Buffalo news

• Bills fans party London style

  24-10-2015 22:32 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (WIVB) – Bills fans took over Regent Street in London for the huge NFL party.
  The Jacksonville Jaguars are the hometown team but it didn’t sound like it.
  Bills fans drowned out Jags fans as both teams stood on stage one at a time on Saturday.
  Coach Rex Ryan says he is proud to represent Buffalo and beyond in London and thanked the thousands of fans who traveled across the pond.
  Mario Williams had red contacts in, fire in his eyes, looking out into the sea of Bills fans, tellin
  
  Read more

• Maureen O’Hara, spirited movie star, dies at 95

  24-10-2015 22:20 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fiery-haired and feisty, Maureen O’Hara could handle anything the world and Hollywood threw at her. Director John Ford punched her in the jaw at a party and John Wayne dragged her through sheep dung — real sheep dung — in “The Quiet Man.” In “Miracle on 34th Street” she learned to believe in Santa Claus.
  But first and foremost, she always believed in herself.
  “I do like to get my own way,” she said in a 1991 interview
  
  Read more

• Honor Flight Buffalo takes off on flight 18

  24-10-2015 22:12 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Honor Flight Buffalo wrapped up its 2015 season Sunday with 26 World War II WNY heroes.
  Theses hometown heroes waited seven decades see their memorial and range in ages 89 to 99.
  Some of the servicemen were recipients of Purple Hearts, Bronze and Silver Stars. One was a Prisoner of War for more than four years.
  Honor Flight Buffalo is a not-for-profit all-volunteer charity organization that flies World War II veterans to see the memorial in Washington, DC.This one da
  
  Read more

• Police: 3 dead, 22 injured after homecoming parade crash

  24-10-2015 19:47 via wivb.com
  
  STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — A woman arrested on a DUI charge crashed into a crowd of spectators Saturday during the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade, killing three people and injuring nearly two dozen others, police said.
  Stillwater police Capt. Kyle Gibbs said the woman’s sedan plowed into an unoccupied motorcycle of an officer who was working security at the parade, then into the crowd. The driver of the sedan was taken into custody on a driving under the influence charge,
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• 4 dead, including 2-year-old, after homecoming parade crash

  24-10-2015 19:47 via wivb.com
  
  STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — A woman suspected of driving under the influence plowed into a crowd Saturday during the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade, killing four people — including a toddler — and injuring dozens more in a collision that sent some spectators flying through the air.
  Stillwater police Capt. Kyle Gibbs said the woman’s Hyundai Elantra struck an unoccupied motorcycle of an officer who was working security at the parade, then went into the crowd. She
  
  Read more

• Eagle scout follows in father’s footsteps through service project

  24-10-2015 19:37 via wivb.com
  
  GETZVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) –  A Pendleton high school junior is finally “Eagling out” after more then 10 years as a Scout. His final project will repair a pathway at his local church. It’s the same pathway his own dad built there more then 20 years ago.
  Brick by brick, like father, like son. Colton Meyer,16, is literally following in his dad’s footsteps. He said, “My dad built this when he used to work for his old company 25 years ago. I though
  
  Read more

• EC Sheriff’s Office looking for Holland hit-and-run driver

  24-10-2015 19:22 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF HOLLAND, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Erie County Sheriff’s office is attempting to locate the driver involved in a Saturday morning hit-and-run.
  The Sheriff’s Office says a pedestrian was struck on Olean Rd. between N. Protection and Savage Rd. between1:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m.
  Mercy Flight transported the victim to ECMC with lower body injuries that appear to be non-life threatening.
  The vehicle involved is believed to be a dark sedan. Anyone with information is asked to contact the&
  
  Read more

• Scholar Athlete: Zipporah Barrett

  24-10-2015 18:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Each month, News 4 profiles two outstanding high school student-athletes in Western New York who excel both on and off the field. Our first Scholar Athlete comes from Wilson High School.
  Tom Martin introduces us to senior Zipporah Barrett in the video above.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Obama: Cap class time devoted to standardized student tests

  24-10-2015 18:20 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Targeting one of education’s most divisive issues, President Barack Obama on Saturday called for capping standardized testing at 2 percent of classroom time and said the government shares responsibility for turning tests into the be-all and end-all of American schools.
  Students spend about 20 to 25 hours a school year taking standardized tests, according to a study of the nation’s 66 largest school districts that was released
  
  Read more

• Bundle Up Buffalo provides winter clothes to families in need

  24-10-2015 17:35
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Everyone knows how cold the winter can be in Buffalo, which is why it is important that everyone is prepared for it.        
  
  Read more

• East side shooting Saturday sends two to hospital

  24-10-2015 14:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two people were wounded in a shooting Saturday morning on the city’s east side.
  The shooting happened around 1:45 a.m. around the corner of Erb Street and Lang Avenue, according to police.They say both victims were transported to Erie County Medical Center.
  One of the victim has serious injuries, according to police, while the other is expected to survive.
  
  Read more

• Prep Football Friday: Section VI Quarterfinals

  24-10-2015 06:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Happy playoff season, high school football fans! Here are highlights from Friday’s action:
  Lancaster vs. Lockport
  West Seneca East vs. North Tonawanda
  Cheektowaga vs. Lew-Port
  
  Read more

• Teamwork keeps Canalside up and running all year

  24-10-2015 05:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Walking along the waterfront at Canalside, progress and improvements are obvious – there is blue fencing at the end of the boardwalk, mix-matched planks of wood, a construction trailer and equipment.
  “We’re trying to turn it into a year round destination and we’re making progress,” said Sam Hoyt, the Regional President for Empire State Development.
  From summertime concerts to outdoor skating rinks and fall festivals, Empire State De
  
  Read more

• Deputy involved in fatal crash in Cambria

  24-10-2015 00:59 via wivb.com
  
  CAMBRIA, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Niagara County Sheriff’s deputy who authorities say had activated his emergency lights, T-boned an SUV Thursday evening. The male driver of the Jeep was killed. His female passenger has internal injuries. The deputy’s injuries are said not to be life threatening. Both survivors of the crash were taken by Mercy Flight to the Erie County Medical Center.
  No names are being released. The Sheriff’s Office says there was a dash-cam in the deputy’s
  
  Read more

• Local auto repair shop gives Erie County SPCA $10,000

  24-10-2015 00:45 via wivb.com
  
  ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Erie County SPCA is getting a big boost thanks to a local auto repair shop. Carubba Collision donated $10,000 raised during its annual golf  tournament.
  The donation will help pay for the organization’s new facility in West Seneca. It’s a project they’ve been working on for at least three years now.
  The SPCA hopes to raise $12 million. They’ve raised about $10 million so far and told News 4 every donation will be matched.
  The o
  
  Read more

• UB’s entrepreneurship academy awarded big boost

  24-10-2015 00:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Entrepreneurship is big business. Consider what’s happening this weekend at 43 North, a business incubator that will award $5 million in prizes for new start-ups.
  A number of folks in those start-up companies come from the campus of UB, whose entrepreneurship academy was awarded an $800,000 grant Friday to help broaden an already successful program.
  UB Senior Alan Zhang is majoring in computer science. But his Friday afternoon class has little to do with keyboa
  
  Read more

Follow @Buffalo_News_US on Twitter!