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• Keep calm and chalk on

  17-07-2016 22:21 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) —For the past four years artists having been showing off their talents in a non-traditional way. It’s called the Sweet Chalk Festival. Thousands travel to Lockport to see the masterpieces created.
  When you think of chalk you may think of pretty colors, summertime fun as a kid, or a teacher you may have had in grade school. Fifty artists both local and from afar think of it much differently. They view chalk as a tool to bring drawings to life.
  The black top
  
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• Pokemon-Go players cause problems for leaders of South Buffalo Park

  17-07-2016 17:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – As the Pokemon-Go trend continues to grow across Western New York, so are some of the issues players’ bring with them.
  Saturday, Marge Ryan came to get the Tim Russert Children’s Garden ready for the weekly garden walk. She said, “I didn’t realize that this Pokemon had gotten so out of control.”
  When she got there, she said she was appalled at what she found. She said, “On Saturday I found an extraordinary amount of cigar
  
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• Police say more than 1 officer shot in Baton Rouge

  17-07-2016 17:12 via wivb.com
  
   BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana say that several officers have been shot in Baton Rouge while on duty.
  The shooting happened early Sunday, less than 1 mile from police headquarters.
  Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola did not know the extent of the injuries or give the precise number of officers injured. He says they were rushed to a local hospital.
  He said that authorities believe the “scene is contained,” meaning that a shooter was unlikely on
  
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• 3 Baton Rouge officers killed in shooting; suspect dead

  17-07-2016 17:12 via wivb.com
  
   BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers were killed and three others wounded Sunday, less than two weeks after a black man was shot and killed by police here in a confrontation that sparked nightly protests across the city that reverberated nationwide.
  Police said the suspect was shot and killed at the scene. Authorities initially believed that two other assailants might be at large, but hours later said the dead gunman was the only person who fir
  
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• 3 Baton Rouge officers dead, 3 others injured

  17-07-2016 17:12 via wivb.com
  
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  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Three officers are confirmed dead and three others wounded after a shooting in Baton Rouge, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman said Sunday. One suspect is dead and law enforcement officials believe two others are still at large, the spokeswoman said.
  Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokeswoman for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, said in a statement that the public should call 911 imme
  
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• Man dead after Lewiston crash

  17-07-2016 14:24 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF LEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man died in a crash that also led to a car fire.
  Sheriff’s Deputies were called to Ridge Road at Ransomville Road in Lewiston around 2:00 a.m. Sunday.
  A caller said a car went off the road, and its engine was on fire.
  Deputies and firefighters went to the scene, where the driver died.
  Investigators believe the driver failed to stop for a stop sign on Ridge Road.  They’re still looking into the crash.
  Police are waiting to notify the driver
  
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• Tough job for firefighters at South Buffalo house fire

  17-07-2016 09:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo firefighters managed to keep the damage to other houses to a minimum as they fought an early morning house fire in South Buffalo, according to the fire commissioner.
  The fire started just before midnight Saturday night at the vacant house on South Park Avenue near Abbott Road, according to Garnell Whitfield, Fire Commissioner.
  At one point, firefighters were keeping watch for people who may have been inside.  Some people who did not live inside were repo
  
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• Local family tries to bring son home from Turkey

  17-07-2016 04:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It’s a parent’s nightmare. A local teen has locked himself in a hotel room in Turkey with two of his family members. His parents are in Buffalo desperately trying to get him home.
  “You never think that it’s going to be your son there or your daughter there and for the past three days it’s been our son,” said Jason Hall, father.
  Seventeen-year-old Kaizen is a junior at Kenmore West high school. He was traveling to the Philippines to
  
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• Bikers descend on The Fairgrounds for annual rally

  17-07-2016 04:09 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) – Motorcycle engines are revving in Hamburg this weekend.
  The BMW Motorcycle Owners of America rally kicked off at the fairgrounds.
  5,000 people from across the country are attending the rally.
  Motorcycle enthusiasts come together to talk shop, attend workshops, take group rides and catch up with old friends.
  “This is a time when people come together to rekindle old friendships,” said Wes Fitzer, the President of BMW Motorcycle Owners of America. “For
  
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• Slow Roll hopes to unite Buffalo’s communities

  17-07-2016 03:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) – Dozens of cyclists gathered Saturday to explore the city of good neighbors.
  The first “Unity Bike Ride” gave those that took part a taste of the many cultures the Queen City has to offer.
  In light of the violence across the nation, the ride was organized by city leaders and Slow Roll Buffalo to bring different cultures together.
  Councilmember Wingo said, “This ride signifies how Buffalo looks to be the model of diversity and unity between co
  
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• Family gets keys to home through Habitat for Humanity

  17-07-2016 03:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A refugee family became new homeowners Saturday after spending hundreds of hours working with Habitat for Humanity. They were handed the keys to a home on Glendale Pl.
  The Akil’s and their four children worked alongside volunteers for more than 300 hours, to turn the house into their home.
  This house was donated to habitat by Canisius College. Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity Buffalo Teresa Bianchi said Buffalo’s resurgence is making it harder to
  
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