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• Paul Ryan coming to Buffalo for fundraising event

  18-08-2016 23:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Paul Ryan, the speaker of the House of Representatives, will be coming to Buffalo near the end of the month for a fundraising event.
  Ryan, a former Republican Vice Presidential candidate, is seeking to keep the House mostly of the same political persuasion as him.
  Locals can attend Ryan’s August 29 appearance at Hotel Lafayette with a $1,000 donation, which will include a dinner and reception. For $10,000, donors can access a VIP photo recep
  
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• Bills fans react to “New Era Field” announcement

  18-08-2016 23:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Ahead of the official start of the season, Bills fans are fired up. This time, it’s about the team announcing the home field will have a new name.
  After 18 years, the Ralph Wilson Stadium signs are being changed to New Era Field.
  “Sometimes you have to accept change,” said Evan Camizzi, a Bills fan in support of the new name.  “The name is different but for a few years people will just call it Ralph Wilson.”
  Some fans say they&
  
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• County seeing decline in reported domestic violence incidents

  18-08-2016 23:15 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It’s another day at Haven House, a Buffalo-based shelter for domestic violence victims.
  “It’s one of those things – the phone never stops ringing,” said Katey Joyce, the Director at Haven House, which sees around 4,000 new people seeking help each year.
  Domestic violence, or intimate partner violence, is described by the Center for Disease Control as physical violence, sexual violence, stalking and psychological aggression by
  
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• Buffalo man who tried to renew dead man’s passport sentenced

  18-08-2016 23:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Prosecutors sentenced a man to time served (six months) in jail after he tried to renew the passport of a dead man.
  Buffalo resident Porfirio Rosa, 74, sent a passport renewal application, which includes a name, social security number and birth date to the Western Passport Center in Arizona this past October. He sent it under the name Luis Rosa.
  Luis Rosa died in 1995.
  Porfirio tried to back up his claim of being Luis by also sending in an expired passport from 2003
  
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• Students learn valuable skills in collision repair through paid internship

  18-08-2016 23:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — When it comes to cars, collision repair is practically in Abigale’s blood.
  “My whole family has always been involved in cars I grew up with cars, my dad doing cars my cousins working on cars, and it’s always been in my family I’ve always loved it,” said Abigale Lutz of Cheektowaga.
  At just 17 years old, Abigale Lutz is on track to achieve a life long goal. One day, she wants to own her own collision repair shop.
  “I have done detail
  
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• Bills respond amid reports of Lawson domestic violence investigation

  18-08-2016 22:47 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — After reports surfaced that Buffalo Bills linebacker Manny Lawson was under investigation for alleged domestic violence, the team released a statement.
  “We are aware of an investigation by the NFL under the Personal Conduct Policy but we have not heard from the league regarding the results,” the Bills said.
  On Wednesday, Lawson strongly denied the allegations and rumors about his involvement in alleged domestic violence.
  There is a possibility that L
  
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• NY allowing organ donor consent starting at age 16

  18-08-2016 22:09 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is lowering the age at which drivers can register to become organ donors from 18 down to 16.
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the law Thursday, saying thousands of New Yorkers are waiting for organs and this will help to grow the registry of potential donors.
  The law includes a provision for parents to rescind that consent if their child dies before turning 18.
  The law takes effect in six months.
  After that, New Yorkers who apply for a learner’s permit to drive a
  
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• Woman found with warrant after allegedly stealing from store

  18-08-2016 22:06 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two women accused of stealing from a Kohl’s in Orchard Park were charged, but one of them allegedly had some extra baggage.
  On Wednesday afternoon, the women allegedly took $400 worth of merchandise from the store before fleeing in a vehicle. They were later found and positively identified as the thieves by Kohl’s employees, according to Orchard Park police.
  After this, both were charged with petit larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and
  
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• Deputies make 4 drug arrests during 12-hour span of traffic stops

  18-08-2016 21:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — In only 12 hours, Erie County Sheriff’s deputies say they caught four drivers and a passenger with drugs.
  Starting shortly after 6:30 p.m., deputies’ first arrest happened in the town of Concord. Forestville resident Scott Schober, 22, was stopped on Genesee Rd. and allegedly found with glassy eyes, slurred speech and a lack of coordination.
  He was later charged with DWI-drugs, criminal controlled substance possession and possessing a controlled substance
  
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• Escaped raccoon prompts health officials to warn residents of rabies

  18-08-2016 21:26 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — After a captured raccoon escaped its cage in Niagara Falls, officials are sending out a warning about keeping them as pets and rabies.
  Health officials in Niagara County think a raccoon captured on North Ave. had been kept as a pet before it was found. After it had been placed in a cage, a health department representative later returned to find the cage open and the raccoon gone.
  Officials say it should not have been kept as a pet in the first place.
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• Olcott Beach deemed unsafe for swimming

  18-08-2016 20:45 via wivb.com
  
  OLCOTT, N.Y. (WIVB) — The water at Olcott Beach in Niagara County has been deemed unsafe for swimming by the Niagara County Department of Health.
  The department issued an advisory Thursday after officials tested the water and determined it to have an “unsatisfactory bacteriological” quality.
  The advisory will remain in effect until further notice as officials continue to closely monitor the water.
  
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• Ramps to I-190 from Niagara St., Porter Ave. reopen

  18-08-2016 20:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two ramps leading to I-190 have been reopened, according to an announcement by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
  The ramps, which are next to the Peace Bridge Plaza, connect both Niagara St. and Porter Ave. to I-190.
  “Peace Bridge Plaza serves as an important border crossing and the tremendous progress being made will provide both local and international benefits,” Governor Cuomo said, “The completion of this project will not only improve access to the P
  
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• Gawker to shut down next week

  18-08-2016 20:22 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Gawker is going to shut down.
  A Gawker report Thursday said that Nick Denton, Gawker’s founder, told staffers that Gawker.com was ending on Thursday afternoon.
  Univision, the Spanish-language broadcaster, is buying Gawker Media for $135 million in the aftermath of a $140 million judgment against it in the Hulk Hogan invasion-of-privacy case.
  A bankruptcy court judge has to approve the sale at a hearing Thursday.
  Gawker Media’s other blogs include the women-focus
  
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• UB basketball coach’s wife declared cancer-free

  18-08-2016 20:05 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The wife of UB Men’s Head Basketball Coach Nate Oats has been declared cancer-free.
  Oats posted a message about his wife Crystal on Twitter Thursday.Got Crystal's test results back. Everything came back cancer free. Will now test every 3 mos for next 2 yrs. Thanks for everyone's prayers.
  — Nate Oats (@nate_oats) August 18, 2016
  Crystal Oats underwent a successful stem cell transplant in April after being diagnosed with double hit lymphoma.
  Last year,
  
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• Local law enforcement agencies holding softball tournament to benefit Dallas officers’ families

  18-08-2016 18:56 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A number of local law enforcement agencies are taking part in a softball tournament created to benefit the families of Dallas police officers killed in this year’s mass shooting.
  Courtney Jakubowicz, wife of Cheektowaga police officer Eric Jacubowicz, is running the event, which happens Thursday.
  The games are being held at shelters seven and eight at Losson Park in Cheektowaga. A chicken barbeque will last from 3-6 p.m.
  
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• Brazil police official: Lochte made up story about robbery

  18-08-2016 18:41 via wivb.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian police official is telling The Associated Press that American swimmer Ryan Lochte fabricated a story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro.
  The official, who has direct knowledge of the investigation, spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about an ongoing probe.
  He said that around 6 a.m. on Sunday, Lochte, along with fellow swimmers Jack Conger, Gunnar Bentz and Jimmy Feigen, stopped at a gas station in Barr
  
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• Driver who crashed into water charged with DWI

  18-08-2016 18:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Police say the driver of a vehicle that went into Buffalo waters overnight was drunk.
  Just before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, the vehicle was submerged near Tifft St. and Fuhrmann Boulevard.
  Before the crash, the driver, William Lambert, 49, had allegedly been driving on Tifft when he ran a stop sign and struck a guard rail.
  Buffalo fire and police officials showed up to the crash scene and charged the Buffalo man with DWI.
  
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• Officers looking for local doctor sentenced on criminal sex acts

  18-08-2016 18:12 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After spending a year in jail for criminal sexual acts with his patients, Dr. Dharam Garg, 65, is out and law enforcement officers are looking for him.
  The Erie County Sheriff’s Office says Garg is wanted after he failed to inform officials of his address change. As a sex offender, Garg is required to do so.
  The sex acts between Garg and his patients lasted from April 2011 to November 2012. Four different patients were involved in multiple incidents.
  
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• Body of missing kayaker found in Lake Erie

  18-08-2016 17:41 via wivb.com
  
  SUNSET BAY, N.Y. (WIVB) — The body of missing kayaker Dylan Lathrop, 20, was recovered from Lake Erie Thursday morning, according to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office.BREAKING: Sheriff: The body of missing kayaker Dylan Lathrop, 20, has been recovered from Lake Erie. @news4buffalo pic.twitter.com/bgri87CxqN
  — Dave Greber (@DaveGreber4) August 18, 2016
  Lathrop, who lived in South Dayton, went out on Cattaraugus Creek Tuesday to kayak with friends.
  Officials say he
  
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• Extreme drought conditions expanding across Northeast US

  18-08-2016 16:50 via wivb.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The drought affecting the Northeast United States is getting worse in some areas.
  The U.S. Drought Monitor’s latest map for the region shows that the area in extremedrought has expanded across most of northeastern Massachusetts and into southern New Hampshire. Two areas of New York, from the Buffalo area east to the Finger Lakes, and a portion of the state’s Southern Tier, are also in extreme drought.
  Specifically, most of Erie and Genesee counties are in an extre
  
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• Buffalo ranked fifth for producing AmeriCorps members

  18-08-2016 15:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The city of good neighbors has been ranked as number five among large cities in the nation for producing AmeriCorps members.
  AmeriCorps has 75,000 members in intensive service annually to serve through nonprofit, faith-based and community organizations at 21,000 locations across the country. A list of responsibilities include educating millions of students for jobs in the twenty-first century; supporting individuals, families and neighbors on the road to economi
  
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• Restoration work continues on the SS Columbia at Silo City

  18-08-2016 14:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A historic steamship is getting new life in the Queen City. Work continues to restore the SS Columbia, which will eventually become a cultural venue on the Hudson River.
  The 114 year old boat is a last of its kind passenger steamship, designed by the same architect who built the SS Canadiana, the steamship which took people back and forth from Crystal Beach.
  The SS Columbia served much the same function, from the time it was built in 1902 until it was taken out of se
  
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• Marcell Dareus speaks with media following 4-game ban

  18-08-2016 06:03 via wivb.com
  
  PITTSFORD, N.Y. (WIVB) – Marcell Dareus says his four game suspension stems from a missed drug test. He says he found out about the suspension after Saturday’s preseason game and told the team immediately. Second-year head coach Rex Ryan says he found out on Tuesday.
  Dareus can still practice with the team, and when he showed up today he was almost flippant about it. But by the end of practice his mood had changed.
  “I’m just apologizing to my team and my family,” Da
  
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• Hoops pair from Canisius sign to play in college

  18-08-2016 05:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A pair of Canisius High School basketball players announced their decision to play college basketball on Wednesday afternoon.
  Madut Ayiy will attend Daemen College this fall to play for the Wildcats. As a senior Ayiy averaged 10 points per game, 8.3 rebounds and 1.6 blocks.
  Standout player Stafford Trueheart also signed to play college basketball at division one Hofstra University. Trueheart, who was named the New York State Class A player of the year, averaged
  
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• HS Football Preview: Alden Bulldogs

  18-08-2016 05:48 via wivb.com
  
  ALDEN, N.Y. (WIVB) – Alden head coach Rob Currin got a head start to the season when he was selected as the south team coach for this summer’s annual Kensington Lions All-Star Classic. It was a well deserved honor for Currin who got his Alden Bulldogs to the Class B semifinals last fall following a losing season.
  Alden’s threat this season will be their offense, with returning quarterback Bryan Cybulski, who is no stranger to being in charge after starting every game for t
  
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• Trucks carrying nuclear waste could start crossing the Peace Bridge

  18-08-2016 04:35 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Trucks carrying nuclear waste could start crossing the Peace Bridge next month if a federal judge doesn’t intervene.
  Seven environmental groups, including the Sierra Club, have sued the U.S. Department of Energy to stop this. They want to keep 150 truck-loads of highly radioactive liquid waste from being brought across the border.
  The exact route the trucks would use is unclear, but they could choose the Peace Bridge.
  Attorneys call this “unprecedented.&r
  
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• Two Lochte teammates in robbery probe pulled off plane

  18-08-2016 04:15 via wivb.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The USOC says American swimmers Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz were removed from their flight to the U.S. by Brazilian authorities Wednesday night, hours after a judge ordered gold medalist Ryan Lochte and teammate Jimmy Feigen stay in the country as police investigate their claim they were robbed during the Olympics.
  United States Olympic Committee spokesman Patrick Sandusky confirmed the swimmers were detained but had no other details.
  Lochte and his three teammates s
  
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• Community comes together in fire’s wake

  18-08-2016 04:03 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — Medical examiners are being forced to use DNA to identify the remains found late last week among the rubble of High Tread International, a process that will take much longer than first expected.That’s because dental records given to authorities by the family of 14-year-old Joseph Phillips are too old.Investigators are hoping to determine whether the remains are those of Phillips, who hasn’t been heard from since the fire broke out Wednesday evening.
  
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• Daylong search ends without sign of missing kayaker

  18-08-2016 03:35 via wivb.com
  
  SUNSET BAY, N.Y. (WIVB) — Dylan Lathrop loved his family, his friends and he loved the outdoors, the latter two the reasons he launched his kayak on Cattaraugus Creek Tuesday night.
  But fire officials said Lathrop, 20, of South Dayton, and his friends should have stayed on land, because the weather was far too bad, and the portion of Lake Erie to which they paddled was far too dangerous.
  “It was overwhelming for kayaks last night. The lake was as rough as I’ve seen it all summe
  
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• Call 4 Action goes to the Fair for consumers

  18-08-2016 01:26 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Call 4 Action team of volunteers set up shop at the Erie County Fair, Wednesday, to get close up and personal with Western New Yorkers seeking help. It is an annual event at the Fair, and every year it generates consumer news stories for News 4.
  Jim Tighe was among those sharing consumer problems with Call 4 Action. Tighe was livid that a town highway crew dug a ditch in front of his house to lay down a drain pipe, but Jim said the crew went to the wrong propert
  
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• Police investigating Wohlers Avenue shooting

  18-08-2016 00:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police are investigating a shooting that happened in broad daylight Wednesday afternoon.
  The incident happened around 4:15 p.m. in the 100 Block of Wohlers Avenue.
  Police were examining a purple vehicle at the crime scene. The vehicle was later towed away.
  News 4 will update when more information is released.
  
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• Police in Chautauqua County arrest man who violated probation, attempted to kidnap teenager at Walmart

  18-08-2016 00:40 via wivb.com
  
  MAYVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – Police in Chautaqua County say they have found 38-year-old Samuel Saeli. He’s accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old boy from a Walmart parking lot in Fredonia.
  Saeli was arraigned on charges Monday. The Village of Fredonia court set bail at $10 thousand dollars and he was released. Now, the Chautauqua County District Attorney is saying ,not so fast , he wants him behind bars.
  The Acting District Attorney, Patrick Swanson is not happy wit
  
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• Bill could add tens of thousands of organ donors in New York state

  18-08-2016 00:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –– New York state has the lowest amount of registered organ donors across the country. But a new bill could change that, and add tens of thousands of donors to the list.
  Today Macy Alexander-Childs is a healthy 9-year-old girl. But at just 5 weeks old she came close to losing her life after being diagnosed with a gestational disorder. She had 90 percent of her small intestines removed.
  “In less than 24 hours our life went from enjoying this beautiful 5 week
  
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• Project Lifesaver moves into Chautauqua County, puts Forestville Dad at ease

  18-08-2016 00:27 via wivb.com
  
  FORESTVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Dad from Forestville wants you to know about a tracking device through “Project  Lifesaver.”  It’s worn on your arm or ankle and is offered through the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office.
  For Doug Rumsey, having his son Dave wear a tracking device, gives him peace of mind and allows Dave to have more freedom. It’s something he thinks could help your family too.
  Rumsey says his 16-year-old son has a lot of e
  
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• VA launches new mobile unit as they increase outreach at the fair

  18-08-2016 00:08 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Thousands of people are making their way to the Erie County Fair this week; hundreds of those, are veterans who, for the first time, are being introduced to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  “We get to reach people in their own settings,” said Shawn Crandall, the Mobile Vet Center Technician. “These are peole who normally wouldn’t come to the VA and we can go out to their communities and reach them there.”
  The Mobile Unit is a bus
  
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• Sailor meets baby daughter for the first time at Buffalo Airport

  18-08-2016 00:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Tyler Trulock’s never been on a longer flight from Chicago.
  The new dad has been waiting two months to meet little Sage, who’s birth he missed while he was out at sea.
  “It’s unreal. It’s unlike anything else,” Trulock told News 4.
  The E-3 aviation ordinance man and his wife, who’s also in the Navy,  found out they were expecting right before Tyler was deployed.
  “We had about a month to scramble around and try to put
  
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• Report claims Ceglia sent emails claiming he is safe with family in foreign country

  18-08-2016 00:00 via wivb.com
  
  WELLSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — The man who claimed he owned part of Facebook has resurfaced. You may remember — Paul Ceglia tried to sue Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg.
  U.S. Marshals have been looking for Ceglia ever since he cut off his ankle bracelet more than a year ago and fled with his wife, two kids and family dog.
  At the beginning of this month, Bloomberg reports they received emails from Ceglia who said he he is safe with his family and in good health. He wrote he a
  
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