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• Students building ‘tiny house’ through Erie 1 BOCES program

  21-10-2016 23:45 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A little rain didn’t stop students from working on a special project outside. They’re building a tiny house.
  A group of high school students are building it from the ground up.
  The students come from various school districts, and they’re all enrolled in the Building Trades program at the Erie 1 BOCES Kenton Career and Technical Center. They work on construction of the tiny house for about 2 and a half hours a day.
  Students will also be doing the e
  
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• Jamestown police investigating stolen car arson

  21-10-2016 23:44 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — An abnormal discovery in Jamestown has police looking for answers.
  Around 4:45 a.m. Friday, Jamestown police say a bypasser noticed a burning car near Lister Ave.
  The car, which was stolen from a nearby driveway, was fully engulfed in flames, officials say. The Jamestown fire department had to extinguish it.
  Anyone with information on the vehicle is asked to call the anonymous police tip line at 483-TIPS (8477) or Crime Stoppers at 867-6161.
  Tipsters may be el
  
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• Local family creates bucket list for terminally ill dad

  21-10-2016 23:25 via wivb.com
  
  FRANKLINVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB)- 54-year-old John DeBeau has a busy year ahead of him.
  The father of ten learned he has Lewy Body Dementia in August.
  “I just put it up to old age, you know I’m getting older, and then it got to the point where I’d wake up sometimes and not even know where I was in my own house,” John told News 4.
  He and his wife Lori don’t want to waste a second of the time they have left.
  “We could sit here and wait, some day we’re gonna do t
  
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• U.S. Army Veteran receives service dog through Rebuilding Warriors

  21-10-2016 23:01 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The moment Miranda Hulse met her service dog Bolt, the connection was instant.
  “I brought him back to my house on the first day and he slept with me and he’s my little shadow he follows me all around and I love him and I think it’s mutual,” said Miranda Hulse, U.S. Army Veteran.
  For Hulse, Bolt is more than just a loved pet. He’s a lifeline, that’s helping the U.S. army veteran readjust. Hulse was a captain for 7 years and did 3
  
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• Rainfall floods streets, more in Southern Tier

  21-10-2016 22:46 via wivb.com
  
  WELLSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Allegany County has been getting hit hard with torrential rain on Friday.
  Not a whole lot of road closures have come to the attention of News 4, but drivers were certainly stopped in their tracks as flooded roads blocked their paths.
  One of the roads that closed was in Cuba — specifically Rt. 446 in between Bull St. and Lake St.
  Many residents have started pumping water from their cellars. Check out the gallery below to see Allegany County and the surroundin
  
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• Bills RB McCoy questionable with hamstring injury

  21-10-2016 22:00 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy is questionable and will be a game-time decision for Buffalo’s upcoming game against the Miami Dolphins.
  McCoy returned to practice on a limited basis Friday after sitting out Thursday. He revealed he suffered the injury in Buffalo’s Wednesday practice session at the start of individual drills.
  “We’re confident in the guys that we have behind him but not ruling Shady out at all,” Bills head coac
  
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• Buffalo police looking for Main St. bank robbery suspect

  21-10-2016 21:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Buffalo are investigating the robbery of a Northwest Bank branch on the 200 block of Main St.
  The robbery occurred at 12:20 p.m. Friday when a man went in, demanded money from a teller and then fled north with cash.
  Police described the man’s outfit as a blue or purple wind suit, baseball cap, white turtleneck and sunglasses.
  Anyone with information on the man’s identity or the robbery itself is asked to call the police tip line at&nbs
  
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• RI motorcyclist faces multiple charges following police chase in Dunkirk

  21-10-2016 20:39 via wivb.com
  
  DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Rhode Island man is facing dozens of charges in Dunkirk following a police chase.
  Dunkirk police responded to a report of a reckless driver in the areas of Columbus Ave., E. 4th St. and Park Ave. on Wednesday afternoon.
  When they made their way to the scene, police spotted Jorge Rivas-Serrano, 22, on a motorcycle.
  The motorcyclist spun the vehicle’s back wheel, and when he saw the police, he allegedly fled.
  The vehicle chase ended at an address at C
  
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• Many questions remain for Holly Seiler’s family

  21-10-2016 20:08 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — Lockport police are remaining very tight-lipped regarding an investigation into a house fire.   Holly Seiler, 54, was found dead inside her home at 605 E. High Street on Thursday morning.
  “She was a loving mother,” said Caleb Bell, Seiler’s ex-husband. “She did all she could do. It’s just a bad situation.”
  A situation Seiler’s family still has many questions about.  Just hours before the house fire, police wer
  
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• Fire truck, car collide at Delaware and Bryant

  21-10-2016 18:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A fire truck collided with another vehicle at Delaware Ave. and Bryant St.
  The crash happened at 9:50 a.m. Friday.
  Before the collision, the fire truck had been responding to a call. Its lights were on and its sirens were sounding.
  The truck had a green light when it struck the other vehicle.
  After the crash, the driver of the other vehicle had to be extricated from their car.
  The driver, a male, had non-life threatening injuries. No firefighters have reported a
  
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• Shoppers taking advantage of WNY’s largest family consignment sale this weekend

  21-10-2016 17:57 via wivb.com
  
  BLASDELL, N.Y. (WIVB) – Raising kids is very expensive, and a lot of families are looking to save money wherever they can. They’ll have a great opportunity to do that this weekend at Mothertime Marketplace, the largest consignment sale event in our region.
  The Mothertime Marketplace fall sale got underway Friday morning at Extra Bases Training Center on Lake Avenue.
  MORE | Click here for more information about Mothertime Marketplace
  Hundreds of local families have brought in thousand
  
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• US internet disrupted as key firm gets hit by cyberattack

  21-10-2016 17:46 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Reports of online disruption cropped up across the East Coast of the United States after a key internet firm was hit by a cyberattack Friday.
  Manchester, New Hampshire-based Dyn, Inc. said its server infrastructure was hit by a distributed denial-of-service attack, which works by overwhelming targeted machines with junk traffic.
  Dyn said in a series of statements that it first became aware of the attack around 7:00 a.m. local time and that services were restored to normal abo
  
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• Spill at Kansas chemical plant causes ‘smoke,’ evacuations

  21-10-2016 17:43 via wivb.com
  
  ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a chemical plant spill has caused a noxious cloud to form over a northeastern Kansas community, prompting the evacuation of a school and the factory.
  The spill occurred Friday morning at the MGP Ingredients plant in Atchison, 50 miles northwest of Kansas City.
  Atchison County Emergency Manager Wes Lanter says “smoke” coming from the plant poses a breathing threat.
  The St. Joseph News Press reports (http://j.mp/2eOP1do ) that one school was
  
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• La Divina reopens after Tuesday restaurant raids

  21-10-2016 17:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Earlier this week, four local restaurants were raided and closed amid the arrests of dozens of people. As of Friday morning, at least one of them is back open.
  A number of people could be seen inside La Divina on Delaware Ave. on Friday. That restaurant, as well as Agave, El Agave and Don Tequila were raided on Tuesday in relation to a criminal investigation.
  Among the 25 arrested were the businesses’ owner, 42-year-old Sergio Mucino. He, along with two ot
  
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• Demonstrators call for release of detained restaurant workers, immigration reform

  21-10-2016 05:04 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A group of demonstrators rallied outside of the immigration and customs office in Downtown Buffalo. They called for the release of 25 detained restaurant workers. Officials say the workers, who were detained earlier in the week, were undocumented – and are now facing criminal and immigration charges. In the long term, they also want to see nationwide immigration reform.
  “So we are here to show that this is not about taco Tuesday, this is not about mo
  
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• Water tests reveal elevated lead levels in Lackawanna Schools

  21-10-2016 04:15 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB)- Water quality testing in the Lackawanna City School District has detected elevated levels of lead.
  Testing at Truman, Martin Road, Middle School, High School and McKinley showed an elevated level of lead in samples from a variety of sources, including drinking fountains and sink faucets.
  Parents were told in a letter that all affected sources of water were immediately turned off and will remain off until lead levels are confirmed to be below the acceptable limi
  
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• Water tests reveal elevated lead levels in growing number school districts

  21-10-2016 04:15 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A growing number of school districts in Western New York are getting results back from water quality testing, and they are detecting elevated levels of lead.
  Testing showed an elevated level of lead in samples from a variety of sources, including drinking fountains and sink faucets.
  Here are the schools which showed elevated levels of lead in some water sources:
  LACKAWANNA
  Truman
  Martin Road
  Middle
  High
  SILVER CREEK
  Central School District
  CLARENCE
  Ledgeview
  
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• Water tests reveal elevated lead levels in 3 local school districts

  21-10-2016 04:15 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Water quality testing in the Lackawanna City, Silver Creek and Clarence school districts has detected elevated levels of lead.
  Testing showed an elevated level of lead in samples from a variety of sources, including drinking fountains and sink faucets.
  Here are the schools which showed elevated levels of lead in some water sources:
  LACKAWANNA
  Truman
  Martin Road
  Middle
  High
  SILVER CREEK
  Central School District
  CLARENCE
  Ledgeview Elementary
  Clarence Center
  
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• Born without limbs, company CEO leads by example

  21-10-2016 02:26 via wivb.com
  
  ELMA, N.Y. (WIVB) – John Robinson was born a quadruple amputee–without arms or legs–but that hasn’t stopped him from golfing, hiking, and driving a car with specialized equipment. It also didn’t stop him from realizing his lifelong dream of making it big in television.
  The corporate executive and entrepreneur had a long hard climb to the top, overcoming obstacles many of us cannot even imagine, but after 4 years of rejections, Robinson was hired at a television sta
  
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