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• Sabres’ O’Reilly out 3-4 weeks

  21-02-2016 22:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After a 4-3 loss to Pittsburgh on home ice Sunday afternoon, the Buffalo Sabres quickly learned the loss wouldn’t sting nearly as much as the news that succeeded it.
  “Ryan O’Reilly is out 3-4 weeks with a lower body injury,” Sabres head coach Dan Bylsma told reporters after the loss. “He’s your number one guy, and that’s something you can’t replace.”
  O’Reilly is the Sabres’ leading scorer and in m
  
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• Sources: Body believed to be that of missing Syracuse child found in water

  21-02-2016 21:58 via wivb.com
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A body believed to be that of a missing Syracuse child was found in a body of water Around noon Tuesday, according to CBS affiliates in Syracuse.
  Police described the 21-month-old child, Maddox Lawrence, as white with blonde hair and brown eyes. The suspect behind the abduction, Ryan Lawrence, is the child’s father.
  Police say Lawrence left home with the child Saturday night, only leaving a note suggesting he would harm himself and the child. Of
  
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• Police “unfortunately confident” divers recovered baby Maddox’s body; DA suspects father’s jealousy

  21-02-2016 21:58 via wivb.com
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Divers for the New York State Police Department plunged into icy waters after officers near Syracuse arrested and interviewed the father of a missing child. Police say they pulled the body of a child from the water, and they believe it to be missing 21-month-old Maddox Lawrence.
  The suspect behind the abduction, Ryan Lawrence, 24, is the child’s father, but officers said he is known to have mental health issues and can be emotionally unstable. Officers say he
  
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• Police are “unfortunately confident” divers recovered baby Maddox’s body; Father to be charged

  21-02-2016 21:58 via wivb.com
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Divers for the New York State Police Department plunged into icy waters after officers near Syracuse arrested and interviewed the father of a missing child. Police say they pulled the body of a child from the water, and they believe it to be missing 21-month-old Maddox Lawrence.
  The suspect behind the abduction, Ryan Lawrence, is the child’s father, but officers said he is known to have mental health issues and can be emotionally unstable. Officers say he is f
  
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• AMBER ALERT: Syracuse child still missing, father arrested

  21-02-2016 21:58 via wivb.com
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Syracuse Police Department has activated the New York State AMBER Alert system and is investigating a child abduction that occurred near Valley Drive, in Syracuse around 10:57 p.m. on Saturday.
  Police described the 21-month-old child, Maddox Lawrence, as a white with blonde hair and brown eyes. The suspect behind the abduction, Ryan Lawrence, is the child’s father.
  Police say Lawrence left home with the child Saturday night, only l
  
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• AMBER ALERT: Syracuse child missing, father suspected of abduction

  21-02-2016 21:58 via wivb.com
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Syracuse Police Department has activated the New York State AMBER Alert system and is investigating a child abduction that occurred near Valley Drive, in Syracuse around 10:57 p.m. on Saturday.
  Police described the 21-month-old child, Maddox Lawrence, as a white with blonde hair and brown eyes. The suspect behind the abduction, Ryan Lawrence, is described as a 24-year-old white man with brown hair and brown eyes. He is roughly 5’11&rdqu
  
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• AMBER ALERT: Syracuse 21 month-old missing

  21-02-2016 21:58 via wivb.com
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Syracuse Police Department has activated the New York State AMBER Alert and is investigating a child abduction that occurred near Valley Drive, in Syracuse around 10:57 PM on 2/20/2016.
  The child, Maddox Lawrence is a White female, approximately 21 months-old with blonde hair and brown eyes. The suspect, Ryan Lawrence is a White male, approximately 24 years-old with brown hair and brown eyes. He is approximately 5’11” inches tall and weighs about
  
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• Gun safety class registration spikes in WNY

  21-02-2016 17:39 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB)- VFW post 2940 in West Seneca was packed Sunday morning, with Western New Yorkers eager to learn about guns.
  The free safety training class was organized by EMPact America, a non-profit gun rights group. You have to take the class in order to get pistol permit in New York State.
  “After Paris and San Bernardino, we have 5,000 on a wait list,” said the group’s president, David Bellavia.
  Bellavia said 90 percent of people who signed up for the cl
  
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• Sabres’ O’Reilly to miss 3 to 4 weeks with lower body injury

  21-02-2016 17:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Coach Dan Bylsma and the Buffalo Sabres are going to find out just how difficult it’ll be to play without top-line center Ryan O’Reilly over the next month.
  “He’s your No. 1 guy, and that’s something you can’t replace,” Bylsma said following a 4-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday.
  O’Reilly did not play against Pittsburgh, and Bylsma announced following the game that the top-line forward will miss three to four we
  
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• Sabres O’Reilly to miss 3-4 weeks with lower body injury

  21-02-2016 17:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Sabres leading scorer Ryan O’Reilly will miss three to four weeks with a lower body injury.
  Coach Dan Bylsma provided the update following a 4-3 loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday. O’Reilly did not play and was hurt in a 4-0 win at Columbus on Friday.
  Bylsma did not reveal the nature of the injury.
  O’Reilly’s absence presents a big blow to a team that had been finding its chemistry. The Sabres had a 3-0-1 streak snapped and were 5-2-3 in their
  
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• Arrest in “random” Michigan shootings

  21-02-2016 06:23 via wivb.com
  
  TEXAS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WIVB/WOOD) — Police in Kalamazoo County, Michigan say they have arrested suspect in the apparent random shootings of several people.At least five have been killed.
  Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas told WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids that multiple people were fatally shot at the Cracker Barrel in Texas Township and Seelye Kia dealership, located at 3820 Stadium Drive in Kalamazoo.
  Matyas said the suspect drove around randomly shooting people.Police had been looking
  
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• 6 killed in Michigan parking lot shootings; suspect arrested

  21-02-2016 06:23 via wivb.com
  
  KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A gunman who authorities believe chose victims at random shot people in the parking lots of a western Michigan apartment complex, car dealership and restaurant, killing at least six and seriously injuring two others — including a 14-year-old girl — during a rampage and subsequent manhunt that spanned nearly seven hours, authorities said.But authorities still cannot say what may have prompted 45-year-old Jason Dalton of Kalamazoo County, who has no crimin
  
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• Man killed in farm accident in Chautauqua County

  21-02-2016 06:11 via wivb.com
  
  Gerry, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man, 18, is dead after a farm accident, according to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office.
  Deputies were called to 28th Creek Road about 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
  They arrived at a farm there, and found an overturned tractor, along with Alan Harding, 18, of 28th Creek Road.He died at the scene.
  There are no charges, after police determined this to be a farm accident.
  
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• Big 4 Hoops: Bonnies stun No. 15 Dayton; UB, Canisius grab home wins

  21-02-2016 05:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After a backbreaking loss to a dreadful La Salle team, St. Bonaventure bounced back in the best possible way.
  The Bonnies beat No. 15 Dayton on the Flyers’ home floor, 79-72, led by 31 points from guard Jaylen Adams. The win puts the Bonnies right back into the at-large discussion for the upcoming NCAA tournament.
  Elsewhere, UB and Canisius picked up wins at home, while Niagara’s disappointing season continued with a home loss to Fairfield.
  
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• Friends remember and honor Humber Ave. fire victims

  21-02-2016 05:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Candle flames dance as dusk falls on the East Side. An American flag waves next to a cross placed on the lawn where now, only charred wood lays. It’s the spot where two men died Friday when a house fire broke out.
  Friends are gathering to remember Juan Alberto Montanez Navarro. He is the second victim who died at the Humber Avenue fire.
  “We come here today and we’re grieving,” said Sam Lozada, one of Montanez Navarro’s friends. &ldq
  
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• Donald Trump wins South Carolina Republican primary

  21-02-2016 01:41 via wivb.com
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Donald Trump has won the South Carolina Republican primary, a second-straight victory for the billionaire real estate mogul after his first-place finish in New Hampshire.
  Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio are in close race for second.
  Exit polls taken in South Carolina found that about three-quarters of Republican voters support a temporary ban on Muslims who are not American citizens from entering the United States. That’s one of Trump’s si
  
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