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• Farmersville couple faces additional 12 charges, bringing total to 36

  15-03-2016 23:52 via wivb.com
  
  FARMERSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hundreds of additional animals from the Donald and Bonnie George farm have been seized, leading local law enforcement officials to file an additional six charges on each farmer, mounting to a total of 36 charges against the husband and wife.
  Officials say they’re disappointed in the overall conditions for the animals at the farm, represented by the total seizure of over 400 animals from the 600-animal farm, which has been under the care of Cattar
  
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• Police reveal missing jeweler Dominic Hofert’s body was found

  15-03-2016 21:23 via wivb.com
  
  LEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB) — After more than a year of mystery, police have acknowledged the search for a missing Niagara County jeweler ended many months ago.
  Lewiston Police officials say they recovered the body of Dominic Hofert, who went missing in February of 2015. A search ensued, involving the Coast Guard and local police officials.
  Many of his former customers and friends spoke out, calling his disappearance a tragedy. Police announced on Tuesday that his body was recovered near Ro
  
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• Panepinto will not run for re-election, declines comment on staff ‘personnel matters’

  15-03-2016 21:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Less than a year and a half into his first term as New York State Senator, Marc Panepinto announced Tuesday he will not run for re-election in November.
  Citing health issues for a personal friend and law partner, family matters, a potential new rule on outside income and a personnel matter, Panepinto said he will focus on his law practice and his family rather than seek re-election.
  “For reasons both personal and professional, I am not seeking re-election in th
  
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• Reward offered for information on registered sex offender

  15-03-2016 19:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officers in western New York are on the hunt for a registered sex offender who should be considered armed and dangerous.
  Department of Corrections and Community of Supervision officials say they’re on the hunt for 23-year-old Darnell Curry, who allegedly absconded from his parole. Curry is described as a 5’7″ man who weighs about 165 pounds.
  Curry is on parole for second-degree assault and is a convicted sex offender, who police need to keep an
  
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• Police to update public on officer-involved shooting

  15-03-2016 19:27 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Investigation into an officer-involved shooting has progressed to the point that police are prepared to update the public.
  Cheektowaga police officials say they’ll hold an update into the early march shooting that left Java man Darrell Bosell dead. Police reported he held a gun at the time an officer fired on him, although they later learned the gun was not loaded.
  Bosell died from his injuries, and the officer who made the decision to use deadly
  
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• Cheektowaga Police show video from officer-involved shooting

  15-03-2016 19:27 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police updated the public Wednesday on an officer-involved shooting in Cheektowaga.
  Cheektowaga Police officials held an update into the early March shooting that left Java man Darrell Bosell dead. Police reported he held a gun at the time an officer fired on him, although they later learned the gun was not loaded.Bosell died from his injuries, and the officer who made the decision to use deadly force was placed on administrative leave — a st
  
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• Buffalo brothers admit to killing man in August

  15-03-2016 18:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Prosecutors say two Buffalo brothers admitted to manslaughter after an August incident that killed 54-year-old James McCloskey.
  German Rosado-Thomas, 20, and Alvin Marrero, 16, pleaded guilty to attempting to rob McCloskey, assaulting him, and ultimately, fatally shooting him.
  McCloskey had been pushing a shopping cart full of cans down Arkansas Street shortly after midnight when the brothers confronted him.
  Prosecutors say Marrero struck McCloskey in
  
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• Buffalo man out on bail tries to dispose of crack cocaine in officer’s car

  15-03-2016 17:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After being released on bail following three recent felony drug arrests, including one for allegedly possessing $42,000 in crack cocaine, a Buffalo man was arrested again.
  Deputies with the Erie County Sheriff’s Office stopped Quentin Hill, 38, on South Park Ave. Monday afternoon. They say he committed a number of vehicle and traffic violations.
  After speaking with Hill, authorities say they found out he was driving without a license.
  Once officers pl
  
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• Police: Man charged in Toronto stabbing cites Allah

  15-03-2016 17:04 via wivb.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — A 27-year-old Canadian man said, “Allah told me to come here and kill people” at a double stabbing at a military recruitment center in Toronto, police said Tuesday.
  Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders said Ayanie Hassan Ali had been charged with one count of attempted murder, two counts of assault with a weapon, two weapons charges and one assault charge.
  Saunders said the suspect walked into the center on Monday and began striking a uniformed Canadian Forces memb
  
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• Fighting pediatric cancer for Baby Shawn and others, one letter at a time

  15-03-2016 16:51 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Baby Shawn has touched the hearts of so many people. He’s the 5-year-old from Niagara Falls who’s battling a rare brain cancer called DIPG.
  Last month, Mike Esposito set up the chance for him to meet his idol, Steph Curry. Now that they’re back, Esposito has joined the fight to combat pediatric cancer.
  “When we came back home a lot of people said, ‘What a great job you did.’ It felt good making his dream come true, but I just
  
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• 2 charged after police find children among heroin, cocaine in Jamestown

  15-03-2016 16:27 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — After Jamestown Police say they found a multitude of envelopes and capsules containing cocaine and heroin in the same home where five young children were found, two people were charged.
  Shortly before 4 p.m. on Monday, police raided a residence on E. 2nd Street amid an investigation into heroin trafficking in the area.
  In the home, police found more than 400 envelopes of heroin and around 50 capsules full of powder cocaine and drug packaging material.
  Along with th
  
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• In reversal, Obama admin. to block oil drilling in Atlantic

  15-03-2016 15:46 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major reversal, the Obama administration says it will not allow oil drilling in the Atlantic Ocean.
  Interior Secretary Sally Jewell made the announcement Tuesday on Twitter, declaring that the administration’s next five-year offshore drilling plan “protects the Atlantic for future generations.”
  The announcement reverses a proposal made last year in which the administration floated a plan that would have opened up a broad swath of the Atlantic Coast
  
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• Bills announce John Blake as new defensive line coach

  15-03-2016 15:05 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Following the release of defensive line coach Karl Dunbar, the Buffalo Bills have announced his replacement.
  Two-time Super Bowl champion John Blake began his extensive coaching career in 1985 as a student assistant with the Oklahoma Sooners — a team which he played for from 1979 until 1982.
  His first full-time coaching job was with the University of Tulsa in 1987.
  In the NFL, Blake previously served as defensive line coach for the Dallas Cowboys from
  
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• Car lands upside-down on another vehicle during Baltimore crash

  15-03-2016 14:19 via wivb.com
  
  BALTIMORE, Md. (WIVB) — An unorthodox landing happened after a car crash in Baltimore overnight.
  The crash happened early Tuesday morning, according to CBS contributors in Baltimore. The two cars were stacked on top of one another — one of them upside down.
  Overnight Rescue Alarm N Paca & W Fayette St members extricated & transported one patient #IAFF #BalancingAct pic.twitter.com/83ZSqFYMsa
  — IAFF Local 734 (@BCFDL734) March 15, 2016At least one person was injured
  
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• Investigators in Amtrak derailment looking at rail condition

  15-03-2016 14:04 via wivb.com
  
  CIMARRON, Kan. (AP) — Investigators looking into the derailment of an Amtrak passenger train in southwest Kansas will review rail conditions and other factors to determine the cause of the accident, a federal transportation official says.
  Amtrak’s Southwest Chief was carrying more than 140 people when several rail cars derailed early Monday, moments after an engineer noticed a significant bend in a rail and applied the emergency brakes, authorities said. At least 32 people were hurt,
  
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• WNY workers board buses to Albany to fight for $15/hr. minimum wage

  15-03-2016 12:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As part of the growing “Fight for $15” movement, more than 200 western New Yorkers boarded buses in Buffalo Tuesday morning to show their support in Albany.
  The campaign’s message is, “No New Yorker who works hard should live in poverty!”
  The hundreds of western New Yorkers headed to Albany will join thousands of others in an effort to convince lawmakers to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15/hr. Workers want lawmakers to pass th
  
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• Rochester man accused of plotting terrorism renounces ISIS

  15-03-2016 12:04 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Rochester man set to be sentenced on Thursday for terrorism-related charges says he has renounced ISIS.
  The admissions of Mufid Elfgeeh, 30, come from court paperwork.
  Law enforcement officials say Elfgeeh plotted to kill U.S. military members. U.S. Attorney William Hochul says Elfgeeh admitted to trying to send three people to Syria so that they could join ISIL.
  Hochul says Elfgeeh will serve a 22-year sentence due to a plea agreement.
  
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• Dallas Seavey claims fourth Iditarod crown

  15-03-2016 11:36 via wivb.com
  
  NOME, Alaska (AP) — Dallas Seavey has won his third straight Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
  He crossed under the burled arch on Front Street in Nome early Tuesday morning for his fourth overall title in the last five years. His only loss in that time was to his father, Mitch Seavey, in 2013.
  The nearly 1,000-mile Iditarod started March 6 in Willow, Alaska, and took mushers across two mountain ranges, down the mighty Yukon River and along the Bering Sea coast.
  This year’s rac
  
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• Teen computer coding whiz considers building a better Buffalo

  15-03-2016 11:32 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB)- Gregg Mojica is the 17-year-old coding expert who turned down a six-figure salary opportunity at Facebook, and is now looking into using his considerable skill and talent to build a better Buffalo. This whiz kid from Williamsville is getting ready to graduate from Canisius High School in the spring, with no shortage of opportunities for his future.
  A few months ago, Mojica thought he would have to move to Silicon Valley if he wanted to pursue a career i
  
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• Mother Teresa to be made a saint in September

  15-03-2016 11:26 via wivb.com
  
  ROME (WIVB) — Mother Teresa, a Albanian nun who dedicated her life to helping the poor in India, will be made a saint in the Roman Catholic Church on September 4th.
  The announcement was made by Pope Francis.
  In the Roman Catholic church, saints are people who Catholics are to consider role models. They are also believed to have the ability to intercede with God on another person’s behalf when help is requested through prayer.
  Typically, the Pope must recognize two mira
  
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• UB planning send-off for Men’s Basketball team

  15-03-2016 11:00 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – The University at Buffalo is inviting the community to wish the Men’s basketball team luck as they hit the road for Providence for their first game in this year’s NCAA Tournament.
  UB is sending both its Men’s and Women’s basketball teams to the NCAA Tournaments this year, one of 22 schools to do so.
  The Men will take on Miami in Providence on Thursday. The Women will play against Ohio State in Columbus on Friday.
  Both the Men’s and Women
  
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• UB holds send-off for Men’s Basketball team

  15-03-2016 11:00 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – The University at Buffalo invited the community to wish the Men’s basketball team luck as they hit the road for Providence for their first game in this year’s NCAA Tournament.
  UB is sending both its Men’s and Women’s basketball teams to the NCAA Tournaments this year, one of 22 schools to do so.
  The Men will take on Miami in Providence on Thursday. The Women will play against Ohio State in Columbus on Friday.
  Both the Men’s and Wome
  
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• Iraqi official, Syrian activist: Senior IS leader dead

  15-03-2016 10:48 via wivb.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — A senior Iraqi intelligence official and the head of a Syrian activist group say top Islamic State group leader Omar al-Shishani has died outside the IS stronghold of Raqqa in Syria.
  The official and Rami Abdurrahman, of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, say al-Shishani died on Monday of wounds suffered in a U.S. airstrike last week.
  Al-Shishani, a read-bearded ethnic Chechen, was one of the most prominent IS commanders, serving as the group’s mili
  
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• Restaurant planned for Allentown asked to close earlier than other businesses

  15-03-2016 05:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- There is controversy over closing times in Buffalo’s Allentown neighborhood.
  The Allentown Association said it’s asked two different restaurants to consider closing at 2 a.m. instead of 4 a.m. One of the restaurant owners said it’s an unfair request.
  “The law was passed for four o’clock and in order to have a fair chance, we think it should be the same for us,” said Joseph Gugino, who wants to open a bar and restaurant at 204 and 206
  
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• Williamsville East brothers claim anti-Muslim bullying led to fights, possible expulsion

  15-03-2016 04:26 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two brothers at Williamsville East High School are on the verge of getting kicked out of school for fighting.
  But they, their parents and their attorney say the teens are being forced to defend themselves against anti-Muslim bullies, whose constant ridicule has been going on for years.
  And just this weekend, the bullying moved from the school yard to their front yard, when their house was vandalized.
  “You don’t know if someone is going to come up be
  
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• Meth-smoking grandson forces grandma, 87, to drive 12 hours

  15-03-2016 03:12 via wivb.com
  
  SALEM, Ore. (KOIN) — An 87-year-old grandmother was forced to drive for nearly 12 hours after her grandson held a knife to his own throat and smoked meth, investigators said.
  Robert White’s family had been trying to help him deal with his meth addiction and put him in a hotel room for a few days, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said. His grandmother came to get him Saturday.
  The 22-year-old got into the back of her car and put a knife to his throat and told her to drive. Aut
  
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• Students: Man shouting “Trump” assaulted them

  15-03-2016 03:06 via wivb.com
  
  WICHITA, Kansas – Two Wichita State students say they were attacked by a Donald Trump supporter over the weekend. It happened at the Kwik Shop near 21st and Oliver Saturday morning.
  One of the students in the attack, Khondoker Usama, Vice President at Student Government Association of Wichita State University, talked about the attack Monday during a press conference held by the Kansas chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations.
  Usama said a man riding a motorcycle
  
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• Patients try out first FDA cleared procedure for cellulite

  15-03-2016 03:01 via wivb.com
  
  STAMFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – The first FDA cleared procedure for a common problem women have–cellulite. It’s a minimally invasive treatment.
  “I was always active and my legs were always the strongest part of my body and they are still strong but they look like jello,” says Roni Rodman.
  Before and after photos are what convinced Roni to get it done.
  “I need to have that and I booked my appointment, and that was it. I didn’t even hesitate,” she said. Dr.
  
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• New poll puts Kasich ahead of Trump in Ohio

  15-03-2016 02:56 via wivb.com
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A new poll is showing Governor John Kasich and Hillary Clinton are leading in Ohio.
  According to Monmouth University’s poll, on the republican side, Kasich is ahead of Donald Trump by five points; on the democratic side, Clinton’s lead over rival Bernie Sanders is at 14 points.
  “That’s a big win for Kasich, he would get all of the delegates because Ohio’s winner take all and it would give him a rational to move one and in a three-way
  
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• Yahoo community fund to begin aiding Niagara County, community

  15-03-2016 02:43 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — A community fund established by Yahoo will begin aiding the community the corporation’s data center calls home.
  The launch of the community fund is part of Yahoo’s commitment to western New York, agreed upon when they took advantage of New York State tax credits to create their East Coast data center.
  The fund will be $250,000 from 2015 that local organizations and businesses. In 2015, the company will contribute $500,000 to the fund.
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• Two charged with robbing 7-Eleven in Oakfield

  15-03-2016 02:13 via wivb.com
  
  OAKFIELD, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two local 21-year-old men are behind bars after officers say they robbed a local gas station.
  Genesee County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an Oakfield 7-Eleven on Monday after learning two people clad in ski masks robbed the attendant there.
  Investigation into the robbery led officers to identify Tyler Penepent and Justin Smith, both 21, as the suspected robbers. Officers arrested each and charged them with first-degree robbery.
  Following arraignment, e
  
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• Farmers worry about Cuomo’s proposal to hike minimum wage

  15-03-2016 01:59 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to raise the state minimum wage worries farmers who rely on a relatively higher-paid workforce, unlike the fast-food workers and others in low-paying jobs who have been the focus of an aggressive campaign to fatten paychecks.
  Farmers fear it would put even more pressure on payrolls being driven up by demand for the hard-to-fill jobs. A recent report showed New York farm workers in general are already making more than minimum.
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• Back to Ohio: UB women to play Buckeyes in Columbus in NCAA Tourney

  15-03-2016 01:35 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The University at Buffalo women’s basketball team had such a great run in Ohio at the MAC Tournament, they get to go back for more.
  UB was selected as a 14-seed in the NCAA Women’s Tournament Monday night. The women will play the third-seeded Ohio State Buckeyes in Columbus on Friday at 2:30 p.m.
  It’s the women’s first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in program history, coming off their first MAC Championship ever.
  
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• Man, 57, dies at Physical Therapy business in Amherst

  15-03-2016 01:20 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local man is dead after first responders received reports about an unresponsive man at a local business.
  First responders rushed to Orthosport’s Physical Therapy office on Harlem Road to address the aid the unresponsive man. First responders with Snyder Fire Department and Twin City Ambulance performed CPR on the Buffalo man before rushing him to the VA Hospital.
  Officials say the man, who will not be identified before his next of kin is notified, was pr
  
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• St. Bonaventure fans feel snubbed after being left out for selection Sunday

  15-03-2016 01:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – St. Bonaventure fans are feeling snubbed after learning one of the A-10’s best team was left out in the cold on selection Sunday.
  Head coach Mark Schmidt isn’t the only one disappointed. After the news came out the team didn’t make the bracket, fans lit up with anger.
  Vince from North Buffalo spoke out on WGR’s Howard Simon show Monday morning. He said, “I don’t know how those teams got in, and Bonaventure gets out! I thi
  
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• Bonaventure women go dancing despite men’s “snub”

  15-03-2016 01:02 via wivb.com
  
  ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A talented St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team is heading to the NCAA tournament to compete with the best teams around the nation. A 10 seed in the tournament, the Bonnies will face 7-seed Oklahoma State on Friday at 7:30 in Corvallis, Oregon.
  The Bonnies competed a season with a 23-7 record with 12-4 in conference play, but fell to VCU in the quarterfinals of the A-10 tournament. Despite having a better record, and falling in the sa
  
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