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• WNY couple made history as first wedding announcement in The New York Times

  26-01-2017 23:49 via wivb.com
  
  FREDONIA, N.Y– News 4 is learning about a couple from Western New York who made history many years ago. According to The New York Times, the very first wedding announcement published in the debut issue of The New York Times in 1851 was for a couple married in Fredonia.
  Sarah Mullet and John Grant were married at the Trinity Episcopal Church that year. Their great-great granddaughter, Wendy Haskell, said Mullet was from Fredonia and Grant grew up in Jamestown.
  Haskell lives in Connecti
  
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• Guns, hundreds of pills and other drugs seized in local raids

  26-01-2017 23:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Early Thursday morning, Buffalo police conducted drug raids that led to five arrests.
  Search warrants were executed by the police department’s narcotics division on Woodlawn Ave., Greeley Ave., and Wilbury Pl. in Buffalo and on Old Lyme Rd. in Amherst.
  In all, police say they found three handguns, five ounces of heroin, more than 200 ecstasy pills, as well as some cocaine and marijuana.
  One of the people arrested was John Willet. The names of the othe
  
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• Local experts weigh-in on healthcare uncertainties

  26-01-2017 23:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Ousting the Affordable Act is high on the agenda for the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency.
  Republicans in Washington have been trying to get rid of the program for six years, but so far, nothing has stuck in Congress.
  President Trump has vowed to act quickly, promising voters he’d repeal the ACA and replace it with something less expensive that also offers superior care options.
  Senior Vice President for the New York Health Plan Association, Lesl
  
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• Niagara Falls man accused of 2 burglaries at Clarence pharmacy

  26-01-2017 22:49 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Niagara Falls man was accused of two burglaries in Clarence.
  The Erie County Sheriff’s Office says Chace Menkiena, 32, burglarized Buffalo Pharmacy.
  Deputies were at the scene around 2 a.m. on Christmas after a motion alarm was triggered. They think Menkiena broke into an adjacent business, and then proceeded to cut a hole in a shared wall to get to the pharmacy.
  According to deputies, hundreds of prescription narcotic pills were stolen during the
  
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• New study shows cervical cancer more prevalent than experts previously thought

  26-01-2017 22:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hundreds of women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in Western New York every year. Dr. Odunsi says he sees many at Roswell Park Cancer Institute despite an improvement over the past 40 years.
  “We have seen significant decline not only across the nation but also in Western New York but there are still about 12 thousand new cases of cancer of the cervix each year in the united states,” said Kunle Odunsi, MD, PHD, Roswell Park Cancer Institute Cancer Cente
  
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• Cheektowaga police hope to get public’s help with surveillance camera registration

  26-01-2017 21:59 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Cheektowaga police department is hoping to get the public’s help in solving crimes. They are asking residents to register their surveillance cameras with the police.
  If a crime is committed in your area, officers may contact you to check your video.
  You can find the link to register here.
  
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• Bills OL Kouandjio undergoes surgery after falling at home

  26-01-2017 21:21 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Bills OL Cyrus Kouandjio underwent surgery on Wednesday after suffering a non-football injury to his hip.
  The team released a statement on Thursday saying Kouandjio fell at his home.
  The Bills believe Kouandjio will be ready for Training Camp.
  
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• NFADA Auto Show Ticket Giveaway

  26-01-2017 21:00 via wivb.com
  
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• PETA offering $5,000 for information leading to conviction of whoever stabbed pig

  26-01-2017 20:58 via wivb.com
  
  SLOAN, N.Y. (WIVB) — PETA is offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the conviction of whoever stabbed a pig on Rutland Ave. in Sloan.
  According to the Erie County SPCA, some people in the town found the bleeding pig with several stab wounds and a cable tie wrapped around its neck.
  The pig underwent surgery after it was rushed to a shelter in Tonawanda.
  “This sensitive, gentle pig was left staggering in pain from a heavily bleeding stab wound,” says PETA Vice
  
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• Man gets 20 years for plotting New Year’s machete attack

  26-01-2017 20:36 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — An ex-convict with a history of mental illness has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting a New Year’s Eve machete attack at a New York restaurant in the name of the Islamic State group.
  Emanuel Lutchman became agitated at Thursday’s sentencing, shouting in federal court that “there’s going to be more of us.”
  In a letter submitted before the sentencing, the 26-year-old Rochester resident said he’d buried his “
  
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• Ford to pay out average $9,000 profit sharing checks

  26-01-2017 20:16 via wivb.com
  
  DETROIT, MI (WIVB) – Ford autoworkers are in line for handsome profit-sharing checks averaging $9,000.
  The Ford Motor Co. will distribute checks to 56,000 United Auto workers including those at the Woodlawn stamping plant.
  The yearly bonus is based on Ford’s North American pre-tax profits for the year.  This past year that came to $9 billion.
  plants will receive profit-sharing checks averaging $9,000.
  The checks will be distributed to 56,000 United Auto Workers members, includin
  
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• Indoor football coming soon to Buffalo’s Riverworks

  26-01-2017 19:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) –You will soon be able to watch professional football in the city.
  The Buffalo Blitz is one of eleven teams in the brand new Can-Am Indoor Football league.
  The Blitz will have a couple of instant rivals with teams also in Rochester and Niagara Falls.
  They will play their home games at Riverworks.
  John Augustine tells News 4 about some of the improvements to come to accommodate the game. “We’re going to cover it up with gorgeous turf.  We’re going t
  
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• Orchard Park police announce new drug drop-off box

  26-01-2017 18:49 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Orchard Park Police Department has announced the placement of a new prescription drug drop-off box.
  The box is located at the police department at 4295 S. Buffalo St. It was placed in conjunction with the New York National Guard, Counterdrug Task Force, Civil Operations Unit and CVS Pharmacy.
  Here are the types of items that are accepted:
  up to 10 bottles of prescription medicine
  up to two boxes of prescription patches
  non-leaking prescription oint
  
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• Hundreds of WNYers head to D.C. to participate in March for Life

  26-01-2017 18:42 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hundreds of Western New Yorkers are arriving in Washington, D.C., going to the nation’s capital for the March for Life.
  “We don’t have the right to take a life,” said Dominic Cavaralla, one of the people
  These two buses leaving from Our Lady of Bistrica are among the handful heading to DC from the diocese, filled with pro-life supporters ready to rally and march on the nation’s capital.
  “Everybody is there for a common caus
  
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• Mexican president says he will not attend meeting with Trump

  26-01-2017 18:13 via wivb.com
  
  (AP) — Mexico’s president says he’s informed the White House he has canceled a trip to Washington to meet with President Donald Trump amid tension over a border wall.
  Trump had tweeted Thursday morning that if Mexico is unwilling to pay for a wall along the U.S. border, “then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting.”
  The developments come the day after Trump said he will jump-start construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall and cut federal grants for immigr
  
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• Getting ready for the 3rd annual Larkinville Ice Festival

  26-01-2017 17:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Winter weather is on the way for Western New York this weekend, and that will be a welcome sight at Larkin Square as the neighborhood holds its 3rd annual Larkinville Ice Festival Saturday.
  “It’s a neighborhood-wide celebration of winter,” explained Leslie Zemsky, Director of Fun for Larkin Square.
  MORE | Click here for the full list of Ice Festival programming.
  Zemsky said she was hoping for at least a few inches of snow to make a sledding hill pos
  
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• Bandits players read books to kids for winter program

  26-01-2017 17:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — On Thursday morning, members of the Buffalo Bandits lacrosse team took part in the “Hello Winter, Welcome Books,” program by reading to children.
  Members of the team were at the Downtown Central Library at 10 a.m.
  Players Ryan Benesch and Mitch Jones were seen reading books to kids from Bennett Park Montessori School.
  
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• Allegany County man charged with child endangerment, forcible touching

  26-01-2017 17:02 via wivb.com
  
  WELLSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Wellsville police say separate incidents on Pleasant St. in the village led to the arrest of an Andover man.
  Jude Wahl Jr., 25, was arrested following alleged incidents from this month and last July.
  He faces charges of forcible touching, endangering the welfare of a child and disseminating indecent material to a minor.
  Following arraignment, Wahl was jailed in Allegany County on $7,500 bail.
  
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• Man to be sentenced for plotting New Year’s machete attack

  26-01-2017 16:37 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — An ex-convict with a history of mental illness faces up to 20 years in prison when he’s sentenced for plotting a New Year’s Eve machete attack at a New York restaurant in the name of the Islamic State group.
  Emanuel Lutchman, of Rochester, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization in August. Sentencing is scheduled for Thursday in federal court in Rochester.
  Officials say the 26-year-old Lutchman explored
  
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• Niagara County Sheriff warns of “skimming” thefts at gas pumps, ATMs

  26-01-2017 16:28 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office is making residents aware of a number of incidents involving credit card theft via “skimming.”
  Skimmers, which are small devices, can be installed on gas pumps, self-checkout devices or ATMs. The devices scan and store credit card data.
  People using things like gas pumps and ATMs cannot see them.
  The Sheriff’s Office wants residents to check their bank accounts and credit card statements, and
  
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• 3 Florida men charged with stealing credit card information

  26-01-2017 16:28 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police have arrested three men allegedly connected with a number of incidents involving the theft of credit card information.
  Skimmers, which are small devices, can be installed on gas pumps, self-checkout devices or ATMs. The devices scan and store credit card data.
  People using things like gas pumps and ATMs cannot see them.
  Florida residents Yordani Ramirez-Salgado, 27, Ernesto Alvarez-Santos, 20, and Abel Garcia-Ferna
  
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• New photos released following Holland break-ins

  26-01-2017 14:35 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF HOLLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — Erie County Sheriff Tim Howard has released new photos of ‘persons of interest’ wanted in connection with a series of car break-ins.
  The thefts happened this past weekend. Thieves hit at least six separate vehicles parked along South Protection Road in the town. Sheriff Howard hopes someone will recognize the people in the photos and come forward.If you know anything, call the Erie County Sheriff’s Office at 716.858.2903.
   
  
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• Mobile home fire in Marilla under investigation

  26-01-2017 14:22 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF MARILLA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Fire investigators from the Erie County Sheriff’s Office will lead the search for answers following a late night fire at a mobile home in Hillside Estates on Hemstreet Road.
  Firefighters got the call before 11 p.m. Wednesday.
  Sheriff’s office spokesperson Scott Zylka confirms crews from Marilla requested the Sheriff’s Fire Investigation Unit to handle the investigation.Stay with News 4 for updates on this developing story.
   
  
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• Fatal mobile home fire in Marilla under investigation

  26-01-2017 14:22 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF MARILLA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Fire investigators from the Erie County Sheriff’s Office will lead the search for answers following a late night fire at a mobile home in Hillside Estates on Hemstreet Road.
  Firefighters got the call before 11 p.m. Wednesday.
  Sheriff’s office spokesperson Scott Zylka confirms crews from Marilla requested the Sheriff’s Fire Investigation Unit to handle the investigation. The home’s owner, Tracy Caradori, 53, was found dead in a roo
  
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• Catching up with Chad Kelly at the Senior Bowl

  26-01-2017 05:38 via wivb.com
  
  MOBILE, A.L. (WIVB) — Buffalo native Chad Kelly hopes to hear his name called on NFL Draft night, but until then, he’s not about to sit and wait for it to happen.
  Kelly injured his knee during his final college game at Ole Miss, keeping him sidelined from this weekend’s Senior Bowl. It did not keep him from attending, however, as Kelly wants to get up close and personal with scouts and coaches to show them how he has matured.
  Kelly spoke one-on-one with News 4 Sports&rsquo
  
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• WNY immigrant, refugee community watching Washington closely

  26-01-2017 04:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Immigrants and refugees have been a part of Buffalo since the beginning, playing a key role in the community’s cultural and economic heritage.
  Local leaders say the area’s immigrant and refugee population will also play an important role in the continued growth of greater Buffalo into the future.
  The executive orders signed by President Donald Trump Wednesday suggest suspending immigration and refugee programs for six countries, including war-torn Syria,
  
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• Mixed reviews for Scajaquada Boulevard plans

  26-01-2017 04:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The New York State Department of Transportation received mixed reviews Wednesday night. The NYSDOT made some changes to their proposal for the Scajaquada corridor.
  It’s a project that goes back 12 years and is finally moving forward. The NYSDOT says they have accomplished more in 11 months than in the past decade.
  “Not everyone has the same vision for the Scajaquada corridor, so it’s our job to create a transportation facility that is accessible for
  
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• Buffalo Police investigate fatal shooting on French Street

  26-01-2017 02:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Police are investigating a shooting that happened on French Street Wednesday night.
  Officers responded to the shooting just after 6 p.m. Police say a teenage male was shot in a vacant lot and declared deceased at the scene.
  No arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to contact Buffalo Police at 716-847-2255.
   
  
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• FBI seeking information on man arrested for possession of child pornography

  26-01-2017 02:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An Orleans County man is charged with possession of child pornography and the FBI is seeking information from individuals who may have had contact with him.
  45-year-old Christopher Ridder of Albion, N.Y. was arrested and charged after inappropriate Facebook messages and images of young boys were found on his cell phone.
  The complaint states two people found a cell phone in the trash in front of Ridder’s former Medina residence in September 2016. When
  
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• Van Miller’s NFL collection headed for auction

  26-01-2017 00:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The longtime ‘Voice of the Bills’, who died in 2015, left us with some thrilling memories as he guided fans through the team’s Super Bowl years and beyond. Now, many of Van Miller’s precious memories and memorabilia are being auctioned before the next Super Bowl.
  “He loved his work, he loved his hometown, and he felt very fortunate that he was able to do what he did, ” Van’s widow, Gloria Miller, told me by phone Tuesday even
  
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• Uber and 43North team up for UberPitch start-up competition

  26-01-2017 00:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  Ride-sharing company Uber came to the Queen City, for one day only, Monday. Lawmakers, including Governor Andrew Cuomo are vowing to bring it to our area this year.
  Now, the company is trying to help local start up businesses during their brief stop in Buffalo.
  Here’s how it works: You call an Uber, a venture capitalist is delivered to your door, and you have a seven minute ride to pitch your start up idea. The prize is $5 thousand dollars
  
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