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• The story behind Abraham Lincoln’s beard and its local ties

  07-10-2016 23:30 via wivb.com
  
  WESTFIELD, N.Y. (WIVB) —It’s the season of politics. While many are focused on the battle between Trump and Clinton, an election from 156 years ago is coming back on to the main stage. That’s because of its Western New York ties.
  Known for wearing his top hat, the tallest president of the United States was a beardless man…that is until one little girl gave him, her opinion. That girl was Grace Bedell.
  Michelle Henry, Chautauqua County historian told News 4 all about
  
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• Numerous NY police forces to receive bulletproof vests

  07-10-2016 23:18 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced over $808,000 in new federal funding to purchase bulletproof vests for police in New York. Over 13,000 vests will be provided to police officers across 192 jurisdictions.
  The funding was allocated through the DOJ’s Bureau of Justice Assistance Bulletproof Vest Partnership program to purchase new bulletproof vests, and will also provide reimbursement to state and local law enforcement agenci
  
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• Wheelchair accessible swings taking group home in Cheektowaga to new heights

  07-10-2016 23:11 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) —“Some people who use wheelchairs can get out of their wheelchairs and maybe sit in a swing but some people cannot. Their wheelchair provides them not just mobility but the ability to sit up straight and have proper alignment so to remove that person from their wheelchair doesn’t give them the support they need,” said Helen Trowbridge Hanes, Aspire of WNY Vice President of Community Living.
  Angela Kaznica has depended on her wheelchair for more th
  
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• Pearl St. opens for two-way traffic

  07-10-2016 23:05 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Drivers in downtown Buffalo will need to get used to a major traffic change.
  Pearl St. is now open to two-way traffic. Crews worked through Thursday night to put new stripes on the road.
  The conversion is part of a $2.5 million dollar project to improve traffic flow downtown.
  
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• Better Business Bureau holds event for safe disposal of documents

  07-10-2016 22:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Better Business Bureau of Upstate New York, Tops, AT&T and Shred-It will hold the “Secure Your ID Day” on Saturday, October 8th.
  The event will provide free paper shredding for anyone who would like to bring their old documents for safe onsite destruction.
  The BBB aims to prevent identity fraud and promote best practices for identity theft protection. In 2015, 13.1 million Americans became victims of identity fraud. Misplacing a personal docu
  
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• Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame inducts 2016 class

  07-10-2016 22:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The 26th annual Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame dinner, held at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, inducted 12 members on Thursday night. The group was highlighted by Bills guard Reggie McKenzie and head athletic Bud Carpenter.
  Here is a lit of the entire class of 2016:
  Benjy Bluman Acclaimed Basketball Official & All-around Athlete
  Don Bosseler Outstanding NFL and U-Miami Fullback
  Carl Brandt Record-setting Track Sprinter (Pride)
  Sal Buscaglia Collegiate
  
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• Bills activate Marcell Dareus despite hamstring injury

  07-10-2016 22:27 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have activated Marcell Dareus even though the star defensive tackle is questionable to play Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams due to a hamstring injury.
  Dareus was formally added to Buffalo’s 53-player roster on Friday. He rejoined the team this week after serving a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy.
  Dareus was hurt during practice on Friday, as was running back LeSean McCoy, who is also listed
  
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• Peace Bridge to be illuminated for causes in October

  07-10-2016 22:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Peace Bridge will be lit up in a variety of colors this month to commemorate specific causes. Here are the colors and dates of illumination during October.
  October 7 – Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day – Teal
  October 10 – World Mental Health Day – Purple
  October 13 – Domestic Violence – Purple
  October 14 – Addiction Awareness and Support – Blue
  October 15 – Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day &n
  
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• Disney World will reopen Saturday morning

  07-10-2016 21:33 via wivb.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (MEDIA GENERAL) – Walt Disney World has announced it will reopen Saturday morning after closing to prepare for Hurricane Matthew.
  The park closed for the fourth time in its 45-year history Thursday night, all in anticipation of major hurricanes. Previously, Disney World closed for one day prior to Hurricane Floyd in 1999, two days prior to Hurricane Frances in 2004, and one day prior to Hurricane Jeanne two weeks after Frances.
  Although it did not close, the park also was eva
  
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• VIDEO: Flight crew travels through eye of Hurricane Matthew

  07-10-2016 21:29 via wivb.com
  
  (AP) — A flight crew from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) flew through the eyewall and into the eye of Hurricane Matthew on Thursday. Watch the flight in the video below. 
  
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• 2 accused of gun, drug possession at U.S. border

  07-10-2016 21:13 via wivb.com
  
  LEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two people were arrested on gun and drug charges at the Lewiston Bridge Friday morning.
  The unnamed males, ages 16 and 19, were questioned by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers when they were found in a rental vehicle with no driver’s licenses or other forms of identification.
  They told authorities that they made a wrong turn after dropping off a family member in Lewiston. They then made a U-turn before reaching Canada, officers say.
  Officials wh
  
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• Obama orders US economic sanctions on Myanmar lifted

  07-10-2016 20:51 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is lifting U.S. economic sanctions on the former pariah state of Myanmar.
  The White House says Obama signed an executive order lifting the sanctions on Friday. He had announced plans to do so last month, when Myanmar’s new civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi (ahng sahn soo chee), visited the Oval Office.
  Obama’s move marks the culmination of years of rapprochement between the U.S. and Myanmar that Obama has worked to facilitate. The Southe
  
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• Series of projects announced to improve safety on Skyway

  07-10-2016 19:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — With Thursday’s announcement of improvements on the Thruway, the Department of Transportation announced changes coming to the Buffalo Skyway one day later.
  Crews plan to perform maintenance and rehabilitation on the Skyway to improve the busy bridge, which is used by more than 40,000 vehicles every day.
  Starting Monday, a three-part series of projects will begin when a netting system is installed in the Canalside area from the Buffalo River to Commercial St.
  In
  
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• 4 arrested in Gowanda drug investigation

  07-10-2016 19:05 via wivb.com
  
  GOWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Four people were arrested amid a drug investigation in the Village of Gowanda.
  The simultaneous arrests of Tina Ganschow, 53, Michael Smith, 43, George Kennedy, 26, and Travis Neu, 27, took place early Monday morning.
  All four were charged with criminal controlled substance possession, and possession with intent to sell. Gowanda police say heroin, cocaine and fentanyl were sold.
  All four who were arrested were arraigned and jailed in Cattaraugus County on $5,000 bail
  
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• $25 million expansion announced at Buffalo General Mills plant

  07-10-2016 18:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — More cereal will soon be made in Buffalo’s General Mills plant.
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a new $25 million project at the nation’s oldest General Mills plant will retain 417 full-time jobs.
  The plant will soon begin producing Corn Chex and Honey Nut Chex, as well as buy new packaging equipment and ingredient systems.
  “At the Buffalo plant, we believe we have the best employees, making the best cereal,” General Mills Buffalo Plant Manager Allen B
  
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• Dozens arrested at India call center linked to IRS scam calls

  07-10-2016 18:24 via wivb.com
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) – Indian police have arrested 70 people and are questioning hundreds more after uncovering a massive scam to cheat thousands of Americans out of millions of dollars by posing as U.S. tax authorities and demanding unpaid taxes, a police officer said Thursday.
  According to police in Mumbai, the yearlong scam involved running fake call centers which sent voice mail messages telling U.S. nationals to call back because they owed back taxes.
  Those who called back and believed the
  
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• Prosecutors: Man who fatally struck infant on Moselle St. was high at the time

  07-10-2016 17:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man has been charged after hitting three people with his vehicle on June 19. One of them, a 7-month-old baby, was killed.
  Nyree Green was fatally struck by D’Andre Turner, 44, while he was driving near Moselle St. that night, prosecutors say. Two women walking with the baby were injured.
  At the time, prosecutors say Turner was high on marijuana. Because of this, Turner was charged with criminally negligent homicide and operating a motor
  
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• Heating bills expected to remain at record low this Winter

  07-10-2016 17:31 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Fall is here, and Winter will soon come after.
  National Fuel says that Winter heating bills will be at a record low level. The average bill for western New Yorkers is expected to total $497 for five months.
  “Lower winter heating season bills seem destined to repeat this winter across Western New York,” Karen L. Merkel, spokesperson for National Fuel, said. “With the exception of last year’s record warm winter, the upcoming winter is
  
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• Canalside to host its first Fall Fest Saturday

  07-10-2016 17:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Western New Yorkers are invited to take part in a day-long celebration of all things Fall at Canalside on Saturday.
  Between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. there will be more than 20 different activities for people of all ages, from crafts for kids to a seriously creepy haunted house.
  MORE | Click here for full details on the 2016 Fall Fest at Canalside
  One of the big highlights will be the opportunity to roller skate on the replica canals.
  In the summer, the canals are filled w
  
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• Perry woman admits to killing former friend dating ex-boyfriend

  07-10-2016 17:11 via wivb.com
  
  WARSAW, N.Y. (AP) — A Perry woman has pleaded guilty to murdering a former friend who was dating the killer’s boyfriend.
  Prosecutors in Wyoming County say 39-year-old Kira Kastenhuber pleaded guilty Thursday to a second-degree murder charge in exchange for a sentence of 15 years to life in prison.
  Authorities say Kastenhuber strangled, beat and stabbed 33-year-old Desirae Withey last February inside Withey’s home in the rural village of Perry, 35 miles southwest of Rochest
  
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• Buffalo police investigate 2 overnight shootings

  07-10-2016 17:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police reported two overnight shootings in Buffalo before the start of the weekend.
  The first shooting happened on Thursday around 11 p.m. Police went to a home after a man was struck by gunfire.
  The man has non-life threatening injuries.
  Just after 2 a.m. Friday, another shooting happened on Forman St.
  A man in his mid-20s was injured, but remains in stable condition. A silver car was shot a number of times.
  News 4 will update this story with more information a
  
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• Woman killed in Town of Niagara vehicle crash

  07-10-2016 16:11 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF NIAGARA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A woman was killed in a vehicle crash in the town of Niagara Friday morning.
  Police there say she tried to pass another vehicle on Lockport Road when she clipped the vehicle and went sideways.
  During this time, someone driving in the opposite direction slammed into her vehicle’s side.
  After being taken to St. Mary’s Hospital, the woman died.
  It is not clear if either of the other drivers were injured.
  
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• Finding Neverland cast comes to Wake Up!

  07-10-2016 15:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Happening in Buffalo, if you head to the second star to the right, and straight on ’til morning, you will find yourself in Neverland.
  The Broadway show, Finding Neverland, is kicking off its national tour Friday night in Buffalo.
  The play tells the story behind one of the most beloved characters — Peter Pan.
  Some of the cast members from Finding Neverland came to Wake Up! Friday morning. See their interview in the video above.
  
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• NYS cracking down on fake IDs, underage drinking

  07-10-2016 06:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State is cracking down on fake IDs and underage drinking. The multi-agency effort has caught 400 people so far, and the campaign will continue until the end of the year.
  It’s called “Operation Prevent”, and locally, some people felt the sting.  So far, the fake ID crackdown led to the arrest of roughly 200 people right here in Western New York. Officials are urging people, especially college students, it’s not worth the risk
  
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• City leaders roll out new skate park in Niagara Falls

  07-10-2016 04:30 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) –– An idea that first came up nearly 20 years ago is now a reality in Niagara Falls.
  City leaders cut the ribbon on a new skate park in Hyde Park Thursday afternoon. They are hoping the new park will keep kids away from Old Falls Street, where skateboarders were damaging concrete benches and planters in front of the Niagara Falls Conference and Events Center.
  “Kids are going to use skateboards in different places, including public places tha
  
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• Police investigate report of stranger approaching students

  07-10-2016 04:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Public School district sent a notice to parents after a stranger reportedly approached a group of students Thursday morning.
  According to the letter sent home, the incident happened at a bus stop at Elmwood and Utica. A man reportedly approached male students and offered them drugs, then grabbed a female student’s arm. District officials say the students made it safely on the bus when it arrived.
  The man is described as 5’6, African-American,
  
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• Men, already jailed, indicted in Anchor Bar killing

  07-10-2016 00:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police and prosecutors have finished their investigation, witnesses are standing by to testify, and this case is ready to go to trial. Those are the words of the DA’s top homicide attorney, Colleen Curtin Gable, who unsealed indictment against the two men charged with killing Freddie Dizon at the iconic restaurant last May.
  Thursday morning’s announcement that Jorge Suarez and Gregory Ramos had been indicted by an Erie County grand jury on charges they ki
  
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