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• American tries to learn from United’s mistakes in incident

  24-04-2017 23:59 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Another day, another cellphone video of a conflict on an airplane.
  American Airlines said it grounded a flight attendant who got into a verbal confrontation with a passenger on a Friday flight from San Francisco to Dallas-Fort Worth.
  Spokeswoman Leslie Scott says the airline is looking into whether the male flight attendant violently took away a stroller from the female passenger just before she boarded a Friday flight from San Francisco to Dallas. He has been removed
  
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• Bills opt not to match offer sheet for free agent Gillislee

  24-04-2017 23:35 via wivb.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have not matched the contract offer tendered by the New England Patriots to restricted free agent running back Mike Gillislee.
  The team announced the decision Monday, making official the offer sheet Gillislee signed. Terms were not disclosed, but a person with direct knowledge of the tender offer told The Associated Press last week that it is a two-year, $6.4 million deal. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the terms were not being made publi
  
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• Observant parent alerts school to social media threat

  24-04-2017 22:51 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB)- Just before 7 a.m. Monday, Grand Island Central School’s Superintendent Dr. Brian Graham received a concerning call.
  A parent discovered a threatening message via Snapchat; their child, who is a student in the district, showed them the message sent by another student.
  “The student made a threat toward the school,” Dr. Graham told News 4.
  The boy law enforcement said sent the message attends the Veronica E. Connor Middle School.
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• Police: Student approached by two men in Buffalo

  24-04-2017 22:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Buffalo say a 15-year-old girl was approached by two men around 11 a.m. Monday.
  According to police, the two men drove up to the student in a yellow SUV near South Park Ave. and Louisiana St. Authorities say they then asked her if she wanted to get in the vehicle.
  It is not clear what the men looked like.
  Not long after this, the student reported the incident to officials at a school.
  Those with any information on the incident can call Buffalo police.
  
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• Attica man accused of damaging truck following dispute with driver

  24-04-2017 22:23 via wivb.com
  
  ATTICA, N.Y. (WIVB) — An Attica man, involved in what he says was a longstanding dispute with someone else, is facing charges.
  Last week, Attica police say that a Walton Milk Hauling Inc. truck was damaged while it was parked at an apartment building on Lincoln Ave. in the village.
  The truck’s operator said damage was done to several airlines, the wiring harness, brake lines and an air bag. Damage was estimated at $1,800.
  Police investigated the incident and subsequently ar
  
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• Two BPS educators named Outstanding Adult Educators

  24-04-2017 22:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Two Buffalo Public School district Adult Education Division teachers have been named as 2017 Outstanding Adult Educators by the New York Association Continuing/Community Education (NYACCE).
  Ellen Malone, an assessment and advisement instructor for the district, and April Buday, an instructor for the Adult Education Division’s High School Equivalency (HSE) Diploma program, will be honored at  NYACCE’s 66th Annual NYACCE Conference in Al
  
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• Frito-Lay recalls chips due to possible Salmonella

  24-04-2017 21:56 via wivb.com
  
  PLANO, Texas (WIVB) — You may want to double check your pantry the next time you reach for a snack. That’s because Frito-Lay is recalling two potato chip products for possible Salmonella contamination.
  The voluntary recall includes jalapeño-flavored Lays Kettle Cooked Potato Chips and its jalapeño-flavored Miss Vickie’s Kettle Cooked version.
  The bags affected are marked with a “guaranteed fresh date” of July 4 or earlier.
  Frito-Lay says the seaso
  
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• Tax department offers new app to help pay tax debt

  24-04-2017 21:42 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — The state’s Tax Department has introduced a new app to help people pay their tax debt.
  After a soft launch of the “Quick Pay” app, more than 2,600 payments, which were worth $2.5 million, were made in the first four months.
  “We’re thrilled to offer individual taxpayers this faster, simpler way to clear up a one-time tax bill or to pay a balance due,” NYS Acting Tax Commissioner Nonie Manion said. “The app was designed to
  
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• Former NU hockey player sentenced to life in prison

  24-04-2017 21:17 via wivb.com
  
  BATH, N.Y. (18 NEWS) – The former Elmira Jackals and Niagara University hockey player, convicted in the brutal murder for hire plot of his wife, learned his fate Monday.
  Thomas Clayton was sentenced in Steuben County Court to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
  Last week, Clayton’s defense team tried to get his conviction overturned. It was a final attempt for a retrial before his sentencing. That motion for a retrial was denied by a judge.
  Clayton was convicted in
  
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• NY troopers help woman give birth in vehicle on Thruway

  24-04-2017 20:35 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Two New York state troopers have teamed up to help deliver a woman’s baby in a vehicle on the side of a highway after she couldn’t make it to a hospital.
  State police say the troopers responded early Saturday morning to a report of a disabled vehicle on an Interstate 90 ramp near Albany.
  They say 25-year-old Kristi Koppenhafer, of Gloversville, started giving birth in the vehicle while her husband was driving her to the hospital. The two troopers helped
  
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• “Move Over” enforcement campaign scheduled for this week

  24-04-2017 20:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Local and state officials will spend the week of April 24 to 28 reminding motorists to slow down and move over while approaching law enforcement vehicles, emergency responders, tow trucks and construction vehicles that are pulled over to the side of the road.
  Message signs along New York State’s Thruway system will display messages reminding drivers about the state’s Move Over law all week. The effort will culminate Friday when Thurway Authority staff, st
  
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• Albion fireman charged with unlawfully pulling people over

  24-04-2017 20:32 via wivb.com
  
  ALBION, N.Y. (WIVB) — An Albion volunteer fireman has been charged with unlawfully pulling people over.
  New York State Police say that Walter Batt, 59, had emergency lights on his vehicle and performed traffic and vehicle stops even though he was not allowed to.
  He was charged with official misconduct and will be back in court in May.
  
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• Batavia woman charged with bringing needle into jail

  24-04-2017 18:48 via wivb.com
  
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Batavia woman was charged with promoting prison contraband Friday afternoon after Genesee County Sheriff’s deputies report that she tried to introduce a hypodermic needle filled with Suboxone into the jail.
  Elizabeth Ann Hicks, 34, of Jackson Street, was charged with first degree promotion of prison contraband, seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, and possession of a hypodermic instrument.
  According to Genesee County Sheriff
  
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• SPCA Monday: Breyer

  24-04-2017 18:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — News 4’s April 24 SPCA visitor was a 4-year-old Retriever mix named Breyer.
  The Erie County SPCA said Breyer is “small, extremely friendly and will do well in just about any household.”
  If you are interested in adopting him, call the SPCA at (716) 875-7360.
  
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• 23-year-old driver receives jail time for role in crash that seriously injured friend

  24-04-2017 18:35 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —  Joslyn Miller, 23, will be spending the next 6 months behind bars and the next few years on probation after pleading guilty to vehicular assault.
  The young woman from Buffalo was behind the wheel on the morning of April 15, 2016 when the car she was driving crashed into a parked car, seriously injuring Shaun William, 22.
  “I remember asking her if she was drinking,” said Williams whospoke in court, saying the crash changed her life forever.
   
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• Man admits guilt in fire that caused millions of dollars in damage

  24-04-2017 18:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man pleaded guilty to attempted arson related to an incident that caused millions of dollars in damage last month.
  Jonathan Jimenez, 29, broke into a Lafayette Ave. apartment within a complex containing 36 units on March 11 at 1 a.m.
  While there, Jimenez lit clothes on fire in two different closets. As the fire quickly grew, he fled from the building.
  Although other apartment residents were able to escape unharmed, the fire still caused significant dam
  
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• Neighborhood Health Center opens fourth location

  24-04-2017 17:48 via wivb.com
  
  BLASDELL, N.Y. (WIVB) – The largest federally qualified health center in Erie County is expanding.
  Neighborhood Health Center opened its fourth Western New York location in Blasdell last week at 4233 Lake Ave. The new facility offers a variety of primary care services for people of all income levels, including adult, pediatric, and women’s health.
  Neighborhood Health Center’s Western New York locations currently serve 30,000 people in 45 languages. NHC has been serving the
  
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• Buffalo Zoo names Norah Fletchall as next President/CEO

  24-04-2017 17:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Zoo announced its next President and CEO will be Norah Fletchall on Monday morning. Fletchall has most recently served as Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of the Indianapolis Zoological Society.
  “I am honored to be asked to lead the Buffalo Zoo and I see this as the culmination of my career work to bring people – especially children – together with animals they normally would never see in their lifetimes,” Fle
  
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• 70-year-old missing from Niagara Falls rehab facility located

  24-04-2017 17:11 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Niagara Falls police say that a 70-year-old man went missing from the Niagara Rehabilitation & Nursing Center.
  On Monday afternoon, police announced that Bruce Humphrey had been located.This is the facility Humphrey went missing from on Cedar Avenue in Niagara Falls @news4buffalo pic.twitter.com/meyaiAFlnI
  — Jenn Schanz (@JennSchanz4) April 24, 2017
  Humphrey had not been seen since he was given his medication at 5 p.m. on Sunday. A police re
  
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• Two Ripley teens charged in theft, vandalism of minibike

  24-04-2017 16:00 via wivb.com
  
  RIPLEY, N.Y. (WIVB) – Two minors were charged with criminal mischief and petit larceny Saturday in relation to an April 10 incident.
  According to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s department, the suspects were accused of stealing a mini bike from a South State Street address and vandalizing it.
  The suspects, aged 16 and 17, are both from Ripley.
  Both suspects were charged with fourth degree criminal mischief and petit larceny. They were issued appearance tickets for the Town of Ripley
  
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• School: Officials investigate threat posted by Grand Island student on Snapchat

  24-04-2017 15:42 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — Law enforcement officials are investigating a threat that Grand Island school officials say a middle school student posted on Snapchat.
  The school says that the unnamed student posted the threat at 6:45 a.m. Monday. It is not clear what the threat was, but the student never arrived at school.
  Law enforcement officials went to the student’s home to begin their investigation.
  The school was later determined to be safe and students were let off of buses like
  
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• Driver hits State Police car on the 290

  24-04-2017 12:17 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – A New York State Police trooper and another driver were both taken to ECMC to be checked out after a late night crash on the 290.
  It happened around 10:30 p.m. Sunday between the Elmwood and Colvin Avenue exits, causing the east bound lanes of the highway to be closed for a time.
  A State Police spokesperson confirms a trooper was parked in the median when a driver heading east on the Youngman went off the road, sideswiping the State Police vehicle.
  Both the trooper
  
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• County Legislator enters race for Buffalo mayor

  24-04-2017 06:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Erie County Legislator Betty Jean Grant hopes to be the first woman elected as mayor of Buffalo. Grant officially joined the race on Sunday.
  She faces incumbent Mayor Byron Brown and Buffalo Comptroller Mark Schroeder in the Democratic primary in September.
  Grant has been talking about running for the office for months, she sat down with News 4 in February to discuss the option.
  She told News 4 the tipping point was the decision last week to build the city’s
  
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• 30 in 30: Michigan’s Taco Charlton

  24-04-2017 05:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Taco Charlton may only have on true season as a starter under his belt but, he is confident.
  “I am glad to see all the hard work pay off so people do recognize how good of a player I am and how good of a player I will be.”
  And he has evey right to be. In 2016 Michigan switched to a four-man defensive line and Charlton was able to shine in a natural defensive end position. He led the wolverine with 9.5 sacks and was a first-team All-Big Ten selection.
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• Teen summit scheduled May 6

  24-04-2017 04:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Several Buffalo organizations will host a teen summit Saturday, May 6 to talk about anger, loss, and violence.
  “I’m LIT (Living in Triumph)” will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 6 at the Health Science Charter School, 1140 Ellicott St.
  Topics will include “Why am I so angry?”, “Stop the violence in 2017”, “Dealing with loss”, and “Loving and believing in yourself”.
  The event is being held by No More
  
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• Nextdoor app aids Dunkirk Police in arrest

  24-04-2017 02:50 via wivb.com
  
  DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Dunkirk Police arrested a 27-year-old man on an arrest warrant Friday evening after investigating social media tips about suspicious activity at a vacant E. Talcott Street house.
  Angel M. Soto-Alvarez of Dunkirk, was also charged with false personation and criminal possession of a hypodermic needle.
  Dunkirk Police were monitoring the house after receiving complaints from neighbors using the “Nextdoor” social media site that the department uses.
  According
  
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• Hiker rescued from Niagara Gorge

  24-04-2017 02:04 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – A 56-year-old Ontario man was rescued from the Niagara Gorge Saturday evening following an injury which prevented him from hiking out on his own.
  The injured hiker, a Brighton resident, had been hiking with family and friends near the Whirlpool Terminus of the Fisherman’s Trail when he suffered a fall and injured his leg.
  According to the Niagara Parks Police Service, Niagara emergency responders descended into the gorge, located the male, and tended to h
  
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