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• Former DOC inmate seeks $5M for alleged brutal beating

  23-12-2016 23:52 via wivb.com
  
  ALDEN, N.Y. (WIVB)- A former New York Department of Corrections inmate is seeking $5 million for an alleged “brutal beating” that occurred while he was incarcerated at the Wende Correctional Facility.
  Kenneth Bingham, who is in a wheelchair, was serving time for Criminal Possession of Stolen Property. He filed a complaint against Officer J. Rynkewicz December 19.
  According to the complaint, Rynkewicz struck Bingham from behind, punching him more than 20 times in the back of the
  
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• Local family seeks answers a month after sister’s death

  23-12-2016 23:13 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB)- Shawntre Allison is preparing for Christmas in Williamsville without her sister.
  “I feel like it’s the same day,” she said.
  “Waiting for detectives to return calls, waiting for detectives to return emails. It’s like we’re stuck on November the 24th.”
  Her sister, 37-year-old Jameca Price, was found dead in her estranged husband’s Georgia condo on Thanksgiving.
  Price is from Buffalo, but lived in Georgia.
  Police there
  
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• Buffalo woman gives ultimate gift and saves nephew’s life with liver transplant

  23-12-2016 23:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — This Christmas season, the Camacho family received a gift that money can’t buy.
  “Her getting tested and being the first person to be a match was his savior he would’ve died,” said Alex Camacho, Aiden’s father.
  On Thanksgiving day, family members noticed 19-month-old baby Aiden Camacho started looking yellow. The baby had been healthy for most of his young life until he got the flu last month.
  “My sister took him to the hospital and
  
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• Donations help cover classroom supply expenses for Ken-Ton Teacher

  23-12-2016 22:55 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — According to AdoptAClassroom.org K through 12 teachers spend at least 600 dollars a year of their own money to make sure they have all the supplies they need for their classroom.
  Local first grade teacher Katie Sacco has been a teacher for over 20 years and says she has spent thousands of dollars on classroom supplies over that time. So she decided to make a profile on AdoptAClassroom.org and so far she’s received almost $1500 from donors to cover supply expe
  
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• Free Christmas trees hand out to those in need on Saturday

  23-12-2016 22:39 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB)- Free Christmas trees will be available to those in need on Saturday.
  Former Erie County legislator Charles Swanick, Arida Tree Farm and Grabber & Sons Landscaping will continue their Christmas Eve tree handout tradition from 9-1 p.m.
  Those in need of a tree can pick up a tree in the back parking lot of the Philip Sheridan School, 3200 Elmwood Ave., Town of Tonawanda.
  Volunteers will assist with loading the trees into vehicles from 9-1 p.m. After 1 p.m. th
  
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• Roswell patients finding strength, support through music

  23-12-2016 21:02 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)– It was another day for Dan Zotara – his back had been bothering him for a few weeks; he feet were swelling but he wasn’t too worried. He went to the chiropractor, thinking he would have something adjusted and he’d be on his way. What happened next was a whirlwind, according to Zotara. He was sent to the emergency room, they took an x-ray and then sent him to Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
  A few days later – the call came.
  “You
  
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• Carl Paladino doesn’t filter responses when answering Artvoice survey

  23-12-2016 20:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Artvoice sent a survey to local artists, performers and business owners in WNY asking what they would like to see accomplished in 2017.
  Responses submitted by local developer and Buffalo School Board member Carl Paladino have many residents and elected leaders reacting.
  Questions asked by Artvoice:
  1. What would you most like to happen in 2017?
  2. What would you like to see go away in 2017?
  3. Who would you like to see run for mayor of Buffalo in next year’s elec
  
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• Buffalo woman shares extensive menorah collection inside Elmwood Village home

  23-12-2016 19:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  This weekend Buffalo’s Jewish community will celebrate the “festival of lights.” You can’t celebrate Hanukkah without a menorah. One Buffalo woman has made it her mission to capture quite the collection.
  Inside Marlene Katzel’s Elmwood Village home. You’ll find big and small menorahs. There are menorahs shaped like musical instruments. There are others that make music on their own.
  When it comes to her extensive collecti
  
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• Record number of Americans expected to travel for holidays this year

  23-12-2016 13:27 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – If you’re heading out of town for the year-end holidays, you’re going to be in good company.
  AAA reps say they’re expecting a record breaking number of Americans to travel, as more than 103 million people hit the roads and head to the airports.
  Most of the travelers will be heading out to spend the holidays with their families, but warm destinations like Florida and Jamaica are also popular this season.
  Wherever you’re going, you’re
  
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• A look at some of 2016’s most inspiring sports moments

  23-12-2016 11:54 via wivb.com
  
  (AP) — We watch sports to see who wins and loses, but also to be inspired — and 2016 offered plenty of examples of the latter, from a touching moment between two strangers on the Olympic track, to a little boy from a war-torn land who met his favorite soccer player, to a warm ovation fueled by empathy for a visiting NHL goalie.
  Craig Sager, the longtime NBA sideline reporter famous for his flashy suits and probing questions, diedDec. 15, 2016 after a batter with cancer. He was 65. (P
  
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• Premium Wine and Spirits sues local liquor store for being too big and too close

  23-12-2016 05:13 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — An East Amherst liquor store owner got an early, unwanted Christmas present.
  Louis Mulone has owned Addys Wine and Spirits for the past six years. Less than a month ago, Mulone relocated the store a quarter of a mile down the road on Transit Road. The store sits right next to Wegmans and much closer to Premium Wine and Spirits.
  Mulone found out early Thursday, the Premier Group is suing his company for being too big and too close.
  “There was already 50,000
  
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• Premier Wine and Spirits sues local liquor store for being too big and too close

  23-12-2016 05:13 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — An East Amherst liquor store owner got an early, unwanted Christmas present.
  Louis Mulone has owned Addys Wine and Spirits for the past six years. Less than a month ago, Mulone relocated the store a quarter of a mile down the road on Transit Road. The store sits right next to Wegmans and much closer to Premier Wine and Spirits.
  Mulone found out early Thursday, the Premier Group is suing his company for being too big and too close.
  “There was already 50,000
  
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• Phones fixed, Lancaster VFW back to business serving veterans

  23-12-2016 01:42 via wivb.com
  
  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Lancaster VFW is back in business, now that their phone service has been restored. The Lt. Col. Matt Urban Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7275 on Walden Avenue had phones, but no service for nearly a month, so they dialed up Call 4 Action—on a cell phone of course—and got the phones working again.
  VFW members and volunteers do a lot for fellow war veterans, but all their good works were nullified because the phones were inoperable. The VFW post had j
  
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• Canadians sent home for trying to sneak cat into New Zealand

  23-12-2016 00:00 via wivb.com
  
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A Canadian woman who authorities say managed to hide her 4-year-old pet cat Bella in her handbag during a trans-Pacific flight had her vacation cut short when border agents discovered the ruse at a New Zealand airport.
  The woman was refused entry into the country and she, her husband and the cat were forced to catch the next flight home, Ministry for Primary Industries spokesman Craig Hughes said Thursday. He called the woman’s actions “reckless a
  
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