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• Florida high school student arrested after yelling “school shooter”

  21-02-2018 23:53 via wivb.com
  MILTON, Fla. (WKRG) – A 16-year-old Milton High School student was arrested Wednesday after he knocked on a classroom door and loudly yelled “school shooter” three times.
  The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office says a school resource officer was informed of the incident at around 11:14 a.m.
  After the student yelled “school shooter”, the teacher opened the door to find him standing in the hallway laughing, deputies say.
  The student was immediately taken to
  
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• Kingsmen trial begins in federal court

  21-02-2018 23:42 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The 2014 killing of two Kingsmen Motorcycle Club members has led to a federal conspiracy, weapons, drugs, and racketeering case.
  Andre Jenkins of the club’s Florida chapter shot and killed local club members Paul Maue and Daniel ‘DJ’ Szymanski outside the Kingsmen’s North Tonawanda club house.
  He’s serving life without parole for the killings, but prosecutors say he’s not the only one to blame.
  MORE | Officers, members of Kingsmen Motorcy
  
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• Friends trying to buy hit-and-run victim new wheelchair

  21-02-2018 22:21 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A man is still recovering after he was stuck by a vehicle Friday night in the Town of Tonawanda. Police are still searching for the driver.
  They say Kevin Sheridan, 56, was in a motorized wheelchair when he was hit. Sheridan’s friends say that wheelchair was destroyed. They’re trying to get him a new one.
  Town of Tonawanda Police say they’re still collecting and reviewing security video from places near the Vulcan Street crash site, hoping to g
  
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• Mass shooting plot at SoCal high school allegedly thwarted by alert security guard

  21-02-2018 21:23 via wivb.com
  WHITTIER, Calif. — Authorities say they’ve thwarted a student’s plot for a mass shooting at a Southern California high school. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday that a security guard at El Camino High School in Whittier overhead a “disgruntled student” threaten to open fire on the school on Friday, just two days after 17 people were gunned down at a Florida high school.
  Sheriff’s spokeswoman Nicole Nishida told The Associ
  
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• Sabres focused on Detroit, not trade deadline

  21-02-2018 21:04 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – After holding their last practice at HABRORCENTER before a road trip to Detroit and Washington, inside the locker room, with bags packs and plenty of questions about who will still be wearing a Sabres sweater by 3 p.m. on Monday, there isn’t a lot of focus on the upcoming NHL trade deadline.
  “Monday is a long way away right now,” Sam Reinhart said.  “We have three important games coming up that we progress as a team and an organization.&r
  
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• LOOK BACK: Billy Graham visits Buffalo in 1988

  21-02-2018 20:53 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As many people across the world mourn the loss of Rev. Billy Graham, look back at this story that aired on News 4 when Graham visited Buffalo in 1988.
  The story was written by Octavia Hudson.
  Script:
  “God has a plan.”
  All last week Reverend Dr. Billy Graham laid out his understanding of God’s plan, and thousands accepted it. The Billy Graham Crusade packed up and left Buffalo yesterday, where memories of the man and his message linger.
  “There
  
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• Totally Buffalo partnering with Buffalo City Mission to collect boots for people in need

  21-02-2018 20:19 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Community Outreach Manager at Buffalo City Mission says on an average day a homeless person spends about 5 hours walking, and this time of year there’s a big need for boots.
  “Can you imagine, how else would they get anywhere? So they need to walk. So that pair of boots or that pair of shoes in the summer time gets worn out very quickly,” said Sue Cervi, Buffalo City Mission Volunteer Manager and Community Outreach.
  Cervi says about 6,000 people
  
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• WNY native to ski in Olympics this week

  21-02-2018 18:46 via wivb.com
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP/WIVB) — Alpine Skier and western New York Tricia Mangan will be competing in the Olympics this week.
  Mangan is a 20-year-old from Derby who finished 19th in a World Cup combined event at Lenzerheide, Switzerland, this month.
  She will be competing in an Alpine Team racing event this Friday at 9 p.m., or 11 a.m. Saturday in South Korea.
  The U.S. Olympic Committee announced that Mangan joined the roster after Jackie Wiles was ruled out of what
  
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• Alcohol could help you live past 90, according to study

  21-02-2018 18:29 via wivb.com
  IRVINE, Calif. (WCMH) — One researcher says reaching for a wine glass – rather than a dumbbell – may help you live longer.
  A neurologist from the University of California studied 1,700 people who lived until at least 90.
  According to CNN, Doctor Claudia Kawas found that people who drink two glasses of wine or beer reduced their chances of dying prematurely by 18 percent.
  Kawas also noted that people who were slightly overweight — but not obese — were 3 per
  
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• Former Eastern Niagara Hospital employee sentenced to 15 years in prison

  21-02-2018 18:02 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The former Eastern Niagara Hospital employee at the center of a new lawsuit claiming he had an unwanted relationship with a patient will spend the next 15 years in prison on unrelated charges of enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity and cyberstalking.
  Timothy Laubacker, 26, was sentenced in a federal courtroom Wednesday morning.
  During the sentencing, the prosecution laid out the disturbing details of Laubacker’s interactions with several victims, durin
  
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• Nardin Academy graduate killed in suburban Maryland

  21-02-2018 17:01 via wivb.com
  BURTONSVILLE, Md. (WIVB) — A graduate of Nardin Academy was killed in Maryland last week.
  Ashley Dickinson, 34, graduated from the Buffalo school in 2001 and lived in Alexandria, Virginia.
  She and another person, identified as Joshua Frazier, 29, were found dead in a running vehicle this past Thursday.
  A resident called 911 after finding them there shortly before 10 p.m. The vehicle was in a parking lot in Burtonsville.
  Officials ruled their deaths as “homicide by gunshot wounds.&rdq
  
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• UB partners with Lyft for rides during athletics season

  21-02-2018 16:37 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The University at Buffalo has partnered with Lyft for rides during the 2018 athletics season.
  The ride-sharing service will be available for all athletic events at UB’s Alumni Arena.
  “We are proud to join the University at Buffalo community,” Derek Wedgeworth, Market Manager of Lyft Upstate NY, said. “Bulls fans carry a proud tradition in the Mid-American Conference. We are committed to do our part by providing safe and reliable transport
  
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• Cheektowaga man sentenced to 8 years in prison for weapon possession

  21-02-2018 15:51 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Cheektowaga man will spend nearly a decade behind bars after being convicted of illegally possessing a weapon.
  Raekwon Barnes, 23, was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in state prison by State Supreme Court Justice Christopher Burns.
  Officers arrested Barnes last April after a parole officer found a loaded weapon in the basement of his home.
  
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• Trump Jr: ‘Nonsense’ that family’s profiting from presidency

  21-02-2018 15:24 via wivb.com
  NEW DELHI (AP) – Donald Trump Jr. says any talk that his family is profiting from his father’s presidency is “nonsense” as he kicked off a highly publicized visit to India to promote real estate deals that bear his family’s name.
  The eldest son of President Donald Trump arrived in India on Tuesday to meet the promoters and buyers of Trump brand luxury homes in the country, raising concerns that using the name of the American president to promote business ventures in
  
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• 31 new citizens take oath of allegiance in Buffalo

  21-02-2018 15:13 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul welcomed some of the newest U.S. citizens on Tuesday.
  31 people were sworn in as the newest Americans at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site in Buffalo.
  U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie Foschio stressed the importance of all citizens to those taking the oath of allegiance.
  “Our democracy thrives on intelligent and involved and informed citizens and I know the new citizens are going to fulfill that obligation to their very upmost,” Fosc
  
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• Evangelist Billy Graham has died at age 99

  21-02-2018 14:39 via wivb.com
  MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, died Wednesday. He was 99.
  Graham, who long suffered from cancer, pneumonia and other ailments, died at his home in North Carolina, spokesman Mark DeMoss told The Associated Press.
  More than anyone else, Graham built evangelicalism into a force that rivaled l
  
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• Tops filing for bankruptcy

  21-02-2018 14:34 via wivb.com
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Frank Curci, the CEO of Tops Friendly Markets, says that the company is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
  “Today, Tops Markets has taken an important step to better position our business for long-term success,” Curci wrote. “We are pursuing a voluntary financial restructuring that will help make us a stronger competitor.  All of our stores are open, with no impact on daily operations.  Just as we have for 56 years, Tops Markets
  
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• Tops files bankruptcy to get debt under control

  21-02-2018 14:34 via wivb.com
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – Tops Markets LLC filed bankruptcy Wednesday morning, the first step in bringing the Amherst company’s stifling debt load, estimated at nearly a half billion dollars, under control.
  Frank Curci, the CEO of Tops Friendly Markets, says that the company is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
  “Today, Tops Markets has taken an important step to better position our business for long-term success,” Curci wrote. “We are pursuing a voluntary financial re
  
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• Town of Tonawanda police looking to identify theft suspects

  21-02-2018 13:34 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in the Town of Tonawanda want help identifying suspects in a theft.
  Authorities say three women are connected to a theft at the Family Dollar store on Sheridan Drive that happened on February 11.
  Anyone with information can call the confidential tip line at (716) 879-6606.
  
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• Cashless tolls on Grand Island coming soon

  21-02-2018 13:08 via wivb.com
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — Cashless tolls will be a reality on Grand Island next month.
  The first new toll structure is already in place on the I-190.
  This new toll system means you’ll no longer have to stop or slow down to get across the Grand Island Bridge.
  Overhead cameras snap a picture of your license plate. You’ll then get a bill in the mail.
  If you have EZ-Pass, the toll charge will be taken directly out of your account.
  
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• Florida shooting survivors in capital, demand action on guns

  21-02-2018 12:51 via wivb.com
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Students who survived the Florida school shooting prepared to flood the Capitol Wednesday pushing to ban the assault-style rifle used to kill 17 people, vowing to make changes in the November election if they can’t persuade lawmakers to change laws before their legislative session ends.
  About 100 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students arrived at a Tallahassee high school to extended applause late Tuesday after a 400-mile (640-kilometer) trip on three b
  
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• Buffalo narcotics detective charged with DWI in police car pleads not guilty

  21-02-2018 05:12 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Buffalo Police narcotics detective who is accused of driving drunk in his unmarked police car has had his license suspended.
  Det. Mark Locicero was arrested after the Super Bowl in the parking lot of the Wegmans at Transit and Losson.
  Cheektowaga Police say he rammed a car in the lot at least once.
  Locicero pleaded not guilty to DWI charges at his Tuesday arraignment.
  He’s due back in court March 19.
  
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• Syracuse man pleads guilty to threatening New York congressman

  21-02-2018 04:49 via wivb.com
  Washington (CNN) – A New York man pleaded guilty to threatening to kill GOP Rep. John Katko last fall, US Attorney James Kennedy’s office announced Tuesday.The announcement said Patrick D. Angelo, a 28-year-old resident of Syracuse, New York, admitted to making a threat via voice mail about net neutrality, a major regulatory coup by the Obama administration that the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal last year.
  Amid the firestorm around the debate over
  
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• Man killed in Orchard Park crash

  21-02-2018 04:08 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – A man was pronounced dead Tuesday afternoon after the pickup truck he was driving was recovered in a drainage ditch.
  Orchard Park Police responded to the scene around 4:55 p.m. Tuesday for reports of a vehicle which was overturned in a drainage ditch and partially submerged in water on Taylor Road near the 219 overpass.
  The operator of the vehicle was located trapped inside and unresponsive.
  He was extricated by an Orchard Park Police officer and several motoris
  
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• Moderate rain, melting snow means more raw sewage in local waterways

  21-02-2018 00:22 via wivb.com
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Tens of millions of gallons of partially and untreated sewage is now making its way to Lake Erie.
  As News4 covered in a special report earlier this month, sewage overflows are part of the landscape in municipalities throughout the country — and Western New York is no different.
  New York state law requires wastewater treatment plants to report to the Department of Environmental Conservation each time there’s an overflow.
  Western New York is among th
  
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• Grocery retailer Albertsons to buy drugstore chain Rite Aid

  21-02-2018 00:03 via wivb.com
  (AP) – The owner of Safeway and other grocery brands is buying the drugstore chain Rite Aid as retailers continue to plunge deeper into health care and adjust to swiftly changing shopping habits.
  Albertsons Companies executives said Tuesday that their purchase of Rite Aid’s more than 2,500 remaining stores will help the combined company become a “leader in food, health and wellness.”
  The combination will have 4,892 stores and more than 4,300 pharmacies with a stronge
  
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