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• 980 bags of heroin seized in West Side raid

  27-02-2016 23:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo police Narcotics Squad detectives seized 980 bags of heroin in an apartment raid Friday afternoon.
  Detectives executed a search warrant for the lower front apartment in the 100 block of Fifteenth Street around 1:45 p.m. Friday. Along with the heroin, police found a small amount of marijuana, a scale, and packaging materials.
  Erica Brown, 40, and her son Erik Arias, 22, were arrested on charges related to drug trafficking.
  Brown and Arias wer
  
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• Leaders at Immaculata Academy say they will “grieve” the loss of the school

  27-02-2016 20:39 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) – Immaculata Academy in Hamburg will officially close its doors this summer. This came as a shock to both students and parents in this community. Principal, Jill Monaco said, “It’s heartbreaking for the congregation the faculty and the staff for the students, and their families.”
  The Immaculata Academy community got the news Friday. After 88 years, the school would be closing for good this summer. To leaders at the school, this is
  
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• Two-car accident in Buffalo kills one driver

  27-02-2016 17:52 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A two car accident at Grider and E. Delavan injured one driver and killed the other Friday night around 10:30 p.m.
  Police say that a 21 year-old Buffalo man was traveling north on Grider when his Ford Edge struck a Chevy Equinox sending it into a pole.
  The driver of the Equinox was taken to ECMC where she was pronounced dead. The driver of the Ford suffered minor injuries.
  The Buffalo Police Accident Investigation Unit is working to identify
  
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• 8 Superfoods for your heart

  27-02-2016 17:19 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It’s American Heart Month and you should celebrate by feeding your body the right foods. A healthy heart starts with the right diet. This list of foods provides the right balance of fats, amino acids, vitamins and more to keep your heart pumping strong your entire life.
  To help you get started on the journey, here are eight superfoods to add to your grocery list:
  OatmealOatmeal is a good source of potassium and folate. It can help lower levels of LDL chol
  
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• Man hailed a hero after saving four neighbors from a burning house

  27-02-2016 13:35 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB)-  Four people including three children were rescued from a mobile home that caught on fire Friday.
  Robert Stauber lives next door to the home. He said when he smelled burning rubber he began checking out out car, thinking it was something there; but then he saw smoke coming out of his neighbor’s home.
  He knocked on the door and started yelling the woman’s name. Stauber says with the second know, the door began to bulge and smoke, billowed out.
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• Four saved from mobile home fire in East Aurora

  27-02-2016 13:35 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Four people including three children were rescued from a mobile home that caught on fire Friday, but one of those victims is under investigation in connection with the fire.
  Someone called 911 about 4:20 p.m. Friday, seeing the fire at the mobile home park off Olean Road.
  First responders saw the smoke and flames pouring from the home. They also found out that a neighbor had pulled a woman and three children from the mobile home.
  The children were treated at Sout
  
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• HS Hoops Semifinals: Park, Canisius to meet again

  27-02-2016 06:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After Stafford Trueheart and Canisius advanced past St. Francis in a 68-40 win, Jordan Nwora led Park past Timon, 64-55, setting up a clash of the MMA titans in the Manhattan Cup finals on Sunday.
  Elsewhere, at Jamestown Community College, three sectional champions emerged. In Class C1, Olmstead won its first ever sectional title, topping Chautauqua Lake. In Class C2, Middle College beat Silver Creek to claim the crown. And in Class D, Panama took home the title
  
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• Immaculata Academy students react after hearing their school is set to close

  27-02-2016 05:18 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — When the Immaculata Academy students left school Friday afternoon, all was normal.
  “Everyone had to go home because there was meeting,” said Abby Widger, a senior at the high school.
  Soon after, their parents received the news via email – the school would be closing at the end of the year.
  “It just came as such a complete shock to me,” said Widger.
  Friday night, she and Carolyn Ferris returned to school, wanting to be near something
  
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• Layoffs at Riverbend project may not last

  27-02-2016 04:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Consider it the ‘growing pains’ of one of the biggest construction project Buffalo has seen in years.
  On Friday, two hundred workers on the Solar City Riverbend construction project on South Park Avenue were told they were laid off. They work for subcontractors like Mader Construction, Quackenbush Company, and Mollenberg and Betz. New York State is behind by 85 million dollars in payments since October on the Riverbend project, and it was having a domino effect
  
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• Man who died saving children from burning home laid to rest

  27-02-2016 00:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It was a painful day for family and friends of Demetrius Johnson Sr., as the 24-year-old was laid to rest Friday, exactly one week after he charged into his burning home twice to save his children.
  Services at St. John Baptist Church were at times somber and uplifting; but at all times spiritual and supporting — exactly what this family says they needed after tragedy struck on Humber Avenue.
  “Honestly, I couldn’t comprehend it,” said Lequ
  
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• Immaculata Academy to close its doors in June

  27-02-2016 00:02 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Parents were informed today that Immaculata Academy will close at the end of the school year.
  “Due to the changing realities within the congregation, a school ministry is no longer a viable way for the congregation to further its mission and charism. All of our resources – time, energy, personnel, and fiscal have become substantially more limited,” a portion of the letter reads.
  A press release issued by the school states that 60 years ago, the
  
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