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• BPS warns of suspicious person after student was reportedly followed

  16-09-2016 23:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) The Buffalo School District sent an alert Friday afternoon after a student was allegedly followed on the West Side.
  The student reported being followed by a male from Niagara and Virginia Streets to Maryland Street. The man is described as Latino, 5’5 or 5’7 with brown hair and a thin beard.
  The school district urges parents to provide this description to their children and talk with them about how to avoid strangers. Anyone with information on this incident is a
  
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• Drunk driving accident knocked out power for thousands in Orchard Park

  16-09-2016 23:15 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Parts of Big Tree Road were blocked off Friday as crews worked to restore power to thousands of customers in Orchard Park. A drunk driver crashed into a telephone pole before 3 am, just a couple miles away from New Era Field
  “As officers were heading to the area one of our officers observed a Black Dodge Ram pickup truck with heavy front end damage and the air bags deployed heading down Thorn Avenue which is just off of Big Tree Road and maybe a half mile
  
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• Two WNY cities marked dangerous after dark

  16-09-2016 23:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) –  A new report puts two western New York cities in the top ten list of most dangerous places to be in the state after dark.
  According to OnlyInYourState.com, you are in danger of being a victim of a violent crime if you live in Niagara Falls or Jamestown.  The City of Niagara Falls actually comes in at number two, Jamestown at number 6.  The organization used only the most current statistics from the FBI and the Neighborhood Scout’s list.
  The report
  
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• WNY native and Olympic Gold medalist returns to the area to speak to students

  16-09-2016 22:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Western New York native Emily Regan won Olympic gold in rowing back in Rio. Today she spoke to students about her journey and what it took to get there.
  Students at the Nichols School also got a chance to see and hold Emily’s gold medal. Regan graduated from Nichols in 2006 and she picked up rowing in college at Michigan State.
  Emily says she spent the past 10 years rowing, and she spent six of those years training with the national team. She says she trained w
  
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• Bills fire offensive coordinator Greg Roman two weeks into 2016 season

  16-09-2016 20:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The day after a 37-31 loss to the New York Jets dropped the Buffalo Bills to 0-2 to start the 2016 season, the team announced Friday it has fired offensive coordinator Greg Roman after just more than one season on the job.
  Roman’s replacement is Bills running backs coach Anthony Lynn, a longtime assistant under Rex Ryan. He has previously served as a running backs coach for four NFL teams, including the Jets. He joined the Bills in 2015.
  Roman also arrived
  
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• Accused drunk driver already had eight suspensions

  16-09-2016 17:29 via wivb.com
  
  CITY OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police say a driver they arrested for DWI early Friday had a lengthy driving record, including eight suspensions on his license since February 2014.
  Officers charged Markeith Adams, 40, with DWI, driving over a .08, aggravated unlicensed operation, no driver’s license and speeding. Officers pulled him over on Twin City Highway. Police say Adams was traveling 59 in a 45 m.p.h. speed zone. When they checked his license, they found the prior suspensions.
  
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• Goodbye & good luck, Teresa!

  16-09-2016 17:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – News 4 is sending Wake Up anchor Teresa Weakley off to a new job at WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  Good luck, Teresa! We will miss you!
   
  
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• Police: Tonawanda man stole toy drones to pay for cocaine

  16-09-2016 17:03 via wivb.com
  
  CITY OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police say a man was stealing toy drones from the place where he worked to support his drug habit. Officers have charged Justin Stevens, 40, with three counts of petit larceny.
  Captain Fredric Foels says detectives believe the thefts happened six times during July and August. Stevens worked for a pool distribution company in Tonawanda as a warehouse employee, according to police.
  Stevens “….admitted to Detectives he would take the toy drones to
  
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• Phone overload has 518 callers dialing 10 & 11 digits

  16-09-2016 15:50 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The days of 7-digit dialing are coming to an end in eastern New York’s 518 area code region.
  The state Public Service Commission has approved an area code “overlay” in the 17-county 518 region to meet demand for new phone numbers. That means existing numbers will keep the 518 area code and new ones will get a new area code.
  Because there will be two area codes within the region, everybody will have to dial 10 digits for local calls. To call outside the
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in Lackawanna Crash

  16-09-2016 14:14 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police have closed Ridge Road from Rosary Avenue to South Shore Boulevard as they investigate an early morning accident.
  Police have released few details, but they confirm a motorcyclist lost control. The Erie County Sheriff’s Office has deputies also assisting in the crash investigation.
  News 4 has a crew on the scene. Check back for updates.
  
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• Overnight accident closes Big Tree Road

  16-09-2016 14:03 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Orchard Park Police have Big Tree Road closed this morning near Route 219 as utility crews work to repair damage from an early morning accident.
  Police closed Route 20A (Big Tree Road) from Centre Drive to Cobham Drive.
  Overnight police Lt. Joe Ray told News 4, “…an intoxicated driver struck a telephone pole.” The crash left 300 customers in the immediate area without power.
  Because of this accident, South Davis Elementary School in Orchard Pa
  
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• Williamsville North celebrating grand opening of new athletic complex

  16-09-2016 11:52 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – Williamsville North High School students came back from their summer break to find major improvements at their school’s athletic complex, and Friday, the district will celebrate the grand opening of that facility.
  A ceremony and ribbon cutting will be held beginning at 6 p.m. ahead of the big homecoming football game.
  The district’s athletic director, Chris Mucica, calls the improvements at the facility a game changer.
  There’s new synthetic tu
  
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• New rehab facility in Niagara County for young adults

  16-09-2016 06:51 via wivb.com
  
   
  SANBORN, N.Y. (WIVB) — A first of its kind rehabilitation clinic is now open in Niagara County. Delta Village in Sanborn is geared towards the younger generation fighting addiction.
  The 25-bed facility is designed to not only help people with their addiction, but to also give them the tools they need to stay clean.
  Nicholas Gazzoli, the program director at Delta Village, said “While someone is here, for however long they’re here, that bed becomes their lifeline, and when
  
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• Fitzpatrick dominates Bills in 37-31 Jets win

  16-09-2016 05:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — For just the second time in nine career meetings, Ryan Fitzpatrick found a way to beat Rex Ryan, as the former Bills quarterback returned to Buffalo to give the current Bills head coach a night full of fits in a 37-31 Jets victory, dropping the Bills to 0-2.
  Fitzpatrick and the Jets torched the Buffalo secondary all throughout the first regular season game at New Era Field, throwing for 374 yards against two of the best young cornerbacks in football, Stepho
  
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• Man arrested for Cheektowaga double homicide

  16-09-2016 03:47 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – The man Cheektowaga police arrested for a double homicide faced a judge Friday morning. Shane Stevenson pleaded not guilty to two counts of 2nd degree murder.
  Officers found the victims late Thursday at the Kingswood Apartments on French Road. News 4 watched detectives process the crime scene Thursday night. We continue asking police to tell us more about who the victims are and how they died.
  We have Katie Alexander and Jenn Schanz follo
  
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• Cheektowaga police investigating double homicide

  16-09-2016 03:47 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB)-  Cheektowaga police are investigating a double homicide at an Kingswood Apartments on French Rd.
  Police say the investigation is still in the early stages and that the District Attorney’s office is currently working with police.
   
  
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• Bills set to retire Bruce Smith’s #78

  16-09-2016 01:44 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – At halftime of the Bills-Jets Thursday Night Football game, Buffalo will honor former defensive end Bruce Smith.
  Smith, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009, will become just the second Bills player in franchise history to have his number required. Jim Kelly had his #12 retired in 2001.
  The Virginia native still holds the NFL career record for sacks at 200. And is an 11 time Pro Bowl selection. He played for the Buffalo Bills from 198
  
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• South Buffalo homeowner looking for solar power’s missing piece

  16-09-2016 01:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Sunshine provides a source of renewable, or “green” energy, and has substantial benefits for those who invest in solar power systems:it can save money on your electric bill and offers significant tax breaks.John Dunkle of South Buffalo has been trying to cash in solar power for almost two years, but keeps finding himself under a cloud at Buffalo City Hall. Now Dunkle is in the final stretch, and when he ran into another roadblock, he put in a Call 4 Actio
  
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• Investigators continue to search for cause of fatal fire in Batavia

  16-09-2016 00:22 via wivb.com
  
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB)- The scene of a fatal house fire in Batavia is now an empty lot. The landlord had the home demolished shortly after the fire broke out.
  The damage was extensive, and he told News 4 he didn’t want the family to have to see the place where they lost their two young boys.
  Michael and Micah Bard were inside the home alone at the time of the fire; they never made it out.
  The investigation into the cause of that fire is still ongoing. Genesee County officials believe it
  
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• Clinton supporters recall “fainting” spell during 2005 Buffalo visit

  16-09-2016 00:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Four days after a near fainting spell, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is back on the campaign trail.The incident has prompted a ton of chatter and questions about her medical history.
  It’s not the first time the former Secretary of State gave supporters a bit of a scare.
  In 2005, Clinton, then a U.S. Senator, briefly fainted during a luncheon at the Saturn Club in Buffalo.
  “She just got a little faint and they had to stop the program for
  
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• Buffalo girls swim team is competing against other districts for the first time

  16-09-2016 00:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – For the first time ever, girls on the swim team in the Buffalo School District can compete against other schools in the state.
  For decades, the boys swim team could only compete in state competitions or sectionals, and the girls couldn’t.
  “I thought it was just unfair. We should have been able to go to sectionals with the times were getting and how well we were doing in the BPS league, “Julia Penchaszadeh Robert, a sophomore at City Honors and a mem
  
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