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• Officials end shelter in place in the Town of Ridgeway

  29-04-2017 23:02 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF RIDGEWAY, N.Y. (WIVB)- A shelter in place was issued just after 1 p.m. following a domestic incident in Orleans County. It was lifted just before 6 p.m. on Saturday.
  According to the NYS Alert, a man ran into the woods near the intersection of Rt. 63 and Rt. 104 following a physical domestic dispute inside a home. Officials tell News 4 they believe he has now left the area.
  The suspect is described as a Hispanic male around 30 years old. He was last seen wearing a grey t-shirt, shorts an
  
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• Bills draft LB Milno and QB Peterman in 5th round

  29-04-2017 22:11 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – The NFL draft continued on Saturday with rounds 4-7. Buffalo had two picks in the fifth round and one in the sixth to conclude their selections for this year’s draft.
  With the 163rd pick, Buffalo drafted Matt Milano, a linebacker from Boston College. Milano played four seasons for the Eagles and was named the team’s MVP following his senior year.
  The 6-foot, 225 pound Milano has single-game career highs of nine tackles, three tackles-for-loss an
  
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• Bills draft LB Milano and QB Peterman in 5th round

  29-04-2017 22:11 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – The NFL draft continued on Saturday with rounds 4-7. Buffalo had two picks in the fifth round and one in the sixth to conclude their selections for this year’s draft.
  With the 163rd pick, Buffalo drafted Matt Milano, a linebacker from Boston College. Milano played four seasons for the Eagles and was named the team’s MVP following his senior year.
  The 6-foot, 225 pound Milano has single-game career highs of nine tackles, three tackles-for-loss an
  
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• “Superheros” walk to benefit Children’s Hospital

  29-04-2017 18:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  Superheros come in different shapes and sizes, and for those that run the new Children’s Hospital,  they say the patients there are the true heroes.
  You may have spotted Batman or Spider-man walking down Bryant Street Saturday.
  But perhaps no one is as brave as 5-year-old Bella Phelan. Diagnosed with leukemia last year, mom, Jamie says they lived for 11 days straight at the hospital. Jamie Phelan said, “We’re stil
  
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• Prayer vigil for young boy critically injured in ATV accident

  29-04-2017 06:12 via wivb.com
  
  ELMA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hundreds of people gathered at the Elma Village Green Friday night for a prayer vigil for a young boy fighting for his life.
  Twelve year-old Zach Matla is in critical condition after suffering a head injury Wednesday during an ATV accident.
  Matla is a sixth grade student at Iroquois Central School District.
  Family and friends told News 4 Matla is a fun loving young boy who is friends with everyone.
  He is heavily involved in sports such as hockey, baseball and basketball
  
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• Elma boy injured in ATV accident taken off life support

  29-04-2017 06:12 via wivb.com
  
  ELMA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A boy hurt in an ATV accident Wednesday was taken off life support.
  Relatives of Zach Matla plan to donate his organs to help others.
  Hundreds of people gathered at the Elma Village Green Friday night for a prayer vigil for Zach.
  The 12 year old suffered a head injury Wednesday during an ATV accident.
  Matla was a sixth grade student at Iroquois Central School District.
  Family and friends described Matla as a fun loving young boy who was friends with everyone.
  He was hea
  
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• Bills draft WR Zay Jones and OL Dion Dawkins in 2nd round

  29-04-2017 02:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Buffalo Bills drafted wide receiver Zay Jones from East Carolina in the second round of the NFL Draft.
  Buffalo traded up with the St. Louis Rams to take Jones 37th overall.
  Jones had a standout career as a receiver at East Carolina. He set the NCAA record for career receptions with 399. He also set the single season record for receptions with 158.He saw action in 50 games with the Pirates and started in 41 of them.
  Jones’ wide receivers coach his senio
  
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• Reprieve for pregnant Falls tenant, home sold from under her

  29-04-2017 01:37 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – When Colleen Atwood contacted Call 4 Action earlier this month, her landlord had shut her water off, even though she was paying the bill, and her home was in foreclosure because he was not paying the mortgage.
  “Deeply upsetting, especially because I am pregnant,” Atwood said at the time, “trying to give birth, and now I have to move and I don’t know where I am going.”
  Worse still, once the water was shut off, Niagara Falls officia
  
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• New MS drug kicks off in WNY

  29-04-2017 00:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Ocrevus was approved by the FDA in march. It’s the only FDA approved drug to treat both Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis and Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis .
  It’s first New York patient is Margaret Browne.
  The Clarence mother of two was diagnosed with the the disease back in 2004. She’s been in a wheelchair for about three years.
  For Browne, Ocrevus offered the chance to avoid weekly or monthly injections.
  With Ocrevus, she get
  
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