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• Scrub Run takes place despite the rain

  12-09-2015 22:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y (WIVB) – The 3rd Annual Scrub Run kicked off early Saturday morning in Cazenovia Park.
  The USATF-certified 5K support the Mercy Hospital Foundation and the Catholic Health Continuing & Home Care Foundation.
  Despite the rainy forecast runners of all ages were out in full force.
  The attire serves a dual purpose, said Kathy Swenson, Scrub Run Coordinator. “We thought everyone loves to run in scrubs and we have these beautiful scrub shirts that we hand out to our partici
  
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• PHOTOS: Standoff in Kaisertown

  12-09-2015 21:35 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Photos from the standoff that occurred in the 1900 block of Clinton St. on Saturday. SWAT and BPD responded to a call of man barricaded with a gun inside a building.
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• Man climbs through window to rob Tim Hortons

  12-09-2015 21:24 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Police in Cheektowaga are looking to identify a man robbed a Tim Hortons on September 3.
  A man riding a bicycle climbed through a window and removed cash from an open register.
  The man was wearing a white tee shirt and tan shorts with white socks.
  Police say that the man probably lives in the area because an employee from another location stated they have seen him before on a bike.
  The incident occurred at around 2:30 p.m. at a store located at 3816 Union Rd.
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• Tailgate lot sells out at Ralph Wilson Stadium

  12-09-2015 19:57 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – T-minus 24 hours until kick off, and the bacon and the beer are already out in full force. Brian Montgomery from Brooklyn and his 3 younger brothers started a new tradition last year. He said, “The Bills bring us back.”
  They take their family camper to the Ralph, and reunite for the season opener. “We all started coming to games together late 80’s or early 90’s with my dads season tickets. We’ve all moved around the count
  
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• Camper lot sells out at Ralph Wilson Stadium

  12-09-2015 19:57 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – T-minus 24 hours until kick off, and the bacon and the beer are already out in full force. Brian Montgomery from Brooklyn and his 3 younger brothers started a new tradition last year. He said, “The Bills bring us back.”
  They take their family camper to the Ralph, and reunite for the season opener. “We all started coming to games together late 80’s or early 90’s with my dads season tickets. We’ve all moved around the count
  
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• SWAT called to standoff in Kaisertown neighborhood

  12-09-2015 18:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  SWAT and Buffalo Police are currently responding to a call of man barricaded inside a building with a gun in the 1900 block of Clinton St.A heavy Buffalo Police presence is in the area and multiple streets in the area have been blocked.This standoff is happening in the same area that a Williamsville man was shot around 4:30 a.m. Saturday morning. The man was transported to ECMC and at Buffalo Police Spokesperson, Mike
  
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• Kaisertown standoff ends with arrest

  12-09-2015 18:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  SWAT and Buffalo Police responded to a call of man barricaded with a gun inside a building in the 1900 block of Clinton St.A heavy Buffalo Police presence was in the area and multiple streets were blocked off for over two hours.The suspect was taken into custody on Barnard Street around 1:30 p.m.The standoff happened in the same area that a Williamsville man was shot around 4:30 a.m. Saturday morning. The man was transported to ECMC
  
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• Six shot, two dead in Rochester after shooting at house party

  12-09-2015 17:40 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y (WIVB)- The Rochester Police Department responded to a shooting on Woodward St. around 4:30 a.m. Saturday morning.
  Upon investigation, officers determined six people were shot at a house party. Two of the shooting victims died.
  Names and ages of the victims have not been released.
   
  
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• Williamsville man dies after being shot in Buffalo

  12-09-2015 16:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo police are investigating an overnight shooting that occurred at approximately 4:30 a.m. at Clinton and Weaver Streets.
  Detectives say a 28-year-old Williamsville man was struck by gunfire. He was transported to ECMC where he later died.
  Anyone with information is asked to call or text the Buffalo Police confidential TIPCALL Line at 847-2255.
   
   
  
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• Williamsville man critical after being shot in Buffalo

  12-09-2015 16:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo police are investigating an overnight shooting that occurred at approximately 4:30 a.m. at Clinton and Weaver Streets.
  Detectives say a 28 year-old Williamsville man was struck by gunfire. He was transported to ECMC where he’s listed in critical condition.
  Anyone with information is asked to call or text the Buffalo Police confidential TIPCALL Line at 847-2255.
   
   
  
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• Prep Football Friday: Week Two Highlights

  12-09-2015 05:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The prep football engine roars into week two, with a highlight trio from Friday night.
  Check out the video above for games in Williamsville and West Seneca.
  
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• UB’s parade halted in University District

  12-09-2015 04:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – It didn’t “rain on their parade”, but an issue over a permit forced them to change the route.
  As the University at Buffalo’s marching band and cheerleaders were preparing to begin winding their way through some University District streets Friday, Fred Brace showed up asking to see a Special Events, or Parade Permit.
  “When you do these things in the City of Buffalo, there’s a set of rules.” said Brace, who lives near the campu
  
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• Mother’s tenacity keeps her son out of jail

  12-09-2015 01:27 via wivb.com
  
  SANBORN, N.Y. (WIVB) – Samantha LoBianco’s teenage son goes for a drug test twice a week, under the terms of his probation, and the Sanborn mom said, the tests had been coming up clean, until June, when a test came out positive.
  “His test results, his urine test results, had come back positive from the center, for methadone and cocaine.”
  But LoBianco’s son, Jordan Drury, 16, insisted he was clean. He said he had not been using drugs. The positive results could viol
  
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• A mother’s tenacity keeps her son out of jail

  12-09-2015 01:27 via wivb.com
  
  SANBORN, N.Y. (WIVB) – Samantha LoBianco’s teenage son goes for a drug test twice a week, under the terms of his probation, and the Sanborn mom said, the tests had been coming up clean, until June, when a test came out positive.
  “His test results–his urine test results–had come back positive from the center, for methadone and cocaine.”
  But LoBianco’s son, Jordan Drury, 16, insisted he was clean—he had not been using drugs–those positive resu
  
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• Police investigate fatal Fruit Belt shooting

  12-09-2015 01:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An early September shooting in Buffalo’s Fruit Belt ended a man’s life.
  Police say gunfire rang out on Orange Street on Thursday just before 10:30 p.m. Homicide investigators responded to the scene after learning a 33-year-old man perished from gunfire.
  As police continue to investigate the shooting, they ask anybody with information to call it in to police at (716) 847-2255.
  
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• Uber advertises in Buffalo for drivers

  12-09-2015 01:04 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Driver recruitment radio ads by the app-driven Uber car service have been airing in Buffalo.
  “You can make serious money when you drive with Uber,” says one of the radio spots.
  There is also an Uber Buffalo internet presence which offers the public a twenty-five dollar free ride coupon.
  The problem, says Bill Yuhnke, the owner of Liberty Cab, and a chief opponent of Uber, is that no legal ground has been set for the cheaper private driver service to be es
  
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• Woman pleads guilty to leaving the scene of an injury accident

  12-09-2015 01:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A driver behind a hit-and-run crash that left a Buffalo man injured pleaded guilty to the highest crime she could have gone to trial for.
  Police say 21-year-old Jessica Kim struck a pedestrian while driving her car along Winspear Avenue. The 24-year-old victim was seriously injured from the crash.
  After investigating, police arrested and charged her with leaving the scene of an incident without reporting resulting in serious physical injury. Prosecutors pre
  
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• Woman, 21, pleads guilty to leaving the scene of an injury accident

  12-09-2015 01:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A driver behind a hit-and-run crash that left a Buffalo man injured pleaded guilty to the highest crime she could have gone to trial for.
  Police say 21-year-old Jessica Kim struck a pedestrian while driving her car along Winspear Avenue. The 24-year-old victim was seriously injured from the crash.
  After investigating, police arrested and charged her with leaving the scene of an incident without reporting resulting in serious physical injury. Prosecutors pre
  
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• Health department shutters Jamestown clinic

  12-09-2015 00:46 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Chautauqua County Health Department has shut down its Jamestown clinic.
  Health officials say they opted to close the East Fourth Street clinic on Sept. 1 due to a decrease in the number of patients and an increase in operating costs.
  The decision was also made due to the expansion of The Chautauqua Center, a federally qualified health center, into southern Chautauqua County.
  The Division of Public Health will continue providing services at i
  
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• UB team builds home that makes energy

  12-09-2015 00:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Nearly two years of work, more than 200 students participating, all to create a home that’s mostly self-sustainable. It’s for a competition in California, but first they have to build it up, and then take it down.
  And they’re just days away.
  “Back in March, the modules themselves were back inside the warehouse to keep them out of the weather,” said Chris Osterhoudt, the general project manager. “We brought the modules out of t
  
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• Flags hung along the Scajaquada for 9/11

  12-09-2015 00:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — In 2001 when the twin towers collapsed in New York City, a man walked with an American flag across the pedestrian bridge on the Scajaquada, a practice that has been carried on in the years following his attacks.
  “It’s been probably about my fifth year, and why do I keep coming back? Because I just like doing it,” Bonnie McCormick, a Buffalo resident, said. “It’s something you should do to commemorate 9/11 I mean it was a big thing,
  
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• Statler City falcon injured

  12-09-2015 00:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO N.Y. (WIVB) – A female peregrine falcon is looking for a new mate tonight in Buffalo. Her longtime mate broke his wing and will not return to the wild ever again. The two birds fell in love and had 29 falcons together on top of The Statler on Delaware avenue.
  The historic Statler City posted pictures and the following message about the falcon facebook page.
  “We have some sad news to report from our friends at the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation. The resident
  
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• Arctic Edge exhibit opens at the Buffalo Zoo

  12-09-2015 00:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A multi-million dollar habitat for polar bears and other Arctic species is ready for visitors at the Buffalo Zoo.
  A ribbon-cutting Friday revealed the $14 million state-of-the-art Arctic Edge exhibit, which is expected to attract thousands of tourists. It will also be home to local celebrity Luna the polar bear.
  “Polar bears have been a fixture and a top attraction at the Buffalo Zoo for more than a century and, with these upgrades, we will ensure thi
  
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• 9/11 remembrances

  12-09-2015 00:17
  
  Americans gathered to remember those who lost their lives in the September 11, 2001 attacks.        
  
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• Bills sign Enemkpali to 53-man roster amid reports that he may be suspended

  12-09-2015 00:15 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP-Mod.) — The Buffalo Bills have promoted defensive end Ikemefuna Enemkpali from the practice squad to the active roster, putting him in position to begin serving a four-game suspension for punching then-New York Jets teammate Geno Smith.
  Two people familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Friday that Enemkpali has been suspended. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the NFL hasn’t announced the penalty.
  Enemkpali broke Smith’s j
  
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