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• Prominent pop artist Marisol leaves entire estate to Albright-Knox

  25-04-2017 23:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – One of the most significant pop artists of the 1960s bequeathed her entire estate to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the museum director revealed Tuesday.
  Marisol (Maria Sol Escobar) died in 2016 after a 60-year career, in which she was known as one of the most prominent artists of her generation, Janne Sirén, Peggy Pierce Elfvin director of the Albright-Knox Gallery, said.
  “Marisol helped define the 1960s through her innovative and groundbreaking wor
  
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• Coast Guard rescues boats headed toward brink of Falls

  25-04-2017 23:39 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — The U.S. Coast Guard was called out Monday night to rescue two boats headed toward the brink of Niagara Falls.
  The rescue call came in at about 7:30 p.m. from a man on Cayuga Island who spotted them floating near the American Falls past the North Grand Island Bridge.
  The Coast Guard contacted the Erie County Sheriff’s department, which launched its rescue helicopter as a precaution.
  The Coast Guard was able to reach both boats and tow them to shore.
  
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• Sinkhole swallows car in Wellsville

  25-04-2017 23:24 via wivb.com
  
  WELLSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A huge sinkhole opened up in the driveway of a family’s home in Allegany County and swallowed their car.
  The picture below was taken by Bob Toney of the Wellsville Daily Reporter. He says his stepson’s car fell in the hole after last Thursday’s heavy rains, and had to be towed out.
  No one was inside the car at the time of the incident.
  
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• New details in skydiving death investigation

  25-04-2017 23:14 via wivb.com
  
  BARRE, N.Y. (WIVB)- 30-year-old Erick Miller was an experienced skydiver.
  The Army veteran died Saturday following a sport jump in Barre. The accident is being investigated by the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office, the Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office, and the FAA.
  “The FAA, they’re going to bring in some experts. They’re going to analyze the equipment, they’re going to analyze the photographs of the scene,” Orleans County Undersheriff Christop
  
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• Teen who helped start fatal Lockport fire sentenced to probation

  25-04-2017 22:32 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — The teenager involved in the fatal Lockport fire from last summer was sentenced to one year of probation.
  The 14-year-old, who remains unnamed, faced a slew of charges, including criminally negligent homicide. He only admitted to two crimes — arson and burglary.
  More than 36 hours were spent fighting the fire at the HTI tire plant in August. The blaze resulted in the death of another 14-year-old, the teen’s friend Joseph Phillips.
  Phillips and the o
  
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• Uber named official ridesharing service of Bills, Sabres, Bandits

  25-04-2017 22:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Uber has been named the official ridesharing service of the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres, and the Buffalo Bandits.
  Pegula Sports and Entertainment announced an official partnership with the app on Tuesday.
  The partnership with Uber, which allows users to request rides through an app on their smartphone, will have a positive effect on guest experiences, PSE executive vice president of business development Erica Muhleman said. ““The Bills, Sabres and Bandi
  
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• Pegula Sports and Entertainment, Labatt USA to unveil plans for Cobblestone District building Wednesday

  25-04-2017 21:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Pegula Sports and Entertainment and Labatt USA will hold a press conference tomorrow to discuss plans to develop a five-story industrial building in the Cobblestone District.
  The press conference will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Alumni Plaza outside of the Keybank Center.
  Expected to speak are Russ Brandon, Pegula Sports and Entertainment managing partner and president, Kris Sirchio, North American Breweries CEO, and Glen Tibbits, Labatt USA general manager. Buff
  
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• Labatt brewery, restaurant planned for Perry St. building

  25-04-2017 21:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Pegula Sports and Entertainment and Labatt USA held a press conference on Wednesday to discuss plans to develop a five-story industrial building in the Cobblestone District.
  The conference took place at Alumni Plaza outside of the Keybank Center.
  The Pegula firm acquired 79 Perry St. last year. The 79,030 sq. ft. building was built in 1914 as the Peerless Mill Supply Co.
  It’s located across from the Keybank Center at the corner of Perry and Illinios S
  
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• Founder of Medina Railroad Museum passes away

  25-04-2017 21:23 via wivb.com
  
  MEDINA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The founder of the Medina Railroad Museum has passed away, the museum announced Tuesday.
  Marty Phelps passed away on Tuesday at the age of 75. He had been battling cancer.
  “Marty was the driving force behind the museum in Medina and his passion for preserving our railroad heritage will be missed by all,” the Western New York Railway Historical Society wrote on Facebook.
  
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• Buffalo police looking for missing teen

  25-04-2017 20:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police are looking for help finding a missing teenager.
  17-year-old Mikesea Smith stands at 5’5″, weighs 107 lbs. and wears glasses.
  Anyone with information on where she is or has been can call 911.
  
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• Why did Scajaquada Creek turn red?

  25-04-2017 20:30 via wivb.com
  
  DEPEW, N.Y. (WIVB) — Scajaquada Creek looked more like tomato soup than a waterway Tuesday afternoon. The mystery of how it got that way had people in Depew talking.
  “At first quick glace I was like ‘oh my god, it looks like blood’, obviously that’s not it but what is it?,” said Chris Peters who lives in Depew.
  According to the DEC, runoff from a leaking trailer full of red-dyed mulch went into the creek. It came from the Walden Ave. business, Superior Pa
  
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• Accident results in Scajaquada Creek appearing reddish

  25-04-2017 20:30 via wivb.com
  
  DEPEW, N.Y. (WIVB) — Viewers began posting photos on social media of the Scajaquada Creek’s odd appearance in Depew.
  Katie sent the photo above, which shows the water having a reddish appearance.
  The photo was taken near Olmstead Ave.
  News 4 went over to the creek and learned the reason behind the unusual color.
  Superior Pallets, which is located on Walden Ave., dyed mulch with a non-toxic Ruby Red colorant on Monday. After doing so, rain washed the mulch into the creek.
  The col
  
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• Orchard Park shoplifting suspects get additional charges after flooding cells

  25-04-2017 20:13 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y, (WIVB) – Two people are facing multiple charges after being arrested for shoplifting from Kohl’s in Quaker Crossing Plaza.
  Shawn Brill, 26, of Colden, and Casey Mann, 34, of Buffalo, were stopped by Orchard Park police Monday afternoon after police received a call of two shoplifters at the Kohl’s location. Brill and Mann were identified as the shoplifters by store security and video and charged with petit larceny and fifth degree possession of stolen pro
  
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• Weekend Lackawanna fire being called suspicious

  25-04-2017 19:55 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Lackawanna Fire Chief Ralph Galanti says an early morning fire from this past weekend is suspicious.
  Seven people were displaced in the Saturday fire on Ingham Ave. The fire took place at a four-apartment building owned by the Lackawanna Islamic Mosque, who also own other properties in the area.
  According to the fire chief, the fire started in the building’s common hallway.
  A mother injured in the fire remains in critical condition, while a three-y
  
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• Orchard Park man accused of driving while on drugs, leaving property damage accident

  25-04-2017 19:49 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – An Orchard Park man is facing charges after Orchard Park police say he left the scene of a property damage accident while impaired by drugs.
  David Schaefer, 31, was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to maintain lane, and unlicensed operation of a vehicle Tuesday morning.
  Orchard Park police responded to a report of a vehicle with its four-way flashers on parked on South Buffalo Street and partially bl
  
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• Judge demands second mental health exam for man charged with sexually abusing nursing home resident

  25-04-2017 19:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A convicted sex offender accused of molesting a fellow Buffalo nursing home resident was in court Tuesday.
  A judge ordered 62-year-old Thomas Moore to take another mental health exam.
  Moore’s attorney said that the last mental health exam Moore took determined that he was incapable of standing trial. By law, an individual needs two forensic exams to prove that they are not capable of standing trial.
  Moore is a level 3 sex offender. He was convicted of sexu
  
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• Man accused of killing mom being brought back from PA to face charges

  25-04-2017 19:26 via wivb.com
  
  EDEN, N.Y. (WIVB) — This past Thursday, authorities say Wayne Kozak, 48, killed his 79-year-old mother in the Eden home they share.
  According to officials, Mary Louise Kozak had been fatally shot and was found just before 4 p.m.
  Eden Police Chief Mike Felschow said the incident was Eden’s first murder in more than 30 years.
  Later that night, Wayne was found at a motel in Erie, Pennsylvania. After a judge signed a warrant, police in Pennsylvania came into Wayne’s 
  
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• Boater safety courses to take place in Chautauqua County

  25-04-2017 18:55 via wivb.com
  
  MAYVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s office announced a number of boater safety courses taking place this spring.
  Boater safety courses are required for anyone seeking to operate a boat in New York. Anyone born before May 1, 1996 is exempt unless they plan to drive a personal watercraft.
  Those looking to operate a personal watercraft must be at least 14 years old.
  In general, participants must be at least 10 years old by the date of the course they choose
  
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• Catholic Charities USA names WNY woman Volunteer of the Year

  25-04-2017 18:33 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) – A local woman has been selected from among hundreds of thousands of Catholic Charities volunteers nationwide to receive the national organization’s top volunteerism honor.
  Daisy “Estelle” Anderson, 95, has been named Catholic Charities USA’s 2017 Volunteer of the Year.
  Over the last 30 years, Anderson has sewn layettes for more than 10,000 local families, creating clothing, crib linens, toys and diapers for newborns in need.
  Catholic Charit
  
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• Niagara Falls to hold Arbor Week, Earth Day events

  25-04-2017 18:03 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Niagara Falls will celebrate Arbor Week and Earth Day with a week-long series of events starting Friday.
  The events will kick off 1:30 p.m. April 28 (Arbor Day) with a tree planting in front of Gaskill Preparatory, 910 Hyde Park Blvd. To extend Arbor Day into a whole week, more tree plantings will take place at every city school through May 5.
  Other events celebrating Arbor Day and Earth Day (April 22) will be held Saturday at Hyde Park from 9 a.m. to
  
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• ‘Bachelor’ star Chris Soules jailed after deadly Iowa crash

  25-04-2017 17:27 via wivb.com
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities have arrested former “The Bachelor” star Chris Soules, alleging that he fled the scene of a deadly traffic accident.
  The Iowa State Patrol reports that a pickup truck rear-ended a tractor on a highway in Buchanan County on Monday night, sending both vehicles into a ditch and killing the tractor driver, whose name wasn’t released.
  The crash happened on County Highway 45, about 15 miles south of Soules’ farm in Arlington, which
  
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• Williamsville man charged with Leandra’s Law violation in Tonawanda

  25-04-2017 17:19 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Williamsville man was arrested on a Leandra’s Law DWI for drugs charge Sunday.
  Michael J. Batt, 36, was stopped by Town of Tonawanda Police Sunday afternoon after committing vehicle and traffic infractions on Kenmore Avenue near Starin Avenue.
  According to Town of Tonawanda Police, Batt failed several sobriety tests. A two-year-old child was also in the car. The child’s grandfather was called to the scene to take custody of the child.
  Batt was
  
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• NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. to retire at end of season

  25-04-2017 15:54 via wivb.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Hendrick Motorsports says Dale Earnhardt Jr. will retire at the end of this season.
  Earnhardt is a 14-time winner of NASCAR’s most popular driver award. He has 26 career Cup victories, and that includes a pair of wins in the Daytona 500.
  Earnhardt is a two-time champion in NASCAR’s second-tier series. But the son of the late seven-time champion has never won a Cup title.
  Earnhardt turns 43 in October, was married during the offseason and has stated h
  
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• Buffalo area students taking trip to learn about STEM careers

  25-04-2017 10:25 via wivb.com
  
   
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Dozens of students from the Buffalo School of Performing Arts will be heading to Detroit to learn about what it takes to have a future at corporation which values science, technology, engineering, and math.
  The students are meeting with and talking to executives and other key people at the General Motors plant in the Motor City.  They have a packed few days ahead of them including heading to a cybersecurity panel, going the OnStar Command Center, a
  
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• Town of Amherst to review where addiction treatment facilities can be located

  25-04-2017 05:34 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB)- A heated debate is underway in Amherst over the location of an addiction treatment facility.
  “This needs to be separated from people, it’s too close to people,” said John Radzikowski, who lives on N Ivyhurst Rd.
  Catholic Health wants to build a clinic at the end of N Ivyhurst Rd., on Millersport Hwy. It would provide recovering addicts with methadone, suboxone and other medication-based treatments.
  The healthcare provider already offers recovering add
  
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• Birthday celebration turns into vacation from hell

  25-04-2017 02:18 via wivb.com
  
  WEST FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Tanya and Ron Haynes were all set to celebrate Tanya’s 60th birthday in the Caribbean, but it suddenly turned into the vacation from hell, facing airplane troubles coming and going.
  The birthday trip to the Dominican Republic seemed as if it would not even get off the ground, when the couple arrived at the Buffalo airport, on April 8. The charter plane was out of service, but the replacement plane was too small to hold everyone booked on the flight.
  Tanya s
  
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• Board of Elections’ investigation into Pigeon goes back a decade

  25-04-2017 01:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Members of the Erie County Board of Elections had longtime Democratic political operative Steve Pigeon in their cross hairs nearly 10 years before last week’s court appearance on election law violations.
  “There were actual campaign filings that were required periodically by state law to be done,”  said Republican Elections Commissioner Ralph Mohr. “And when we noticed filings on the part of the recipients of the money and the payers of th
  
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