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• Mic’d Up: UB quarterback Tyree Jackson

  11-04-2017 23:35 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sophomore quarterback Tyree Jackson is perhaps the UB Bulls’ best hope for a bounce-back season, following a 2-win campaign in 2016.
  The Michigan native threw for just nine touchdowns and nine interceptions in his freshman year, but at 6’7 with a big arm and the ability to scramble, there is plenty to like about Jackson’s potential as the Bulls’ signal caller.
  News 4 Sports’ Josh Reed caught up with Jackson at spring
  
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• VIDEO: Fire crews, police seen at Amherst intersection

  11-04-2017 23:31 via wivb.com
  
  (Video above courtesy of News 4 viewer Barbara)
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — A News 4 viewer sent in video of the intersection of Alberta Dr. and Henel Ave. in Amherst Tuesday afternoon.
  There, police and fire crews could be seen. Viewers say that they were responding to two accidents.
  News 4 will provide more information as soon as it becomes available.
  
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• Proposed methadone clinic sparks concern in Amherst

  11-04-2017 23:20 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB)- Residents in Amherst want Catholic Health to find a different location for a proposed methadone clinic.
  “I’m not against it. It’s got to be moved in the right location,” said John Raezikowski, who lives on North Ivyhurst Road.
  Raezikowski lives about 100 feet from the proposed clinic, which would go on Millersport Highway near Sheridan Drive.
  Like some of his neighbors, he told us a hospital setting would be more appropriate. He thinks the current pr
  
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• Peace Bridge to light up, Niagara Falls to appear purple to celebrate 100 years of NYSP

  11-04-2017 23:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Peace Bridge will be lit up in gray and purple to celebrate 100 years of the New York State Police.
  The State Police turned 100 years old on Tuesday.
  The Peace Bridge will display the aforementioned colors during Tuesday evening, and Niagara Falls will appear purple for 15 minutes at 10 p.m.
  
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• Clarence musician shares her journey combating addiction through music

  11-04-2017 23:05 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — For 23-year-old Mindy Davey of Clarence, music is an outlet.
  “She’ll come in with an acoustic track just her and a guitar and we’ll work it out, work with the song structure a little bit,” said Tony Iannone, BadTone Productions Producer.
  Each song is based on Mindy’s life. During Mindy’s freshman year of high school, her mother’s health was declining.
  “It kind of affected me. So I was meeting the wrong people in high sc
  
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• 3 more eggs delivered by Statler falcon

  11-04-2017 22:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After the first egg of the season was spotted just last week, three more were seen on the Statler City Falcon Cam.
  The announcement was made by Statler City on Facebook at 11 a.m. Monday.The Falcon Cam is at Statler Towers on Delaware Ave. By viewing it, anyone can see the peregrine falcons that have decided to call the Statler Towers home for nearly 20 years.
  Watch the falcons through the live camera here.
  
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• Orleans County man killed in crash involving deer

  11-04-2017 22:04 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF GAINES, N.Y. (WIVB) — A one-vehicle crash turned fatal in Orleans County Tuesday morning.
  The Orleans County Sheriff’s office says that shortly before 5 a.m., Waterport resident Brian Arnett was driving south on Eagle Harbor Rd. in the Town of Gaines.
  While he was driving, authorities say he struck a deer.
  When this happened, his vehicle went off the west side of the road, and into a ditch. During this time, the vehicle hit a guide wire and flipped several times. Arnett
  
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• Police-involved chase ends with rollover crash in south Buffalo

  11-04-2017 21:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — At least two vehicles were involved in a rollover crash at Cazenovia St. and Abbott Rd. in Buffalo Tuesday afternoon.
  West Seneca police were also at the scene of the south Buffalo crash, which temporarily closed the intersection.Intersection at Abbott & Cazenovia has reopened but you can still see some damage from the crash pic.twitter.com/UTF9VCPYrn
  — Callan Gray (@CallanGray4) April 11, 2017
  They say that suspects left from West Seneca and were involved
  
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• State Police in Batavia still trying to solve 1977 murder case

  11-04-2017 21:20 via wivb.com
  
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police in Batavia are still investigating the 1977 murder of a local woman.
  Jessica Rose Lane, 66, was found partially decomposed in the Town of Darien on Nov. 25, 1977.
  She was discovered by two hunters in a wooded area off of Alley Rd. At the time, Lane was fully clothed, and had multiple injuries. Those included three fractured ribs, a fractured elbow and a fractured skull. State Police say the skull injury was likely caused by a stabbing.
  Befo
  
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• Motorcycle, SUV involved in Buffalo crash

  11-04-2017 19:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A motorcycle and an SUV were involved in a crash in Buffalo Tuesday.
  The vehicles were seen at Delaware and Linden avenues around 12:30 p.m.
  The right lane of Delaware was closed as officials investigated the crash.The right lane of Delaware is closed and police appear to be investigating a crash between a motorcycle and SUV. Working to learn more pic.twitter.com/2ECmQGd5FG
  — Ali Ingersoll (@AliIngersoll4) April 11, 2017
  
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• Teen who helped start fatal Lockport fire to be sentenced

  11-04-2017 19:18 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — The 14-year-old who admitted to helping start the Aug. 10 fire that killed his friend, Joe Phillips, wasn’t in court today for his sentencing. That’s because he remains in psychiatric care at ECMC after an apparent suicide attempt.
  But after its analysis, the county probation department is recommending the teen receive the harshest penalty of 18 months in a juvenile detention facility.
  The recommendation follows interviews by the probation
  
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• Teen who helped start fatal Lockport fire attempted suicide

  11-04-2017 19:18 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — The 14-year-old who admitted to helping start the Aug. 10 fire that killed his friend Joe Phillips wasn’t in court Tuesday for his expected sentencing, which was delayed until later this month. That’s because he remains in psychiatric care at ECMC after an apparent suicide attempt.
  Testimony in Niagara County Family Court Tuesday covered what was described by witnesses as “an overdose” on March 31. The teen was taken to Women a
  
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• Sentencing for teen who helped start fatal Lockport fire delayed

  11-04-2017 19:18 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — The 14-year-old who admitted to helping start the Aug. 10 fire that killed his friend, Joe Phillips, wasn’t in court today for his expected sentencing, which was delayed. That’s because he remains in psychiatric care at ECMC after an apparent suicide attempt.
  But after its analysis, the county probation department is recommending the teen receive the harshest penalty of 18 months in a juvenile detention facility.
  The recommendation follows
  
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• Billboard bringing attention to food waste

  11-04-2017 19:08 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Driving down 190 south, drivers see a billboard on the left hand side with information about the amount of food wasted each year.  According to the billboard, the average American wastes 290 pounds of food a year.
  “We’re pretty lucky here in America,” said Francis Boeck, from Tonawanda.  “We have an abundance of food.”
  There is food stocked on shelves; food on farms; food we can get fast. And food going to waste. We
  
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• U of M prof’s Attica uprising book wins Pulitzer Prize

  11-04-2017 18:42 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A University of Michigan professor’s book about the 1971 Attica prison uprising has won the Pulitzer Prize for history.
  Heather Ann Thompson wrote “Blood in the Water: The Attica Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy.” She was among Pulitzer winners announced Monday.
  Her book examines the events that began on Sept. 9, 1971, when nearly 1,300 prisoners took over the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York to protest years of mistreatment. The work reveal
  
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• Attica uprising book wins Pulitzer Prize

  11-04-2017 18:42 via wivb.com
  
  ATTICA, N.Y. (WIVB) — After 13 years of digging through records, interviews, and searching for things she wasn’t supposed to find, Dr. Heather Ann Thompson is being recognized in the a big way.
  “I’m just stunned. I’m absolutely stunned,” she told News 4 after learning she’d won the Pulitzer Prize.
  The author of “Blood in the Water,” relied heavily on the testimony and documents of western New Yorkers for her book.
  “Blood in the Wat
  
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• Donations needed for Stock the Storage Unit campaign

  11-04-2017 18:03 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – If you’re doing some spring cleaning and you find yourself with some extra stuff around the house you don’t need, organizers of the Stock the Storage Unit donation drive are hoping you’ll give what you can to the homeless and less fortunate in our community.
  “We all have something to give, and we have a lot of fellow community members in need,” said Melissa Frawley, who is spearheading the Stock the Storage Unit collection campaign.
  
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• 1 shot on Breckenridge St. overnight

  11-04-2017 17:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Buffalo say someone was shot on Breckenridge St. near Grant St. shortly before 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.
  The victim of the shooting has only been identified as a male. He was taken to ECMC and is in critical condition.
  Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the police department’s tip line at (716) 847-2255.
  
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• WATCH: Gov. Cuomo speaks in Buffalo after state budget passes

  11-04-2017 17:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — In light of the budget passing, Gov. Andrew Cuomo arrived in Buffalo to talk about his success in doing just that — claiming the catch phrase “got it done.”
  He arrived via what he calls the first UBER ride in upstate New York — a major part of his budget plan — bringing ride-sharing here.
  That Uber driver, Tariq Nawaz, says he plans to move back to western New York now that ride-sharing has expanded outside New York C
  
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• Dragging of United passenger sparks outrage, anger

  11-04-2017 16:52 via wivb.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Several minutes after a passenger recorded a video watched around the world that showed security officers dragging another passenger off an overbooked United Express flight at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, a smaller snippet of video showed an even more troubling scene.
  There stood the passenger who had been dragged on his back to the front of the plane, appearing dazed as he spoke through bloody lips and blood that had spilled onto his chin.
  “I wa
  
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• 90-year-old killed in Ellicottville vehicle accident

  11-04-2017 16:40 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF ELLICOTTVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 90-year-old man was killed in a traffic accident in Ellicottville.
  Around 5:15 a.m. Sunday, a 21-year-old from Henrietta was driving south on Route 219 when he crossed into the northbound lane.
  When he did this, he struck a pickup truck being driven by a 90-year-old Niagara Falls man.
  The elderly man, Charles West, was pronounced dead at the scene.
  The 21-year-old was taken to ECMC.
  Authorities are investigating the incident.
  
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• Teacher, boy die when husband opens fire in California class

  11-04-2017 16:18 via wivb.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A man walked into his estranged wife’s elementary school classroom in San Bernardino and opened fire without saying a word, killing her and an 8-year-old student before shooting himself in a murder-suicide that spread panic across a city still recovering emotionally from a terror attack just 15 months ago.
  A 9-year-old student also was critically wounded. He and the boy who died were behind their special-education teacher, Karen Elaine Smith, 5
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Gov. Cuomo speaks in Buffalo

  11-04-2017 15:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Gov. Cuomo will speak at the Family Life Center on Michigan Ave. at 10 a.m.
  APP USERS | Watch his speech live here.
  
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• Perry School District teacher arrested

  11-04-2017 15:40 via wivb.com
  
  PERRY, N.Y. (WROC-TV) — A teacher from Perry School District was arrested on Monday after an investigation into funds he was receiving from the District in exchange for tutoring services.
  The Perry Police Department arrested Jason Anderson, 39, of Castile, on 25 counts.
  The charges include one count of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, one count of Defrauding the Government, and 23 counts of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree.
  According to officers, the Perry Polic
  
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• ECMC computer hack under investigation

  11-04-2017 14:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Both New York State Police and the FBI have offered to help the hospital following a data breach that shut down the facility’s computer system.
  Over the weekend, the outage forced doctors, nurses and staff to switch to paper and pen. We’re told the system is back up and running, with the exception of email. As of 8:30 Tuesday morning, the ECMC website was still offline.
  An ECMC spokesperson late Sunday insisted the hospital has back-up for all patient rec
  
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• ‘Worst nightmare’: Parents wait in agony after shooting

  11-04-2017 14:30 via wivb.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — For Elizabeth Barajas it had been an hours-long nightmare waiting to learn the fate of the daughter she had dropped off at school a couple of hours before police reported gunfire in a classroom that left two adults and one child dead and another child wounded.
  Then, in some ways, the nightmare became worse.
  Barajas learned her daughter, Marissa Perez, had been sitting at her desk Monday morning when a gunman stormed into her classroom, shot her teacher to deat
  
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• Assault victims share pain & hope at Buffalo State’s Take Back the Night event

  11-04-2017 05:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Sexual assault victims are sending a strong message about consent. More than a dozen students spoke about empowerment and healing at Buffalo State College’s Take Back the Night event.
  About one out of every four women is sexually assaulted as an undergraduate student, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. About one in every 20 undergraduate men will be assaulted.
  Survivors of sexual assault shared their pain but also a message of hope throug
  
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• Helping victims of abuse to become victors

  11-04-2017 03:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Local activists urged child sex abuse victims to become victors with a show of unity Monday morning in downtown Buffalo.
  The group released balloons as a metaphor for sex abuse victims to release the burden they may carry by keeping their abuse secret.
  The symbolic gesture happened just before noon at Niagara Square, when organizers cut the cord on bunches of balloons to urge sex abuse victims to share their stories.
  Andre Scott said he was sexually abused as a child
  
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• Police: Buffalo man’s drowning a ‘tragic accident’

  11-04-2017 03:19 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Cheektowaga on Monday called the drowning of an 18-year-old at the Millennium Hotel a tragic accident.
  Cheektowaga Assistant Chief James Speyer said Tyler Craig could not swim, but their investigation into what caused the Buffalo man to drown is continuing.
  Police were called to the Millennium Hotel at approximately 7:30 p.m. Sunday for a man who was unconscious and not breathing on the pool deck.
  Tyler’s friends were performing CPR when officers
  
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• Engaged couple gets a ‘no’ for reception at armory, alternative goes wild

  11-04-2017 03:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Mike Nosek and Clara Quadra had invited 300 guests from around the world to witness their big day, a July wedding at church and the reception at the Connecticut Street Armory—one of the few venues large enough to hold that many people.
  So when National Guard officials did an about face, in December, and told the couple they would not get the armory, they Called 4 Action, and initially the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs indicated the armo
  
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• Sabres spill frustrations as playoff drought grows

  11-04-2017 02:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Sabres haven’t made the playoffs since 2011, although for some, just two straight years without an appearance has already grown tiresome.
  “I’m here to win,” Jack Eichel said Monday. “I think guys want to win, but there’s a difference between saying that you want to win and actually wanting to win and putting the work in and dedicating your life to it.”
  The Sabres finished dead last in the Atlantic Divisi
  
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• Old factory’s new owners offer to destroy old records

  11-04-2017 01:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Volunteers from Destiny’s Road Animal Rescue were on the trail of a stray dog that had made the old Marlette National Corporation’s abandoned factory her home, when they stumbled upon piles of old confidential personnel documents at the shuttered, dilapidated plant, and they contacted Call 4 Action.
  The next day, the dog was captured, and within minutes a city crew re-boarded up the building, but former workers, such as Jim Beats of Marilla, are still wo
  
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