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• Man who brought loaded gun into Lackawanna school sentenced

  12-05-2017 23:26 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) – A 20-year-old Buffalo man has been sentenced for a criminal weapons charge after he brought a loaded gun into Baker Hall School in Lackawanna in January.
  Devonte Ridgeway will serve three and a half years in prison plus five years supervised release.
  Ridgeway was charged after bringing a loaded handgun concealed in a backpack onto school grounds. After the backpack triggered metal detector alarms, school staff searched the bag and found a loaded .22 caiber handgun
  
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• CRIMESTOPPERS: Up to $1,000 reward offered for information about Buffalo man

  12-05-2017 23:11 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Up to a $1,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest of a Buffalo man.
  Curtis Panell, Jr., is wanted by Niagara Falls Police for probation violations.
  His last known address is East Delevan Avenue in Buffalo. Panell is described as 5’11”, 190 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes.
  Anyone with information can call the Crimestoppers Tip Line at 867-6161.
  
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• Tonawanda woman charged with stealing $84,000 from relative

  12-05-2017 23:04 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Town of Tonawanda woman has been charged with second degree grand larceny after $84,000 was discovered missing from a family member’s bank account.
  Irene E. Rogenmoser, 63, of Heritage Road, was arrested by City of Tonawanda detectives Friday afternoon after an investigation into the missing funds.
  According to Tonawanda Police, it is alleged that Rogenmoser put her name on the family member’s account, and within moments of approval, withdrew $84,000.
  
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• Mobile command center set up to assist residents impacted by flooding in Olcott

  12-05-2017 23:01 via wivb.com
  
  OLCOTT, N.Y. (WIVB) — The back yard of a lake shore home in Olcott is underwater. The home owners have been running a pump to try to drain it.
  “Devastating it’s like the lake is becoming part of our yard,” said Carol Ralicki of Olcott.
  At other Olcott homes decks have caved in and rising water levels have eroded land.
  “The high waves have gone over what we’ve secured as a break wall and retaining boulders and so forth but due to the high water issue it’s
  
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• Buffalo Zoo’s new baby reindeer will make his zoo debut Sunday

  12-05-2017 22:35 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Buffalo Zoo’s newest resident will be making his public debut this Sunday.
  A male Scandinavian reindeer was born April 18 to six-year-old Solara and three-year-old Apollo. Four possible names for the baby deer- Pulsar, Yukon, Thor, or Max- were chosen by zookeepers. A social media poll will determine the winning name, which will also be announced Sunday.
  The announcement is scheduled for noon to 12:30 p.m. Sunday at the Buffalo Zoo.
  The poll can be found on
  
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• Beach at Krull Park in Olcott will be closed all summer

  12-05-2017 22:15 via wivb.com
  
  OLCOTT, N.Y. (WIVB) – Heavy rains and flooding have caused Krull Park Beach in Olcott to close for the season, before the start of the 2017 swimming season.
  Newfane town supervisor Tim Horanburg confirmed Friday that the beach will not be operating this year.
  “There’s no way we can open this year,” Horanburg said.
  The beach is underwater at this point, and the access roads to reach the beach are gone.
  Krull Park will remain open as usual for the summer, and the Olcott Car
  
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• More mobile command centers will be deployed to help with flood concerns near Lake Ontario

  12-05-2017 22:00 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB) – More Department of Financial Services mobile command centers will be dispatched to the Lake Ontario area to help residents affected by flooding, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday.
  The addition mobile command centers will be dispatched throughout the Lake Onatrio region Saturday through Wednesday to assist residents with flood-related insurance issues.
  Saturday May 13
  Wayne County – DFS Mobile Command Center
  Saturday, May 1310 a.m. – 8 p.m.Village
  
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• Sheriff: Gunman kills police chief, 2 nursing home workers

  12-05-2017 20:48 via wivb.com
  
  KIRKERSVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A gunman fatally shot the police chief of an Ohio village and two nursing home employees Friday, and the suspected gunman was also found dead, a sheriff said.
  Licking County Sheriff Randy Thorp identified the slain police chief as Steven Eric Disario, who headed the Kirkersville Police Department.
  Disario, 36, had only been on the job for about three weeks, Thorp said. He said the chief was a father of six children, with a seventh on the way.
  “It’s a h
  
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• Man sentenced for stalking, abducting his ex

  12-05-2017 19:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was sentenced to 13 and 1/3 to 16 years in prison for stalking and unlawfully imprisoning his former girlfriend.
  Michael Reibel, 40, broke into the woman’s home before abducting her and holding her against her will for hours in July of 2015.
  In March, Reibel was found guilty of stalking, criminal contempt, burglary and unlawful imprisonment.
  Along with his sentence, Reibel is barred from having any contact with the victim until July
  
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• 1 killed in Genesee County crash

  12-05-2017 19:50 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF BETHANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man is dead following a vehicle accident in Genesee County.
  As a car and a truck were headed in opposite directions on Route 63 in the Town of Bethany, the car went over the center line and struck the southbound pickup truck on the vehicle’s side.
  The crash happened sometime after 11 a.m. on Friday.
  The car driver, who was identified as a man in his 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene
  A female passenger in the car and two people in the truck ha
  
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• Erie County officials join forces with advocacy group to fight elder abuse

  12-05-2017 19:27 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — Erie County’s top law enforcement agencies and senior citizen groups are joining forces with Lifespan of Greater Rochester, an advocacy group from Monroe County, to fight elder abuse. Their goal? Bringing those who abuse our seniors to justice.
  In Erie County, they are bringing the District Attorney, the Sheriff, and Adult Protection Services together to coordinate the efforts of law enforcement and social service agencies to improve the lives of th
  
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• New Bills GM Brandon Beane up for ‘unique’ challenge

  12-05-2017 17:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It takes a brave man to walk head-first into a seventeen-year playoff drought.
  But NFL general manager jobs are rare. And Brandon Beane wanted one for himself.
  After nineteen years working in the Carolina Panthers organization, doing just about everything except clean the sinks, Beane takes over the GM post in Buffalo under owners Terry and Kim Pegula, who impressed him from the start.
  “I was blown away,” Beane said of meeting the Pegulas for the fir
  
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• Bills introduce GM Brandon Beane

  12-05-2017 16:22 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — As the Buffalo Bills’ new general manager, Brandon Beane, was introduced on Friday, Bills owner Terry Pegula said he represents exactly what the organization wants in a GM.
  Pegula said Beane is highly regarded in the NFL. Before coming to Buffalo, he served as the assistant general manager of the Carolina Panthers.
  Prior to that, he spent seven seasons as the team’s director of football operations. Overall, he spent 19 years with the team.
  
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• Rock nation? Dwayne Johnson considering run for White House

  12-05-2017 15:32 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — After conquering Hollywood, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson may have his sights set on the White House.
  The actor and former pro wrestler tells GQ that a presidential run is “a real possibility.”
  Johnson says if he were president, leadership would be a top priority.
  Johnson isn’t revealing much about his political leanings, but says he’s not in favor of President Donald Trump’s proposed travel ban because he believes “in inclusio
  
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• “A Taste for Life” helps raise money for lung cancer treatments

  12-05-2017 15:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hundreds of people helped raise money to fight lung cancer on Thursday night.
  The Saturn Club in Buffalo hosted the seventh annual “A Taste For Life” event.
  The money raised will help support lung cancer treatments at Roswell Park.
  “Over the years, and especially at Roswell Park, and particularly with the support of our generous donors, there’s been some really exciting developments in the research and the science that offers tremendous hope f
  
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• Lackawanna Fire Department receives 2 new thermal imaging cameras

  12-05-2017 15:06 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The City of Lackawanna’s fire department received two life-saving gifts.
  Two thermal imaging cameras were donated by the Hazmat Environmental Group.
  The fire department only had one camera before while they fought the fire on Ingham St. It assisted them in finding the victims faster.
  Lackawanna Fire Chief Ralph Galant said “We were able to bring them out that much quicker,” because of the camera.
  MORE | Learn more about that fire here.
  The c
  
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• “Ice house” owner shows damage done by ice

  12-05-2017 14:31 via wivb.com
  
  WEST WEBSTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — The “ice house” in western New York had people all across the United States talking.
  The Webster home, near Rochester, became a global sensation after Lake Ontario’s waters encased it in ice this past March.
  The ice has melted since then, but it did some damage to the home, which is owned by Betty Perkins-Carpenter.
  “I didn’t think there was anything wrong with it because it looked, as you said, so good from the outside, b
  
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• Mother’s Day dream come true

  12-05-2017 12:00 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – Misty Dosch never gave up on her dream.
  “I really want to be a mom.”
  That’s what she told us a year ago.
  She and her husband, Eric, tried for six years to have a child.
  After not being able to conceive naturally, they tried a different route…adoption.
  The couple set up a GoFundMe page to help with the fees, but they only got about 10 percent of their $20 thousand goal. But that didn’t deter them.
  “I know it will come. I’m pa
  
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• World’s Largest Yard Sale Returns to Hamburg Fairgrounds

  12-05-2017 11:58 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) – If you’re still looking for the perfect Mother’s Day gift, a gift for the grad in your life, or just a treat for yourself, there are a lot of options available this weekend.
  Nearly 300 vendors are offering thousands of deals on everything from Amish baked goods to vintage vinyls, toys, jewelry, housewares, antiques, yard art, hunting and camping gear, and so much more.
  Doors open for the World’s Largest Yard Sale at 2 p.m. Friday for this season&rsq
  
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• Pregnant Falls mom gets her water back, Water Bd. fixes policy

  12-05-2017 05:34 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – For the first time in three weeks, the water is running in Colleen Atwood’s Niagara Falls home, which called for a celebration, “I washed dishes and I took a bubble bath, in my jet tub, for about two hours–I sat there.”
  Atwood is 9 months pregnant—she is due May 20–and if not for the generosity of family and friends, she could have been homeless, because without running water, the city condemned the house she is renting.
  The
  
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• White supremacist flyers urge voters to “Keep Lew-Port White”

  12-05-2017 05:26 via wivb.com
  
  LEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB) – A racist flyer is again circulating through the Lewiston community, this time through the mail.Reports of flyers urging Lew-Port School District residents to “Keep Lew-Port White!” began coming Thursday evening.
  The flyers claim to be from “The Voice of the Resistance” and endorse two school board candidates, as well as including Nazi imagery.
  One of the school board members listed in the flyer, Betty VandenBosch-Warrick, said that the t
  
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• 10k reward being offered for information about suspicious Lackawanna apartment fire

  12-05-2017 05:17 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A $10,000 reward is now being offered to help find answers about a suspicious fire in Lackawanna.
  Flames started at a multi-family home on Ingham street last month with 20 people inside. Seven people went to the hospital, including three children with serious injuries.
  The apartment building is owned by the Lackawanna Islamic Mosque.
  In April, Lackawanna fire officials called the fire suspicious.
  Lackawanna police along with the community and the family are awaiti
  
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• The new D.A.R.E

  12-05-2017 05:00 via wivb.com
  
  AKRON, N.Y. (WIVB)- It’s Monday morning at Akron High School.“I’m doing something I do every year here,” explained State Trooper John Campanella, as he waits for students to arrive.
  He’s speaking to Mrs. Constantino’s health class about drug abuse.
  In recent years, these drugs prevention talks have developed a new focus.
  “It has traditionally been tobacco, alcohol, marijuana. But now, the drug concern that we have clearly is the prescription pills and th
  
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• New, two-story Dash’s planned for North Buffalo

  12-05-2017 03:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Dash’s Market will expand to a new location in North Buffalo.
  The local, family-owned supermarket chain will construct a new two-story market at Hertel Avenue and Starin Avenue starting this summer.
  The 45,000 sq. ft. market’s design “intentionally reflects the character of the North Buffalo neighborhood it serves”, a press release from Dash’s said Thursday.
  “Joe Dash considers the Hertel Avenue store his flagship location since it
  
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• Hamburg man pleads guilty to used textbook scam

  12-05-2017 01:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Hamburg man has pleaded guilty to mail fraud for a used textbook scheme.
  The New York Attorney General’s office announced Thursday that Jeffrey Tomasik, 33, faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for the charges.
  According to assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth R. Moellering, who is handling the case, Tomasik ran a used textbook scheme where he would rent textbooks from Amazon and other companies and then sell the books on eBay. Tomasik rented the b
  
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• New SPCA in West Seneca will hold grand opening event Saturday

  12-05-2017 00:46 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) – The SPCA serving Erie County will celebrate the grand opening of the new West Seneca SPCA location Saturday.
  The celebration will take place 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday May 13 at the SPCA’s 300 Harlem Road shelter.
  A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 11 a.m., followed by cake for the first 250 people and music from the West Seneca Town Band.
  The Erie County Sheriff’s mounted unit will make an appearance, as well as Cheektowaga Police with a K-9 d
  
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• Check out these baby robins on a “Robin Cam”

  12-05-2017 00:34 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Spring is here, and so are the robins!
  Paul from East Aurora sent us a link to his “Robin Cam” video.
  A robin recently built its nest on top of a wreath on Paul’s front door, and can be seen in the video feeding its young chicks.
  The video can be viewed here. 
  
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• Six resale ticket operations fined for illegally purchasing and reselling tickets

  12-05-2017 00:27 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK STATE (WIVB) – The New York State Attorney General’s Office has reached settlements with six ticket brokers that illegally purchased and resold hundreds of thousands of tickets using illegal software known as “ticket bots”.
  Five of the six brokers used ticket bots to purchase large numbers of tickets on websites like StubHub, Vivid Seats, and Ticketmaster.com before the tickets could be obtained by consumers. The tickets were then resold to New York consumers at
  
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