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• Authorities: 3 dead in midair collision of small planes

  16-08-2015 22:21 via wivb.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Authorities say three people are dead following the midair collision and crash of two small planes near an airport in southern San Diego County.
  Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the collision occurred around 11 a.m. Sunday about 2 miles northeast of Brown Field Municipal Airport.
  Sheriff’s Lt. Jim Bolwerk says three fatalities have been reported. He did not have details on the victims but said they were apparently on the planes.
  Gregor says b
  
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• Who are they going to call? 911 dispatch center has bed bugs

  16-08-2015 19:21 via wivb.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Western Pennsylvania’s largest 911 dispatch center has its own emergency: It’s infested with bed bugs.Allegheny County Emergency Services officials announced the infestation Friday at the agency’s call center in Pittsburgh.
  Emergency Services Chief Alvin Henderson says several states have seen an uptick in bed bugs.
  The discovery doesn’t mean workers are sleeping on the job. On the contrary, Henderson says the bugs tend to be carried into workplace
  
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• Bishop Malone rededicates St. Joseph Church

  16-08-2015 19:15 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Bishop Richard Malone made a special visit to the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Parish on Sunday to rededicate the St. Joseph Church site.
  The service also celebrated the completion of the painting of the church which included several murals which illustrate various scenes from the bible.Swiatek Studios, a Buffalo restoration company that specializes in church restorations, completed the work over the past few years.
  
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• Carly’s Crossing event raised awareness, funds for pediatric cancer

  16-08-2015 18:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  The weather held up for the 13th annual Carly’s Crossing event at Gallagher Beach. Next month marks Pediatric Cancer Awareness month and in honor of that, “Carly’s Club” is trying to help top doctors cure pediatric cancer once and for all.
  Dollars raised through this open water course help some of the world’s top scientists in their efforts to help cure pediatric cancer. Robin Nusbaum, Carly’s Club Manager said, &ld
  
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• Carly’s Crossing event celebrates 13th year raising awareness, funds for pediatric cancer

  16-08-2015 18:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  The weather held up for the 13th annual Carly’s Crossing event at Gallagher Beach.Next month marks Pediatric Cancer Awareness month and in honor of that, “Carly’s Club” is trying to help top doctors cure pediatric cancer once and for all.
  Dollars raised through this open water course help some of the world’s top scientists in their efforts to help cure pediatric cancer. Robin Nusbaum, Carly’s Club Manager said, &ldq
  
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• NY law authorizes 3 lines per fisherman through 2017

  16-08-2015 17:01
  
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation to extend the three-rod rule for the state's freshwater fishermen through 2017.        
  
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• Fire damages vacant home

  16-08-2015 16:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo fire responded to a call at a vacant home at around 6 a.m. Sunday.
  First responders arrived at 321 Lafayette St. to find the first floor of the two and a half story structure fully involved.
  The fire then spread to the exterior of the second story of the home.
  Total damages are estimated at $80,000 and the cause is still under investigation.
  
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• FootGolf in Delaware Park

  16-08-2015 14:37
  
  The Delaware Park Golf Course has been revamped to include an 18-hole FootGolf course, which was certified by the American FootGolf League on May 16.        
  
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• Overnight shooting sends 2 to the hospital

  16-08-2015 14:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo police are currently investigating an overnight shooting that occurred shortly before 2:00 a.m. Sunday.
  First responders were called to the 300 block of South Park Avenue after gunfire broke out when a group of people got into a dispute.
  A 20-year-old woman and 46-year-old man both from Buffalo, were transported to ECMC with apparent non-life threatening injuries.
  Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPCALL line at (716) 847-2255.
  
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• Indonesian airliner carrying 54 goes missing over Papua

  16-08-2015 13:50 via wivb.com
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian airliner carrying 54 people was missing Sunday after losing contact with ground control during a short flight in bad weather in the country’s mountainous easternmost province of Papua, officials said. A search for the plane was suspended and will resume Monday morning.
  The Trigana Air Service plane was flying from Papua’s provincial capital, Jayapura, to the Papua city of Oksibil when it lost contact with Oksibil’s airport, said Tra
  
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• Crews rescue 2 boaters from Lake Erie

  16-08-2015 13:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – First responders were called to the Erie Basin Marina after a woman fell off a boat and into the water early Sunday morning.
  The Coast Guard responded to the call that came in around 1:30 a.m. after a man tried to rescue the woman from the water.
  Both were in the water for nearly 30 minutes before they were able to make their way to safety on some rocks near shore.
  Joshua Lurbey of the U.S. Coast Guard said, “We then circled onto the inside of the break wall to
  
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• Crews rescue 2 boaters from Erie Basin Marina

  16-08-2015 13:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – First responders were called to the Erie Basin Marina after a woman fell off a boat and into the water early Sunday morning.
  The Coast Guard responded to the call that came in around 1:30 a.m. after a man tried to rescue the woman from the water.
  Authorities say about an hour later the two were located by the breakwall and brought to safety.
  Joshua Lurbey of the U.S. Coast Guard said, “We then circled onto the inside of the break wall to get away from the waves
  
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• Flood clean up continues in Western New York

  16-08-2015 05:48 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — People around Western New York are working to clean up after heavy storms caused flooding in the area. First responders and homeowners say they didn’t know the severity of the storms until the rain, lightening and thunder was underway and the water around them, was rising.
  Lidia Couzo received a call from the tenants staying at her house on North Forest Street in Williamsville, explaining to her that the creek behind the house had crested and water w
  
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• Police seize $250,000 in cocaine

  16-08-2015 03:04 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Authorities seized $250,000 worth of drugs from a Buffalo man.
  Erie County Sheriff’s Deputies and Buffalo Police arrested Tryon Huggins, 33, for having $250,000 worth of cocaine.
  Police tells us Huggins also had four kilos of cocaine, small amounts of marijuana, $40,000, a shotgun and a rifle in his East Eagle Street.
  Authorities said Huggins sold drugs from multiple properties in the city.
  He was arrested for felony possession and will be arraigned in court Su
  
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