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• Sammy Watkins airs frustrations over Taylor being benched, Bills culture

  29-12-2016 23:35 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Star wide receiver Sammy Watkins was made available to the media for the first time since the Bills fired Rex Ryan on Thursday afternoon, and said he feels “sorry” for Tyrod Taylor who is being benched for Sunday’s game against the Jets.
  “I believe in Ty and the people that we got,” Watkins said after practice Thursday. “I don’t want to keep changing players.”
  Watkins, who will enter his fourth year with the Bills
  
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• Lakeview family struggling to get services to care for son with severe autism behaviors

  29-12-2016 23:27 via wivb.com
  
  LAKEVIEW, N.Y. (WIVB) — The holiday season has not been a joyous time for the Tilley family. Gloria and Chuck are parents to 4 kids. Their twin boys Justin and Kyle both have developmental disabilities. kyle has down syndrome, and justin has autism.
  “We’ve had behavioral problems with Justin for the past 3-4 years and we’ve been able to work through them,” said Gloria Tilley of Lakeview.
  But recently his behaviors have gotten out of control. Justin has a pre-cancero
  
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• Kombucha tea gets green light for production in New York state

  29-12-2016 22:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A fermented tea called kombucha recently got the green light for production in New York state.
  Bootleg Bucha is the largest kombucha brewer in the state and they’re based right here in Buffalo. The Buffalo-based brewer says the lightly carbonated drink comes with many health benefits.
  It’s a fermented tea with probiotics, amino acids, vitamin b, and the brewer says it’s good for gut health, digestive health and overall well being.
  The brewer makes t
  
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• Vandals are on car window smashing spree in Amherst

  29-12-2016 22:42 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, NY  (WIVB) –  Amherst Police are asking for your help in finding the vandals who have been on window smashing spree over the last few days.
  Police report 30 incidents of vehicle windows smashed overnight Tuesday, Dec. 27 through Thursday, Dec. 29.
  They are asking anyone with information to please call the Amherst Police Department  at 689-1311
  
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• Buffalo school board moves to oust Paladino

  29-12-2016 21:42 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The wheels are in motion for at least two applications to the New York State Education Department to have Buffalo Board of Education member Carl Paladino removed from his post.
  During a special meeting Thursday, the local school board unanimously approved a resolution 6-2, including Paladino absent — ordering Paladino to resign by Friday afternoon.
  Paladino reaffirmed Thursday to News 4 he would not resign his post.
  As a result, the school board’s
  
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• UPDATE: ‘Suspicious’ condition prompts alert at Rochester Airport

  29-12-2016 21:41 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, NY (WROC/WIVB) –  Our CBS affiliate in Rochester is reporting that all roadways at the Greater Rochester International Airport have reopened after being closed while authorities investigated a suspicious condition.
  The Monroe County Sheriffs Office ordered roads closed and some flights were delayed when the airport was in this security mode starting around 2 p.m.
  Sheriff Patrick O’Flynn held a late afternoon news conference reporting that a potential threat was called
  
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• ‘Suspicious’ condition prompts alert at Rochester Airport

  29-12-2016 21:41 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, NY (WROC/WIVB) –  Our CBS affiliate in Rochester is reporting that all roadways at the Greater Rochester International Airport have reopened after being closed while authorities investigated a suspicious condition.
  The Monroe County Sheriffs Office ordered roads closed and some flights were delayed when the airport was in this security mode starting around 2 p.m.
  A passenger told WROC News that a suspicious package caused the large investigation.
  Passengers were being kept
  
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• WATCH: Buffalo school board special meeting

  29-12-2016 21:23 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A special meeting is being held by the Buffalo Board of Education.
  The board will be adopting a resolution calling for Carl Paladino to resign from his post. If not the board will formally apply to the state education department for Paladino’s removal.
  Paladino told News 4’s Dave Greber this morning he will not resign, and that sets in motion the process for Paladino’s formal removal by the state.
  You can click here to watch the meeting. 
  
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• NYS Thruway to offer free coffee and tea NYear’s weekend

  29-12-2016 20:13 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, NY (WIVB) – The New York State Thruway Authority is ready to give you free coffee and tea at all NYS service areas this New Year’s Eve.
  The complimentary beverages are available from 11 p.m. on New Year’s Eve unti 7 a.m. on New Year’s Day at all 27 service stops.
  Free E-ZPass Velcro tags will be available for motorists while supplies last at the service area gift shops.
  “Our longstanding New Year’s Eve tradition of providing free hot coffee and te
  
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• Loaded rifle found next to infant’s crib in Fillmore Ave. raid

  29-12-2016 19:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) – Erie County Sheriff’s deputies say they found a loaded rifle next to an infant’s crib during a raid on a Fillmore Avenue home.
  Narcotics and SWAT units found marijuana and cocaine along with other drug paraphernalia in the home.  A semi-automatic rifle and a high capacity magazine were next to a baby’s crib.
  Antuan Yeomas, 26,  was arrested and charged with drug and firearms charges along with false impersonation and endangering the welfare
  
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• DA Flaherty reflects on year in office, ready for what’s next

  29-12-2016 18:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — These last few days of the year mark the last for Michael Flaherty behind his desk in the District Attorney’s office — an office he never thought would have his name on the door.
  “When I started 23 years ago, I never expected to be here this long,” said Flaherty, the acting D.A. for Erie County. “I certainly never expected to be the one in the DA’s office.”
  Becoming the acting District Attorney in 2016 after Frank Sedita
  
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• Former Bills player Keion Carpenter dies in freak accident

  29-12-2016 17:45 via wivb.com
  
  MIAMI, FLA. (WIVB) – Former Buffalo Bills safety Keion Carpenter has died following an accidental fall while on vacation in Florida. He was just 39 years old.
  Carpenter spent seven seasons in the NFL with the Buffalo Bills and Atlanta Falcons.  He died Thursday morning at a hospital in Miami.
  The athlete was on vacation with his family when he fell while playing with his son, hitting his head on pavement and slipping into a coma.
  The Bills organization reported that Carpente
  
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• Sakari is ready to meet you at the Buffalo Zoo

  29-12-2016 16:59 via wivb.com
  
   BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) –  Sakari is making his debut at the Buffalo Zoo just in time for the start of Polar Bear Days.
  WIVB cameras were invited to a preview peek at Sakari who hails from the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison, Wisconsin.
  The polar bear will eventually be introduced to the zoo’s Luna, with hopes that they hit it off and produce future bears.
  Sakari is part of a three-bear exchange program in place to ensure the future of the species.
  To celebrate Sakari’s homeco
  
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• Holley “Squirrel Slam” lawsuit gets new life

  29-12-2016 15:22 via wivb.com
  
  HOLLEY, NY (WIVB) – A lawsuit to ban the controversial “Squirrel Slam” in Orleans County has been restored.
  The Holley Fire Department has been the target of much criticism by animal rights activists for their annual fundraiser, the “Hazzard County Squirrel Slam”. Participants raise money by shooting squirrels.
  State Supreme Court Justice James Punch dismissed the lawsuit in 2015 stating that the event did not violate state environmental laws.
  Last week, the Court o
  
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• Campus Square project to bring 153 apartments to medical corridor

  29-12-2016 15:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) – Plans have been approved for the Campus Square Development project – a six-story complex in the Buffalo Niagara Medial Corridor.
  The McGuire Development Company and Mark Trammell announced they will break ground in March on the complex.  It will cover nearly three and a half acres directly across from the Gates Vascular Institute at East North and Ellicott Streets.
  The $90 million dollar project will house 153 apartments, 92 affordable and 61 at market rate.
  
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• Five people in hospital after overnight house fire

  29-12-2016 14:11 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — A house on Falls Street broke out in flames just after 3 a.m. Thursday. Crews rushing to the scene discovered a fully involved fire with heavy flames and smoke on the first floor.
  The fire chief tells us five people, two adults and three children, were home at the time of the fire. They jumped from a second floor window to escape the burning house. The chief says the two adults both have lower body injuries, one of whom is more seriously injured than the o
  
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• A dozen young teens arrested at Walden Galleria

  29-12-2016 04:16 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police say 5 young teens were arrested at the Walden Galleria on Christmas, and an additional 7 were arrested the following day. In all police kicked out 80 to 90 young people out of the mall over that two night period. Fortunately there were no reported injuries as a result of these malls fights, but Cheektowaga police say these types of brawls at the Galleria are nothing new.“We had bans of kids roaming the mall, causing trouble in the mall, fighting figh
  
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• Actress Debbie Reynolds has died at 84, son says

  29-12-2016 03:48 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Debbie Reynolds, the star of the 1952 classic movie “Singin’ in the Rain” has died one day after the death of her daughter, actress-writer Carrie Fisher. Reynolds was 84.
  Her son, Todd Fisher, said Reynolds died Wednesday.
  “She’s now with Carrie and we’re all heartbroken,” Fisher said from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where his mother was taken by ambulance earlier Wednesday.
  He said the stress of his sister’s death
  
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• Bulls stampede non-conference foes to 9-0 record

  29-12-2016 02:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – It’s been a week since the UB Women’s basketball team set a program mark for the best start in history, improving to 9-0. Coming off of an NCAA tournament we knew the Bulls would be talented and this early success is something they believe they deserve.
  “We had to be sure just to carry over how we finished,” junior center Cassie Oursler said. “We finished on a nice momentum. We worked rally, really hard this summer. So, just coming into
  
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• Groups begins filing formal state application to remove Paladino from school board

  29-12-2016 01:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The calls for Carl Paladino’s ouster from the school board have been constant. But any steps to have him formally removed, have been few.
  That’s about to change, as the local parent-teacher organization becomes the lone actor among a sea of voices.
  There’s been no shortage of outrage in the wake of Paladino’s comments about the president and first lady in last week’s ArtVoice. There have been plenty of supporters as well, although most o
  
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• What were the top scams of 2016?

  29-12-2016 00:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — This was a big year for scammers, especially before September, when Indian police busted an entire call center dedicated to the well known “IRS Scam.”
  What’s on the horizon for 2017, however, might have already shown itself this year, according to the Better Business Bureau.
  The agency released this week a list of the top 10 scams of 2016. The infamous IRS and other tax scams made up more than a quarter of the profitable capers.
  “They threaten
  
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