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• Police: Woman killed by Florida officer in academy exercise

  10-08-2016 23:52 via wivb.com
  
  PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (AP) — A police “shoot/don’t shoot” demonstration in Florida went shockingly awry when an officer shot and killed a 73-year-old former librarian with what police said was real ammunition used by mistake at an event designed to bring police and the public together.
  Authorities didn’t immediately say how a gun with a live round came to be used at Tuesday evening’s demonstration, noting blank rounds are typically used in such classes. The office
  
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• A former marine opens up about helping his girlfriend escape from a burning fire

  10-08-2016 23:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The woman who was burned in a fire last week is recovering in the hospital.
  Erica Glenn and her boyfriend, Evan Yarborough were able to escape the Hertel Avenue home safely, but Glenn ran back in.
  She thought her two-year-old daughter was in the home and needed to be rescued. However, she forgot her daughter was staying with a loved one. In the end, Glenn needed to be rescued.
  “I needed her to come out of that house,” Yarborough said.
  He couldn’t se
  
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• Man using suction cups tries to scale 58-story Trump Tower

  10-08-2016 23:00 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police have seized a man who was scaling the all-glass facade of Trump Tower using large suction cups.
  The climber had a backpack and used a harness and rope stirrups to fasten himself to the side of the 58-story Manhattan skyscraper.
  Police blocked his path by breaking out windows and positioning a window-washing scaffold nearby. They grabbed the climber and pulled him inside. No word yet on his motives.
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Man using suction cups tries to scale 58-story Trump Tower

  10-08-2016 23:00 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man is scaling the all-glass facade of Trump Tower in New York City using suction cups.
  APP USERS | Watch his attempt live here.
  The climber has a backpack and appears to be using ropes and a harness to fasten himself to the side of the 58-story Manhattan skyscraper. He was several stories up and still climbing Wednesday evening.
  Police officers smashed windows and broke through a ventilation duct in an attempt to block his progress. Officers are lowering themselves towar
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Man tries to climb Trump Tower with suction cups

  10-08-2016 23:00 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (WIVB) — A man is attempting to climb Trump Tower in New York using suction cups.
  APP USERS | Watch his attempt live here.
  
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• Mother claims woman stole Baby Shawn’s bike from porch

  10-08-2016 22:37 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Earlier this year, Shawn Kennedy, or as he is better known, “Baby Shawn,” got to meet his basketball idol, Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry.
  This was made possible through some help by a Niagara Falls resident who wanted to help the terminally ill boy live his dream.
  MORE | Learn more about Baby Shawn’s fight for survival here.
  Eventually, Baby Shawn’s dreams came true, but good fortune did not pass his way recentl
  
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• Local urban farmers beating the drought

  10-08-2016 22:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- News 4 first met Jeremy Witt and Matt Lathan last April.
  Their small vertical farm operation was just getting started; back then, they were using fish to help their plants grow out of Jeremy’s garage.
  “We’ve moved from the aquaponic system to a hydroponic system, and we’ve kind of just cut down on our water use,” said Matt Lathan of Vertical Fresh Farms.
  They first got started growing lettuce heads; now, they’re focused on micro
  
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• State audit critical of nursing home enforcement procedures

  10-08-2016 22:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The New York State Health Department cited a local nursing home for more than two dozen “regulatory violations” following a May inspection.Among the findings, rodent activity affecting “four of four resident use floors.”The Department of Health approved a “plan of correction,” but issued no fines or sanctions.”The Office of State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli looked at how the state health department handles enforcement actions
  
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• Jamestown Police searching for 2 suspects in shooting

  10-08-2016 22:04 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — Jamestown Police are currently investigating a shooting that occurred in the 600 block of Spring Street in Jamestown Tuesday evening.
  A report about gunshots reached police around 8:18 PM. When officers arrived on the scene, they discovered a victim.
  He was shot in the hand, and was sent to WCA Hospital. He is currently being treated for his injury at UPMC Hamot.
  The investigators reported that in the area of East 6th Street at Spring, a hispanic male and a bl
  
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• Niagara County men facing multiple child pornography charges

  10-08-2016 21:55 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two Niagara County men are facing numerous charges involving child pornography.
  Prosecutors say Lockport resident Timothy Laubacker, 25, threatened a girl on Facebook. In the alleged threats, Laubacker said he would distribute and post pornographic images of the girl that were taken when she was 14 years old, unless she sent him more pictures.
  The images had allegedly been sent to her then-boyfriend, Travis Guerriera, 26, who, in turn, is accused of sending the
  
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• Police rescue children from hot car in Buffalo

  10-08-2016 20:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two young children had to be freed from a hot car in Buffalo Tuesday evening around 5 p.m.
  Buffalo Police responded to a call to rescue the children, who were trapped inside a locked car at a gas station at East Amherst and Holden.
  According to police, the children’s mother accidentally locked her keys inside of the car, keeping her from opening the doors or windows.
  Officers were forced to take “immediate action,” using a baton
  
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• Report blasts Baltimore police over racial bias, force

  10-08-2016 20:17 via wivb.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Justice Department and Baltimore police agreed to negotiate court-enforceable reforms after a scathing federal report released Wednesday criticized officers for using excessive force and routinely discriminating against blacks.
  The report, the culmination of a yearlong investigation into one of the country’s largest police forces, found that officers make a large number of stops — mostly in poor, black neighborhoods — with dubious justification and un
  
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• Lawsuit: Ed Sheeran copied R&B classic ‘Let’s Get It On’

  10-08-2016 20:11 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The family of a co-writer of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” is suing Ed Sheeran, claiming the British singer-songwriter’s hit, “Thinking Out Loud,” sounds too much like the soul classic.
  The lawsuit filed by the family of Ed Townsend claims Sheeran copied the “heart” of “Let’s Get It On” and repeated it continuously throughout “Thinking Out Loud.” It says Sheeran continued to perform the so
  
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• Hamburg Police looking for runaway teen

  10-08-2016 17:49 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Hamburg teen is missing and police say she ran away.
  Andrea Hessel, 13, was last seen at her home at 9 p.m. Tuesday night. Police say she left home without her parents’ permission or knowledge.
  Hessel is 5’10”, 110 lbs. and has a medium build. She has long blonde hair and green eyes.
  Police think she might be wearing a peach or orange-colored shirt, jean shorts and sandals.
  Anyone with information on Hessel’s whereabouts can call Hambur
  
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• Hamburg Police locate runaway teen

  10-08-2016 17:49 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Hamburg teen was located after police say she ran away.
  Andrea Hessel, 13, was last seen at her home at 9 p.m. Tuesday night. Police say she left home without her parents’ permission or knowledge.
  She was located Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Authorities looking for alleged probation violator

  10-08-2016 17:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Local authorities are looking for a woman they say violated her probation.
  Kristina Fimbel had been charged with criminal possession of stolen property. A warrant has since been put out for her arrest.
  Fimbel is a white woman who stands at 5’7″ and weighs roughly 140 lbs. She has hazel eyes.
  Crimestoppers will award up to $1,000 to anyone who can provide authorities with information leading to Fimbel’s arrest.
  The tip line can be reached by cal
  
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• Man accused of drug possession on boat in Buffalo Harbor

  10-08-2016 16:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man wanted on a warrant out of Buffalo was arrested on a boat Tuesday night.
  Marine Unit deputies with the Erie County Sheriff’s Office say they saw a boat speeding and creating a wake in a “no wake zone” at the Buffalo Harbor.
  Just before 8 p.m., deputies stopped the boat and found Kevin Schung, 48, on board.
  Deputies searched Schung and allegedly found two strips of Suboxone in his wallet.
  The West Seneca man was charged with criminal possession
  
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• Eric Church to perform in Buffalo in April

  10-08-2016 16:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Country star Eric Church will perform at First Niagara Center on April 20, 2016.
  The singer made the announcement at Red Rocks in Colorado on Tuesday night. His stop in Buffalo will be part of his Holdin’ My Own Tour, which will begin in January.
  Ticket information for the show will be announced at a later date.
  Here is the video for Church’s hit song “Springsteen:”
  
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• Bills LB Ragland expected to miss entire season

  10-08-2016 15:30 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo Bills linebacker is expected to miss the entire 2016-2017 season due to an upcoming surgery.
  Reggie Ragland is expected to have surgery for a torn ACL.
  Ragland was a second round draft pick of the Bills in 2016. He played for the University of Alabama before that.
  NFL sources say coach Rex Ryan “will roll with” newly signed veterans Brandon Spikes and David Hawthorne.
  
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• Thousands without power after overnight storm

  10-08-2016 14:49 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Utility crews have a long day ahead of them, they are busy this morning working to get power back on, for thousands of people following the overnight storms. NYSEG is reporting that the majority of them are in Clarence.
  As of 8:30am, NYSEG is reporting more than 2,600 households in the Clarence area without power, and more than 1,000 in Depew.
  Clarence has almost 1000, and Clarence Center has more than 1,600. A majority of those outages on Strickler Road, Salt Road,
  
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• Old east side building getting new life

  10-08-2016 06:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A hundred year old building on Clinton Street has been a lot of things over the years, but it’s never served as a brewery, until now.
  The craft beer industry in Western New York has been booming now for a while, but the men behind this project plan on tapping into a unique part of the market.”
  The team recently got the green light to move forward with plans on the 6,000 square foot building at 1372 Clinton Street.
  Head of marketing Timothy Phoenix
  
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• Man fatally stabbed in Lackawanna; suspect in custody

  10-08-2016 03:04 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The family of 23-year-old Robert Wheeler tells News 4 he died after being attacked by someone known to the family early Tuesday morning.
  Wheeler was at his mother’s home on Johnson Street when he was stabbed about 25 times around 1:45 a.m. Family members tell us he died trying to protect his nephew.
  Wheeler’s sister, Amanda Wheeler, tells News 4 he was able to fight off his attacker and get downstairs wake up his mother. She says&nb
  
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• Man fatally stabbed in Lackawanna; suspect charged with murder

  10-08-2016 03:04 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The family of 23-year-old Robert Wheeler tells News 4 he died after being attacked by someone known to the family early Tuesday morning.
  Wheeler was at his mother’s home on Johnson Street when he was stabbed about 25 times around 1:45 a.m. Family members tell us he died trying to protect his nephew.
  Wheeler’s sister, Amanda Wheeler, tells News 4 he was able to fight off his attacker and get downstairs wake up his mother. She says&nb
  
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• Family says young man was killed in Lackawanna

  10-08-2016 03:04 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The family of 23-year-old Robert Wheeler tells News 4 he died after being attacked by an intruder Tuesday morning.
  Family members say they believe Wheeler was trying to defend his nephew from an intruder who entered his mother’s home.
  Wheeler’s aunt released a brief statement Tuesday night, saying “he was the sweetest, kindest most thoughtful person who would help anyone without a second thought. ”
  Lackawanna Police have
  
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• Changing the landscape: wrought iron gates coming down

  10-08-2016 01:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – After more than a year, a legal battle in a Buffalo neighborhood is finally coming to an end. A Gothic style wrought iron fence, featuring two massive gates, polarized neighbors around the mansion at Nottingham Terrace and Lincoln Parkway, across from Delaware Park.
  Some neighbors liked the massive custom-designed wrought iron gates, while others thought they just didn’t fit in with the character of the neighborhood. The homeowners have agreed to a Memorandum
  
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• How did meth makers access underground lab?

  10-08-2016 00:42 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Authorities believe whoever was making meth below the parking lot at the Walmart in Amherst used a large culvert entrance to get there. It’s open and provides easy access to anyone who wants to walk underground.
  Law enforcement in Amherst is still piecing through evidence that was gathered from a subterranean methamphetamine lab Monday afternoon.
  The lab was located beneath a high traffic area at the Walmart in Amherst.
  Law-enforcement collected plenty of evide
  
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• Despite contention, multi-use path still on track

  10-08-2016 00:25 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — State proposals, which have been in the works for years to turn West River Parkway into a multi-use path came to a head here last week, when a surprise vote nixed one of three plans. But that didn’t put the brakes on the entire project.
  “We need proper commitments, we need to make sure that we don’t fix one error with another major error,” said Town Councilman Mike Madigan.
  Madigan, who led last week’s vote, isn’t opposed to t
  
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• Cupping: Does it work?

  10-08-2016 00:19 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Olympians in Rio have taken to cupping. It’s an ancient therapy meant to release tension in your muscles. Several athletes have posted pictures of their polka dotted limbs and backs, a side effect of the treatment.
  Dr. Andrew Willis with Advanced Care Physical Therapy says the placement of the glass cup creates a partial vacuum. This is believed to stimulate muscles and blood flow, while relieving pain and speeding healing.
  He said, “
  
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• Grain and vegetable farmers are feeling the effects of the drought

  10-08-2016 00:00 via wivb.com
  
  STAFFORD, N.Y. (WIVB) – Many farmers are struggling because of the drought. Without the rain, their crops aren’t able to grow.
  Donn Branton, the owner of Branton Farms in Stafford says the hot, dry weather is really damaging his crops.
  He could lose up to 60 percent of his feed corn for animals and 40 percent of his vegetables.
  “It certainly hurts. To look at what should be the fruits of your labor and see them suffering so bad. But there’s nothing we can really do,&rdquo
  
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