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• Elderly Tennessee man accused of murdering 81-year-old wife

  31-08-2015 23:55 via wivb.com
  
  ERWIN, Tenn. (WKRN) – An elderly Tennessee man is accused of killing his 81-year-old wife on Sunday in Unicoi County, Tennessee.
  The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reports Norman McKinney flagged down a deputy near his home in Erwin and indicated he shot his wife.
  McKinney reportedly led deputies to the couple’s home where they found his wife May suffering from a gunshot wound.
  May McKinney later died at Johnson City Medical Center.
  Her husband was taken into custody Sunday and ch
  
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• U.S Supreme Court: Ex-Virgina governor to remain free for now

  31-08-2015 23:51 via wivb.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) – Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell will be allowed to stay out of prison for now, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.
  SCOTUS granted his stay request, overruling a lower court’s decision. He’ll remain free while he files for a writ of certiorari, which is when a lower court is ordered to deliver its record in a case so that the higher court may review it.
  Document: Supreme Court order in pending case
  McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, were convicted la
  
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• Stray dog discovered shot, lying in the street

  31-08-2015 23:48 via wivb.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Metro police and Animal Control are on the lookout for someone accused of opening fire and hitting a dog in north Nashville.
  The good news is that the dog survived, but now authorities want to know who committed the crime.
  Metro Animal Control director Lauren Bluestone told News 2 the Rottweiler appears to be a stray. The 2-year-old has been nicknamed Sally by the department.
  According to investigators, she was found injured on August 18 lying beneath a trailer, o
  
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• Safe haven spot was two blocks from woman accused of killing infant daughter

  31-08-2015 23:48 via wivb.com
  
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — If Christina Colantonio needed to, she could have walked two blocks from her home on Liberty Street in Batavia, and dropped off the baby girl she gave birth to at the local fire station.
  It’s one of several places within close proximity to her apartment in the city that participate in the state’s safe haven program.
  Instead, Batavia police say the 28-year-old Colantonio gave birth at home, then killed the infant shortly after, and kept the body in the apa
  
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• Two separate drivers charged with DWI one right after the other

  31-08-2015 23:37 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two separate drivers faced consecutive arrests on Saturday evening after police say they drove drunk.
  New York State Troopers say they stopped Jacob J. Granat, 24, after he drove past an officer and made a traffic violation. Police who tested his sobriety say he failed, and arrested him thereafter.
  While a tow crew worked to remove his car from the scene, police say another driver nearly struck the tow truck operator who was outside of his vehicle at the t
  
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• Many McCartney fans feeling short-changed after sellout

  31-08-2015 23:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y.(WIVB)- Every entrance of the First Niagara Center’s box office are lined with signs that say the Oct. 22 Paul McCartney concert is sold out.
  The signs went up less than an hour after the tickets went on sale to the general public.
  But some fans told News 4 the way the tickets went just isn’t fair.
  Last week, handbills were given out by the First Niagara Center. A handbill doesn’t guarantee you a ticket, but it’s required to get into the box office lobby
  
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• Reward offered for man wanted on weapons charges

  31-08-2015 22:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The search for a man wanted on weapons charges has led police to offer a reward for his arrest.
  Police say they’re searching for Andre J. Kelly, a black man who is about 6’2″ tall and weighs about 190 pounds. The 23-year-old was last seen in Erie County.
  A reward of up to $1,000 is offered in conjunction with CrimeStoppers. Anybody with information is asked to call it in to (716) 867-6161.
  
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• BBB warns of Paul McCartney ticket scams

  31-08-2015 22:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Seemingly within minutes, each and every ticket to the Paul McCartney concert disappeared.
  Some lucky concertgoers utilized quick fingers to make the purchase online, but others who stood in line were turned away only to see signs go up explaining no tickets were available.
  Less than an hour after ticket sales opened to the general public, First Niagara Center Box Office officials put up the sold out signs. That may have been helped along by early ticket sales f
  
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• Man killed in Buffalo weekend gun violence

  31-08-2015 21:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 28-year-old Buffalo man is dead following the latest act of gun violence in Buffalo.
  Police say they rushed to the scene of a shooting on Crossman Avenue near Heminway just before 7 p.m. on Sunday. Gunshots ended the life of a local man who medical examiners declared dead at the scene of the shooting.
  Buffalo Police Department’s Homicide Squad is investigating the shooting, but they’re asking for help from the public to solve the shooting.
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• Police: Man wanted for electronics theft

  31-08-2015 21:38 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Amherst police are on the hunt for a man caught on camera stealing electronics.
  Police say a man is caught on camera taking valuables from a business on Sheridan Drive on Aug. 21. Officials say the man may have fled in a white van.
  In order to help solve the crime, police are asking for help from the general public. Anybody who recognizes the man is asked to call police (716) 689-1336.
   
  
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• Buffalo’s five persistently struggling schools receive $1.75 million

  31-08-2015 21:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An injection of funds could help five of Buffalo’s schools that have been marked as persistently struggling.
  New Buffalo Superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash announced on Monday his new school district received help by the tune of $1.75 million in Race to the Top funds. The funds were approved for Buffalo by New  York Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia.
  The funds will directly be used to aid Buffalo’s lowest performing schools in ways that will imp
  
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• Two arrested at Rath Building for drugs and stolen debit cards

  31-08-2015 20:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A disturbance at the Erie County’s Rath Building forced Erie County Sheriff’s Deputies to arrest two locals on Friday.
  Police say they responded to an altercation between two people and when they responded deputies separated them. While investigating, police say they found illegal items on both Kayla Fuentes, a 20-year-old Tonawanda woman, and David Rederick, a 54-year-old Buffalo man.
  Deputies say Fuentes had stolen debit cards and drugs on her pers
  
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• Troopers pull dead college student from river near SUNY Plattsburgh

  31-08-2015 20:26 via wivb.com
  
  PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WIVB) — A student of SUNY Plattsburgh is dead after he jumped into the Saranac River Sunday near the school’s campus.
  Police say they rushed to the scene to pull Evan Gillies, a Huntington, N.Y., resident, from the water at about 4:20 p.m. Gillies reportedly jumped off a bridge that crossed the river and never resurfaced.
  A water rescue team pulled the man’s body from the river just over an hour after a search for him began. A doctor pronounced
  
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• What’s trending: Taylor Swift and Kanye West reunite on the VMA stage

  31-08-2015 19:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Taylor Swift walked away from Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards with three moonmen, and a new friend.
  The pop singer introduced rapper Kanye West before he accepted the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. He famously shocked and embarrassed her at the same awards show six years ago, when he interrupted one of her acceptance speeches and said that Beyonce should have won the award. But now, Taylor says that’s in the past.
  “Kanye defines what it
  
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• Taylor Swift and Kanye West reunite on the VMA stage

  31-08-2015 19:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Taylor Swift walked away from Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards with three moonmen, and a new friend.
  The pop singer introduced rapper Kanye West before he accepted the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. He famously shocked and embarrassed her at the same awards show six years ago, when he interrupted one of her acceptance speeches and said that Beyonce should have won the award. But now, Taylor says that’s in the past.
  “Kanye defines what it
  
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• Taylor wins QB battle, is named starter for season opener

  31-08-2015 19:00 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Team management at One Bills Drive bombarded fans Monday with season-changing decisions, including a final word on the team’s three-way quarterback battle.
  After making his decision on Sunday with his coaches, Head Coach Rex Ryan’s call to start Tyrod Taylor as the quarterback on Sept. 13 leaked out a day later. First reported by Jay Glazer, Taylor earned the job with his performance throughout the preseason.
  In three games, Taylo
  
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• Before students return, teachers prepare the classrooms with great care

  31-08-2015 18:48 via wivb.com
  
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – While parents and children scurry to let their last minute supplies for school, teachers get ready for the new year by designing and decorating their classrooms.
  North Tonawanda City School District Music Teacher Marissa Greenwald has her room at Drake Elementary ready to go.
  “All summer, you’re thinking about the things you want to teach them, and parts of the curriculum that you can also display in the room,” Marissa said. “So prepar
  
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• McCartney tickets sell out after opening for sale to general public

  31-08-2015 18:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Rock and Roll Hall of Fame star Paul McCartney will play in Buffalo in October to an excited, sold out crowd in the First Niagara Center.
  Lines crept out of the First Niagara Center’s box office on Monday morning after tickets went on sale to the general public. Soon after, signs popped up notifying the public of a sold out concert.
  #SOLDOUT minutes after going on sale to general public. These signs now on every door at #FNC box office entrance. pic.twitte
  
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• Bills fans react to the release of Fred Jackson on Twitter

  31-08-2015 17:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Bills fans reacted to the release of veteran Running Back Fred Jackson on Twitter Monday morning, using the hashtag #ThankYouFred.
  @buffalobills It's about loyalty. He should have left us long ago….@Fred22Jackson but he didn't. #ThankYouFred ❤️💙🏈💙❤️ @news4buffalo
  — Mama (@lisanfloyd) August 31, 2015Man forget Kanye @Fred22Jackson for President 2020! #ThankYouFred #Billsmafia @news4buffalo @buffa
  
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• Bills release Fred Jackson

  31-08-2015 16:27 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Bills General Manager Doug Whaley issued a statement Monday morning announcing the release of running back Fred Jackson.
  The statement said, “Today, we had to make the difficult decision to release Fred Jackson. He had an incredible career for this organization for the past 10 years. We thank Fred for his hard work, dedication and leadership during his tenure with the Buffalo Bills. Fred has inspired the city of Buffalo in
  
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• Bills release fan favorite, captain Fred Jackson, name Tyrod as starting QB

  31-08-2015 16:27 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo Bills fan favorite did not survive a mandatory round of cuts ahead of regular season play. Bills management decided to part ways with running back Fred Jackson.
  In a statement paired with the decision to release the famed player, who wore number 22 throughout his eight-year career in Buffalo, Bills General Manager Doug Whaley said the decision wasn’t an easy one.
  “Today, we had to make the difficult decision to release Fred Jackson. He
  
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• ‘Heads Up’ football helping players avoid concussions

  31-08-2015 14:52 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The danger of hard hits on the field has coaches making changes. Football programs like the Jim Kelly Youth Football League (JKYFL) have turned to something known has “heads up” football.
  The name says it all. Coaches focus on teaching technique and making sure players keep their heads up.
  “I have 25 kids. One is my own, and then the other 24 are my adopted sons,” Jennifer Cobb told News 4 during a recent practice session. Cobb is the Team
  
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• Man killed in Town of Tonawanda shooting

  31-08-2015 11:54 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Police in the Town of Tonawanda are investigating a deadly overnight shooting.
  Detectives were called to Blackmore Street in the Sheridan Parkside neighborhood at around 11:30 p.m. Sunday.
  Neighbors said that a man was shot in the street. Police say he was one of two men walking together who were the intended targets of the shooting. One person was not hurt, the other was fatally wounded.
  Police say they will release the victim’s name after posit
  
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• Deadly shooting in the Town of Tonawanda

  31-08-2015 11:54 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Police are investigating a deadly overnight shooting.
  Detectives were called to Blackmore Street in the Sheridan Parkside neighborhood at around 11:30 p.m. Sunday.
  Neighbors told our News 4 crew that a man was shot in the street in a drive-by shooting.
  No other information has been made available.
  News 4 will update this story with details as they become available.
   
   
  
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• Batavia mother had options to leave baby legally

  31-08-2015 05:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — There’s a hospital at the end of Christina Colantonio’s street, about a mile away; there’s a police station, even closer.
  If the 28-year-old Batavia woman was considering what to do with her infant daughter shortly after she gave birth in a second-floor apartment on Liberty Street, she had options.
  Colantonio could have just dropped off her newly born baby girl, no questions asked. And more importantly, no criminal charges, so long as the baby was s
  
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• Buffalo police vehicles involved in crash

  31-08-2015 04:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Two Buffalo  police SUVs were involved in a crash late Sunday evening.
  The incident occurred at Niagara Street and Porter Avenue.
  No other information is available at this time.
  News 4 will update this story as more details become available.
  
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• Buffalo police vehicle flips over in crash

  31-08-2015 04:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Two Buffalo police SUVs were involved in a crash late Sunday evening.
  The incident occurred at Niagara Street and Porter Avenue just before 10:00 p.m.
  Buffalo police spokesperson, Michael DeGeorge said it happened as the officers were responding to a call of a man with a gun.
  Three officers suffered minor injuries.
  The crash remains under investigation.
  
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• Turner Field US flag at half-staff after fan dies in fall

  31-08-2015 02:05 via wivb.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. flag flew at half-staff at Turner Field on Sunday, one day after a fan died following his fall from the upper deck into the lower-level stands during a game between the Atlanta Braves and New York Yankees.
  Mary Beth Hauptle, an investigator with the Fulton County Medical Examiner, identified the victim as Gregory K. Murrey, 60, of Alpharetta, Georgia. Murrey was pronounced dead at Grady Memorial Hospital.
  The Braves said Sunday they are “deeply saddened”
  
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• Wegmans hires for The Pub

  31-08-2015 00:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Wegmans on Transit Road is expanding and will soon include a Pub.
  Opening this December, the Transit Road Pub will be a full-service restaurant inside the grocery store.
  The first of its kind in Western New York, The Pub is hosting an open house for applicants.
  Open Interviews
  WHEN: September 10 and 14, 4-7p.m.
  WHERE: 8270 Transit Rd.
  WHO: Applicants must be 18+
  BYO: APPLICATION available here
  For more information visit the company’s website.
  
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