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• Chautauqua County man dies in fire that started in the home’s furnace

  01-04-2017 23:30 via wivb.com
  
  KENNEDY, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Ellington Fire Department responded to a fire call at 3967 Sprague Hill Road in Kennedy just after 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning.
  First responders located 60 year-old William Caldwell inside and transported him to WCA hospital where he was pronounced dead.
  The Chautauqua County’s Fire Investigation Team determined the fire originated within the heating furnace.
   
  
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• Young woman hopes to bring ground breaking research for cerebral palsy to WNY

  01-04-2017 21:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  A Georgia woman with Western New York ties is taking on a big challenge: get more federal funding for the 17 million people across the country with cerebral palsy. It’s a condition she was diagnosed with as a baby, and now wants to help others.
  Lauren Walier, 18, said, “I own it. I love it. I’m definitely not one of those people who is ashamed of what they are.”When Lauren Wailer was first diagnosed with cerebral palsy as
  
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• Students report of pellet gun leads to Lorraine Academy Shelter in Place

  01-04-2017 06:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo’s Lorraine Academy held what its principal calls a Shelter in Place drill Friday, after two students reported another had a pellet gun.
  The pellet gun was found and turned over to police, according to Jeffrey Banks, principal at Lorraine.He recognized the children who reported seeing the item.
  The student who brought the pellet gun will be disciplined under the Student Code of conduct, according to Banks.Parents also received a phone call with this info
  
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• Lawmakers optimistic about ride sharing as budget deadline looms

  01-04-2017 04:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Some lawmakers are saying they aren’t leaving the State Capital without passing a budget before the start of the fiscal year. That means they might have to work into the weekend or get a deal done on Monday.
  Lawmakers have until midnight Friday to approve the state budget, but they are still debating.
  A critical issue still on the table is ride sharing.
  “I think right now I’m feeling very good it’s going to be in the budget,” said Senato
  
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• More than 70 years late, WW II war hero finally gets his due

  01-04-2017 02:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A local veteran received some long overdue recognition as a hero, Friday, by his Congressman, local veterans groups, and the high school whose swim team he led to championships before dropping out.U.S. Army Capt. Sydney Cole was not only a war hero, he was a star athlete, served in the military for two countries, was a Prisoner of War, and became a Distinguished Alumnus of Fosdick-Masten Park High School, now known as City Honors.
  Capt. Cole left Masten Park High Sc
  
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• Insult added to injury for domestic violence survivor

  01-04-2017 01:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Vikki Lee survived a brief, but violent domestic relationship, but when she and her partner were forced to leave the apartment they shared, it left Lee virtually homeless. So she had to move her belongings into an East Side storage facility, until she could find a permanent place to live.
  Erie County’s Department of Social Services provided Lee with a stipend to move her belongings, and she settled on ABC Moving and Appliances on Genesee Street in the Schiller
  
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• Tonawanda man charged with making meth

  01-04-2017 00:54 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Bond was set at $50,000 for a Tonawanda man accused of making methamphetamine in his apartment in a building shared by other tenants.
  Larry Braddell appeared before a judge Friday morning in Tonawanda City Court.
  Thursday’s raid of his apartment on Broad Street in the city was a the result of several weeks of investigation by Tonawanda detectives, who received a tip about possible meth manufacturing.
  He pleaded not guilty Friday morning to charges of manufact
  
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• FBI gate smashing leads to arrest of Buffalo man

  01-04-2017 00:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A driver is facing charges after smashing through a gate Thursday night and getting into the parking lot of the FBI office in downtown Buffalo.
  Police say the driver, 35 year old Robert Lowe of Buffalo, took off and was stopped and arrested by officers in the area of Chippewa and Franklin, not far from the gate smashing scene.
  Robert Lowe“There’s two entrance gates apparently to that property. He was unable to get through one of the gates. There’s a
  
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