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• JDF Holdings a “no show” in Housing Court

  05-10-2015 23:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- It was supposed to be a day of reckoning for a local developer, but he was a no-show in court.
  City inspectors had ordered representatives of JFD Holdings, owned by Frank Deni, to appear before Buffalo City Housing Court Judge Patrick Carney to explain why their property at 1820 Elmwood Avenue still hasn’t been cleaned up since the day it burned almost six months ago.
  What’s known as the ‘Dow Building’ on Elmwood near Hertel Avenue had been vacant fo
  
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• General Mills recalling 1.8M Cheerios boxes on allergy risk

  05-10-2015 23:30 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — General Mills is recalling 1.8 million boxes of Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios produced at a plant in Lodi, California, saying the cereal is labeled gluten-free but actually contains wheat.
  The recall affects Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios that were made in July. The Minneapolis company said Monday wheat flour was inadvertently used in a gluten-free oat flour system. The use of wheat flour means the cereals are not gluten-free, and people with conditions like wheat allerg
  
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• Police feel the heat on the street

  05-10-2015 23:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - It’s been a challenging year for police and civilians across the nation.
  There's Ferguson, Baltimore, New York City, and the list goes on.
  Western New York police agencies are not immune from the national conversation about use of force issues.
  “It's a dangerous job.” said Kim Beaty, a deputy commissioner of the Buffalo Police Department. “I would say this is the toughest time we've seen as far as being a law enforcement officer because people are k
  
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• Medical emergency sends Boston-bound plane to NY; pilot dies

  05-10-2015 22:42 via wivb.com
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — An American Airlines flight from Phoenix to Boston was diverted to Syracuse, New York, Monday morning after the captain became ill and later died, according to an airline spokeswoman.
  Andrea Huguely said Flight 550 left Phoenix at 11:55 p.m. local time and was diverted mid-flight, landing shortly after 7 a.m. EDT. She said that after the flight’s captain was stricken, the first officer safely landed the plane with 147 passengers and five crew members onboard.
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• Meet Val the bartender: Hillary Clinton does an ‘SNL’ skit

  05-10-2015 22:31 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Set ’em up, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and lend an ear to the troubles of a presidential candidate.
  The front-runner for the Democratic nomination appeared on the season opener of “Saturday Night Live” as a wise bartender named Val who pours a drink or two for,  ahem, Hillary Clinton (played by “SNL” regular Kate McKinnon).
  Most political candidates play themselves on “SNL,” often for just a cameo in a sketch or to declare the s
  
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• Recall expands for chicken products due to possible salmonella

  05-10-2015 22:27 via wivb.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) — Aspen Foods is recalling approximately 561,000 pounds of frozen, raw, stuffed and breaded chicken products that appear to be ready-to-eat and may be contaminated with salmonella, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.
  The frozen, raw, stuffed, and breaded chicken items affected in the recall were produced between August 25, 2015 and September 17, 2015 with “best if used by” dates of August 23, 2016 to December
  
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• 9 confirmed deaths mark historic flooding in South Carolina

  05-10-2015 22:24 via wivb.com
  
  COLUMBIA, SC (WBTW) – In a press conference Monday afternoon, Governor Nikki Haley announced the number of weather related deaths in South Carolina has increased.
  “We are unfortunately now at nine weather related fatalities,” says Gov. Haley, “This is dangerous. This is very real.”
  Five drownings and four traffic related fatalities have been reported throughout the state, confirms Governor Haley.
  Gov. Haley also updated the residents of the state on road conditions,
  
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• 6 confirmed deaths mark historic flooding in South Carolina

  05-10-2015 22:24 via wivb.com
  
  COLUMBIA, SC (WCBD) – South Carolina Emergency Management Department has confirmed six deaths related to the flooding caused by massive rains over the weekend.
  According to Richland County Coroner Gary Watts, the deaths include a woman whose body was found near Sunset Boulevard early Sunday.
  A South Carolina Department of Transportation employee was also killed Sunday while overseeing work.
  According to Watts, 45-year-old Timothy Wayne Gibson was on Garners Ferry Road.
  The highway patrol u
  
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• Coast Guard: Missing ship sank, one body found, search ongoing

  05-10-2015 22:13 via wivb.com
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The captain of the 790-foot El Faro planned to bypass Hurricane Joaquin, but some kind of mechanical failure left the U.S. container ship with 33 people aboard helplessly — and tragically — adrift in the path of the powerful storm, the vessel’s owners say.
  On Monday, four days after the ship vanished, the Coast Guard concluded it sank near the Bahamas in about 15,000 feet of water. One unidentified body in a survival suit was recovered, and the s
  
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• Police: Man caught speeding nearly twice over speed limit while drunk

  05-10-2015 21:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — While on patrol in the City of Buffalo, police say they caught a speeder ripping across the I-190 while drunk.
  New York State Police stopped Jose L. Nieves-Castro, 30, after clocking him traveling at about 105 miles per hour (MPH) in a 55 MPH zone. While investigating, officers say they recognized Nieves-Castro was drunk.
  Police arrested then attempted to test his sobriety, however Nieves-Castro allegedly refused to cooperate. That led police to charge him with
  
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• Wanted local man linked to phone scams in other states

  05-10-2015 21:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police across western New York are attempting to help victims across the nation after they were scammed of funds by a local man who claimed to be a law enforcement officer.
  Officers with the Erie County Sheriff’s Office say multiple agencies are looking to identify a man caught on camera who allegedly has scammed multiple people over the phone. Officers locally are aiding officers in Florida and Nevada with the cases.
  Those officers say the man has called
  
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• Local business slapped with lawsuits in designer drug crackdown in NY

  05-10-2015 20:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Multiple companies allegedly selling items laced with illegal substances have been slapped with legal action, including a western New York retailer.
  New York’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said his office is working to combat designer drugs, addictive substances that he says are ruining families and communities in New York.
  The drug crackdown targeted a number of New York businesses, including Surrealistic Sensations — an Erie County busin
  
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• Vulnerable elderly woman goes missing again and is found

  05-10-2015 20:04 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An elderly woman with Alzheimer’s who again went missing in the City of Buffalo after a scare just five days earlier has been found.
  Police searched Monday morning for  Barbara McCarthy, a 74-year-old Starin Avenue woman. She also went missing on Wednesday, Sept. 30, and police located her in Niagara Falls just a day later.
  McCarthy’s family says she lives in north Buffalo, but has been known to frequent downtown in the past.  After finding
  
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• WNY dog trainer known all over the world

  05-10-2015 19:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  From big dogs to little dogs, it doesn’t matter the size or breed. As long as Tyler Muto is around his best friends, he’s happy. People started noticing it when he was in college.
  “In Geneseo, where I went to school, there was a lot of people that didn’t even know my name, they just kind of new me as the guy with the dog, because I was always walking around with my dog all over campus all the time,” he told News 4.
  But now, lots of
  
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• Amtrak train derails in Vermont

  05-10-2015 18:17 via wivb.com
  
  ROXBURY, Vt. (WIVB) — A derailment on train tracks in Vermont left several people with injuries Monday.
  Officials with Amtrak say the train, named the Vermonter, struck a rock slide and derailed at about 11:40 a.m.
  First responders are on the scene, however Amtrak officials say they don’t believe anybody sustained life-threatening injuries.
  News 4 will update this story with more information when it becomes available.
  
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• Federal grant money to fund education initiatives in two struggling Buffalo schools

  05-10-2015 17:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – District, local, state and federal leaders came together Monday morning to announce a $2.5 million grant award to the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County, that will keep a ‘Closing the Gap’ initiative going at Southside Elementary and South Park High School for the next five years.
  This is the second time the United Way has received this grant, which has been used in several schools in the past. This latest grant award has been specifically earmarked fo
  
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• Federal grant money to fund education initiatives in two Buffalo schools

  05-10-2015 17:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – District, local, state and federal leaders came together Monday morning to announce a $2.5 million grant award to the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County, that will keep a ‘Closing the Gap’ initiative going at Southside Elementary and South Park High School for the next five years.
  This is the second time the United Way has received this grant, which has been used in several schools in the past. This latest grant award has been specifically earmarked fo
  
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• Former NU hockey player granted $250k bail; second person charged in murder case

  05-10-2015 17:45 via wivb.com
  
  CATON, N.Y. (WIVB) — As police continue to investigate the murder of a mother of two, they’ve identified a second person who they charged with second degree murder.
  Police in Steuben County announced they charged 44-year-old Michael Beard with second degree murder less than a week after charging 37-year-old Thomas Clayton, 35-year-old Kelley Clayton’s husband, with the same crime. The two could be charged with additional crimes as police continue to expand their investigat
  
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• Pumpkin weigh-off crowns champion

  05-10-2015 16:35 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) – More than 20 competitors from New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio brought their giant gourds to the Great Pumpkin Weigh-off in Clarence Sunday.
  “This is known to pumpkin growers, they win a lot of money in this. It’s something we always look forward to because you’re going to see pumpkins like you’re never going to see,” said Kelly Schultz, owner of the Great Pumpkin Farm.
  “We get money for them and also it’s kind of fun to do i
  
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• Woman hit and killed by car

  05-10-2015 14:49 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF HANOVER, N.Y. (WIVB) – Chautauqua County Sheriff Deputies report that a 44 year-old woman was hit by a car and killed on Saturday.
  Andrea Waterman was walking in the area near Route 5 and Route 20 when she was hit.
  She was taken to ECMC, where she died.
  The driver of the vehicle that hit her is not facing charges.
   
  
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• Missing boy located in Buffalo

  05-10-2015 12:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A boy, 11, Buffalo Police were looking for has been found safe.
  Amari Maddox was reported missing; he had last been seen at a home on Genesee Street.
  According to police, Maddox was back at his home around 8:00 a.m. Monday.
  
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• Buffalo police searching for missing 11-year-old boy

  05-10-2015 12:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo police are searching for an 11-year-old boy.
  Amari Maddox is 4’7″ tall and weighs 86 pounds.
  He was last seen at a home on Genesee Street.
  He was wearing a white jacket with blue sleeves, a white Nautica shirt, blue jeans and blue sneakers.
  If you see him, you are asked to call 9-1-1.
   
   
  
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• Police charge second man w/murder in connection to death of former NU hockey player’s wife

  05-10-2015 11:46 via wivb.com
  
  CATON, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Steuben County District Attorney has charged a second man with murder in connection to the death of Kelley Clayton. The 35-year-old was married to Thomas Clayton, a former Niagara University hockey player.
  After Clayton’s arrest, police say their investigation revealed a second person was involved in Kelley’s death.
  Authorities arrested and arraigned 44-year-old Michael Beard on a murder charge in the Town of Caton Court on October 2.
  Last Tuesday, poli
  
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• Police charge second man with murder in connection to death of former NU hockey player’s wife

  05-10-2015 11:46 via wivb.com
  
  CATON, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Steuben County District Attorney has charged a second man with murder in connection to the death of Kelley Clayton. The 35-year-old was married to Thomas Clayton, a former Niagara University hockey player.
  After Clayton’s arrest, police say their investigation revealed a second person was involved in Kelley’s death.
  Authorities arrested and arraigned 44-year-old Michael Beard on a murder charge in the Town of Caton Court on October 2.
  Last Tuesday, poli
  
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• Buffalo State community gathers to address safety concerns

  05-10-2015 05:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Dozens of students, faculty and staff members gathered Sunday evening at Rockwell Hall on the SUNY Buffalo State college campus for a town hall forum discussing campus safety.
  These talks are coming after a string of five separate incidents have taken place on campus – two sexual assault, two armed robberies and a stabbing.
  “A few incidents in a short time does not make us a safe campus but it does give us a concern to address and to get input f
  
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• Buffalo State administrators, police vow to handle crime

  05-10-2015 05:09
  
  Buffalo State Police have increased patrols on campus and school administration has vowed to review safety procedures.        
  
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• Questions surround Buffalo Billion

  05-10-2015 04:54
  
  On Sunday, 2 On Your Side investigative reporter Steve Brown and Jim Heaney from Investigative Post discussed the questions surrounding the Buffalo Billion.        
  
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• NYSDOT installing new pedestrian bridge over I-190

  05-10-2015 02:24
  
  New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) crews are preparing to install a new pedestrian bridge over the Niagara Section (I-190) of New York State Interstate Thruway near the Peace Bridge.        
  
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• Winning pumpkin weighs in at more than 1,700 lbs.

  05-10-2015 00:47
  
  This year's largest pumpkin weigh-in was held with 19 different entries.        
  
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• Benefit for homes without heat after floods

  05-10-2015 00:46
  
  Guests could buy dinner or take part in a number of auctions and raffles to help the cause.        
  
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