• Senior living facility celebrates Bills spirit, calls on Rex Ryan to visit

    Senior living facility celebrates Bills spirit, calls on Rex Ryan to visit
    WHEATFIELD, N.Y. (WIVB) –  Some of the very first Buffalo Bills fans live at the Elderwood Senior Living facility in Wheatfield. To celebrate what they hope to be a successful season, they put together a music video to capture their passion.
    Dorothy Simiele, Elderwood Resident, said, “If you’re a true Bills fan, you’re loyal to the end, through the good and the bad years.”
    Like Simiele, many of the residents who live here at Elderwood are part of the origi
  • Officials: Manhunt for suspected Paris attacker on the run

    Officials: Manhunt for suspected Paris attacker on the run
    PARIS (AP modified) — French police put out a photo of a fugitive in the Paris attacks on Sunday, saying the suspect is on the run and too dangerous for anyone outside law enforcement to engage directly.
    Police identified the man suspected of renting the car that delivered attackers to the Bataclan concert hall as Salah Abdeslam, a 26-year-old born in Brussels. “Do not intervene yourself,” warns the message issued Sunday evening .
    Abdeslam is thought to be directly involve
  • Police investigation in Cheektowaga

    Police investigation in Cheektowaga
    CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – News 4 is working to learn more about a police investigation in Cheektowaga.
    There was heavy police presence on Princess Drive Saturday night. Princess Drive is located off of Union Road near Cleveland Drive.
    News 4 reached out to police for more information. We will update this story when new information comes into the newsroom.
     
  • Cheektowaga police investigating apparent homicide on Princess Dr.

    Cheektowaga police investigating apparent homicide on Princess Dr.
    CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Cheektowaga police were dispatched to 42 Princess Drive in the Town of Cheektowaga to conduct a welfare check around 6 p.m
    After gaining entry to the residence, officers found 56 year-old Peter Weipert deceased inside.
    The police department is calling his death an apparent homicide and his cause of death is pending an autopsy by the Erie County Medical Examiner’s Office Monday morning. 
    Investigation is on-going by Cheektowaga Detectives.
    Any
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  • Local veteran writes book to inspire others

    Local veteran writes book to inspire others
    A veteran from Williamsville was at Dog Ears Bookstore in Buffalo Saturday for a book signing.        
  • Forum brings together agencies fighting prescription drug abuse

    Forum brings together agencies fighting prescription drug abuse
    LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — Members representing different groups and agencies on the forefront of combating prescription drug abuse gathered Saturday to discuss the epidemic.
    “It’s tragic we’re here doing these things,” said Rob Kent, the General Council for the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse.  “It’s good this group and others are bringing all the right parties to the table. That’s our best hope to stem this and to
  • UB graduate student in Paris reacts to terror attacks

    UB graduate student in Paris reacts to terror attacks
    BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – There are at least four Western New York students studying abroad in Paris.
    UB officials said they have four students abroad in Paris and two students in the South of France. News 4 is waiting to hear if Buffalo State has any students there.
    No one was injured in the attacks, but now one University at Buffalo student says she is terrified of what’s next.
    Gabrielle Duval is a UB PHD candidate teaching English to students in Paris.
    She said she is now on edge aft

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