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• Breast cancer battle, baldness brings local law enforcement couple together

  23-03-2017 23:15 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) — In his nearly four decades in law enforcement, Erie County Sheriff Timothy Howard knows what it’s like to battle.
  But few have been as trying as what he and his wife Sue were up against in 2016. The hits came in succession.
  “My mom died Jan. 30. She was diagnosed with brain cancer,” Sue Howard said. “The day that we found out, was three weeks that she went. And then five months later, that’s when I found out I had breast cancer.
  
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• Tenant claims two months without heat due to improper asbestos removal

  23-03-2017 22:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- What should have been a pretty simple job at a home on Lakeview Avenue in Buffalo turned into a much bigger one, and a nightmare for the home’s tenant.
  “We were freezing with no heat, paying rent, still while we was not getting no heat,” said the former tenant, Evelio Vasquez, Jr.
  Vasquez and his landlord mutually agreed to end his lease. She took him to court for two months of missed rent.
  Up until January of 2017, he always paid his rent on time; he
  
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• GALLERY: National Puppy Day

  23-03-2017 22:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Western New Yorkers celebrated National Puppy Day on Thursday by sharing pictures of their pets! Here are some of the photos we received! National Puppy Day (Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewer photo)(Viewe
  
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• Bills release Spring practice schedule

  23-03-2017 22:27 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Bills announced Thursday afternoon their plans to begin the 2017-2018 offseason and preseason training. The schedule begins on Monday April 3rd with the beginning of the program and concludes with mandatory mini-camp on Thursday June 15th.
   
  Monday, April 3 (First day of offseason program)
  Thursday, April 20 (Veteran mini-camp)
  Friday, May 12 (Rookie mini-camp)
  Thursday, May 18 (OTA)
  Thursday, May 25 (OTA)
  Thursday, June 8 (OTA)
  Tuesday, June 13 –
  
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• Lackawanna parents call for answers after principal is placed on leave

  23-03-2017 22:13 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB)- David Ehrle was placed on paid administrative leave from Global Concepts Charter School in early March.
  He was made principal at the K-8 building in 2011; before that, he was assistant principal.
  The move has many Lackawanna parents upset.
  David Ehrle“In the 9 years that I’ve been there I’ve never heard a negative thing about him,” said Joelle Druzbik, who has an 8th grade daughter at the school.
  Druzbik said when she received a letter indica
  
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• MOMs Program helps single moms break barriers

  23-03-2017 21:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — “I thought about it for a long time, about actually walking in to the college because I had no idea what I wanted to do, I didn’t know what was out there,” said Donna Kates of Lewiston.
  When Donna Kates, a single mother of two boys with special needs, decided to go back to school she didn’t know what to expect.
  “Well I went back to school in the medical field which was totally not in my experience,” said Kates.
  That’s where a
  
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• Seneca Nation President is hopeful to negotiate with cities after making final payment to state

  23-03-2017 21:24 via wivb.com
  
  IRVING, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Seneca Nation of Indians will cease paying New York State a portion of the money they receive at the casinos.
  The nation and state reached an agreement in 2002 and the nation estimates they’ve paid the state more than $1.4 billion over that time.
  The compact between the two parties includes an outline for the percentages the Seneca Nation would pay to the state through fourteen years but doesn’t mention payments continuing after that despite the a
  
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• Sabres’ Ristolainen suspended for 3 games after hitting Penguins forward

  23-03-2017 21:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The NHL has taken disciplinary action against Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen for his blindside hit that led to Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jake Guentzel suffering a concussion.
  The league’s Department of Player Safety held a hearing with Buffalo’s top defenseman on Thursday, leading to him being suspended for three games.
  The hit occurred about nine minutes into Pittsburgh’s 3-1 playoff-clinching win at Buffalo on Tuesday night.
  Gue
  
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• Health bill vote delayed in House in setback to Trump, Ryan

  23-03-2017 21:20 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — GOP House leaders delayed their planned vote Thursday on a long-promised bill to repeal and replace “Obamacare,” in a stinging setback for House Speaker Paul Ryan and President Donald Trump in their first major legislative test.
  The decision came after Trump, who ran as a master dealmaker, failed to reach agreement with a bloc of rebellious conservatives. Moderate-leaning Republican lawmakers were also bailing on the legislation, leaving it short of votes.
  The
  
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• Body discovered at vacant house following Friday fire

  23-03-2017 21:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police say a body was found at a vacant house on Hirschbeck St.
  The body was discovered around 1:30 p.m. Thursday as crews were conducting a demolition following a Friday fire.
  The body has not been identified. An autopsy will be conducted by medical examiners in Erie County to determine the person’s cause of death.
  
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• Call about armed student at Town of Tonawanda school determined to be a hoax

  23-03-2017 19:59 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Town of Tonawanda police were at Northtowns Academy investigating a report of an armed student in the building that turned out to be a hoax.
  The Erie 1 BOCES school, which teaches high school and middle school students, was placed on lockdown Thursday afternoon. All students are safe and accounted for.
  Dexter Ter. was closed to traffic (vehicular and pedestrian) at Niagara Falls Blvd.
  Parents were asked to go to the Home Depot Plaza at 2065 Niagar
  
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• Man struck by semi truck in Fredonia

  23-03-2017 19:37 via wivb.com
  
  FREDONIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A pedestrian was struck by a semi-truck in Fredonia Thursday morning.
  Fredonia police say Bobby Brown, 76, was hit on E. Main St. while the truck was turning onto the street. According to them, the driver just finished making a delivery at the Basil vehicle dealership when it tried to turn out onto the street.
  The accident occurred around 8:30 a.m.
  Brown was taken to UPMC Hamot in Erie for treatment.
  E. Main St. was closed at Route 60 and Newton St. Photos from
  
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• NY lawmaker: Free tampons at schools, jails and shelters

  23-03-2017 18:59 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A lawmaker in New York says women and girls should be able to obtain free tampons and other feminine hygiene products at public schools, homeless shelters and correctional facilities.
  Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, a Manhattan Democrat, announced legislation Wednesday that she says will ensure poor women and girls have access to the basic health products.
  Rosenthal was a leader in the successful fight last year to end the state sales tax on tampons, which she said was s
  
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• At least 1 person falls victim to gas leak in Buffalo

  23-03-2017 18:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A gas leak occurred on Markham Pl. Thursday, but it is not clear what caused it.
  There was at least one victim of the leak.
  News 4 is at the scene and will provide more information as soon as it is available.
  
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• Vote on Declaration of Need for ECMC borrowing to take place

  23-03-2017 17:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Erie County Legislature is expected to vote on a Declaration of Need asking to borrow $120 million for ECMC.
  If approved, this would allow the Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority to borrow the money to modernize the hospital’s facilities.
  Several amendments to the declaration have been drafted by legislators. One calls for the removal of the “credit mechanism” the county says “requires ECMC to give the savings from the bo
  
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• New $11,000 reward offered to help solve 1982 cold case murder

  23-03-2017 17:14 via wivb.com
  
  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) – Nearly three and a half decades after 18-year-old James Adamski was murdered while walking home from a Halloween party at a bar in Depew, investigators are offering new incentives for someone to come forward with information that can bring his killer or killers to justice.
  Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward and the Lancaster Police Department is offering $10,000 for information that leads to the indictment and conviction of whoever was responsible for Adams
  
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• Police identify UK attacker as Khalid Masood

  23-03-2017 16:45 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — British police have identified the person responsible for the terror attack near Parliament as 52-year-old Khalid Masood.
  The police say in a statement Thursday that Masood was born in southeastern England and was most recently living in the West Midlands, in central England.
  Police say Masood, who had a number of aliases, wasn’t the subject of any current investigation and that “there was no prior intelligence about his intent to mount a terrorist attack.&rd
  
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• 2 hospitalized after 3-vehicle crash in Genesee County

  23-03-2017 16:23 via wivb.com
  
  ALABAMA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sources say three vehicles were involved in an accident in Genesee County.
  Two people were hospitalized by Mercy Flight after the collision at Route 77 and Lewiston Rd. in Alabama. They are in serious condition, and no one else was injured.
  According to sources, two people in a car were headed south on Route 77 when they apparently did not yield to a tractor trailer. The truck was turning onto Route 77.
  During this time, the car drove under the truck’
  
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• Passenger tries to flee deputies during traffic stop

  23-03-2017 15:38 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Shortly after Midnight Thursday, the Erie County Sheriff’s office says a passenger with multiple warrants tried to escape during a traffic stop.
  A deputy stopped a vehicle on Main St. in Clarence and began to investigate the driver and passenger. Authorities say the passenger, Thomas Szklarz, 37, got out of the vehicle and ran east as other deputies arrived.
  The Sheriff’s office says Szklarz refused police commands, but his attempt at escaping
  
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• Niagara County man in critical condition after ATV crash

  23-03-2017 15:07 via wivb.com
  
  HARTLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — On Wednesday night, the Niagara County Sheriff’s office says a man was hospitalized in an ATV accident.
  The Sheriff’s office says Hartland resident Douglas Baldwin, 69, was driving an ATV on Rose Rd. in the town when he struck a trailer. The trailer was attached to an SUV that was parked on the side of the road.
  According to authorities, the ATV rolled several times, and Baldwin was ejected.
  Baldwin was taken to ECMC via Mercy Flight.
  
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• Air Force member from WNY killed in Jordan

  23-03-2017 14:22 via wivb.com
  
  DANSVILLE, N.Y. (WROC-TV) — An Air Force member and a 2009 Dansville High School grad, Alexandria Gleason Morrow, was killed in a non-combat operation in Southwest Asia Tuesday.
  Alexandria’s mother spoke with Nexstar contributors in Rochester Wednesday night, saying Alexandria was killed Tuesday in Jordan.
  The 25-year-old was married and a mother of two young children. She describes her daughter as fun-loving, but level-headed.
  Her mother says she went off to the military two da
  
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• Seneca Nation to make final state payment for casinos

  23-03-2017 03:53 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Seneca Nation says their next payment to the state for casino operations will be their last. The Seneca Nation has paid the state more then $1.4 billion since 2002.
  This could have a major impact on cities such as Niagara Falls, Buffalo and Salamanca where the casinos are located.
  A Seneca Nation spokesperson told News 4, on average the state received around $115- $120 million every year. Typically, $20 million would go to the City of Niagara Falls and Buff
  
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• Maziarz, Ortt indicted on election law violations

  23-03-2017 02:04 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY. N.Y. (WIVB) — State Senator Rob Ortt and former Senator George Maziarz have been indicted on felony election law violations.
  The charges are part of an investigation by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman into alleged violations of state election law. Ortt is facing three counts of offering a false instrument for filing, according to a spokesperson. Senator Ortt released the following statement Wednesday:
  “As someone who fought and sacrificed for our country, I
  
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• Whistleblower wins discrimination case, and award, against VA

  23-03-2017 01:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – After a 6-year fight with the U-S Department of Veterans Affairs, the light at the end of a dark, dark tunnel is finally in sight for whistleblower Lisa Magin, “We almost lost our home, we had a lot of financial hardship. It has just been awful.”
  Magin learned the hard way what happens to whistleblowers when they take on a massive government bureaucracy like the Department of Veterans Affairs, but now the VA worker has won a federal discrimination case ag
  
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