Buffalo news

• Guided tours at Chestnut Ridge Park

  10-10-2015 23:31 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Join an Erie County Park Ranger on a fall themed nature hike exploring the southern portion of the park.
  Rangers will be hiking a loop incorporating portions of the Ward Hill, Boy Scout, and Eternal Flame Trails while learning about the animals and trees of the forest.
  The hike will start at 10a.m. from the Eternal Flame Trailhead parking lot located on the west side of Rt. 277, south of the Chestnut Ridge Park main entrance.
  COME PREPARED:-Full bottle
  
  Read more

• Woman stops intruder with medieval combat skills, sword

  10-10-2015 22:29 via wivb.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana woman says her training in medieval combat helped her corner a home intruder.
  The Indianapolis Star reports (http://indy.st/1OsFqSo) 43-year-old Karen Dolley of Indianapolis threw punches until she had the man cornered during the Thursday night break-in. She then kept him subdued with a Japanese sword she keeps near her bed.
  Dolley says she learned to fight as a teenager in the Society for Creative Anachronism, a group that recreates skills of the Middle Ages
  
  Read more

• Trick or Treat Weekend at the Buffalo Zoo

  10-10-2015 20:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Buffalo Zoo will hold a Trick-or-Treat weekend at the Zoo Saturday and Sunday.
  Families are invited to dress up their children in Halloween costumes and bring them to the Zoo to visit over 15 treat stations. There will also be costumed characters including some from fairy tales, popular children’s’ movies, and not-too-scary Halloween creatures around the zoo.
  The entire family can also enjoy hayrides around the Zoo, and face painters, available on both
  
  Read more

• Thousands whisk away to Ellicottville for Fall Festival

  10-10-2015 20:44 via wivb.com
  
  ELLICOTTVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) –  Thousands whisk away for the weekend to Ellicottville for the 40th annual Fall Fest.
  Nothing screams fall quite like Western New York’s beautiful foliage. Top it off with some apple cider from  ‘The Big Apple’ and some festival food on a sunny, October day, and you have the makings of Fall Fest.
  Jay Clute, Owner of  ‘The Big Apple’ said, “Come on down and get your apple! An apple a day will keep the docto
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Two found dead in burnt out building in Buffalo

  10-10-2015 14:13 via wivb.com
  
  Buffalo, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two men were found dead in a building that caught fire in Buffalo Saturday morning.
  The fire started shortly before 5 a.m. on Curtiss Street, which is near Broadway and Memorial on Buffalo’s east side.
  Firefighters had said the building was vacant, but they were concerned about people being inside; several people did make it out of the building and are being offered assistance by the Red Cross, according to Garnell Whitfield, Buffalo Fire Commissioner.
  Several
  
  Read more

• Great Horned Owl released back into the wild

  10-10-2015 05:29
  
  On Friday, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) released a rehabilitated Great Horned Owl back into the wild.        
  
  Read more

• Bar closing time compromise possible

  10-10-2015 05:24
  
  A compromise could be in the works for Erie County's bar closing time.        
  
  Read more

• Buffalo working to hold onto history as it moves forward

  10-10-2015 04:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo’s resurgence is no secret. The city is working to move forward, rebuilding and refurbishing architecture and all around the area.
  “If we don’t remember our history we will make the same mistakes over and over again,” said Jessie Fisher, the Executive Director for Preservation Buffalo Niagara.
  Buffalo, a city with strong industrial and waterway roots, is working to hold onto those as they move forward. Fisher points to Canalside an
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Falls water pipes not replaced yet

  10-10-2015 04:10 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB)- The leaves are falling, the furnaces are kicking on, but the water pipes under 72nd Street haven’t been changed yet.
  Last winter, about sixty residents had no running water when the underground pipes froze. Neighbors who had service shared with those who didn’t through garden hoses.
  Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster announced over the summer that the City will proceed with a project to fix the problem sometime before mid-November.
  “And I’m lookin
  
  Read more

• Kearns takes his “shame” campaign to Grand Island

  10-10-2015 02:45 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Assemblyman Michael Kearns has been staging a weekly “Shame the Banks” campaign since August–hoping major banks would start taking care of the vacant properties they have foreclosed on.
  Also called “Foreclosure Friday”, Kearns’ shame campaign has taken him to Buffalo, West Seneca, and Amherst.
  Just to show all bank foreclosures, also known as “zombie properties”, are not limited to Buffalo and the first ri
  
  Read more

• Family of teen who died at West Virginia Univ. files lawsuit

  10-10-2015 02:13
  
  Family of teen who died at West Virginia Univ. files lawsuit        
  
  Read more

• Group protests minority hiring policy at Solar City

  10-10-2015 02:03
  
  Protesters from local community groups gathered outside the SolarCity construction site in South Buffalo to call for a return to the 25 percent minority workforce goal originally floated for the project.        
  
  Read more

• Consumer watchdog agency weighs lost credit cardholder rights

  10-10-2015 02:03 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Would you be willing to give up some of your rights to get a credit card, a debit card, or a car loan? Chances are you already have: It’s in the fine print of your credit agreement.
  When consumers sign up for a credit card, or just about any other consumer contract, buried in the fine print is a clause for settling disputes which only allows arbitration. Agreeing to binding arbitration means giving up the right to sue.
  If the retailer, or bank, decides to
  
  Read more

• Some predict pumpkin shortage by Thanksgiving

  10-10-2015 01:44 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (WIVB) — Across the nation, some, but not all, pumpkin farmers are reporting real losses from a wet growing season.
  Some Americans may find themselves without pumpkin pie on the table this coming Thanksgiving due to the shortage. Pumpkin cross nationwide are down by about half compared to last year, potentially impacting canned pumpkins.
  Canned pumpkins on the shelves this year are from 2014 crop, however once they’re off the shelves, producers like Libbys may not have
  
  Read more

• Family of Nolan Burch file lawsuit against West Virginia University

  10-10-2015 01:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — In order to set a precedent for change in the future, the family of Nolan Burch has officially filed a lawsuit against West Virginia University for the death of the 18-year-old.
  Terry Connors, the Burch family attorney, announced Friday that roughly five months after detailing a potential lawsuit, the Burch family has gone forward with legal action. Nolan Burch died two days after members of a fraternity he attempted to pledge membership to found him unconscious
  
  Read more

• More movie crews coming to WNY

  10-10-2015 00:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Starting Monday, more movie crews will be shooting scenes in the Village of Lewiston. The Mayor of Lewiston will hold a press conference to announce more details then.
  Also on Monday, crews wishing to keep their whereabouts top secret will begin shooting scenes in Erie County. No updates are expected on that movie until filming has completed.
  Although top actors and actresses like Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie won’t be walking around downtown Buffalo,
  
  Read more

• Police sources say viral video suspect had drugs in his mouth

  10-10-2015 00:27
  
  Man with drugs in his mouth, sources say, was arrested in Buffalo and it was caught on video        
  
  Read more

• Local employees trade desks for hammers, saws

  10-10-2015 00:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — More than a dozen volunteers — many of them Bank of America employees — ditched the office confines Friday and stepped outside their working comfort zones.
  “No matter the skill or what they know, they’re all ready to go and willing to work,” said Chuck Drumsta, site supervisor for Habitat for Humanity.
  Joining forces with Habitat for Humanity in Buffalo, they handled saws and hammers rather than money, and counted nails instead of pennie
  
  Read more

Follow @Buffalo_News_US on Twitter!