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• Cattaraugus County shelter takes in 30+ kittens from Louisiana

  27-03-2017 23:21 via wivb.com
  
  YORKSHIRE, N.Y. (WIVB)- More than 30 kittens have a second chance in Cattaraugus County, after being saved hours before they were set to be euthanized.
  A Place for Cats, the volunteer shelter in the Town of Yorkshire that took the cats in, welcomed 31 five-week-old kittens and three adults cats from a kill shelter in Louisiana over the weekend.
  In honor of their southern roots, the kittens have names like Cajun, Nola, Lala, and Shrimp.
  “They had contacted many shelters before this and ever
  
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• WNY Doulas guide moms-to-be through childbirth

  27-03-2017 22:59 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Tavis Baish is a mother of two, with one on the way this summer.
  “With my first birth I was pretty uninformed and I just didn’t feel like I had the support or the knowledge or the confidence to have the birth that I wanted,” said Tavis Baish of Buffalo.
  But Tavis says that totally changed with baby number two, thanks to the help of her doula, Tara.
  “She came over to our house to check on us when we were in labor we were being monitored,&
  
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• Mt. St. Mary’s adds 3-D mammography technology

  27-03-2017 22:48 via wivb.com
  
  LEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB) – A hospital in Niagara County now claims to have the latest technology to find breast cancer.
  Mount St. Mary’s Hospital now has a 3-D mammography system known as Tomo-synthesis.
  This will give doctors and patients a much better look at what could be a potential problem.
  “It actually looks inside the breast, rather than just taking pictures from the outside,” explains Dr. Peter Ferin, the Chief of Radiology at Mt. St. Mary’s Hospital. &ldq
  
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• March windstorm prompts hearings on response to power outages

  27-03-2017 21:49 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y.  (WIVB) – The recent windstorm on March 8 and 9 wreaked havoc on thousands of NYSEG and Rochester Gas and Electric customers. More than 100,000 were left in the dark. The problems were made worse due to a severe drop in temperatures which followed the storm.
  Four public hearings have been scheduled to determine if the New York State Department of Public Service followed the laws and procedures set up following Superstorm Sandy in 2013.
  Two of the hearings will be East Aur
  
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• Cops: Parents left 3 kids alone in Ontario County mall while working

  27-03-2017 20:54 via wivb.com
  
  VICTOR, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a couple left their three young children, including an infant, alone in a suburban Rochester mall for hours while the parents went to work inside the shopping center.
  The Ontario County Sheriff’s Office says a 39-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman, both from Rochester, brought the children ages 8, 6 and 1-month to the Eastview Mall in Victor on Saturday.
  Deputies say the parents left the children unsupervised on a bench for more than six hours wh
  
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• Flags to be flown at half-staff Tuesday in honor of fallen WNY Air Force member

  27-03-2017 20:32 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — After an Air Force member from western New York died while serving overseas, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has directed that state flags on all government buildings be flown at half-staff Tuesday.
  Dansville native Staff Sgt. Alexandria Morrow died on March 22 in Jordan in a non-combat related incident.
  “On behalf of all New Yorkers, I extend my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Staff Sgt. Morrow and join in honoring her service to our nation,&r
  
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• SPCA Monday: Sunshine

  27-03-2017 19:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sunshine came to News 4 at Noon on Monday.
  The 1-year-old cat is looking for a loving home.
  If you are interested in adopting her, call the Erie County SPCA at (716) 875-7360.
  
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• Stabbing suspect held without bail

  27-03-2017 18:57 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — The man accused of stabbing four people in Niagara Falls appeared in front of a judge Monday. Eddie Alnardo Mayo is charged with several felony counts of assault following the incident that happened at Tap Room on Third Street in the city.
  Mayo remains in custody after being arraigned in city court. The Niagara Falls man pleaded not guilty to several felony assault charges.
  The stabbing happened Sunday before 3 a.m. Police say the 35-year-old stabbed
  
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• Registration open for J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge in Buffalo

  27-03-2017 18:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Those looking to run in the J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge at Delaware Park can sign up now.
  The 3.5 mile race has been held in Buffalo every year since 1981.
  In 2016, 12,488 people from 383 companies ran in the event. More than 13,000 are expected this year.
  Companies must enter at least four employees, but there is no maximum amount allowed to enter. The cost is $36 per entrant.
  Wegmans had the most people in the race last year — 627.
  The 2017 race will be o
  
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• Police: Teen girls approached by suspicious man in MLK Park area

  27-03-2017 18:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police received a report of a man trying to get three teenage girls to enter his vehicle in the area of Martin Luther King Park.
  On Friday afternoon, the girls were approached by a heavy, black man with a medium complexion, police say.
  The girls told police that the man offered to give them money and buy them sneakers if they got into his vehicle. The vehicle was described as a light grey Chevrolet Impala.
  The three girls ran home after that.
  Police say the inci
  
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• Lighting requests for Peace Bridge now being accepted

  27-03-2017 18:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Lighting requests for the Peace Bridge are now being accepted for 2017.
  This past year, the Peace Bridge lit up in a variety of colors to recognize more than 100 local and national causes.
  In addition to the multiple causes the bridge lights up for, it also lights up in certain colors to honor sports teams in Buffalo, as well as American and Canadian holidays.
  The light shows begin at dusk and last until 1 a.m.
  If you’re interested in applying for a bridge
  
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• Job fair to be held in Niagara County Wednesday

  27-03-2017 17:56 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — The annual Spring Career Fair in Niagara County will be taking place this Wednesday.
  At the event, job-seekers will be paired with local employers looking for quality workers.
  63 businesses will be represented at the job fair.
  “Our job fairs put potential employers and potential employees in the same room and provide them with an opportunity to interact in ways the traditional job application process just doesn’t,” the director of the cou
  
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• American Diabetes Association holding Rider Rally ahead of Tour de Cure

  27-03-2017 17:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The American Diabetes Association (ADA) will be getting bicyclists ready for the Tour de Cure with a Rider Rally Tuesday in Buffalo.
  The rally will take place at 640 Ellicott St., where dig Buffalo and The Innovation Center are located.
  The ADA wants to get riders ready for their June 3 ride by having people take part in a “marathon ride” of 26 miles for the 26th anniversary of the Tour de Cure.
  The Tuesday rally coincides with American Diabetes
  
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• Oklahoma officer, 22, dies after shootout

  27-03-2017 17:11 via wivb.com
  
  TECUMSEH, Okla. (AP) — Police say a 22-year-old Oklahoma officer has died after a shootout during a traffic stop.
  Tecumseh Assistant Police Chief J.R. Kidney says officer Justin Terney died Monday morning after undergoing surgery overnight.
  The suspect in Terney’s death also was struck by gunfire. Kidney says that man remains hospitalized for his wounds.
  Police say the traffic stop happened at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday in Tecumseh, 35 miles southeast of Oklahoma City. Tecumseh police s
  
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• Teens wearing leggings barred from United Airlines flight

  27-03-2017 16:41 via wivb.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — Two teenage girls were barred by a gate agent from boarding a United Airlines flight from Denver to Minneapolis on Sunday because they were wearing leggings, according to a spokesman for the airline.
  The girls, whose ages were not specified, were not allowed onto the morning flight because they were traveling under an employee travel pass that includes a dress code, United spokesman Jonathan Guerin said.
  The dress code bars pass travelers from wearing spandex or Lycra pants s
  
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• Cheektowaga man accused of threatening man with baseball bat in Tonawanda

  27-03-2017 16:28 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in the City of Tonawanda say a Cheektowaga man kicked in a door and threatened a man with a baseball bat.
  According to officers, Ian Arnitz, 29, kicked the Johnson St. home’s door, breaking the frame, and began swinging the aluminum bat inside the home.
  Police say that when this happened, the man being threatened pointed a pellet pistol at Arnitz to defend himself. According to police, the two men were involved in a dispute.
  Authorities charged Ar
  
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• Man stopped twice charged with DWI, marijuana possession

  27-03-2017 16:00 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — After being stopped twice, a Genesee County man was arrested and charged with DWI early Sunday morning.
  Oakfield resident Christopher Oliveras, 25,  was stopped in the City of Tonawanda for allegedly driving the wrong way on a one-way street. At that time, an officer told him to park the vehicle and warned him not to drive.
  Later on, he was stopped again, and that time, he was accused of multiple crimes.
  Oliveras was charged with DWI, driving while a
  
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• Matchbox Twenty, Counting Crows coming to Darien Lake

  27-03-2017 14:59 via wivb.com
  
  DARIEN, N.Y. (WIVB) — Matchbox Twenty and Counting Crows are coming to Darien Lake this September.
  As part of the A Brief History of Everything Tour 2017, the bands will play at the venue on September 11 at 6:45 p.m.
  Rivers and Rust will also be featured at the show.
  Tickets for the concert go on sale Friday, March 31 at 10 a.m. Prices range from $29.50 to $99.50.
  Lawn four-packs will be available for $88 while they last, and lawn tickets can be upgraded to the preferred lawn are
  
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• Police: Man carrying sword while dressed as The Joker arrested

  27-03-2017 14:26 via wivb.com
  
  WINCHESTER, Va. (AP/WNCN) – Police in Virginia have arrested a man who was dressed as comic book villain The Joker, and was carrying a sword, officials said.
  The arrest, Friday afternoon, came after police received several similar reports over the last week, officials said in a news release.
  Winchester Police Department spokeswoman Jennifer Hall said in a news release that the department got several 911 calls Friday afternoon reporting a man made up as Batman’s nemesis.
  He was arrest
  
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• SABAH celebrates 40 years with annual skating event

  27-03-2017 13:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Skating Association for the Blind celebrated a big birthday.
  SABAH held its annual event on the ice this weekend. This one was called “Fabulous at Forty,” and celebrated the organization’s four decades of providing education, developing relationships and promoting fitness among individuals with physical, cognitive and emotional disabilities.
  More than 600 athletes helped with the planning, set up and execution of the event.
  “This is a
  
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• Study: Food labels may hide secrets

  27-03-2017 13:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — When you go to the grocery store, do you look for labels that say “low fat,” “low salt” or “low sugar?” According to a new study, the signs may be misleading.
  Researchers looked at more than 80 million food and beverage purchases in the U.S. from 2008 to 2012. They found that many of the products with low sugar, salt or fat claims were often less nutritious than regular food and beverage items.
  For example, researchers looked
  
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• Search related to 2009 case of missing Rochester teen ends

  27-03-2017 13:04 via wivb.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, S.C. (WIVB) — The FBI says a South Carolina search related to the Brittanee Drexel case is over.
  Crews combed a wooded area in Georgetown County, which is just south of Myrtle Beach.
  Agents would not say if they found anything, but did say they have made progress in the investigation.
  The 17-year-old from Rochester disappeared from Myrtle Beach while on spring break in 2009.
  Investigators and Drexel’s family both say they are not giving up.
  “They’re not going
  
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• Symphony Circle fire causes $1 million worth of damage to historic home

  27-03-2017 11:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Fire investigators will be at work Monday morning trying to figure out what sparked a house fire that left a million dollars worth of damage in its wake.
  Buffalo Fire Division Chief Michael Tuberdyke tells News 4 the damage is estimated at $750,000 to the building at 69 Symphony Circle, with another $250,000 worth of damage to the contents.
  We’re told no one was home when the fire started and no injuries have been reported.
  Crews were called to the scene around
  
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• Lawsuit filed against Town of Wheatfield & others, over possible soil contamination

  27-03-2017 06:34 via wivb.com
  
  WHEATFIELD, N.Y. (WIVB)- Legal action against the Town of Wheatfield is moving forward.
  Some Niagara County residents say they’re sick from contamination from Love Canal waste disposed of at the Niagara Sanitation Landfill.
  The DEC finished remediation of the Love Canal waste at the landfill last year and plans to do more testing this spring.
  A complaint has now been filed on behalf of at least 60 people who live near the landfill.
  The Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, Smith Stag L.L.C., and lawy
  
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• 4-year-old boy hit by car in Buffalo

  27-03-2017 05:12 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo police said a child was seriously hurt in a crash Sunday afternoon.
  The 4-year-old boy was hit by a car on Grant Street, between Auburn and Lafayette, on Buffalo’s west side. It happened around 1:30 p.m.
  Police said the boy ran out from between parked cars and was hit by a vehicle heading north on Grant.
  He is in critical condition at Women and Children’s hospital.
  Police have not charged anyone yet for the crash.
   
  
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• Buffalo lawmaker calls for investigation after attack at psych center

  27-03-2017 04:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Community members and lawmakers continue to fight to keep children out of the Buffalo Psychiatric Center.
  Sunday Assemblyman Michael Kearns called for an investigation after he says a nurse was attacked by a mental health patient Saturday night at Buffalo’s Psych Center. Kearns told News 4 the nurse was knocked unconscious.
  “I am requesting that an investigation be done on what is happening for the safety of that person. Remember this is a trained person,
  
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