St. Patrick's Day Parade has marched through the valley and first ward in Buffalo but could 2019 be it's last?

Horns up! Both UB men and women's basketball teams are dancing!

Tulsa, here come the Bulls! The UB men's basketball team is headed to Oklahoma for the first round to the NCAA Tournament, the team learned during the selection show on Sunday evening.

And guess what? For the second year in a row, the UB women’s basketball team will be dancing in March.

Fly direct from the Queen City to Music City

Music City, meet the Queen City. Southwest Airlines will launch non-stop service from Buffalo to Nashville this fall. It will mark the first time travelers will be able to fly non-stop between Western New York and Tennessee.

Powerball jackpot grows to $550 million

The Powerball jackpot continues to climb higher. After no onematched all six numbers in Saturday's $495 million drawing, the jackpot is growing to an estimated $550 million for Wednesday's drawing. The cash value lump sum is an estimated $335 million.

Daily low-dose aspirin no longer recommended as heart attack preventative for older adults

If you're a healthy older adult looking for ways to reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke, don't turn to that age-old standby: daily low-dose aspirin.