Buffalo news

• Former Albany nurse who cared for burned baby in 1977 located

  18-09-2015 23:34 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A local woman’s search for a nurse who cared for her years ago at Albany Medical has taken the internet by storm, and a connection has officially been made.
  On Thursday night, Amanda Scarpinati, of Athens, posted pictures of herself as an infant in the arms of an Albany Medical nurse. She was 3 months old and coming out of recovery. The burns to her head and hands are still visible after years of surgeries.
  On Friday morning NEWS10ABC’s Nicol Lally
  
  Read more

• Clerks warn of trouble with current NY driver's licenses

  18-09-2015 23:06
  
  County clerks in NY are raising concerns that travelers may face difficulty next year boarding airplanes because NY driver's licenses are not compliant with federal standards        
  
  Read more

• Heroin epidemic puts pressure on schools to get antidote

  18-09-2015 22:48 via wivb.com
  
   PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The heroin epidemic that has been taking the lives of teenagers for years is creeping into even younger age groups and putting pressure on the nation’s schools to keep a fast-acting overdose antidote within reach of every nurse and teacher.
  Although overdoses at school are rare, nurses are increasingly thinking of the drug naloxone as an essential part of their first-aid kits. Administered via syringe or a nasal spray, it works almost imme
  
  Read more

• 200 WNY Catholics prepare to see Pope in Philadelphia

  18-09-2015 22:27 via wivb.com
  
  DEPEW, N.Y.(WIVB)- United in prayer and anticipation, dozens of Western New York Catholics gathered at St. Martha’s Church in Depew Wednesday evening.
  The group met to go over travel plans for their upcoming pilgrimage to see Pope Francis in Philadelphia.
  Mike and Sue Denz own St. Gemma’s Catholic Pilgrimages, and organized the trip.
  “This is the first time that Pope Francis has been to the United States and a lot of people don’t have a chance to see him, and for Catholic
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Official: ‘Baby Doe’ found dead on Boston Harbor shore identified months later

  18-09-2015 22:05 via wivb.com
  
  BOSTON, Mass. (AP) — A mother and her boyfriend are “blaming each other” for the death of a little girl who was found dead inside a trash bag on a Boston Harbor beach this summer, a state official said Friday, after a monthslong campaign to learn the child’s identity.
  House Speaker Robert DeLeo, D-Winthrop, said he has been briefed on the investigation into the death of a girl who came to be known as Baby Doe.
  “They feel they have the perpetrators of this crime,&rdq
  
  Read more

• M&T Bank doubles paid maternity leave

  18-09-2015 21:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- M&T Bank recently unveiled a new policy geared toward working families.
  The bank is following suit of major tech companies like Facebook, Google, and Apple by upping its paid maternity leave.
  Right now, about 400 employees are using short-term disability for their maternity leave, but starting Jan.1, 2016 that will change.
  “As long as you’ve been with M&T for a year, you will receive 12 weeks of full pay. And that 12 weeks is just about doubled from
  
  Read more

• Motorcyclist knocked unconscious in crash, admits to drunken driving

  18-09-2015 21:36 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — A motorcyclist is charged with DWI after being found unconscious in the middle of the road.
  The Orchard Park Police Department reports that Thomas L. Trabert III, of Getzville, crashed at around 3:15 a.m. Friday at the intersection of Union and Orchard Park roads.
  Officers say they were able to rouse the 22-year-old, who told them he had run onto the grass instead of turning with the road. He then admitted to drinking and driving.
  Trabert was taken to the h
  
  Read more

• Long range weather outlook for upcoming winter season

  18-09-2015 21:29
  
  The Climate Prediction Center Thursday released its late Fall / early Winter forecast for the United States.        
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Armed 91-year-old man taken down by landscapers over grass clippings

  18-09-2015 21:18 via wivb.com
  
  AVON PARK, Fla. (WFLA) – An armed elderly Florida man was taken down by area landscapers over grass clippings.
  Max Horton, 91, became agitated and threatened to shoot people after landscapers had accidentally blown grass clippings onto a vehicle. Officials say Horton got into a verbal altercation with one of the landscapers. During the argument, Horton pulled out a handgun, pointed it at the landscaper and ordered him to his knees before telling him he was going to kill him.
  Officials
  
  Read more

• Woman faces charges for falsely reporting an accident after hit-and-run

  18-09-2015 21:03 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 22-year-old Lockport woman is being accused of falsely reporting an accident she was involved in.
  Brooke J. Little was arrested Tuesday after police say she called 911 to report being side-swiped by a white car as it passed her on Dysinger Road. However, her description of what happened was not consistent with the evidence, including a piece of bumper from the other vehicle.
  An investigation revealed that Little was actually involved in a hit-a
  
  Read more

• Injured Sabres defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen out 7-10 days

  18-09-2015 20:49
  
  Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen will miss up to the first 10 days of training camp because of an upper body injury.        
  
  Read more

• Bomb-sniffing dog sings along to Toby Keith

  18-09-2015 20:49 via wivb.com
  
  Outagamie Co, Wis. (WBAY) — The Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office is remembering one of its officers by sharing a private moment with the public.
  K9 Officer Conan died recently. He was 13 years old.He served in the sheriff’s office as an explosives and tracking dog for seven years before being retired. He stayed with the family of his handler, a sheriff’s deputy, and it was presumably here that Conan expressed his love for country music and specifically Toby Keith.
  T
  
  Read more

• Person shot on Carl Street in Buffalo

  18-09-2015 20:03
  
  Buffalo Police are investigating a report of a shooting on Carl Street near East Delavan Friday morning.        
  
  Read more

• 97Rock radio-thon raises about $140,000 for Make-A-Wish

  18-09-2015 19:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Over 21 years, one Buffalo radio host has helped raise millions for the Make-A-Wish foundation, and on Thursday, it neared another milestone.
  With the help of the western New York community, 97Rock raised $140,000 for the charitable organization. That brings the total funds raised by the Cumulus radio station and its morning show host Larry Norton to $2.9 million over more than two decades.
  Although Norton, the long-time host of the Norton Show, and radio v
  
  Read more

• A new resource center is coming to West Seneca to help residents

  18-09-2015 19:28 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Community leaders have come together to help an at-risk community in West Seneca.
  New Hope United Methodist Church will house the West Seneca Coalition Resource Center.
  Once it opens on October 1st, it will make critical services accessible to residents.
  “We’ve been doing this work for six years now and to see something actually come to fruition…everyone in the community has been working together. It’s very exciting to see West Seneca com
  
  Read more

• Sabres hit the training camp ice with fresh talent

  18-09-2015 19:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo is experiencing a flurry of sports news between the Buffalo Bills and their exciting season and the Buffalo Sabres and their exciting off-season.
  The Buffalo Sabres prepared for training camp on Thursday and took the ice on Friday as they prepare for the first game of the season, which is just three weeks away.
  Although the Sabres are coming off a losing season, in which many people accused them of tanking to the worst spot in the league to guarantee the
  
  Read more

• Man rushes to ECMC after shooting, sparking gunshot investigation

  18-09-2015 17:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A victim who suffered a gunshot wound in the City of Buffalo took his life into his own hands and rushed to ECMC to receive treatment, sparking a police response to an east Buffalo neighborhood.
  Buffalo Police say the man entered the Erie County Medical Center at about 9 a.m., and police responded to Carl Street near East Delevan Avenue soon after.
  Officers set up crime scene tape and a perimeter. They say they’re investigating the shooting, confirming the
  
  Read more

• News 4 Tweet showing slam against Patriots goes viral

  18-09-2015 17:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A seemingly innocuous item for sale at the Buffalo Bills sports store has opened the mouths of many people in the sports world.
  It may just have been a coincidence that the Bills store was selling pumps for inflating footballs front and center, or it may be a cleverly disguised slam at the “Deflategate” scandal. Either way, after News 4’s Lauren Hall tweeted out the picture pointing out the pumps, Twitter went crazy.
  Currently front and ce
  
  Read more

• Buffalo gets fully involved in trash talking against the Patriots

  18-09-2015 16:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After the Bills took a victory formation against the Colts in a stunning victory in week one, focus turned to the Patriots, the Bills’ next opponent. A host of trash talking ensued, and Rex Ryan led the charge.
  “I relish any challenge and this is a big challenge,” Ryan said in a Wednesday press conference. “It is a personal challenge.”
  Ryan respects future Hall of Fame coach Bill Belichick, however he has held a hyper-competitive ri
  
  Read more

• Poll: NYers support $15 minimum wage

  18-09-2015 16:32
  
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to increase New York's minimum wage to $15 an hour has the public's support, a poll Friday found.        
  
  Read more

• Bills store debuts One Buffalo gear designed by Kelly Pegula

  18-09-2015 15:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It seems like talent ripples through the Pegula family. Business moguls, tennis players and now a fashion designer, too, after Kelly Pegula unveiled her new line of clothing.
  Kelly Pegula’s line of self-designed One Buffalo clothing debuted on Friday live on News 4. The clothes are designed to be more subtle than typical bright blue and red Bills gear and more athletic casual, as well.
  The theme is a dark grey and black color scheme featuring the Pegula sl
  
  Read more

• Report: Manhattan U.S. Attorney probing Cuomo, Buffalo Billion

  18-09-2015 14:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo’s revitalization, spurred on by Governor Cuomo’s Buffalo Billion initiative, has reportedly drawn the eye of a U.S. Attorney in Manhattan known for fighting corruption. Preet Bharara is targeting the initiative in a growing probe against corruption.
  The New York Daily Post reported they learned of a probe by Bharara into the Buffalo Billion initiative, which would seem to be a far stretch out of his Manhattan district that spans the Bronx and
  
  Read more

• Good Neighbors: Cashier's Backpack Dive

  18-09-2015 13:49
  
  A retired teacher, now a cashier, gives back to students by handing out backpacks filled with school supplies.        
  
  Read more

• 178k children’s water bottles recalled

  18-09-2015 13:45 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (MEDIA GENERAL) — Zak Designs announced it would recall around 178,000 water bottles due to a choking hazard.
  The water bottles are described as 10-inch tall bottles with a flip-top spout on a twist-off cap with a colored plastic straw.
  Consumer Product Safety Commission says, the inner straw in the flip-top portion of the twist-off cap can break and become a choking hazard. The water bottles have popular characters on the front and come in a variety of colors inclu
  
  Read more

• Flu vaccine protects well this year, per CDC

  18-09-2015 13:39 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (MEDIA GENERAL) — It’s time for flu shots again, and health officials expect to avoid a repeat of the misery last winter, when immunizations weren’t a good match for a nasty surprise strain.
  More than 170 million doses of flu vaccine are expected to be administered this year, with options ranging from traditional shots, a nasal spray, a high-dose version for seniors and even a needle-free injection for the squeamish.
  “Getting the flu vaccine is the best way to pr
  
  Read more

• Buffalo’s theater district celebrates 34th “Curtain Up”

  18-09-2015 13:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Canes, monocles and white gloves will make their annual reappearance at Buffalo’s theater district Friday night as hundreds celebrate “Curtain Up” for the 34th year.
  The theater district lights up each year in September to celebrate the new season, and with that celebration, local businesses are set to benefit. The 600 block of Main Street will come alive when the celebration kicks off at 10 p.m. when theaters let out.
  Outside the theaters
  
  Read more

• Attempted kidnapping good reminder to teach kids about stranger danger

  18-09-2015 12:20 via wivb.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado Springs Police are searching for a suspect Friday after a man tried to kidnap a young boy.
  They say a concerned parent called them around 5:45 yesterday, after their 8-year-old son told them a man was following him in a large, white van.
  Police say the man continuously tried to convince the boy to come with him near the intersection of Warwick Lane and Brady Boulevard, but the boy said he isn’t allowed to talk to strangers and kept walking
  
  Read more

• Police: Angry woman attempts to run over store owner

  18-09-2015 12:12 via wivb.com
  
  MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) — A woman in Tennessee became so angry over a return, she allegedly tried to attack a store owner and then run him over with her vehicle.
  Surveillance video shows the woman talking with the owner outside the C & K Beauty and Wig store. Once they made it inside, the owner inspected the hair and told the customer he couldn’t give her a refund because the bag had been opened and the hair was damaged.
  She became angry and started swinging at the owner.
  
  Read more

• Trump declines to correct man who says Obama is Muslim

  18-09-2015 12:02 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has declined to correct a questioner at a town hall event who incorrectly stated that President Barack Obama is Muslim and said he’d be “looking at” claims of militant training camps on American soil.
  Trump, who has a history of making controversial remarks about immigrants and other groups, was kicking off a town hall event Thursday evening in Rochester, New Hampshire — his first since Wednesd
  
  Read more

• Giving a child a home: Supporting parents who foster and adopt

  18-09-2015 11:00 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  Juliana Walls is 2 years old, and loves to play in her toy kitchen. Her dark, curly hair is in contrast to her mother’s sandy blonde locks. She wasn’t born with her current name, and she didn’t always call her current parents “mom” and “dad”. Juliana entered Al and Jill Walls’ lives as a foster child.
  “When we first got her, she was very sick. She was malnourished and neglected, so we had to nurse her back t
  
  Read more

• A plea to the pope

  18-09-2015 06:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. – (WIVB) – Two Western New Yorkers who were alleged victims of sexual abuse are hoping Pope Francis will learn of their stories when he visits the United States.
  When Vanessa DeRosa of Niagara Falls was thirteen years old she says she was sexually touched and stalked by her Catholic school teacher Christian Butler. He later served time for abusing children.
  Venessa, who is now twenty-six, says “I don’t trust anybody who is supposed to be trustworthy, anybody
  
  Read more

• 2 sexual abuse victims turn to Pope Francis for help

  18-09-2015 06:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. – (WIVB) — Two western New Yorkers who were alleged victims of sexual abuse are hoping Pope Francis will learn of their stories when he visits the United States.
  When Vanessa DeRosa of Niagara Falls was 13-years-old she says she was sexually touched and stalked by her Catholic school teacher Christian Butler. He later served time for abusing children.
  Venessa, who is now twenty-six, says “I don’t trust anybody who is supposed to be trustworthy, anybody
  
  Read more

• Community Leaders Meet to Stop the Violence

  18-09-2015 05:47
  
  So many people showed up to Monday night's emergency town hall meeting to address recent violence in Buffalo, that community leaders met again on Thursday night.        
  
  Read more

• HHS changes rules for opioid treatment drug

  18-09-2015 05:41
  
  HHS changes rules for opioid treatment drug        
  
  Read more

• Navy vets reunite one last time

  18-09-2015 05:38 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A group of Navy veterans gathered in Western New York, reuniting for the last time.
  The men all served on a destroyer, the U. S.S. Miller, in the late 1950’s. They started having these reunions more than two decades ago.
  “These are all shipmates for the very same ship,” said Herb Phelan, a Navy Veteran who served on the ship from 1956 to 1960.  “We’ve been getting together for 23 years now.  The comradery, the share
  
  Read more

• Community center groundbreaking in Niagara Falls

  18-09-2015 05:36
  
  A nearly $2 million, 20,000-square-foot community center broke ground Thursday on 66th Street in Niagara Falls.        
  
  Read more

• Bills fans get the go-ahead to try to break a Guinness World Record

  18-09-2015 05:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Bills fans could be soon hold a world record. A fan commissioned the Guinness World Records to come to the Queen City when the Bills take on the Patriots.
  The GWR will bring in an adjudicator to measure the acoustics in Ralph Wilson Stadium. One fan, Brandon Campbell, had the idea after hearing the noise at the home opener.
  “I’ve been to a lot of different games before across the nation and I’ve heard loud crowds and fans,” said Campbell,
  
  Read more

• Police search for missing Amherst girl with Asperger’s

  18-09-2015 05:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An active search is underway for a missing 12-year-old Amherst girl with Asperger’s syndrome.
  Police reports that Grace Pesarehick disappeared at around 8 p.m. Thursday.
  She is described as being about 5 feet 3 inches tall and 105 pounds, with long brown hair and glasses. She was last seen wearing a yellow polo shirt and blue shorts while riding a yellow skateboard.
  The Erie County Sheriff’s Department launched its helicopter to assist with the searc
  
  Read more

• Police find Amherst girl with Asperger’s

  18-09-2015 05:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Buffalo located a missing 12-year-old Amherst girl with Asperger’s syndrome early Friday morning.
  Grace Pesarehick disappeared at around 8 p.m. Thursday.She was found around 1:20 a.m. Friday morning at Lafayette Square Hilton Garden Inn.
  She was taken home safely without incident.Police said it was phone calls from the public that helped them find the girl.
   
  
  Read more

• Sides argue whether fantasy football is considered gambling

  18-09-2015 04:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  As the football season kicks off in western New York, the question arises whether fantasy sports is gambling or gaming. It creates big controversy, but also big profits. If you watched the Bills versus Colts game on channel 4 this past Sunday, you no doubt saw advertisements for fantasy companies, DraftKings and FanDuel.
  The companies’ promise is to turn your fantasy players into big cash. You pick your dream team, and win or lose depending on h
  
  Read more

• Suspected serial bank robber arrested

  18-09-2015 03:48 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The man believed to be behind a string of bank robberies in West Seneca and Cheektowaga is off the streets.
  Police say Thomas Blachowski, of Depew, first struck an M&T Bank on Thruway Drive on Sept. 3. He’s of accused of moving on to rob a First Niagara Bank on Walden Avenue on Sept. 11 and then another M&T Bank branch on Slade Avenue on Sept. 15.
  Officers tracked down Blachowski near the Broadway Market, and he was taken into custody afte
  
  Read more

• Man’s wedding ring lost in lake in 1976 found and returned

  18-09-2015 03:33 via wivb.com
  
  DIAMOND POINT, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Deep under the sands and cold waters of Lake George, Dr. James Flynn’s wedding ring was lost for nearly 40 years.
  He lost the gold band he designed specially with his wife while swimming in Basin Bay near his summer home dock.
  “We gave up hope after a futile search of the bottom at that time,” he said.  “So after a while the memory of the loss faded.”
  Seasons, even decades passed with no sign of the family treasure, until th
  
  Read more

• Bove nabs Democratic nomination by just 35 votes

  18-09-2015 03:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The votes have finally all been tallied in the close primary race for West Seneca supervisor.
  Christina Bove claimed the Democratic nomination over incumbent Sheila Meegan a week after voters had weighed in.
  Once all the absentee ballots were counted, Bove had only 35 more votes.
  Bove is a former town board member and Erie County legislator.
   
   
  
  Read more

• Homicide victim had done time for manslaughter

  18-09-2015 03:25
  
  Buffalo Police say one man is dead and another is in serious condition at Erie County Medical Center        
  
  Read more

• School bus crashes into pond in Florida

  18-09-2015 03:04 via wivb.com
  
  HILLSBOROUGH CO., Fla. (WFLA) – A school bus crashed into a pond in Florida Thursday afternoon while carrying 27 students from Mary E. Bryant Elementary School.
  All students and the bus driver have been accounted for, and there are no reported serious injuries.
  The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said it’s unknown what caused the bus to run off the road. Deputies Greg Wehr, Steve Favors and Nancy Burkett jumped into the pond to rescue the children and driver, the sher
  
  Read more

• No criminal charges being filed in fatal hit-and-run

  18-09-2015 02:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — No criminal charges are being filed in the hit-and-run death of a 68-year-old woman and her dog.
  Dorothy Solomon was struck while walking on Ward Road in the Town of Boston back on May 23. She was rushed to the hospital, but later died.
  Following what police are calling lengthy investigation, authorities ruled there was no criminality involved in the accident.
  The identity of the driver is not being released.
   
   
  
  Read more

• Convicted killer sent to psych facility after release from prison

  18-09-2015 02:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A convicted killer from Kenmore who served his time in prison is now being sent to a secure psychiatric facility.
  John Justice was released earlier this month after nearly 30 years behind bars for killing his family and another man when he was just a teenager.
  Police say Justice stabbed his parents and 13-year-old brother to death at their Mang Avenue home back in 1985. He then killed a neighbor in a car accident, believed to be a failed suicide attempt.
  Informa
  
  Read more

• Study puts Buffalo at No. 10 among cities with most cheating spouses

  18-09-2015 01:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo may not be one of the country’s leading examples of men being faithful to their spouses.
  A new study, released by opinion-based infotainment website RoadSnacks, analyzed the number of Ashley Madison accounts in major U.S. cities. The results? Buffalo lands at No. 10 for the city with the most alleged cheaters.
  Ashley Madison markets itself as an online dating site for people looking to have discreet extramarital affairs. However, it becam
  
  Read more

• Attorney General accuses apartment complex of discrimination

  18-09-2015 01:24 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) – New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is suing the owners of Ivybrooke Apartments for violating the Town of West Seneca’s fair housing law, which bars landlords from turning away prospective tenants on the basis of race, religion, gender, or “source of income”.
  “This building manager was illegally rejecting potential tenants,” said Schneiderman, “simply because they were receiving government assistance to help pay rent.&
  
  Read more

• River scrap yard proposal concerns local residents

  18-09-2015 01:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — On the table before the Buffalo Common Council is a proposal to expand operations at this scrap metal and recycling yard along the Buffalo River. But who care about that body of water and local residents say they’re concerned about their new neighbor.))
  “We need the jobs, we need the work, we need to recycle,” said Laura Kelley, director of the  Old First Ward Community Association.“But we don’t need messy, dirty, inconsiderate neig
  
  Read more

Follow @Buffalo_News_US on Twitter!