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• DEA holding drug take back event across US Saturday

  28-04-2017 23:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Saturday, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., the Drug Enforcement Administration will hold their 13th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
  5,000 locations across the United States will be taking part in the event, which is operated by law enforcement agencies and community partners.
  Pills and other solids can be turned in, but sharps and liquids will not be accepted.
  Last October, Americans turned in more than 730,000 pounds of prescription drugs.
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• Akron School District will name baseball field after former teacher, coach

  28-04-2017 23:35 via wivb.com
  
  AKRON, NEW YORK (WIVB)  – The Akron School District will formally dedicate the varsity baseball diamond after a retired teacher, athletic director, and long-time coach.
  The diamond will officially be called Thomas Wetzen Field. A naming ceremony will be held 4:30 p.m. May 10 at the field, just before the first pitch of the Tigers vs. the Roy-Hart Rams baseball game.
  If it rains, the dedication will be held 4:30 p.m. May 12 during the team’s final home game of the season.
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• Congress settles for stopgap to avoid government shutdown

  28-04-2017 23:24 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress took the easy way out to keep the government open on the eve of Donald Trump’s 100th day in office, passing a weeklong stop-gap spending bill Friday that amounted to more of a defeat for the president than a victory.
  Lawmakers cleared the measure easily with just hours to spare before the shutdown deadline at midnight. But with Trump marking his presidency’s milestone Saturday, he did not wring any major legislation out of Congress, despite a renewed
  
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• Sources: Davis died of pre-existing medical conditions

  28-04-2017 23:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Multiple sources familiar with the death of 20-year-old Wardel Davis tell News 4 the Buffalo man died from pre-existing medical conditions brought on by a scuffle with police.
  According to sources, Davis had acute bronchitis and suffered a sudden onset of asthma while he was fighting with officers on the city’s west side in February.
  Davis was reportedly stopped by two officers and took off when they tried to question him, according to the Buffalo Police Depart
  
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• New York state reminding drivers to ‘move over’

  28-04-2017 22:48 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — When drivers see a first responder’s vehicle on the road, it’s state law to slow down and move over.
  “On multiple traffic stops while emergency vehicles are on the side of the road or tow operators on the side of the road, the public is still not moving over and obeying the law,” said New York State Police Trooper Christopher Pawlowski.
  As part of a week long outreach campaign, thruway employees and state police are handing out flyers about t
  
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• Bills release dynamic ticket pricing structure for 2017 home games

  28-04-2017 22:32 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Bills, on Friday, announced their new dynamic ticket pricing structure for this next season’s home games.
  The adjusted prices will “better reflect demand throughout the season,” the organization said. Each game will be placed into one of five pricing tiers, based on the time of the year and the team the Bills play.
  The initial box office price from last season won’t change, and pricing plans for the next season will include on
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Interview with Bills’ first round draft pick Tre’Davious White

  28-04-2017 21:59 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Bills’ first-round draft pick, cornerback Tre’Davious White, speaks Friday live afternoon.
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  White finished his senior season at LSU as a first-team All-American and an ALL-SEC, starting all 12 games.
  The Bills traded their 10th overall draft pick with the Kansas City Chiefs for the 2017 27th pick and the 91st pick. The Bills will receive a first-round pick in 2018.
  
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• Frontier Middle School raises $17,000 for Bald for Bucks

  28-04-2017 21:51 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Students at Frontier Middle School helped raise more than three times their goal for Bald for Bucks on Friday morning.
  Vastly beating their $5,000 goal, students raised more than $17,000 for the fundraiser for Roswell.
  To show their support for the cause, students had the choice of either shaving their head, cutting at least eight inches of hair off to make a wig or receiving a colored hair extension.
  This was the school’s first year doing Bald for Bucks.
  
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• Medina man charged with soliciting 15-year-old girl through text

  28-04-2017 21:08 via wivb.com
  
  MEDINA, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Medina man has been charged with sending text messages to a 15-year-old girl attempting to solicit sexual conduct, the Orleans County Sheriff’s department reported Friday.
  Joel R. Fidanza, 39, 618 West Center St., is charged with endangering the welfare of a child and promoting a sexual performance by a child, a class D felony.
  Fidanza was arrested Friday following an investigation by the Orleans County Major Felony Task Force. He was arraigned in Town of Ridg
  
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• CRIMESTOPPERS: Man wanted on weapons charges

  28-04-2017 20:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Buffalo Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Shawn Saunders, 29.
  Saunders is wanted on two charges of second degree criminal possession of a weapon and should be considered armed and dangerous.
  He is described as 5’8″, 160 lbs, with several tattoos.
  Anyone with information is asked to call the DOCCS tip line at 867-6161.
  
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• WATCH: Babies and Bumps coming to Buffalo this weekend

  28-04-2017 20:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — If you’re a parent or will soon be one, there’s an event happening in Buffalo this weekend just for you.
  Babies and Bumps provides families with information about everything from pregnancy, to birth, to the parenthood transition.
  Monica Infante joined News 4’s Brittni Smallwood on Wake Up! Friday morning. See the interview in the video above.
  
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• Jamestown man charged with DWI after rear-end accident

  28-04-2017 20:00 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y, (WIVB) – A Jamestown man is facing charges after Jamestown Police say he rear ended another vehicle while driving drunk Friday morning.
  Russell A. Swartz, 51, was charged with felony DWI, aggravated felony DWI, and following too closely.
  According to police reports, the accident occurred at the intersection of Arterial and Foote Avenue around 8:30 a.m. Friday morning. A 2007 Ford Edge driven by Swartz rear-ended a 2002 Ford Taurus. Both drivers were treated by emergency per
  
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• Proposed bill would allow organ donors to register through library cards, college applications

  28-04-2017 19:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Residents of New York could soon become organ donors by signing up for a library card or applying to college.
  Sen. Chris Jacobs, (R-Buffalo) and Assemblyman Mickey Kearns are spearheading the effort to introduce legislation that would add a “Check Yes” box to become a New York State-registered organ donor onto library card or SUNY and CUNY college applications.
  Jacobs introduced the legislation to the New York State Senate earlier this year. Kearns is exp
  
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• Man goes missing from Williamsville health care facility

  28-04-2017 19:11 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A resident of a Williamsville health care facility has gone missing.
  Staff at Williamsville Suburban Residential Health Care Facility say Paul Cieslak, 63, was last seen on security video getting dropped off in front of the facility around 6:42 p.m. Thursday.
  In the video, Cieslak was seen walking north on S. Union Rd. after being dropped off, instead of entering the building.
  While conducting their 10 p.m. rounds, staff at the facility say Cieslak wa
  
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• How did man go missing from Williamsville nursing home?

  28-04-2017 19:11 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A resident of a Williamsville health care facility has gone missing.
  But who’s at fault depends on who you ask.
  Staff at Williamsville Suburban Residential Health Care Facility said Paul Cieslak, 63, was last seen on security video getting dropped off in front of the facility around 6:42 p.m. Thursday.
  In the video, Cieslak was seen walking north on S. Union Rd. after being dropped off, instead of entering the building.
  While conducting their 10
  
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• National Grid proposes rate hikes, new jobs

  28-04-2017 18:37 via wivb.com
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WIVB) — On Friday, National Grid filed a proposal to change gas and electricity prices.
  The reason for the proposal, National Grid says, is to modernize electricity and gas networks, and “improve customer service.”
  With new prices, the average electricity customer would see their monthly rate go up nearly 14 percent, or $11.23.
  Gas customers could expect a nearly 15 percent increase, or $10.38 more a month.
  National Grid says they must file a one-year plan,
  
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• Reducing copy paper purchases for NY state agencies has saved taxpayers $19.6 mill over five years

  28-04-2017 18:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Requiring state agencies to adopt “green policies” has saved New York State tax payers $19.6 million over the past five years, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office announced Friday.
  For the past five years of Cuomo’s administration, state agencies have purchased less copy paper, increased recycling, and incorporated renewable energy systems to become greener- and leaner for taxpayers.
  According to a statement from Cuomo’s office, state agencies ha
  
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• Buffalo: Man crashes into house while driving without license

  28-04-2017 18:05 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police say a vehicle crashed into a house on the 100 block of Walden Ave. early Friday morning.
  Around 3:40 a.m., the vehicle was traveling east when it went off the road and struck the building.
  After the crash, Buffalo police say the driver fled the scene, but was later found.
  The driver, who was only identified as a 51-year-old Buffalo man, was charged with criminal mischief, leaving the scene of a property damage accident and driving without a licens
  
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• Local couple invents backyard game, gives back to community

  28-04-2017 17:47 via wivb.com
  
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – As we head into late spring and summer, a local couple is hoping you’ll head outdoors and try a new game they invented called First-N-Ten. They’re using some of the proceeds to give back to the community.
  First-N-Ten is a mix of frisbee, football, horseshoes, and more. It involves two teams of two standing at opposites sides of a playing area, tossing discs toward special goal posts.
  MORE | Click here to see a video showing you how to play.
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• Missing Niagara Falls man is believed to be deceased

  28-04-2017 17:45 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA  FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – The search for missing Niagara Falls man Kurt Beehler, 24, has been called off.
  Niagara Falls Police said Friday afternoon that Beehler’s car had been located. He is believed to be deceased.
  According to Niagara Falls police, Beehler’s car was found parked in a New York State Park parking lot. No body was found.
  Tips helped police to locate Beehlers car.
  Beehler was last seen April 8. Niagara Falls Police began searching for him April 15 to ch
  
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• Wegmans will begin labeling calorie counts on subs, pizza, self-serve food

  28-04-2017 17:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Counting calories at Wegmans is about to become easier.
  The grocery store chain announced Thursday that it will begin adding calorie counts to many areas of the store’s menus. Calorie counts will be available by May 5 on menu boards in the Pizza Shop, Sub Shop, or The Buzz coffee bar, as well as on signs near self-serve hot and cold food bars and on package labels for grab-and-go fresh items such as sushi, salads, soups and sandwiches.
  The FDA advised chai
  
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• UB looking for man accused of damaging library property

  28-04-2017 17:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officials at the University at Buffalo are looking for someone they say damaged property.
  Around 3:20 a.m. on April 23, the person pictured above entered the Health Sciences Library (Abbott Hall) on the South Campus.
  That is where school officials say he damaged property.
  Any who recognizes him is asked to call Investigator Rehberg at (716) 645-2227 regarding report #17-005481.
  
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• Men will walk mile in heels during Sunday’s “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes”

  28-04-2017 17:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Can you walk a mile in high heels?
  The Crisis Services Program and the University of Buffalo are hosting their 12th annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event April 30, where men will be invited to put on a pair of heels and walk a mile. “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” is an international event against rape, gender violence, and sexual assault.
  Inviting men to walk in high heels is “a fun way to break the ice and recognize the history of se
  
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• Williamsville South senior signs with Ball State

  28-04-2017 17:00 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Williamsville South’s Abby Ferenczy is heading to Ball State this fall, where she will play field hockey.
  Abby, a team captain, was a four-year starter for the Billies.
  She is looking forward to the young coaching staff she will play for in Indiana.
   
  
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• Fredonia man charged with child endangerment

  28-04-2017 16:02 via wivb.com
  
  WELLSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Fredonia man was charged with endangering the welfare of a child Thursday by Wellsville Village Police.
  According to Wellsville Police, Simon P. Gogolack, 33, was charged for an incident which occurred on Trapping Brook Road in the village of Wellsville.
  Gogolack was arraigned and remanded to the Allegany County Jail in lieu of $1,000 cash bail. He’s due back in Wellsville Village Court 4:30 p.m. May 16.
  Wellsville Police were assisted by Allegany Child Pr
  
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• Decorator’s show house tours starting this weekend

  28-04-2017 10:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —  The Junior League of Buffalo Decorator’s Show House is almost ready to open its doors to the public.  The organization has selected the August Fiene Home, at at 766 Ellicott Street in Buffalo, as the home they’re showcasing.
  More than 30 decorators, artists, and landscapers took over the house in February, moving in, claiming the space and adding touches on 31 different areas around the home.  The house has a rich history. It was buil
  
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• Bills select Tre’Davious White in first round of 2017 NFL Draft

  28-04-2017 05:49 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Buffalo Bills selected LSU cornerback Tre’Davious White with the 27th overall pick in the NFL Draft.Tre'Davious White, you're coming to Buffalo!
  We've picked the CB in the first round of the 2017 #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/m38Y99TfiE
  — Buffalo Bills (@buffalobills) April 28, 2017
  White, a first-team All-American and All-SEC selection this past season, started all 12 games for the Tigers in his senior year. He finished the year with 35 tackles, 4 t
  
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• Safeguarding America’s nuclear weapons from emerging cyber threats

  28-04-2017 05:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – It’s a nightmare scenario.
  Some nation state or terrorist organization unleashes a cyber-attack on U.S. nuclear command and control systems.
  Could it happen?
  “The threat is there. The threat is real,” said Shambhu Upadhyaya, a University at Buffalo professor of computer science who specializes in cyber security.
  He says possible attacks could involve gaining physical access to a system or sneaking in through cyberspace.
  What’s the likelihood o
  
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• Crews battle barn fire in Orchard Park

  28-04-2017 03:35 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Multiple fire companies responded to a large barn fire on 20a Town of Orchard Park Thursday evening.
  Witnesses say they saw the barn struck by lightning around 6:30 p.m. before it became fully engulfed in flames. Crews at the scene say no one was injured and no people or animals were inside the barn during the fire.
  According to neighbors, the barn was at the center of a dispute because of its condition.
  Neighbors told News 4 the barn was very old, dilapida
  
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• Bills trade 10th pick in 2017 NFL draft, now select 27th

  28-04-2017 03:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Buffalo Bills have traded their 10th overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft to Kansas City.
  Details of the trade:
  Bills get:
  2017 1st round pick – #27
  2017 3rd round pick – #91
  2018 1st round pick – TBD
  The Chiefs went on to select quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
  
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• Family of teen who died in Lockport fire supports judge’s decision

  28-04-2017 03:24 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) —The 14-year-old who helped start the Aug. 10 Lockport fire that killed his best friend received a deserving sentence, said the parents of the deceased teen.
  “I wasn’t looking for him to go to jail the rest of his life or pay restitution for what happened to Joe,” said Joe Phillips’ father, Mark. “I know he was one of Joe’s best friends. And I’m just glad that he’s going to get the help that he needs and hopefully, it&rs
  
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• Site of fatal hit-and-run accident could get a new sidewalk

  28-04-2017 02:12 via wivb.com
  
  WHEATFIELD, N.Y. (WIVB) – A hit-and-run accident in November, 2014 took the life of Ryan Fischer, 16, along a dark, dangerous section of a Wheatfield road. The state is now putting up nearly $800,000 to pave a sidewalk where the teenager was killed, but that is not a sure thing.
  A makeshift monument marks the place where Fischer lost his life on the night of November 20, 2014, while walking along Krueger Road with his girlfriend, Leeza Kalish.
  It would take almost another year before char
  
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