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• Prison escapee enabler could be paroled as early as May

  03-02-2017 23:53 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, NY (WIVB) – Joyce Mitchell, the woman convicted of helping two prisoners escape a New York prison, could be released as soon as May 16.
  Mitchell has been granted a state hearing next week and a parole board hearing could follow.
  She was the prison seamstress who helped inmates David Sweat and Richard Matt escape from the Clinton Correctional Facility.
  Matt was shot and killed, Sweat was shot and captured.
  In September, Mitchell was sentenced to two and a third to seven years in pri
  
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• OP native goes into labor before NFL husband’s playoff game

  03-02-2017 23:34 via wivb.com
  
  ATLANTA, G.A.(WIVB)– Atlanta Falcons’ left guard and former Buffalo Bills offensive lineman Andy Levitre is starting 2017 as a year of firsts: his first playoff run, first Super Bowl and first child.
  His wife and Western New York native Katie Levitre went into labor on the way to his first playoff game almost three weeks ago. Katie graduated from Orchard Park High School and is a former Buffalo Jills cheerleader. She said she knew there was a chance she could go into labor during a p
  
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• Teen boy dead after logging accident in Cattaraugus County

  03-02-2017 23:28 via wivb.com
  
  CONEWANGO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 14-year-old Amish boy is dead following a logging accident in Cattaraugus County.
  Dispatchers received a 911 call for a logging accident around 9 a.m. Friday on Northeast Road in the Town of Conewango. When they arrived at the scene the 14-year-old boy was pronounced dead.
  It is unclear how the accident happened. The boy’s name has not been released.
  
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• 34-year-old adoption agency suddenly shuts its doors

  03-02-2017 22:55 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — “Unfortunately we were unable to have children on our own and so for us adoption was the natural next step,” said Jennifer, adoptive mother.
  It was a process that took Jennifer’s family about a year and a half, through the Adoption STAR agency.
  “There were definitely times in our journey where we felt that we wanted to give up. But it was our support system here at the agency that really helped us through those times,” said Jennifer.
  But
  
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• Disturbing case of animal abuse, drugs in Jamestown

  03-02-2017 22:39 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, NY (WIVB) – A disturbing case of animal cruelty is coming out of Jamestown.
  Police say they found a malnourished dog in an apartment along with cash and several drugs.
  Authorities raided a home on East 2nd Street this morning.
  They say they found a dog chained to a pipe in the basement.  They don’t think it had food for a while
  They also found cocaine, marijuana, illegal fireworks and thousands of dollars in cash.
  Eric Reese, 30, and Nichole Farrar, 28, are facing sev
  
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• Mom sentenced for death of one-year-old daughter

  03-02-2017 22:17 via wivb.com
  
  SALAMANCA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Salamanca mother was sentenced for the death of her 1-year-old daughter Friday afternoon.
  Leslie Finch will spend 20 years in prison, plus 5 years post release supervision and one year in local jail for endangering the welfare of a child.
  Prosecutors say Finch shook and squeezed her one-year-old daughter Mila Whipple in April of 2015. Police responded to a call of a one-year-old not breathing. The baby was flown to Women and Children’s Hospital in Buffalo w
  
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• Roswell Park biotech spinoff to develop new cancer therapies

  03-02-2017 17:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) –  Roswell Park Cancer Institute is launching a spinoff company that will develop new cancer therapies.
  Tactiva Therapueutics LLC is  a biotech firm, one of the Start-Up NY companies.  It is expected to generate 18 jobs over the next five years.
  “Tactiva has developed a unique approach that shows great promise advancing one of our key goals “ said Roswell Park President and CEO Candace Johnson.  It will, “develop our best ideas and g
  
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• 100 lbs of pot, handguns and illegal immigrants caught in raid

  03-02-2017 15:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, NY (WIVB)  – For the second day in a row law enforcement agencies banded together to snare illegal drugs and guns.
  The Erie County Sheriff’s department reports that a raid on two homes on Thatcher Avenue in Buffalo netted five 5-gallon buckets of marijuana, about 100 pounds.  Two loaded handguns and a large scale were seized as well.
  Two people who appear to be in the States illegally were arrested –  Nkomo Hepburn and Michelle Palmer.  Also arreste
  
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• BPD needs help to catch a copper thief

  03-02-2017 15:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) –  Police want to know ho is responsible for a string of copper thefts.
  These pictures were taken from the seaway bike path along the 190 in Buffalo
  Police say there were five of six copper thefts in that area between December and January.
  Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest.
   
  
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• Cherry Creek voters say ‘yes’ to dissolving the village

  03-02-2017 15:14 via wivb.com
  
  CHERRY CREEK, NY (WIVB) – Voters in the Village of Cherry Creek have spoken.
  They’ve voted to dissolve the village – by about a 2-to-1 margin.
  With absentee ballots still being counted the vote is 70 Yes and 32 No.
  Fewer than 500 people live in the Chautauqua County village which has been separate from the Town of Cherry Creek.
  Earlier this year Village of Depew voters turned down a plan to dissolve their village which would have had them merging with Cheektowaga and Sloan
  
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• Flames engulf homes near Cassadaga Lake

  03-02-2017 15:04 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF POMFRET (WIVB) –  Firefighters in the Southern Tier fought massive flames overnight that severely damaged two homes near Cassadaga Lake.
  Seven crews were called in to fight the flames on Glasgow Road.   A total of four structures, including two homes were blackened by the flames.
  Pictures of the blaze were sent to us by Dan Kohler.
   
  
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• Flames engulf a home near Cassadaga Lake

  03-02-2017 15:04 via wivb.com
  
  CASSADAGA, NY (WIVB) –  Firefighters in the Southern Tier fought massive flames overnight in a house fire near Cassadaga Lake.
  The home on Glasgow Road was fully engulfed and it is not known if anyone was inside at the time.
  Pictures of the blaze were sent to us by Dan Kohler.
  We’ll update as soon as we have more details.
  
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• Machete attack on soldier near the Louvre

  03-02-2017 14:39 via wivb.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — A knife-wielding man shouting “Allahu akbar” attacked French soldiers on patrol near the Louvre Museum Friday in what officials described as a suspected terror attack. The soldiers first tried to fight off the attacker and then opened fire, shooting him five times.
  The attack at an entrance to a shopping mall that extends beneath the museum sowed panic and again highlighted the threat French officials say hangs over the country, which was hit repeatedly by ext
  
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• Louvre machete attacker was an Egyptian

  03-02-2017 14:39 via wivb.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — A French prosecutor says the man who attacked soldiers in front of the Loubre Museum is believed to be a 29-year-old Egyptian who was living in the United Arab Emirates, but his identity has not been formally confirmed yet.
  The prosecutor says the quick reactions by the French soldiers put an end to “a terror attack” this morning at one of Paris’ most iconic tourist attractions. He says the attacker, who was shot by the soldiers, is in a life-threatening
  
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• Sabres snap home win streak, fall to Rangers in OT

  03-02-2017 05:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Sabres bad luck following the All-Star break continued on Thursday night with a 2-1 loss to New York.
  The Rangers struck first, Mat Zuccarello beat Robin Lehner on a power play in the second period.
  Buffalo almost lost by the 1-0 count, but in the final five minutes of the game Kyle Okposo set up a play that resulted in a goal by Cody Franson. Tyler Ennis and Ryan O’Reilly were credited with the assists.
  In overtime, the Sabres picked up a penalty earl
  
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• New York’s Time Warner Cable-Spectrum lawsuit could reach 100’s of millions

  03-02-2017 02:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – New York Attorney Eric Schneiderman believes his lawsuit against Time Warner Cable and its successor–Charter Communications and its Internet service known as Spectrum–could have the greatest impact in Western New York, due to the limited choices Western New Yorkers have for getting on the Internet.
  Schneiderman filed a civil action against the nation’s second-largest cable company Wednesday, accusing Charter and Time Warner of cheating customers by
  
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• 914th transitions to refueling mission

  03-02-2017 01:15 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF NIAGARA (WIVB) – The Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station’s 914th Airlift Wing is settling in to its new mission – refueling.State and local officials and community leaders were on the base Thursday to celebrate the transition.“We were in jeopardy of losing this base. We really truly were,” said Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who was involved in the effort to keep the base viable and operational.
  “A few years ago there were a lot of clouds that affected the futu
  
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• ‘One in a million:’ How Medina’s Jalin Cooper grew into a Division 1 football prospect

  03-02-2017 00:30 via wivb.com
  
  MEDINA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Medina head football coach and athletics director Eric Valley knows one of his athletes isn’t like the others.
  “We don’t see many like him around here,” he says. “If ever.”
  Junior Jalin Cooper is a member of the Mustang football, basketball and track teams. His football career promises the most; at the very least, a scholarship offer from the University at Buffalo. It will not be the last offer Cooper receives.
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• Congress scraps Obama rules on coal mining, guns

  03-02-2017 00:08 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Congress on Thursday scrapped Obama-era rules on the environment and guns, counting on a new ally in the White House to help reverse years of what the GOP calls excessive regulation.
  The Senate gave final approval to a measure eliminating a rule to prevent coal mining debris from being dumped into nearby streams, while the House backed a separate resolution doing away with extended background checks for gun purchases by some Social Security recip
  
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• Brother of murdered Clarksville man hopes for justice

  03-02-2017 00:06 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF CLARKSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Royce Chapman lived in the close-knit Allegany County town of Clarksville, along an even more close-knit street, where neighbors watched after each other, and checked in from time to time.
  So when the lights were on and Chapman’s doors were locked for more than a day, a family friend knew something was wrong. Eventually, he found the 57-year-old dead inside his home.Police caution tape on Thursday still surrounded Chapman’s blue and wood-color
  
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