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• Fort Trump: New security measures ring Trump Tower

  11-11-2016 23:53 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Being a midtown Manhattan neighbor of Donald Trump now that he’s president-elect has come to this: navigating swarms of police officers, barricades, checkpoints and street closings that have turned Trump Tower — a tourist attraction normally open to the public — into a fortress.
  The extreme security measures began going up around the landmark Fifth Avenue skyscraper on Election Day, when authorities brought in a fleet of heavy Sanitation Department trucks
  
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• Funeral held for young girl after tragic accident

  11-11-2016 23:25 via wivb.com
  
  SPRINGVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Loved ones held a funeral for 7-year-old Alyssa Hearn.
  Hearn died after being pinned under a school bus last week.
  It’s almost every little girl’s dream to be a princess and Friday, the Springville community made sure she was treated like one.
  Two horses pulled Hearn’s white casket down the streets of the close-knit community. A big picture of her face hung on the back as the carriage peacefully made its way to her final resting place.
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• Waterfront Elementary School Principal gets tattoo after losing bet to students

  11-11-2016 23:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —  “Mr. Hills stands by his word and whatever he said to the school community he’s going to follow through and it’s an excellent example for our students and our school,” said Debbie Krystofik, Waterfront Elementary School teacher.
  Principal David Hills never saw himself getting a tattoo but thought it’d be a fun way to motivate students.
  “I’d see kids looking at each question and the teacher would say okay how many more o
  
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• First graders rushed to hospital after substitute teacher brings narcotic pills to Buffalo Public school

  11-11-2016 23:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A scary situation for 3 first grade students at a Buffalo Public School. They were rushed to the hospital after they got a hold of their substitute teacher’s prescription pills. It comes after several students were sent to the hospital for drinking a suspicious mixture just last week.
  Luckily in both incidents the kids are okay. In the most recent incident a mom called the newsroom telling News 4 that a student gave the pills out thinking they were candy.
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• GALLERY: Those who served

  11-11-2016 22:52 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  Local heroes fought to preserve the rights Americans have today.
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• Cheektowaga police looking for 2 accused of stealing cameras from Cabela’s

  11-11-2016 22:13 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Cheektowaga police are looking for two people accused of stealing $1,000 in merchandise from Cabela’s.
  The two people pictured are accused of stealing three Garmin trail cameras on Tuesday.
  Anyone with information on the suspects is asked to call Det. Bauman at 686-3546.
  
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• Police: Woman 4x over legal alcohol limit found with empty bottles in bra

  11-11-2016 22:01 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Orchard Park police say a woman was obviously drunk when they arrested her for DWI and other charges Friday morning.
  Shortly after 11:30 a.m., police got a call about a reckless driver going south on Abbott Rd. between Milestrip and New Era Stadium.
  When police responded, they say they noticed the vehicle drift into the northbound lane. In addition to that, they say another driver pulled up to the first car, trying to get the driver to stop.
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• Gravelly-voiced singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen dead at 82

  11-11-2016 21:08 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leonard Cohen, the baritone-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter who seamlessly blended spirituality and sexuality in songs like “Hallelujah,” ”Suzanne” and “Bird on a Wire,” has died at age 82, his son said.
  “My father passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles,” Adam Cohen said in a statement Thursday. “He was writing up until his last moments with his unique brand of humor.”
  Cohen, also renowned as a
  
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• Robert Vaughan, suave ‘Man from U.NCL.E.’ star, dies at 83

  11-11-2016 21:04 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar-nominated actor Robert Vaughn, the debonair crime-fighter of television’s “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” in the 1960s, has died.
  His manager, Matthew Sullivan, says Vaughn died Friday morning after a brief battle with acute leukemia. He was 83.
  “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” was an immediate hit when it debuted it 1964. It ran until 1968, part of an avalanche of secret-agent movies and TV shows touched off by the James Bond craze.
  Vaughn’s ch
  
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• Local Rep. Chris Collins to be part of Trump’s transition team

  11-11-2016 20:41 via wivb.com
  
  (AP) — Among those who will serve on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team will be local Congressman Chris Collins.
  Collins was the first member of the House to endorse Trump for President. He won reelection to Congress on Tuesday.
  Vice President-elect Mike Pence will lead Trump’s transition team, replacing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
  Trump picked his transition chairman and other leaders on Friday. It’s his biggest staffing announcement s
  
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• Niagara Falls police officer arrested on drug charges

  11-11-2016 19:40 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Niagara Falls police officer has been suspended after being arrested on drug charges.
  The officer, Stephanie Costanzo, 28, was among three people arrested by the DEA. She was accused of possessing a controlled substance, paraphernalia and marijuana.
  Costanzo is a 3-year veteran of the police force. She was released on bail.
  News 4 has learned the arrest was part of a drug bust, but Costanzo was not a target of the investigation.
  
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• Evacuation order being lifted at 2p.m. for Lackawanna residents

  11-11-2016 19:30 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Heavy machinery methodically tears through the steel– smoke seeping out as the molten materials fall to the ground.
  More than 50 hours since being discovered, the fire at the former Bethlehem Steel plant continues burning.  Demolition crews are on site with excavators.
  Fire crews say they’re getting a chance to go inside finally, fighting this fire aggressively for the first time since it broke out. They had been working defensively, keeping
  
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• Route 5 to remain closed Friday as demolition continues, evacuees start returning home

  11-11-2016 18:59 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Don’t count on being able to drive on a large stretch of Route 5 Friday, as officials do not expect it to reopen until at least the weekend.
  The road was closed amid the massive fire at the former Bethlehem Steel site that broke out on Wednesday morning.
  On Thursday, fire crews were finally able to start fighting the blaze from the inside. Firefighters have been working in shifts around the clock.
  Residents were evacuated from their homes in the afternoon, a
  
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• Battle Saint project aims to help save lives of veterans with PTSD and TBI

  11-11-2016 17:19 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – This Veterans Day, we remember that the United States has an all-volunteer military force, and less than one percent of all Americans answer the call to serve. Now, there is a push for all of us to answer the call to help veterans dealing with some of the lasting scars of war, like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injuries.
  “Nobody goes into battle and comes out unscathed,” said Cynthia LeMay, the Buffalo native who founded the Ba
  
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• Troopers catch robbery suspect while on way to the scene

  11-11-2016 16:49 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police say they caught a robbery suspect as he was driving away early Thursday morning.
  Around 2:20 a.m., authorities were dispatched to a robbery at a Tim Hortons on Robinson Road in Lockport.
  As State Police made their way there, they say a vehicle with no headlights on passed by them on Lockport Rd. The vehicle matched the description of the one authorities were looking for.
  Troopers turned on the vehicle, which then went off the roadway and back o
  
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• How to prepare your vehicle for winter

  11-11-2016 13:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — With newer technology in today’s cars, drivers do not need to follow the steps they use to take when preparing their vehicles for winter travel. That being said, there are still steps drivers should take to keep their vehicles in the best state possible.
  Here are ways to winterize your vehicle:
  Prepare your battery. At 0 degrees, sources say your vehicle’s battery has about half the power it has at 75 degrees. Newer technology and electrical systems
  
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• Sheriff’s office searching for missing Lockport teen

  11-11-2016 05:15 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officers are asking for public assistance as they try to find a missing teenager.
  17-year-old Auston Pilon was last seen after 6 last night on Old Niagara Road in Lockport
  Pilon is 5’8, 130 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, black jogging pants and a black hat.
  Contact the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office if you think you know where he is.
   
  
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• State veterans counselor under fire for accepting gifts

  11-11-2016 01:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – New York’s top ethics panel has accused a respected state veterans affairs counselor of breaking the law by accepting money and expensive gifts from an elderly veteran she was counseling.The Joint Commission on Public Ethics held a two-day public hearing at the Mahoney State Office Building in Buffalo, Wednesday and Thursday to hear testimony supporting Tracy Kimm, or bolstering JCOPE’s case against her.
  A stream of veterans told an independent hearing o
  
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