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• Town of Tonawanda PD look to identify bank robber

  30-04-2016 23:46 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Town of Tonawanda Police Dept. is seeking your help to identify a suspect in a recent bank robbery.
  Police say that a black female entered the M&T Bank located on Delaware Avenue in the Town of Tonawanda and demanded money around 11:27 a.m. Saturday morning.
  The female then left with an undisclosed amount of money.
  Anyone who recognizes this woman is asked to contact the Town of Tonawanda Police Dept. at 879-6613, 876-5300 or the confidentia
  
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• Fatal accident closes portion of Rt. 20 in Hamburg

  30-04-2016 22:59 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB)-  Police closed a portion of Rt. 20 following a serious accident that killed at least one person Saturday afternoon.
  Mercy Flight was seen leaving the accident with a victim but no information on that victim’s condition has been released by Hamburg Police.
  News 4 will update this story as more information is made available.
  Photo credit: Craig Harris
  
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• Oozefest 2016: UB students, alumni get muddy to relieve stress

  30-04-2016 19:13 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – It’s the thirty second year University at Buffalo students, and alumni vow to get messy in one of the most beloved campus traditions. The double-elimination volleyball tournament started in 1984 to help soothe stressed-out students as exam season approached.
  It kicked off on a much smaller scale. Now almost 200 teams splash around on North Campus. The mud volleyball tournament taking place Saturday on the University at Buffalo’s N
  
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• 90 year-old man dies after Town of Batavia house fire

  30-04-2016 19:01 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB)-  Crews responded to a house fire on State Highway 98 around 5:25 a.m. Saturday morning.
  Upon arrival firefighters located the home owner, 90 year-old Roger Saile, deceased on the first floor.Deputy Chief Dan Coffey says that one firefighter was taken to the hospital after a ceiling fell during overhaul of the building.
   Genesee County Fire Investigators and the  Bureau of Criminal Investigation say the cause and death of this
  
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• Girl who died after being badly burned in fire, is remembered

  30-04-2016 16:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An 8-year-old girl, who managed to survive for more than two months after being badly burned in a massive Buffalo fire and died from her injuries late Sunday night, was remembered Tuesday by family and friends.
  Treasure Brighon suffered burns to more than 90 percent of her body in the Feb. 19 fire, while her father, Demetrius Johnson, Sr., 24, saved her from the deadly blaze that took his life that day on Humber Avenue.
  More than two dozen people gathered at the
  
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• Police investigate reported shooting on East Side Saturday morning

  30-04-2016 10:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police officers kept a wide area blocked off as they looked for evidence after a call of a person shot Saturday morning not far from East Ferry Street and Jefferson Avenue.
  Officers were called to Verplanck Street around 3:00 a.m., after someone reported a person shot.
  Right now there’s no word on the victim’s condition, or any arrests.
  
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• 20 year-old arrested following early morning East Side shooting

  30-04-2016 10:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police officers kept a wide area blocked off as they looked for evidence after a call of a person shot Saturday morning not far from East Ferry Street and Jefferson Avenue.
  Officers were called to Verplanck Street around 3:00 a.m., after someone reported a person shot. Detectives say a 23 year-old Buffalo male was struck by gunfire during some type of domestic dispute. He was transported to ECMC and is listed in fair condition.
  Buffalo Police arrested a 20
  
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• Alexander Central School District attempts to break world records

  30-04-2016 05:57 via wivb.com
  
  ALEXANDER, N.Y. (WIVB) —  Students at the Alexander School in Genessee County took on a big challenge. They are trying to break three different world records.
  The whole thing was part of a 5th grade writing project. Students researched different records that were reachable, and wrote detailed essays on how to break them.
  After writing the essays, they presented the plans to the principal.
  After getting approval, the students devised plans for the event. On Friday, the district attempt
  
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• Bills spend 3 picks on defense, draft Adolphus Washington in third round

  30-04-2016 05:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After picking two top-tier defensive players to open the 2016 NFL Draft, the Buffalo Bills decided to spend their third pick on the defense as well. The team selected Adolphus Washington, who slid down after he was arrested in a case over soliciting prostitution.
  The Ohio State University product has fully admitted to making a mistake and letting his teammates down. He admitted that also to the Buffalo Bills during an interview he had with General Manager Doug W
  
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• Two-year foreclosure nightmare ends for elderly couple

  30-04-2016 02:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – It was December, 2013: the City of Buffalo had foreclosed on the house Dawn Gonzales and her husband bought for Dawn’s parents on Esser Avenue, and the property was sold at an In Rem auction, two months earlier, to cover a $440 bill for unpaid garbage user fees.
  The New Jersey investor who bought the property sent a relative to the house and told Dawn’s parents, Lillian and Bob Rabatoy, they would have to start paying rent or move.
  Gonzales was furious w
  
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• Bills bolster defense with LB Reggie Ragland after trading for 41st pick

  30-04-2016 02:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — In the first round, the Buffalo Bills selected a player who claimed the title ACC Defensive Player of the Year. In the second round, they backed him up with the SEC Defensive Player of the Year. Both came at a price.
  Originally slated to pick 49th in the 2016 NFL Draft, the Bills traded with the Chicago Bears to jump to the 41st spot. With a jump on eight teams, the Bills chose to lock down Alabama linebacker Reggie Ragland.
  Ragland, who won the SEC defensive aw
  
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• Genesee County students attempt to break three world records

  30-04-2016 00:43 via wivb.com
  
  ALEXANDER, N.Y. (WIVB) –Over 700 Alexander Central School students took a shot at earning a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records Friday morning.
  Colleen McNamara’s 5th grade class organized the attempt through a writing assignment. After earning the district’s approval, the students set a goal of breaking the world record for most high fives in one minute, most people doing sit-ups simultaneously and the longest pop-n-lock arm wave. School staff members are confident
  
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• School closed after norovirus-like illness outbreak

  30-04-2016 00:34 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hundreds of students and as many as a dozen teachers at Orchard Park Middle School fell suddenly ill within the past two days, and as absenteeism jumped to around 25 percent, the district decided to start the weekend early.
  Classes and all after-school activities were called off Friday, so the school’s custodial staff could get to work. The district’s Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds Bill Bosinski said the staff will be paying close attention
  
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• Orchard Park School closed after norovirus-like illness outbreak

  30-04-2016 00:34 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hundreds of students and as many as a dozen teachers at Orchard Park Middle School fell suddenly ill within the past two days, and as absenteeism jumped to around 25 percent, the district decided to start the weekend early.
  Classes and all after-school activities were called off Friday, so the school’s custodial staff could get to work. The district’s Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds Bill Bosinski said the staff will be paying close attention
  
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• Local checkers whiz raises money for national tournament

  30-04-2016 00:22 via wivb.com
  
  AKRON, N.Y. (WIVB)- If you ask John Herberger about checkers, he’ll tell you a dozen stories of the greats he’s played, and how he got into the game.
  ‘When I was age seven, my mom introduced me to Santa Claus. And I said bring me a box of checkers and a checkerboard.”
  He’s been playing ever since. Now 70, his next stop is the National Checker Tournament in Branson, Missouri.
  The trip comes with a price tag, and he can’t foot the bill himself.
  The tri
  
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• Cuomo calls to join investigation into Buffalo Billion

  30-04-2016 00:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Not long after U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced an investigation into Governor Andrew Cuomo’s billion-dollar investment, Cuomo himself is saying there may have been improper lobbying and deception, which he said may have “defrauded the state.”
  Bharara’s investigation is examining the entire project from top to bottom, including bidders and the process of awarding more than $1 billion in public funds to businesses and contractors to r
  
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• Study shows the quality of early education programs matters

  30-04-2016 00:03 via wivb.com
  
  WEST FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — The children in the early childhood programs at the Aurora Waldorf School lay on their mats, attentively listening to the story their teacher, Jill Quinn, recites from memory.
  It’s about five birds traveling together. Quinn doesn’t hold a book in front of her; she doesn’t have pictures to show the children. Her words paint pictures for the children’s imaginations. Quinn says that’s one of the foundations for the program at the Wa
  
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