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• Westwood environmental plan moves forward

  29-12-2015 23:41 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Following three failed attempts, the Amherst Town Board on Monday approved an environmental impact statement for the former Westwood Country Club.
  The vote, which passed narrowly 3 to 2, is the first movement toward the future of the 170-acre property in close to two years.
  Mensch Capital Partners bought the property in 2012 with hopes of turning it into a mixed-use development, which would include houses, apartments, office space, a nursing home and other businesses
  
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• Solar City lures spin off complex to South Buffalo

  29-12-2015 23:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –It’s the first major spin off development from the billion dollar Solar City project.
  Last night, the City’s Planning Board gave John W Danforth approval to spend seven million dollars on a new warehouse directly across South Park Avenue from the Solar City. It will cover 12 acres of a vacant field and be twice more space than the mechanical contracting company needs, so that other contractors who will supply Solar City can become tenants.
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• Police search for two larceny suspects

  29-12-2015 23:24 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officers are on the hunt for two suspects behind a larceny in Amherst.
  Amherst Police obtained security footage of two people who entered a Harlem Road store on Dec. 14 at about 7 p.m. Officers say the people captured on camera are described as a white or Hispanic male and a white female, both roughly 30-years-old.
  Anybody who can identify either person is asked to call police at (716) 689-1341.
  
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• Buffalo places in review of top 25 cities for beer enthusiasts

  29-12-2015 22:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo isn’t a bad place to grab a brew, according to a recent review of the nation’s larger cities.
  The SmartAsset review looked at different factors, including availability of beer, beer variety, price and how much people seem to enjoy their beers.
  Buffalo placed 23rd in the nation, ahead of numerous other cities. The top five cities on the list ranked as Portland, ME, Asheville NC, Portland, OR, Billings, MT and Denver, CO.
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• Local man indicted for alleged armed home invasion

  29-12-2015 22:07 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — After investigation into an armed home invasion robbery in Jamestown, one of two people in custody has been indicted.
  Officials say a grand jury handed up an eight count indictment, charging Jamestown man Felix Lozada, 25, of second degree burglary, burglary displaying a firearm, two counts of second degree robbery, two counts of second degree robbery displaying a firearm, two counts of second degree menacing with a firearm.
  Police say in November, Lozada and
  
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• Thieves return French police armbands, keep luxury loot

  29-12-2015 21:36 via wivb.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — A French prosecutor says choosy thieves returned a delivery of police armbands they say they inadvertently stole while targeting luxury goods.
  Vienne prosecutor Matthiew Bourrette told the Dauphine Libere newspaper that five masked thieves robbed a delivery center in Saint-Quentin-Fallavie on Dec. 22, making off with a shipment of Louis Vuitton products — as well as six packages destined for the national police.
  The paper reported for Tuesday’s editions that the pa
  
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• Erie County Sheriff’s Office to add shifts to curb drunken driving

  29-12-2015 21:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As western New York rings in the New Year, police will be on the watch for drunken driving.
  Officers with the Erie County Sheriff’s Office will be on the patrol for drivers who got behind the wheel while under the influence. They’re even adding 16 additional shifts as Jan. 1 approaches.
  Deputies will man the 16 additional shifts starting on Tuesday, all the way through the following week, focusing on areas across Erie County.
  Police warn they’r
  
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• ‘Receiver’ to oversee horse abuser’s animals until next court date

  29-12-2015 19:55 via wivb.com
  
  AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A five-year-long court proceeding was expected to come to a close this month, but issues between Beth Hoskins and the SPCA are not over yet.
  Hoskins was ordered to sell 29 of her 64 horses last year after she was convicted of animal abuse. The SPCA says Hoskins did not go through with the $50,000 court-approved sale of the horses to a Rochester farm over the weekend.
  Attorney George Muscato, who is representing Hoskins says a few things got in the way.
  
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• Woman accused of driving drunk, assaulting boyfriend and damaging a vehicle in Wyoming County

  29-12-2015 19:22 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF SHELDON, N.Y. (WIVB) — Wyoming County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a woman following a “rolling domestic” incident on Christmas Eve.
  The alleged incident occurred around 2 a.m. when deputies say Katherine E. Fowler punched her boyfriend in the face while driving him from East Aurora to his home in the Town of Sheldon.
  Authorities say upon the couple’s arrival, Fowler damaged the vehicle by ripping off the windshield wipers and scratch
  
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• Wellsville man facing child porn charges

  29-12-2015 18:57 via wivb.com
  
  WELLSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police say a Wellsville man faces child pornography charges amid an investigation that stemmed from a concerned family member.
  State Police have charged Tristin Weidman, 19, with two counts of promoting and two counts of possessing an obscene sexual performance of a child.
  A family member was concerned that Weidman was viewing and downloading child porn through the internet and his cell phone. That is when authorities were contacted. State
  
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• New Mexico couple saved after car was stranded under 12 feet of snow

  29-12-2015 18:04 via wivb.com
  
  CLOVIS, N.M. (KRQE) – Parts of New Mexico are still a dangerous mess Monday night after a winter storm slammed much of the state.
  Media General contributors heard about the efforts to save people who got caught up in the middle of it.
  One New Mexico couple suddenly found themselves trapped in their car under more than 12 feet of snow.
  It was a close call. One that left a couple out delivering newspapers trapped in their car for nearly 20 hours.
  People were on the outside trying everyt
  
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• Chicago officer pleads not guilty to murder charges

  29-12-2015 17:05 via wivb.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A white Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager 16 times has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.
  Jason Van Dyke appeared in Cook County Criminal court Tuesday in Chicago.
  Prosecutors announced last month they were charging Van Dyke with six counts of murder for the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
  Hours later, the city released squad car video of the shooting in which McDonald is seen veering away from Van Dyke before the veteran officer opens fi
  
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• Improving road conditions aid morning commute

  29-12-2015 17:04 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Many Western New Yorkers were waking up to wintery weather Tuesday, but the roads were generally in pretty good shape by the busiest time of the morning commute.
  Across the area, a weather system that came in Monday evening brought freezing rain, wet snow, and a crust of ice. But, thanks to warming temperatures in the early morning hours and lots of salt out on the roads, conditions improved pretty rapidly.
  “Just the snow melting, and hopefully it doesn’t
  
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• NY state to require smoke detectors with 10-year batteries

  29-12-2015 16:58 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state will soon mandate that new smoke detectors contain 10-year, non-removable batteries.
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the measure into law late Monday.
  States including California and Maryland already have similar requirements.
  When the new law takes effect in New York in 2017 the state will prohibit the sale of any detector that requires traditional replaceable batteries. The rule is intended to reduce tampering and ensure detectors
  
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• Two suspected of plotting terror attacks arrested in Belgium

  29-12-2015 16:42 via wivb.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities announced Tuesday they have arrested two men and seized military-type uniforms and Islamic State group propaganda in connection with a suspected plot to unleash holiday season attacks against police and celebrated locations in Brussels.
  The attacks under preparation “were the same style as those perpetrated in Paris Nov. 13,” in which 130 people were killed and hundreds injured by suicide bombers and gunmen equipped with Kalashnikov-style ass
  
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• Two babies born to same family on Christmas Day, thousands of miles apart

  29-12-2015 16:35 via wivb.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (MEDIA GENERAL CONTRIBUTORS) – Having a baby on Christmas is a gift in itself, but this holiday season, one family received two little miracles just hours apart and thousands of miles away.
  It’s a crazy coincidence.
  Dani and Eric Heimermann of Colorado Springs had their baby just a few hours apart from Eric’s sister and her husband in Cincinnati on Christmas Day.
  “It’s just pure chance. It was just crazy,” Dani said.
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• End of meat? Startups seek alternatives for the masses

  29-12-2015 16:25 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Brown is on an improbable mission: Make a burger Americans love, minus the meat.
  Veggie patties have been around for decades, but Brown and others want to make foods without animal products that look, cook and taste like the real thing — and can finally appeal to the masses.
  “We are not making a veggie burger. We’re creating meat without using animals,” said Brown, a former Stanford scientist who has been scanning plants in search of compound
  
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• Video: Fishermen spot great white shark off Florida coast

  29-12-2015 16:12 via wivb.com
  
  JACKSONVILLE, FL (WFLA) — A group of Jacksonville fishermen unexpectedly encountered a great white shark off of the coast during a fishing charter for red snapper this week.
  Captain Chard Starling of Team Buck Rogers captured a video of the shark on Saturday, December 26th off the coast of Jacksonville Beach. They say the shark was about 12-feet-long and hungry. The shark circled around the charter boat and chomped on a fish they were catching.
  According to Jacksonville Fishing Charters Fa
  
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• Police help 6-year-old who missed Christmas after her mom died unexpectedly

  29-12-2015 16:02 via wivb.com
  
  LIVERMORE, Calif. (WFLA) — Karma and her mother had only recently moved to California from Florida when her mother died suddenly from a medical emergency on Christmas.
  Police in Livermore, California are now asking for the public’s help to raise money for 6-year-old Karma, as well as help raise money for funeral expenses and transportation expenses to get Karma’s mother back to Florida.
  On Christmas afternoon, Livermore Police responded to a local hotel in response to a 39-year
  
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• Losing weight for 2016 doesn’t have to mean forking over the cash

  29-12-2015 15:56 via wivb.com
  
  (WJBF) — Fresh veggies, weight loss programs and gym memberships can add up.
  Losing weight doesn’t have to mean forking over the cash. There are plenty of inexpensive healthy options at the grocery store.
  “Chicken is a really good inexpensive lean protein, in terms of carbs, I would say brown rice is a really good way to go. You can also get your carbs from black beans,” healthy food blogger, Anna Aligood explained.
  Health food blogger, Anna Aligood lost 50 pounds by swit
  
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• Ice boom installation complete

  29-12-2015 15:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After installation began in the middle of December, the ice boom on Lake Erie is finished for the 2015-2016 season.
  The Lake Erie-Niagara River ice boom is an 8,800-feet long structure composed of 22 spans of steel pontoons. It is implemented to help prevent clogging of hydro-electric intakes, as well as flooding and damage to infrastructure that can be caused by ice jamming up in the Niagara River.
  What the boom does is promote a natural ice bridge on Lake Erie
  
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• Cattaraugus County man accused of stealing debit card

  29-12-2015 14:57 via wivb.com
  
  SPRINGVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Erie County Sheriff’s deputies say an Ashford man was found with a stolen debit card after a traffic stop in Springville.
  Deputies say Justin Prouty, 20, was stopped for unauthorized use of a vehicle. During processing, detectives say they questioned Prouty about a debit card that had been stolen from an acquaintance of his.
  During this time, authorities say they found the card and subsequently charged Prouty with felony grand larceny. Prouty was
  
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• Chautauqua County teen hospitalized after Amish buggy accident

  29-12-2015 14:24 via wivb.com
  
  SHERMAN, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office says a teenager was hospitalized after an accident involving an Amish buggy early Monday morning.
  The buggy was being pulled by a horse down Alder Bottom Road in the Town of Sherman shortly after 12 a.m. that morning. The 18-year-old man operating the buggy told deputies the horse became scared, making him lose control of the animal.
  Following this, deputies say the operator jumped from the bu
  
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• Horse abuser accused of taking animals back to her farm

  29-12-2015 13:35 via wivb.com
  
  AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A woman convicted of abusing her horses is in trouble with the law again.
  The Erie County SPCA says Beth Hoskins refused to sell her horses, despite a judge’s order.
  Hoskins did not sell more than 1,200 of her horses last week. The SPCA says she took them back to her Aurora farm.
  Horses were taken away from that farm in 2010 because Hoskins was not taking care of them. A jury convicted her of 52 counts of animal cruelty.
  Attorneys from both sides are due in
  
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• Guinea declared free of Ebola transmissions

  29-12-2015 13:19 via wivb.com
  
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The World Health Organization has declared the end of Ebola in Guinea, commending the people and the government on the achievement.
  The U.N. organization is holding a ceremony Tuesday to mark the step forward in the West African country where the worst Ebola outbreak in history started in December 2013.
  Guinea enters 90 days of heightened surveillance. More than 2,500 people have died in Guinea from Ebola. It has killed more than 11,300 people worldwide, mos
  
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• Suicide bombing kills 22, wounds 45 in northwestern Pakistan

  29-12-2015 13:05 via wivb.com
  
  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a government office in a northwestern Pakistani city on Tuesday, killing at least 22 people and wounding 45. A breakaway Taliban group quickly claimed responsibility for the attack.
  The bombing took place in the city of Mardan, outside the regional office of the National Database and Registration Authority, or NADRA, which issues identity cards to Pakistanis, according to senior police officer Saeed Khan Wazir.
  Wazir t
  
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• Buffalo Police say man tried to lure boy into van

  29-12-2015 12:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Police are investigating an incident where they say a man tried to lure an 11-year-old boy into his van.
  Police say just after 11:30 a.m. Sunday, a black male with a scruffy beard approached the boy while driving on O’Connell Street near Hamburg Street.
  The boy said the man asked him if he wanted some money, to which he replied, “No, I am good,” according to police. The child told police that the man then said to him, “I work
  
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• Kane plays in Sabres loss to Caps

  29-12-2015 06:05 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y.(WIVB)–  Buffalo Sabres star Evander Kane was in the lineup Monday night amid an ongoing sex-offense investigation. Kane played 20:20 and had 4 shots on goal in the Sabres 2-0 loss to the Capitals. He spoke briefly to the media following the game, “I enjoy playing hockey, I enjoy being around the rink and around the guys and playing in this league. I don’t take that lightly.” Kane left the game in the 2nd period and went to the locker room briefly when a
  
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• Holiday spending up 8 percent, online sales surge

  29-12-2015 04:49 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Americans have been doing more of their shopping by sitting at home — and they’ve been buying more items to sit on. And overall, spending during the holidays is up by nearly eight percent from a year ago.
  According to a report released today, Americans spent more on items like furniture during the holidays this year, with online shopping in particular seeing a big spike. It was up by 20 percent. But shopping at physical stores still accounts for the majority of
  
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• 1-year-old girl dies after being shot on Christmas in NC

  29-12-2015 04:47 via wivb.com
  
  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) – Two more men were arrested and both charged with murder just hours after a one-year-old girl shot in Chapel Hill on Christmas Day died Monday from her injuries, officials confirmed.
  Maleah Williams was hit in the head by gunfire when shots were fired from a vehicle leaving Trinity Court just before 5:45 p.m., family members and police said.
  Williams was transported to UNC Hospitals where she underwent surgery, but died on Monday.
  One suspect was arrested Sunday a
  
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• ‘Affluenza’ teen and mother detained in Mexico will be sent to US

  29-12-2015 04:44 via wivb.com
  
  (CNN) — Mexican authorities have detained so-called “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch and his mother, Tonya Couch, near the popular Mexican Pacific beach resort town of Puerto Vallarta, officials briefed on the matter told CNN.
  Couch went missing earlier this month, two years after he made national news when he was sentenced to probation for a drunken driving crash that killed four people.
  Couch is expected to be turned over to U.S. Marshals, who have spent weeks searching for him.
  
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• ‘Affluenza’ teen and mother detained in Mexico

  29-12-2015 04:44 via wivb.com
  
  (CNN) — Mexican authorities have detained so-called “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch and his mother near the popular Mexican Pacific beach resort town of Puerto Vallarta, officials briefed on the matter told CNN.
  Couch went missing earlier this month, two years after he made national news when he was sentenced to probation for a drunken driving crash that killed four people.
  Couch is expected to be turned over to U.S. Marshals, who have spent weeks searching for him.
  He is wanted b
  
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• Hawaii will become first state to raise legal age for tobacco, e-cigs to 21

  29-12-2015 04:41 via wivb.com
  
  HONOLULU, Hi (KHON) — With a new year will come a new law — Hawaii will soon make history as the first U.S. state to raise the legal smoking age to 21.
  The new law goes into effect on Friday, Jan. 1. Tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes or e-cigs, can only be sold to people who are at least 21 years old.
  New signs will be up in stores, telling customers about the new legal smoking age.
  “Anyone who looks under the age of 40, we ask for an I.D.,” said Ashl
  
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• Trump’s Twitter outburst at VA GOP may reveal low expectations for future of candidacy

  29-12-2015 04:37 via wivb.com
  
  ROANOKE (WSLS 10) – Donald Trump is lashing out at the Virginia Republican Party.
  The GOP front runner is upset the Party is requiring voters to sign a form declaring themselves Republicans before casting their ballots in the upcoming primary election in March.
  Through a series of tweets, Trump says the new rule will alienate independent voters who may not feel comfortable registering with the Republican Party.
  Thanks to this new rule instituted by the Republican Party in Virgini
  
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• Holtby, Capitals beat Sabres 2-0 for 8th straight win

  29-12-2015 04:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Braden Holtby made 31 saves and Alex Ovechkin scored to lead the Washington Capitals over the Buffalo Sabres 2-0 on Monday night for their eight straight win.
  Ovechkin scored 19 seconds into the second period and Jay Beagle scored about 12 minutes later to help the Eastern Conference-leading Capitals improve to 27-6-2, the best start in franchise history.
  Washington has earned a point in 15 of its last 16 games and trails the Dallas Stars by one point for the NHL lead.
  
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• 2015 Recap: Historic drug bust makes headlines in August

  29-12-2015 04:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As summer rolled on in western New York in August, police were hard at work creating some sensational headlines.
  Foremost of those headlines in August of 2015 was the seizure of the largest combined amount of drugs in U.S. history. Officers say that seizure was made in western New York, as police sniffed out a string of drugs that traveled across the nation.
  Officers in one fell swoop took over $3.5 million in drugs off the streets. The drug organizations that d
  
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• Motorhead frontman, hard-rock hero ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister dies

  29-12-2015 03:28 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, the Motorhead frontman whose outsized persona made him a hero for generations of hard-rockers and metal-heads, has died.
  Agent Andrew Goodfriend tells The Associated Press that Kilmister died on Monday in Los Angeles after a brief battle with aggressive cancer.
  Known simply as “Lemmy” to most, he was as famous for his mustache, mutton chops and the mole on his face as his music.
  But he was deeply respected and revered as a r
  
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• Teen charged with crash after allegedly fleeing cops

  29-12-2015 03:23 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A car crash in the Town of Clarence is being blamed on a 17-year-old with a revoked license.
  Officers say the teen crashed a car while fleeing Erie County Sheriff’s Deputies on Lapp Road. Officers pursued the teen after seeing a suspicious car pull into the Eastern Hills Mall parking lot.
  The driver of the vehicle initially submitted to a traffic stop, police say, but fled the scene while pulled over, once the deputy left his car to speak with the teen.
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• Cheektowaga man shot in Buffalo on Kermit Avenue in broad daylight

  29-12-2015 02:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Cheektowaga man is recovering in the hospital after police say he suffered a gunshot wound in Buffalo.
  Police responded to the first block of Kermit Avenue after receiving reports of shots fired. When they arrived to the scene at 2 p.m.,  they called for medical response, as a 29-year-old man from Cheektowaga was shot.
  First responders rushed the man to the Erie County Medical Center and set up a perimeter to investigate the shooting.
  Police are looking f
  
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• East Side could get its first new business–from the ground up–in years

  29-12-2015 01:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A local store owner would like to build a new convenience store-gas station combination on a large vacant lot at Broadway and Jefferson Ave., in Buffalo, and is asking the city’s Planning Board for permission.
  If approved, the project would be the first new minority-owned business, built from the ground up, on the city’s East Side in many years. It would be the second East Side convenience store owned by Amed Saleh, who submitted his proposal to the Buff
  
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• Buffalo recognize Grammy award-winning singer Tom Hambridge

  29-12-2015 01:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The talented singer, producer and songwriter Tom Hambridge will always be welcome in his home town of Buffalo.
  Mayor Brown saw to that Monday when he named Dec. 28 as Tom Hambridge Day in the City of Buffalo. Brown said Hambridge’s many awards speak to his successful career.
  “Our city is proud of Tom’s achievements and we thank him for his continued commitment and devotion to the arts, which help shape the heart of our society, a city’s q
  
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• 2015 in Memoriam: A look at those who are no longer with us

  29-12-2015 01:01 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A look at those who made a mark and passed in 2015
  APP USERS | Click here to see the gallery if on the News 4 app. 
  
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• Tornado tears through apartment complex in hard-hit Garland, Texas

  29-12-2015 00:56 via wivb.com
  
  GARLAND, Texas (KXAN) — As daylight broke on Garland on Monday morning, people came out to see their damaged apartments, some for the first time.
  When most of DFW was going to work Monday morning, Michael Johnson and his son Jay came back to the Landmark at Lake Village West Apartments to see what was left.
  “It literally sounded like a giant was stepping on trees in the forest,” said Johnson describing the storm as he walked through the rubble with his
  
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• Officials urge caution as WNY gets hit with dangerous driving conditions

  29-12-2015 00:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Across New York State, the winter of 2015 has been one for the record books thanks to its warm nature, however that warm streak is about to end.
  A wintry mix of snow, ice, rain and more will move into the area between Monday and Tuesday, creating a hazardous driving situation that could lead to accidents if drivers venture out unprepared.
  MORE | View the detailed forecast here. 
  The National Weather Service issued advisories for all counties across New York
  
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