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• Police investigating fire and shooting on Wilkes Avenue

  08-04-2017 23:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo police are investigating an overnight shooting that occurred in the 100 block of Wilkes Avenue around 4:15 a.m.
  Upon arrival Detectives discovered some type of fire starting agent was thrown at or inside the home. When the individuals came out of the house one of them was struck by gunfire.
  The 30 year-old Cheektowaga man was taken to ECMC where he was treated and released.
  Buffalo fire responded to the scene and fire officials say damage to
  
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• Saturday morning car crash shuts down portion of metro rail

  08-04-2017 23:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A portion of the metro rail was closed for a little over an hour Saturday morning following an accident.
  A single car accident at Main and Court was the cause of the shutdown. NFTA Spokesperson Doug Hartmayer tells News 4 that the metro rail was in no way involved with the crash.
  NFTA Police have not released the name of the driver or any charges filed.
   
  
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• Buffalo woman arrested in connection to crash near metro rail

  08-04-2017 23:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A portion of the metro rail was closed for a little over an hour Saturday morning following an accident.
  A single car accident at Main and Court was the cause of the shutdown. NFTA Spokesperson Doug Hartmayer tells News 4 that the metro rail was in no way involved with the crash.
  Hartmayer told News 4 the driver of the vehicle stole the car from 55 Florida St. in Buffalo.
  Johnniemae Walker, 26, has been arrested for the crash.
  According to NFTA Police, Walker
  
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• Local team develops strain of THC-free marijuana

  08-04-2017 19:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- It’s happening right in downtown Buffalo, and it could change the way we use cannabis.
  Dr. Paul Rushton is the Vice President of Plant Biotechnology at the 22nd Century Group out of Clarence.
  In a tiny lab tucked within the medical corridor, he’s turning a big page.
  “We’ve learned a lot of really important things, the main one is that the cannabinoid biosynthetic pathway is something that we can manipulate,” he explained.
  That means Dr. Rushton
  
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• Flower crown part of Polish tradition for Dyngus Day

  08-04-2017 18:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Easter is quickly approaching. And while many are looking forward to that holiday, the one that follows is equally exciting. Dyngus Day is that day.
  Dyngus Day is a time for celebrating. It’s described as Fat Tuesday, but at the end of the Lenten season. Autumn Spina, Dancer for Harmony Polish Folk Ensemble told News 4, “It’s really fun since I’m Polish, and my grandma’s Polish, stuff like that. It’s a connection to my roots a
  
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• NY Gov. Cuomo announces budget deal, 1 week late

  08-04-2017 16:45 via wivb.com
  
   ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have agreed on a $153 billion state budget that includes free middle-class tuition at state universities, Uber and Lyft’s long-awaited upstate expansion and a long-sought juvenile justice reform that Cuomo calls one of his proudest achievements.
  The spending measure, which requires legislative approval, also includes $1.1 billion in new school spending; $2.5 billion for water quality and water and sewer upgr
  
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• Looming casino revenue loss could hit Niagara Falls hard

  08-04-2017 04:23 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) —  “If we spend it now and it’s not there and this thing lasts for quite some time it can cause a lot of problems,” said Andrew Touma, Niagara Falls City Councilman.
  Touma is calling for a 90-day moratorium on casino revenue spending following the Seneca Nation’s announcement to discontinue payments to the state.
  “We collect about $16 million a year and of that money around $11 or $12 million per year is used in the general budg
  
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• Gov. Cuomo announces budget deal reached

  08-04-2017 03:54 via wivb.com
  
  Albany. NY (WIVB) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday night that state lawmakers have reached a deal on a budget for the new fiscal year. Lawmakers missed their deadline of April 1, but passed a two-month extension of the previous budget earlier this week.
  The budget includes ride-sharing expansion throughout Upstate New York. Ride-sharing has previously only been allowed in New York City. The deal also includes funding for a program that will offer free tuition to a SUNY or CUNY school t
  
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• BREAKING: Gov. Cuomo announces budget deal reached

  08-04-2017 03:54 via wivb.com
  
  Albany. NY (WIVB) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday night that state lawmakers have reached a deal on a budget for the new fiscal year. Lawmakers missed their deadline of April 1st, but passed a two-month extension of the previous budget earlier this week.
  The budget includes ride-sharing expansion throughout Upstate New York. Ride-sharing has previously only been allowed in New York City. The deal also includes funding for a program that will offer free tuition to a SUNY or CUNY school
  
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• Parents score deals at Bella Kids pop up consignment shop 3 day sale event

  08-04-2017 01:47 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — “Everything inside the store is ridiculously priced off I’d say like 50 to 75% off everything their original price that you would get at a store,” said Nina Christofaro of Amherst.
  “We actually shopped for a bunch of summer clothes today, a few toys, shoes, things like that,” said Holly Paxton of Cheektowaga.
  Hundreds of parents packed the Bella Kids pop-up consignment shop at the Transitown Plaza in Williamsville to score some gre
  
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• New wave of hate leaflets turns up on Grand Island

  08-04-2017 01:42 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) – Racist hate-filled leaflets turned up on Grand Island this week, and they seem to be similar, if not, identical to fliers that were dropped off in Lewiston two weeks ago. Just as Lewiston townsfolk rejected the offensive messages, Grand Island residents who came across the hateful pamphlets in their neighborhood also took action.
  The leaflets were found scattered throughout the Woodstream Meadows sub-division on the north end of Grand Island, mostly in driveway
  
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• Local reps respond to attack on Syria

  08-04-2017 00:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — When the news broke late Thursday night that the U.S. had destroyed a central Syrian airfield in a surprise attack, federal lawmakers began choosing sides.
  There is broad support for the response to what many think is Bashar al Assad’s second chemical attack on civilians. But there are those, including many New York Democrats, who felt left in the dark about the attack, and are wary of the response.
  As ranks of Syrian military Friday morning surveyed the damage
  
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• 30 in 30: Marshon Lattimore

  08-04-2017 00:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Ohio State’s Marshon Lattimore is widely considered the top corner back in the year’s draft class. He finished last season with four interceptions and was a 1st team All-Big 10 selection.
  He’s got good size and great speed. The only knock is his durability. Lattimore has had hamstring issues in the past.
  “I have the confidence that I’m one of the best but, I had to get healthy to show that,” Lattimore said.
  Lattimore hopes to follo
  
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• Tuition funding sought to draw volunteer firefighters

  08-04-2017 00:22 via wivb.com
  
  DEPEW, N.Y. (WIVB) — Congressman Chris Collins, Erie County legislators and local fire officials are calling on the federal government to dole out millions of dollars to help boost volunteer firefighters in Western New York.
  Over the past several years, the offer of free college has been an important incentive to grow local ranks.
  Volunteer fire departments, like those in Getzville and Depew, are a crucial part of the region’s fire services, with 99 volunteer departments in Erie Coun
  
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• VIDEO: St. Bonaventure grad looking to help millennials with financial trouble

  08-04-2017 00:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y.–
  Erin Lowry is a St. Bonaventure graduate and author of “Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together.” The book is a personal finance guide for millennials to get their financial lives together. It addresses financial situations from learning to budget, to building a credit score to handling student loans to talking to your partner and friends about money to investing and saving for retirement.
  
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