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• West Seneca man accused of having sex with 13 year-old arrested

  22-04-2017 23:35 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB)- West Seneca police have arrested a 19 year-old man accused of having sexual intercourse with a 13 year-old last August.
  Detectives arrested Morrison on an arrest warrant Thursday. He is charged with rape in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child.
  Morrison was arraigned and held at the Erie County Holding Center in lieu of $15,000 bail. He is due back in court at a later date.
  
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• UB students aim to improve lake sustainability via “Erie Hack”

  22-04-2017 15:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- How do you “hack” a lake?
  “Unlike other hacks we’re actually finding real-life solutions that address Lake Erie’s biggest concerns,” explained UB sophomore Isabel Hall.
  Problems like pollution, invasive species, and water quality are the focus of the 2017 Erie Hack competition; hacking Lake Erie is really about using technology to make it better.
  The competition stretches throughout the Erie Basin region.
  “We have people i
  
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• Seven displaced in apartment fire in Lackawanna

  22-04-2017 14:09 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Red Cross is assisting seven people following an apartment fire in Lackawanna. It happened at Ingham Avenue.
  Crews on the scene tell News 4 the fire happened early Saturday morning but did not give an exact time.
  The Red Cross says it is helping a family of two and a family of five.
   
   
  
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• Lackawanna fire under investigation

  22-04-2017 14:09 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — County fire investigators are at the scene of a Saturday morning house fire.
  The fire happened some time before 6:00 a.m. on Ingham Avenue.
  The street near the fire was blocked off but has been reopened to traffic.
  This is a developing story; follow @News4Buffalo on Twitter to be alerted to updates.
  
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• Ellicott Creek water levels cause concern for homeowners

  22-04-2017 06:14 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — People from all over Western New York gawked at the water levels at Ellicott Creek Friday.
  Recent weather conditions caused water levels to rise and turned a usually calm creek into a mini Niagara Falls.
  “We can’t even believe how fast this water is running, it’s crazy we’ve never seen this water running like this,” said Christine Cramer, Akron resident.
  “I’ve never seen anything like this, the water is moving so fast,
  
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• 30 in 30: Ohio State center Pat Elflein

  22-04-2017 05:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – “I can play left gueard, right guard and center.”
  That would be an understatement. Ohio State’s Pat Elflein started 28 games at guard for the Buckeyes his sophomore and junior year but this past year, he made the move to center.
  “You have to be the confident leader on that line wen you’re at center.”
  The transition was a successful one, He was given the Rimington-Pace award for the best offensive lineman in the Big Ten and was also
  
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• Niagara County officials say flooding threat is a ‘government caused’ emergency

  22-04-2017 02:06 via wivb.com
  
  OLCOTT, N.Y. (WIVB) – As inmates from the Niagara County Jail filled sandbags in Olcott, Niagara and Orleans counties remain under a state of emergency because of rising water levels on Lake Ontario. But officials say don’t blame Mother Nature entirely for this emergency.Lake Ontario is a foot higher than normal, and some flooding has occurred, but several local officials say this is something that did not have to happen.
  Despite a wall of sandbags, a house at the end of Jackson Str
  
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