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• Man charged with DWI and two counts of Leandra’s law violations

  01-01-2016 23:33 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a motorist reporting a reckless driver around 12:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day.
  The vehicle in question was traveling northbound on S. Transit Rd. and turned westbound onto Robinson Rd. Patrols were dispatched to the area and intercepted the vehicle on Lockport Rd. just west of Bear Ridge Rd.
  Upon stopping the vehicle, Deputies discovered the vehicle to be operated by 19 year-old Trevor Kureczka. After b
  
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• Man accused of driving drunk with two teens in vehicle

  01-01-2016 23:33 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF PENDLETON, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 19-year-old man was committed to the Niagara County Jail on $750 bail after police say he drove drunk with two 15-year-olds in the vehicle.
  The incident happened just after 12 a.m. on New Year’s Day in the Town of Pendleton, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
  Trevor Kureczka faces two counts of Leandra’s Law violations.
  
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• Multiple police departments looking for Rochester man with ties to Lockport

  01-01-2016 23:28 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police from Greece, Rochester and Lockport are looking for a Rochester man wanted on two outstanding bench warrants.
  Police say Andrew Fletcher, 24, has ties to Lockport and Rochester and that anyone who sees him should use caution.
  Anyone who sees Fletcher is asked to immediately call 911.
  
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• Police: Man exposed himself outside apartment at UB

  01-01-2016 23:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — University at Buffalo Police are investigating an incident where they say a man exposed himself next to an apartment window at the college’s North Campus.
  University Police say the alleged Creekside Village incident happened around 7 p.m. Wednesday night.
  The suspect is described by a witness as a tall, white man. He was wearing a light grey hoodie, according to the witness. University Police say he was last seen heading toward Ellicott Complex on foot.
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• PHOTOS: Rich Newberg’s last day at News 4

  01-01-2016 23:00 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Photos from Senior Correspondent Rich Newberg’s last day at News 4 — December 31, 2015. Rich spent 37 years reporting in Buffalo before his retirement.
  APP USERS | Tap here to view the gallery.
  MORE | Watch our special on the career of Rich Newberg, ‘One Reporter’s Journey’, here.
  
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• Niagara County Manager to step down in March

  01-01-2016 22:27 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — Niagara County Manager Jeffrey Glatz plans to leave his position on March 31.
  Glatz submitted his resignation Thursday. In doing so, he said he has decided to ““step away from the rigors of serving as the chief administrator for a public corporation with a significant annual budget and a large workforce”  in order to focus on other parts of life.
  He has held the position for five years.
  While turning in the resignation letter, Glatz said,
  
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• Chautauqua County mother accused of tattooing 12 and 13-year-old sons

  01-01-2016 21:58 via wivb.com
  
  FREWSBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Chautauqua County woman is accused of illegally tattooing her two sons, aged 12 and 13.
  The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office says Frewsburg resident Chantilly Thomas, 34, tattooed “Ride or Die” on the back of her 12-year-old’s hand and tattooed a lightning bolt on the back of her 13-year-old’s hand.
  Thomas is not registered to tattoo anywhere in the United States. She was charged with unlawfully dealing with a child and w
  
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• Police: Ohio fugitive captured, passenger charged during Niagara Falls traffic stop

  01-01-2016 21:31 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police say they captured a fugitive from justice on the I-190 and charged his passenger with a drug offense.
  Ohio resident Kenneth J. Horner, 40, was stopped on the highway for the Move Over Law, according to State Police. An investigation by State Police says Horner was found to have two warrants out for his arrest related to separate cases in Ohio and Wyoming County.
  His passenger, Niagara Falls resident Jesse McCulloch, 22, was charged with cr
  
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• Citizen takes down armed robber at Town of Tonawanda 7-Eleven

  01-01-2016 20:42 via wivb.com
  
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  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Security footage from a Town of Tonawanda 7-Eleven store on Sheridan Drive shows a citizen taking down an armed robber in the store.
  Town of Tonawanda Police say the incident occurred just before 11 p.m. on Tuesday when Robert M. Samson, 59, entered the store, displayed a handgun and demanded cash from the clerk.
  As this was happening, a citizen with a large flashlight struck Samson several times in the head, dismantling and kn
  
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• PHOTOS: New Year’s Day snow across WNY

  01-01-2016 19:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After an unusually warm December 2015, New Year’s Day 2016 was filled with snow across western New York.
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• $5 million from Buffalo Billion prepared for arrival of Genesee County solar plant

  01-01-2016 19:25 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF ALABAMA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A portion of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Buffalo Billion program will be used toward a new solar energy plant coming to the Genesee County town of Alabama.
  $5 million from the program was released by the state this past week. It will be used toward the new 1366 Technologies plant at the Western New York Science and Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park.
  1366 Technologies is based in Massachusetts.
  $700 million is being invested by 1366 Technologies to cre
  
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• Buffalo hospital welcomes first baby of 2016

  01-01-2016 18:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Women & Children’s Hospital has seen the birth of their first 2016 baby.
  A baby boy named Gavin was born to Jessica Schlect and Richard Duda at 12:01 a.m. on January 1.
  He weighed seven pounds and four ounces.
  
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• Natalie Cole, Grammy winning singer, has died

  01-01-2016 18:12 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer Natalie Cole, the daughter of jazz legend Nat “King” Cole who carried on his musical legacy, has died.
  Publicist Maureen O’Connor says Cole died Thursday night. She was 65. O’Connor had no details about how or where Cole died.
  Cole had battled drug problems and hepatitis that forced her to undergo a kidney transplant in May 2009.
  Cole’s 1991 album, “Unforgettable … With Love,” sold some 14 million copies and won six
  
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• NY Attorney General sues to get DraftKings, FanDuel to return users’ money

  01-01-2016 17:55 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is turning up the heat on a pair of daily fantasy sports websites.
  Officials confirmed Friday that Schneiderman filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking that FanDuel and DraftKings give back all the money the sites won in New York State.
  The attorney general is asking that the money be returned to the users who lost it and that the sites pay a fine up to $5,000 per case.
  The sites took in about $200 million in entry fees last year from ab
  
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• Snowy roads to ring in New Year

  01-01-2016 17:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Many Western New Yorkers were waking up with a Lake Effect Snow Advisory in effect on New Year’s Day, and that was creating some difficult driving conditions around the area.
  Conditions around the area varied pretty widely Friday morning, from just a light dusting of snow in the Northtowns, to a fully snow-covered scene in Elma. With snow covering many roadways, it was all too easy for drivers to lose control.
  Our News 4 crew heard several reports of cars of th
  
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• Police: Woman carrying bag of meth arrested near Town of Tonawanda restaurant

  01-01-2016 17:12 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Town of Tonawanda Police say a woman suspected of possessing methamphetamine was arrested in the area of Ying’s K Cafe.
  The restaurant is located at the corner of Decatur Road and Niagara Falls Boulevard. Police arrested Dawn Weevie, 32, around 6:45 Friday morning.
  The Tonawanda woman was charged with felony criminal possession of a controlled substance after police say they found her carrying a large bag of meth that she had cooke
  
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• Police arrest woman suspected of possessing meth lab materials in Town of Tonawanda

  01-01-2016 17:12 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Town of Tonawanda Police tell News 4 that a woman suspected of possessing meth lab paraphernalia was arrested in the area of Ying’s K Cafe.
  The restaurant is located at the corner of Decatur Road and Niagara Falls Boulevard. Police made the arrest around 6:45 Friday morning. New York State Police were also at the scene.
  The suspect’s name has not been released. News 4 will have more information as it becomes available.
  
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• Three cars crash on Bailey Ave. overpass

  01-01-2016 16:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — At least three drivers in Buffalo started the new year off with a bad crash.
  The accident happened shortly after 1 a.m. Friday on the Bailey Avenue overpass between Walden Avenue and Broadway.
  Police say one person was hospitalized but not seriously hurt. Bridges tend to freeze before other roads, but police have not said if that’s why the drivers crashed.
  
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• 4 people sent to hospital in crash

  01-01-2016 13:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An intersection was shut down in Buffalo Friday morning following a two-car collision.
  It happened at the intersection of Genesee and Michigan around 5:45 a.m. A witness at the crash said the woman driving a green car was thrown from the vehicle. She was driving with two kids inside the car. The person driving the grey mini-van was injured in the crash as well. All 4 people were taken to the hospital.
  Accident investigators were there about one hour af
  
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• 4 people sent to hospital in Buffalo crash

  01-01-2016 13:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An intersection was shut down in Buffalo Friday morning following a two-car collision.
  It happened at the intersection of Genesee and Michigan around 5:45 a.m. A witness at the crash said the woman driving a green car was thrown from the vehicle. She was driving with two kids inside the car. The person driving the grey mini-van was injured in the crash as well. All 4 people were taken to the hospital.
  Accident investigators were there about one hour af
  
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• Live Stream: Watch the ball drop in Buffalo

  01-01-2016 05:30 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It’s one of the largest celebrations in the U.S., and it rings in the New Year.
  WATCH LIVE | Stream the event here if on the News 4 app.The ball is set to drop from the Electric Tower in downtown Buffalo at 11:59 on New Year’s Eve, dropping exactly on New Year’s Day.
  We’ll stream the event here as thousands watch live downtown; Happy holidays from Channel 4!
  
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• Security and celebrating on Buffalonians minds as they welcome 2016

  01-01-2016 04:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO N.Y. (WIVB) — Thousands of people are welcoming the new year at Buffalo’s ball drop.
  “We’re well prepared to make sure people have a good time tonight,” said Mayor Byron Brown.
  With the increase in people comes more security. The mayor says every major city celebration has more security; this year, after world and national events, Buffalo Police and other local agencies have more members on hand.
  “Public safety is a critical issue, critically important
  
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• Apartment evacuated because of suspicious device

  01-01-2016 04:42 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT N.Y. (WIVB) — Tenants of an apartment building in Lockport are back in their homes after a bomb scare Thursday night.
  Police said a new tenant was removing ceiling tiles to paint them when a suspicious device fell out.
  This happened on Genesee Street. The bomb squad was called to remove the device.
  No one was hurt. People were out of their apartments for a little more than an hour. Police are still investigating.
  
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• Walmart threat causes real reaction; juvenile, 11, faces felony

  01-01-2016 00:57 via wivb.com
  
  FREDONIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — An active shooter threat called in to the Walmart in Fredonia caused quite a stir Wednesday afternoon.
  Police responded in full force and caught the caller, who turned out to be just a boy. But because of incidents like these elsewhere, the hoax was treated as a real threat.
  “We just live in a very different world today than we ever did before,” said Fredonia Police Chief Brad Meyers.
  The juvenile, who was just 11, called Walmart repeatedly within a 15 m
  
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