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• Police investigating South Buffalo crash involving school bus

  30-03-2017 23:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — “I just looked out the window and I thought it was weird at that exact moment I saw a white flash, car going very fast,” said Matthew Klopfer, Buffalo.
  A crash that injured several students began around 3:30 yesterday on Weiss Street when police were executing a search warrant at a residence.
  “Our narcotics team was in the process of arriving to execute a search warrant, they identified that vehicle and attempted to stop the driver in the car. That&
  
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• 7 Erie County residents dead in 24 hours due to heroin

  30-03-2017 22:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — On Thursday afternoon, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz announced that seven Erie County residents died in 24 hours due to a deadly batch of heroin.
  Poloncarz and other county officials said there was a spike in opioid overdose deaths early in the year. One person died as a result of opioids every day for the first 19 days of 2017.
  40 days into the year, 55 people in Erie County were dead because of opioids.
  Since 2012, opioid-related deaths have been increa
  
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• Jamestown police release video of suspect in 11 fires being investigated as arson

  30-03-2017 22:34 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — Jamestown Police are looking for a suspect in 11 separate fires being investigated as arson.
  Police say the fires occurred from early this year to Saturday morning. Late Friday night and Saturday morning, five occurred.
  The fires have involved condemned and vacant buildings. Police believe one person is responsible for most of the fires, but that there could have been other people involved.
  Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the poli
  
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• DEC seeking to remove contaminated soil from 34 Middleport properties

  30-03-2017 22:08 via wivb.com
  
  MIDDLEPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — The DEC will continue efforts to remove contaminated soil from locations near the FMC plant in Middleport this May.
  34 properties in the Niagara County village, which the DEC says were contaminated by FMC Corporation operations, are being sought after by the DEC for cleanup. They are in the areas of Alfred St., Freeman Ave. and S. Vernon St.
  The DEC says FMC contaminated the properties with arsenic through air emissions.
  A final remedy was chosen to clea
  
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• Niagara County pushes for new county-wide ambulance service

  30-03-2017 21:48 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB)- Officials in Niagara County want Mercy EMS to provide county-wide ambulance services.
  The non-profit would replace Twin City and American Medical Response, which are currently providing services to the county.
  The conflict started in the summer of 2016, when American Medical Response pulled out of the majority of Niagara County.
  A letter from AMR to Niagara County Fire Departments in July states that AMR ambulance services will be provided only to Niagara Falls
  
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• Buffalo mom who prompted Amber Alert allowed supervised visits

  30-03-2017 20:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo mom accused of kidnapping her daughter will get to see her again through supervised visits.
  Mikesha Lawson, 23, appeared in Buffalo City Court Thursday.
  The judge modified the order of protection, lifting it and allowing the mom of four-year-old Mikeya Houston to see the young girl during supervised visits in family court.
  Mikeya HoustonLawson hasn’t seen her daughter since police launched a statewide search for the pair earlier this month. Authoritie
  
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• GALLERY: End-of-March snow hits the region

  30-03-2017 19:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It’s spring, but in western New York, that doesn’t mean there isn’t a chance of snow. That was proven on Thursday as the Southern Tier and part of Pennsylvania saw the weather we more commonly see in winter.
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• Hochul tells residents to call legislators in push for ride sharing

  30-03-2017 19:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — At an event in Buffalo Wednesday, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul called on New York state residents, especially in Buffalo, to call you local legislators to push for ride sharing.
  Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said an agreement on ride sharing was within reach, calling it “likely.”
  The governor is looking to change the state insurance law, which would allow Uber to have a blanket policy for drivers’ personal cars while they’re being used for ride hailing.
  
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• Buffalo Catholic school closing after seven decades

  30-03-2017 19:05 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — When the students inside of Mary Queen of Angels leave at the end of the school year and the doors close behind them, they’ll be closing for good.
  “There was no way to be able to open the school- not just money wise but academics,” said Sister Carol Cimino, the superintendent for the Buffalo Catholic Schools.
  The school is closing after 70 years because the enrollment numbers are declining. Only 69 students are on class rosters for next yea
  
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• Buffalo police: Patrol vehicle stolen, crashed on Comstock Ave.

  30-03-2017 18:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police say one of their cars was stolen and crashed at Comstock and Bailey avenues.
  One person, who was in the vehicle, was apprehended.
  News 4 is at the scene and will provide more details as soon as they are available.
   
  
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• Higgins: Train station at Central Terminal cheaper than Canalside

  30-03-2017 18:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Rep. Brian Higgins says a new train station at Canalside would not actually be the most affordable option.
  Higgins is a member of the Train Station Selection Committee.
  He argues that instead of Canalside, a station at Central Terminal would make more sense in terms of cost.
  According to a release from Higgins’ office, “gratuitous padding” was included in the estimated cost for a train station at Central Terminal. The release goes on to say His
  
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• New York Lottery announces new sports-based phone game

  30-03-2017 17:36 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — With March Madness and the start of baseball season comes a new way for people to try and win some money.
  The New York Lottery announced a new 3D game smartphone users can play for a shot at $25,000 or other prizes.
  In the $2 Champions of Cash game, which is used with the Lottery’s 3D app, sports-based games can be played for chances to win money.
  “The New York Lottery’s Champions of Cash game is the ultimate invitation to play,” Gwen
  
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• Man pleads guilty to charges in crash that paralyzed driver

  30-03-2017 17:17 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man has pleaded guilty to charges related to a crash that paralyzed another driver.
  Kevin Reyome, 55, of Buffalo, was driving his pickup truck after midnight on Sept. 16 when he rear-ended a vehicle being driven by 37-year-old Buffalo resident John Reinard.
  Reinard was stopped at a red light on Harlem Rd. in Cheektowaga at the time.
  After the crash, Reyome drove away, but his vehicle stalled in a nearby neighborhood.
  When police found him, he ran
  
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• Rare Harriet Tubman photo from 1860s up for auction

  30-03-2017 16:52 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A rare photograph of 19th-century abolitionist and Underground Railroad hero Harriet Tubman is up for sale at a New York City auction house.
  Swann Galleries is offering the circa late 1860s image for sale during Thursday’s auction of books, other printed materials and photos from the slavery and abolition eras.
  The Tubman photo shows her seated on a chair and was taken in Auburn in central New York in 1868 or 1869. The auction house says the image was part of an
  
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• New York state offers airports $20M for improvements

  30-03-2017 16:16 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Airports across New York can apply for $20 million in new state funding for safety improvements and modernization.
  The government grant money can be used to improve runways, taxiways, hangars and other projects designed to help airports stay competitive.
  Airports must bid for a share of the $20 million in grant money. At least half of the money will be earmarked for upstate airport improvements.
  The money is part of the Cuomo administration’s $21.1 billion five-ye
  
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• Missing 13-year-old from Buffalo located

  30-03-2017 15:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Buffalo have located a missing teen.
  News 4 was informed Thursday morning that Monai Seay, 13, was located.
  It is not clear how long she was missing or where she was missing from.
  
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• Crayola announces it’s retiring a color

  30-03-2017 13:25 via wivb.com
  
  DETROIT (WIVB) – Friday is National Crayon Day and Crayola says it will mark the occasion by retiring one of its colors.
  It’s unknown which one it will be at this point, but the company says the retired color will be one now included in its iconic box of 24 crayons.
  The big reveal, Crayola says, will be streamed via Facebook Live the morning of Friday, March 31.Something BIG is happening at Crayola. On March 31st we’ll retire one of our
  colors…and it might just be your f
  
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• Ribbon cutting to celebrate Phase One of Richardson Olmsted Campus renovations

  30-03-2017 12:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Work has been underway for years to bring new life to the historic Richardson Olmsted complex in the Elmwood Village, and Thursday morning, leaders will come together to celebrate the completion of phase one of the project.
  A ribbon cutting is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the iconic Towers building on the complex, one of three buildings transformed in the first phase of the renovation work.
  The complex originally opened 140 years ago as the old Buffalo State Asylum fo
  
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• Ribbon cutting celebrates Phase One of Richardson Olmsted Campus renovations

  30-03-2017 12:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Work has been underway for years to bring new life to the historic Richardson Olmsted complex in the Elmwood Village, and Thursday morning, local and state leaders came together to celebrate all that has been accomplished in phase one of the project.
  A ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the iconic Towers building on the complex, one of three buildings transformed in the first phase of the renovation work.
  The complex originally opened 140 years ago as the old Buffal
  
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• Cheektowaga Catholic school to close at end of the year

  30-03-2017 02:32 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Staff and students at Mary Queen of Angels Catholic elementary school were informed Wednesday that the school will close its doors at the end of the year.
  Calling it a “difficult decision,” the school’s Board of Trustees decided to close the school because of declining enrollment.  According to a release from the Diocese of Buffalo, the school currently averages only 11 students per grade from kindergarten through eighth grade and roughly h
  
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• Shuttered Buffalo plant a breeding ground for crime?

  30-03-2017 02:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – An animal rescue group uncovered a virtual gold mine for identify thieves at an abandoned building in Black Rock. Piles of W-2 forms with Social Security numbers, names, and addresses were found in file cabinets and scattered on the floor of the shuttered Marlette National Corp.
  The leading crime against consumers, every year, is identity theft, and the most effective tool a thief can use to steal your good name has been found to be your Social Security number. That
  
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• Governor Cuomo’s plan to include $55M in state budget big win for direct care workers

  30-03-2017 01:37 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF NIAGARA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Working with individuals who have developmental disabilities is what Samar Hamilton does on a regular basis in his job at a group home in the Town of Niagara.
  “We help people with developmental disabilities with their daily lives, do stuff that they can’t do on their own,” said Samar Hamilton, Empower Direct Support Professional.
  There’s 10 group homes through an agency called Empower in Niagara County.
  “People love to do this wo
  
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• 30 in 30: Clemson wide receiver Mike Williams

  30-03-2017 01:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Clemson wide receiver Mike Williams spent last season torching defensive backs.
  The 6-foot 4-inch wide out finished with 1,361 yards and 11 touchdowns. Williams has elite size and the ability to out-battle defensive backs… traits that make him a projected 1st round pick.
  “Probably my physicality and playing at a program like Clemson,” Williams said at the NFL combine. “I mean going to the league is going to be different but I’m ready fo
  
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• State of the art playground planned for Buffalo’s East Side

  30-03-2017 01:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A mosque on Buffalo’s East Side hopes a state of the art playground will breathe new life into the neighborhood. It’s a costly project and they’re raising money to make it happen.
  Jami Mosque on Genesee St. wants to transform the blacktop behind the building into a $91,000 playground that would be open to the whole neighborhood. The community is already stepping up with an outpouring of support to make it happen.
  The mosque and the Universal Scho
  
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