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• Alabama governor to resign, ex-administration member says

  10-04-2017 23:47 via wivb.com
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Gov. Robert Bentley was expected to resign Monday rather than risk impeachment over allegations he abused his powers to cover up an extramarital affair with a top aide, a former administration member said.
  The mild-mannered 74-year-old Republican and one-time Baptist deacon was at peace with the decision and planned to announce it during a Cabinet meeting Monday afternoon, according to the person, who was not authorized to release the information and spoke to The As
  
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• Retired State Supreme Court Justice talks ‘Raise the Age’

  10-04-2017 23:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Raising the age of criminal responsibility has been a longstanding goal in Albany.
  Sunday, the New York Senate officially gave it the stamp approval in the 2017-2018 budget. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the measure Monday.
  It will be implemented in phases; by October of 2019 the age of criminal responsibility in New York will be 18.
  Retired State Supreme Court Justice Penny Wolfgang feels the initiative has merit, and is worth a try.
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• Bills announce preseason games

  10-04-2017 23:21 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Bills have announced the teams they will play during the 2017 preseason.
  The team’s preseason will start at home against the Minnesota Vikings. During their last preseason meeting in 2013, the Bills beat the Vikings 20-16.
  Following that, the Bills will head to Philadelphia to play the Eagles, which will be the tenth time the teams play during the preseason. The last time they played against each other in the preseason, 2001, the Bill
  
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• 3 teens admit to attempted murder after stomping 64-year-old man

  10-04-2017 22:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo residents Larry Durham Jr., 15, Aaron Gallon, 18, and Armontae Moss, 16, admitted to attempted murder after stomping a 64-year-old man this past September.
  Prosecutors say the incident occurred at Ellicott St. and Broadway. The stomping severely injured the man, as he suffered head trauma and skull fractures.
  Gallon and Moss pleaded guilty on Friday, but Durham’s plea was announced Monday.
  Durham faces 3 and 1/3 to 10 years in jail when senten
  
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• Students learn tricks of the barbering trade at Sharp Edgez

  10-04-2017 22:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — At Sharp Edgez Barber Institute on Delaware Avenue, students are learning techniques and trends in the art of cutting hair.
  “They’re learning everything that has to do with barbering. brush cuts, fades, tapers, scissor work, straight razor and board exam prep,” said Tomeika Bryant, Sharp Edgez Barber Institute Owner and Director.
  William Card is one of 16 students currently enrolled in the 4 and a half month program.
  “The area that I come from
  
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• Inmate accused of assaulting deputies at Erie County Holding Center

  10-04-2017 22:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Two Erie County Sheriff’s deputies assigned to the Holding Center were allegedly assaulted after trying to prevent an inmate from banging her head against a cell toilet.
  On Monday, the Erie County Sheriff’s Department announced that a report of a disturbance was issued for the cell of Arriana Craig, 21, of Buffalo. Deputy Lombardo and Deputy Athans responded to the report and gave verbal orders for Craig to stop slamming her head against the toilet, howev
  
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• Police: Drunk driver stopped near school Monday morning

  10-04-2017 21:50 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — City of Tonawanda police say they found a man driving drunk with a flat tire on Monday morning.
  North Tonawanda resident Joseph Masich, 69, was pulled over near Tonawanda High School around 11:30 a.m. after callers reported a driver who was “all over the road.”
  Police say Masich was driving with no insurance. When police found him, Masich’s vehicle, which had front end damage, struck the Fletcher St. curb.
  According to police, Masich told the
  
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• Niagara Falls man admits to assaulting 3-year-old

  10-04-2017 21:13 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Niagara Falls man has admitted to assaulting a 3-year-old.
  Desmond Bitting, 25, could spend a minimum of five years in jail for harming the boy. The maximum amount of time he could be sentenced for second-degree assault is seven years.
  He will be sentenced on June 12.
  Bitting previously served time related to weapon possession in 2010 and served another sentence for assault in 2014.
  
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• 2 adults dead, 2 students critical in shooting at school

  10-04-2017 20:13 via wivb.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — An apparent murder-suicide inside an elementary school classroom in San Bernardino left a teacher and the shooter dead and two students critically wounded, police said.
  APP USERS | Watch live coverage of the incident here.
  Police do not believe the children were targeted but were close to the female teacher at North Park School when the suspect came to the classroom to visit and then opened fire with a handgun, police Capt. Ron Maass said at a news c
  
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• Bills sign quarterback T.J. Yates as backup to Tyrod Taylor

  10-04-2017 19:15 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have addressed their quarterback depth by signing free agent T.J. Yates.
  The sixth-year player meets the Bills’ need to add an experienced backup behind returning starter Tyrod Taylor. Yates did not play a snap in his one and only season with Miami last year.
  Overall, he’s played in 18 regular games and has a 4-3 record in seven starts, all during four seasons with Houston. He also went 1-1 in starting two playoff games for the Texans
  
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• Tonawanda man accused of stealing family member’s debit card to buy crack

  10-04-2017 19:13 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — According to Tonawanda police, a man says his drug problem led him to steal from a family member.
  City of Tonawanda resident Raymond Mang, 28, was accused of stealing a family member’s debit card to buy crack cocaine.
  Police say Mang made unauthorized withdrawals with the card.
  Officers spoke with Mang on Sunday, who they say told them “I have a cocaine problem, and used the money to purchase crack cocaine.”
  Police say they found a crack pipe with
  
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• SPCA Monday: Riley

  10-04-2017 18:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The SPCA serving Erie County brought Riley to News 4 Monday.
  Riley, a seven-year-old tabby cat, is looking for a home.
  He was found as a stray and needed medical care, but he is healthy now, and looking for a home.
  If you are interested in adopting Riley, call the SPCA at (716) 875-7360.
  
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• NY budget deal: free tuition, upstate Uber, raise the age

  10-04-2017 18:14 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York will be the first state in the nation to offer free college tuition to middle-class students under a new state budget deal worked out by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers.
  The $153 billion proposal will make tuition at public colleges and universities free for students from families making $125,000 or less. The proposal also increases tuition aid for private college students.
  The budget also raises the age of adult criminal responsibility from 16 to 18, a key pri
  
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• Police: Stolen gun found during Jamestown traffic stop; 2 arrested

  10-04-2017 17:38 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — Jamestown police say they found a stolen gun during a traffic stop in the city.
  Due to a number of alleged vehicle and traffic violations, Sharef Corley, 19, and Karee Rizzo-Walker, 20, were detained in the area of Prospect and Barker streets.
  As police were investigating, they say they found a loaded gun in the vehicle. Officials say it was accessible to both Corley and Rizzo-Walker.
  According to records, the gun was stolen from the city on March 19, pol
  
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• Buffalo Bisons celebrate traditions while kicking off 30th season

  10-04-2017 17:14 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Bisons season is in full swing. The team went 3-0 during opening weekend.  While the team has a new lineup, the roster for what’s to do, see, and eat is changing as well.
  New at the park this season, you’ll find chicken wing dip, Ru’s perogies, fried pickles, friend Twinkies, and a new partnership with Resurgence. The new merchandise includes lightweight polos and new hats and hoodies with the retro logo celebrating the
  
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• Bisons celebrate traditions while kicking off 30th season in downtown Buffalo

  10-04-2017 17:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Bisons season is in full swing. The team went 3-0 during opening weekend.  While the team has a new lineup, the roster for what’s to do, see, and eat is changing as well.
  New at the park this season, you’ll find chicken wing dip, Ru’s perogies, fried pickles, friend Twinkies, and a new partnership with Resurgence. The new merchandise includes lightweight polos and new hats and hoodies with the retro logo celebrating the moment
  
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• GALLERY: National Pet Day

  10-04-2017 16:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — National Pet Day is April 11. In honor of the holiday, viewers sent in photos of their furry (and some not-so-furry) friends! National Pet 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)(Viewer photo)(Viewe
  
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• Gorsuch sworn in as Supreme Court justice

  10-04-2017 16:21 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump praised new Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch during a public White House ceremony on Monday as a jurist who will rule “not on his personal preferences but based on a fair and objective reading of the law.”
  In a Rose Garden ceremony, Trump said Americans would see in Gorsuch “a man who is deeply faithful to the Constitution of the United States” and predicted greatness for the 49-year-old former appeals court judge from Colo
  
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• Food Truck Tuesdays are back at Larkin Square

  10-04-2017 11:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Bring a lawn chair and a big appetite. Food Truck Tuesdays are returning to Larkin Square this week.
  The first Food Truck Tuesday of the season is set for 5 p.m.-8 p.m. on April 11, and it will feature nearly 30 trucks at Larkin Square, plus another dozen at Flying Bison up the street.
  In all, there are more than 50 trucks in the rotation for the Food Truck Tuesdays this year. The season runs through the first week in October.
  Every week, thousands of people come out
  
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• 30 in 30: Riley Bullough

  10-04-2017 05:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Michigan State’s Riley Bullough comes from a football family. His father Shane, Uncles Chuck & Bobby, brothers Max and Byron all played for the Spartans. And, it was his grandfather Hank who started the tradition in East Lansing. He then went on to coach the Buffalo Bills for two years in the 80s. Riley knows it would be special to land in western New York.
  “Really for me, anywhere would be awesome,” Bullough said at the NFL Combine. “But,
  
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• BREAKING: 18-year-old drowns in pool at Millennium Hotel

  10-04-2017 05:09 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Cheektowaga Police say an 18-year-old drowned around 7:30 p.m. Sunday in a pool at the Millennium Hotel.
  Cheektowaga Assistant Police Chief Jim Speyer tells News 4, the victim was swimming with a group of people when it happened.
  He was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital on Harlem Road, but police say he died at the hotel.
  The cause of the drowning is under investigation. The victim’s name will not be released until all family is notified.
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• 18-year-old who drowned in pool at Millennium Hotel identified

  10-04-2017 05:09 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Cheektowaga police say an 18-year-old drowned around 7:30 p.m. Sunday in a pool at the Millennium Hotel.
  Cheektowaga Assistant Police Chief Jim Speyer tells News 4, the victim, Buffalo resident Tyler Craig, was swimming with a group of people when it happened.
  Several friends tried to save him, but could not, police say.
  Craig was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital on Harlem Road, but police say he died at the hotel.
  The cause of the drowning is under inve
  
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• The Latest: NY enacts free middle class college tuition

  10-04-2017 04:42 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on the New York state budget (all times local):
  10:35 p.m.
  New York will become the first state to make tuition at public colleges and universities free for middle-class students.
  The tuition initiative is part of a new state budget approved Sunday by the state Senate, a day after the Assembly approved it.
  Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo (KWOH’-moh) proposed the tuition plan, which will cost an estimated $163 million.
  In-state students whose families earn
  
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• Scholarship program to offer tuition-free college to middle class families

  10-04-2017 04:11 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — “I feel like anyway the government can help, I’ll take it,” said Alianna Warich, University at Buffalo freshman.
  “I think it is definitely a good move to for them to make it as affordable as possible to as many New Yorkers as possible,” said Michael Brown, University at Buffalo sophomore.
  The Excelsior scholarship included in the state budget would cover tuition at public state schools for students of families who make up to $125,000 a y
  
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