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• Rev. Pridgen starts ‘Unsolved Murders Newsletter’

  23-05-2017 23:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Common Council President Rev. Darius Pridgen kicked off the first issue of the ‘Unsolved Murders Newsletter’ this week.
  The online and print newsletter aims to keep homicide victims’ names alive in the community, and also keep focus on unsolved cases.
  Monday, the website officially went public. Pridgen said he’s already received 23 submissions.
  Family members of homicide victims can submit their stories in person or via the website, and once they&rsq
  
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• Body found in Niagara River

  23-05-2017 23:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Buffalo Police Underwater Recovery Team pulled a body from the Niagara River early this morning.
  Authorities responded to a call of a man floating near Unity Island around 7 a.m. Tuesday morning. The URT pulled the body from the river near the International Railroad Bridge a short time later.
  Police initially responded to a call on May 8 when a male was spotted in the waters of the Niagara River at approximately 3:30 a.m.
  Attempts to help the male at that time we
  
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• Up to $1,000 offered for info about bus terminal stabbing suspect

  23-05-2017 22:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Up to $1,000 has been offered as a reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect who stabbed a victim with a knife earlier this month at the NFTA downtown bus terminal.
  The suspect, wanted on first degree assault charges, is described as a black male in his mid 20s, with a moustache and goatee, black hair with braided cornrows, a black coat, black jeans, and black and white sneakers.
  The suspect stabbed a victim in the downtown bus terminal May 13 and fle
  
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• Buffalo woman pleads guilty to stabbing child’s father

  23-05-2017 21:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A 19-year-old Buffalo woman has pleaded guilty to stabbing the father of her child in the back following an argument, leading to his death.
  Kearra Bailey pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter before State Supreme Court Justice Christopher J, Burns.
  She faces up to 25 years in prison when she is sentenced Aug. 15.
  Bailey stabbed 19-year-old Shaundez Davis, the father of her one-year-old daughter, during an argument in her Broadway Street home in Nov. 2016.
   
  
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• Delevan man charged with receiving child porn

  23-05-2017 21:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Delevan man has been charged with receiving child pornography following an investigation by the FBI and the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Department.
  John Cutler, 34, of Delevan, faces a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 40 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if he is convicted of the charges.
  According to U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Mango, who is handling the case, in Aug. 2014, New York State Police received an allegation from an 11-year-old girl that Cutler had eng
  
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• Buffalo Police asking for public’s help in February rape investigation

  23-05-2017 21:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo Police are looking for a man they believe raped a woman back in February on the city’s east side.
  The Department posted a video on its Facebook page obtained from a private business. It shows a man walking down a city street.
  The man’s face in the video is not shown.
  Police are looking for a light-skinned African American male in his late teens or early twenties with a tattoo or birth mark under his eye.
  He is believed to frequent or live in th
  
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• Teen accused of killing toddler indicted

  23-05-2017 21:22 via wivb.com
  
  MARILLA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sources tell News 4 that a teenager will be arraigned on an indictment accusing him of killing a toddler.
  Devon VanDerWege, 17, will be arraigned in court on Wednesday afternoon, sources say.
  He is charged with beating a 2-year-old he was watching in March while the boy’s parents went to work.
  At the time, VanDerWege was living in the family’s trailer.
  MORE | Learn more about VanDerWege’s arrest here.
  
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• Kent man sentenced to two years for Orleans County hit and run involving child

  23-05-2017 21:22 via wivb.com
  
  CARLTON, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Kent man charged with hitting an eight-year-old girl on a bicycle and fleeing the scene has been sentenced.
  Jeffrey P. Vannostrand, 52, of Water Street was sentenced to two years in jail Tuesday in Orleans County Court. He will be required to have an ignition interlock on his vehicle for a year after he is released from prison.
  Vannostrand was charged with first degree reckless endangerment and driving while ability impaired in relation to a Aug. 2016 Orleans Count
  
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• BPD: Claim made by student who said she was followed unfounded

  23-05-2017 19:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Buffalo say a claim made by a student that a driver followed her to school was unfounded.
  The student said that on Monday, she was followed to School #93 by a white man, between 40 and 50 years old, in a black truck.
  The driver who was the subject of the complaint was identified later in the day.
  Buffalo school officials are asking parents to talk with their kids about how to avoid strangers.
   
  
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• Death of Hernandez-Rossy ruled homicide after police altercation

  23-05-2017 19:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The death of Jose Hernandez-Rossy was ruled a homicide following an altercation with police earlier this month.
  Hernandez-Rossy was shot during the incident with police.
  Tom Burton, an attorney representing the Buffalo Police Benevolent Association, said the ruling “doesn’t equal anything criminal,” calling homicide “a forensic medical term.”
  Homicide just means that Hernandez-Rossy died at the hands of another person.
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• Tentative agreement reached on union contract for Absolut Care workers

  23-05-2017 19:02 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The union representing 900 Absolut Care workers says a tentative agreement on a contract has been reached.
  Healthcare workers at the nursing homes planned to picket at a facility in East Aurora on Tuesday afternoon. Two hours before the picket was set to start, the tentative agreement was announced by 1199SEIU.
  The contract expired on April 30, and union representatives say management at Absolut Care refused to make changes regarding what the union says were &ldq
  
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• UPDATE: Teenage suspects in Amber Alert case have been charged with grand larceny, unlawful imprisonment

  23-05-2017 18:45 via wivb.com
  
   UPDATE: McKenzie Wilson has been found safe in Farmersville, the Amber Alert has been canceled.
  UPDATE: The New York State Police Machias has cancelled the AMBER Alert activated on May 23, 2017 regarding… https://t.co/LG13GDjGPk
  — NewYorkStatePolice (@nyspolice) May 23, 2017
  LYNDON, N.Y. (WIVB) — 12-year-old McKenzie Wilson has been found safe in Farmersville, hours after an Amber Alert was issued for her disappearance.
  Wilson was reported abducted from her Cattaraugus C
  
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• UPDATE: McKenzie Wilson found safe in Farmersville

  23-05-2017 18:45 via wivb.com
  
  UPDATE: McKenzie Wilson has been found safe in Farmersville, the Amber Alert has been canceled.
  UPDATE: The New York State Police Machias has cancelled the AMBER Alert activated on May 23, 2017 regarding… https://t.co/LG13GDjGPk
  — NewYorkStatePolice (@nyspolice) May 23, 2017
  LYNDON, N.Y. (WIVB) — An Amber Alert was issued after a child was abducted near Shady Lane in Lyndon, a town in Cattaraugus County.
  New York state officials say McKenzie Wilson, 12, was abducted aroun
  
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• Teenage suspects in Amber Alert case charged with grand larceny, unlawful imprisonment

  23-05-2017 18:45 via wivb.com
  
  UPDATE: McKenzie Wilson has been found safe in Farmersville, the Amber Alert has been canceled.
  UPDATE: The New York State Police Machias has cancelled the AMBER Alert activated on May 23, 2017 regarding… https://t.co/LG13GDjGPk
  — NewYorkStatePolice (@nyspolice) May 23, 2017
  LYNDON, N.Y. (WIVB) — 12-year-old McKenzie Wilson has been found safe in Farmersville, hours after an Amber Alert was issued for her disappearance.
  Wilson was reported abducted from her Cattaraugus County
  
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• State Police seeing increase in burglaries, thefts as weather warms up

  23-05-2017 18:08 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) — As the weather is warming up and summer is right around the corner, people are thinking about vacation. Police say the warmer temperatures bring out more criminal activity.
  “If the opportunity is there and they can twist the doorknob and open it up or find the key, they’re going to come in,” said New York State Trooper Jim O’Callaghan as he is taking us through how quickly burglaries can happen. “When they do, they’re goin
  
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• NY Attorney General: $18.5 million settlement with Target

  23-05-2017 17:55 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general is announcing that 47 states and the District of Columbia have reached an $18.5 million settlement with Target Corp. to resolve the states’ probe into the discounter’s massive pre-Christmas data breach in 2013.
  Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s office says the agreement announced Tuesday is the largest multistate data breach settlement to date.
  Target’s breach, which occurred between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15 of 2013
  
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• Health officials warn of potential measles exposure in Niagara Falls

  23-05-2017 17:36 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — A tourist from India who recently visited Niagara Falls has the measles.
  The New York State Department of Health warned of the potential measles exposure in the local area on Tuesday.
  The tourist visited The Hampton Inn in Brockport in the morning hours of May 12.
  During the daytime, sometime between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., they were at Niagara Falls State Park, which includes the Maid of the Mist.
  Sometime between 2 and 6 p.m. that day, the tourist dined
  
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• L.L. Bean coming to Northtown Plaza in Amherst

  23-05-2017 17:20 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — A major clothing and outdoor apparel store appears to be coming to western New York.
  L.L. Bean will be joining Whole Foods Market, which is now under construction at Amherst’s Northtown Plaza. The company recently signed a lease to move into the plaza.
  A Massachusetts-based developer tells Amherst officials their plan for Northtown is to make it more of a high-end destination.
  Amherst Chamber of Commerce CEO Colleen DiPirro pointed out that the Niagara Fal
  
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• Lockport student still recovering after falling 30 feet from school window

  23-05-2017 17:19 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) –Lockport City School District officials say they are continuing to cooperate in the police investigation into how a student at Emmet Belknap Intermediate School ended up falling 30 feet from a window on the school’s top floor.
  It happened Monday afternoon around 2:30 p.m. The student was flown by helicopter to Women and Children’s Hospital in Buffalo for treatment.
  A woman who identified herself as the student’s mother tells News 4 her son, 11-year-
  
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• 73 percent of Americans share common cash concerns

  23-05-2017 16:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — If you have financial regrets, you’re not alone.
  According to a new survey from bankrate.com, around 73 percent of Americans share common cash concerns.
  Not saving for retirement early enough topped the list, followed by not having enough money for emergency expenses.
  Taking on too much credit card debt was next on the list.
  Millennials were most bothered by their student loan debt.
  
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• Which sports do high school athletes have a better shot at getting scholarships for?

  23-05-2017 16:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Some sports may be more likely than others to help high school athletes score scholarships.
  According to ScholarshipStats.com, male students have the best chance of getting a scholarship if they fence, perform gymnastics or play ice hockey.
  Females have a better chance at getting scholarships through rugby, equestrian activities or rowing.
  Of the 8 million high school student-athletes, the NCAA says about 480,000 of them will compete for scholarships at NCAA schools.
  
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• Longest-serving James Bond star Roger Moore dies at 89

  23-05-2017 16:01 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Roger Moore, the longest-serving movie star to play iconic British spy James Bond in the famed film series, has died in Switzerland after a brief bout with cancer. He was 89.
  A message from his family shared on the actor’s official Twitter account Tuesday read: “With the heaviest of hearts, we must share the awful news that our father, Sir Roger Moore, passed away today. We are all devastated.”
  The statement continued that Moore “has passed a
  
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• NU students in London as authorities investigate fatal UK bombing

  23-05-2017 15:51 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (WIVB) — News 4 confirmed on Tuesday morning that a group of Niagara University students are in London as authorities investigate the fatal Manchester attack.
  22 people were killed in the Monday suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert. Find more information on that here.
  Vice President of Public Relations at Niagara University Tom Burns says the students are safe and were not in Manchester during the concert.
  The mother of one of the students said she did not hear
  
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• 36 NU students in London safe as authorities investigate fatal UK bombing

  23-05-2017 15:51 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (WIVB) — News 4 confirmed on Tuesday morning that a group of Niagara University students are in London as authorities investigate the fatal Manchester attack.
  22 people were killed in the Monday suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert. Find more information on that here.
  Niagara University says the 36 students are safe and were not in Manchester during the concert.
  Manchester is roughly 200 miles from London.
  The mother of one of the students said she did not hear
  
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• Buffalo police looking for information on rape suspect

  23-05-2017 15:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police are looking for more information on a man suspected of rape.
  Police say the man in the picture above is suspected of committing a rape at Memorial Dr. and Curtiss St.
  Authorities believe he either frequents or resides in the area of Broadway and Person St.
  The only other information given by police is that he is a black male with light skin in his late teens or early twenties, and he has either a tattoo or birth mark next to his eye.Anyone wi
  
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• Buffalo police respond to call of body floating in water

  23-05-2017 14:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police responded to a call about a body floating in the water near Unity Island on Tuesday morning.
  The police department’s Underwater Recovery Team went to the scene.
  No other details are available at this time. News 4 will provide more information as soon as it becomes available.
  
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• Williamsville South High School increases police presence after threat

  23-05-2017 14:42 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officials at Williamsville South High School say a student made a possible threat to the school last week.
  Amherst police were immediately contacted about the threat, which was supposedly going to occur this week. It is not clear what the threat was.
  “Through this investigation the police determined that while a statement was made, the nature of it was taken out of context,” School Principal Keith Boardman said on Tuesday.
  They say the sch
  
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• Rich Fontana: The Comeback Councilman

  23-05-2017 05:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – You’re active, healthy and energetic one day – until life throws a curve ball.
  The next thing you know, you’re in the emergency room struggling to breath.
  That’s what happened to Buffalo’s Lovejoy councilman Rich Fontana over the holidays.
  Initially, he thought that he pulled a muscle or had walking pneumonia.
  “I talked to the doctor. He says, ‘No, your lungs are clear,’ Listened to them. No fluid,” said Fontana.
  
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• Increased security measures will be put in place in NY following Manchester explosion

  23-05-2017 04:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – In the wake of Monday night’s explosion near Manchester Arena in the U.K. which killed 19 people and injured 50 more, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that New York State law enforcement will step up security and patrols at high profile locations throughout New York.
  The extra patrols are being ordered “out of an abundance of caution”. Security will be ramped up at airports, bridges, tunnels, and mass transit systems throughout the state.
  “The safe
  
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• Some tips for safe splashing during “Healthy and Safe Swimming Week”

  23-05-2017 04:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – May 22 to 28 is the CDC’s “Healthy and Safe Swimming Week”- and the Erie County Health Commissioner’s Office has some tips to stay safe as you have fun in the sun this summer.
  Erie County commissioner of health Dr. Gale Burstein said that the goal of Healthy and Safe Swimming Week is to maximize the health benefits of water-based physical activity while minimizing the risk of recreational water–associated illness and injury.
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• Grand Island Fire Company responds to third mulch fire in five weeks

  23-05-2017 02:41 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) – Grand Island firefighters responded to the third mulch fire in five weeks on Saturday.
  Grand Island firefighting crews responded to a fire Saturday at KOA Campgrounds, 2570 Grand Island Blvd. The mulch fire extended to a cabin deck area which ignited some boards.
  Maintenance crews were able to extinguish the small fire, and damage was under $100. There was no determination of cause.
  Grand Island firefighters also encountered mulch fires April 16 at a Noco Expres
  
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• Islamic State group claims deadly Manchester concert bombing

  23-05-2017 01:46 via wivb.com
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for the suicide attack at an Ariana Grande show that left 22 people dead as young concertgoers fled, some still wearing the American pop star’s trademark kitten ears and holding pink balloons.
  Teenage screams filled the Manchester Arena just after the explosion Monday night, and members of the audience tumbled over guardrails and each other to escape. Fifty-nine people were injured in what British Prime
  
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• CBS: “Number of confirmed fatalities” following reports of explosion near Manchester Arena

  23-05-2017 01:46 via wivb.com
  
  \MANCHESTER, UK (CBS) – Police say there are a “number of confirmed fatalities” following reports of an explosion Monday night at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. A representative said the singer was not injured.
  As of 8:13 p.m. EST, police have confirmed 19 deaths and about 50 people injured.
  There were no immediate details of what happened during the concert by the American singer, but police advised the public to avoid the area around the Manchester Arena.
  Th
  
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• Apparent suicide bomber at Ariana Grande concert kills 22

  23-05-2017 01:46 via wivb.com
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — An apparent suicide bomber attacked an Ariana Grande concert as it ended Monday night, killing 22 people among a panicked crowd of young concertgoers, some still wearing the star’s trademark kitten ears and holding pink balloons as they fled.
  Teenage screams filled the arena just after the explosion, which also killed the attacker and injured dozens.
  The attack sparked a nightlong search for loved ones — parents for the children they had accompanied o
  
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• Whirlpool, Artpark, Allegany state parks to receive funding for trail improvements

  23-05-2017 00:05 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) – Three New York State parks will receive state funding to improve their hiking trails, part of a $2 million project to improve state park trails across New York.
  Whirlpool and Devil’s Hole State Park in Niagara Falls will receive $450,000 to continue the rehabilitation of the historic access trail stairways to the Niagara Gorge. Artpark State Park in Lewiston will receive $50,000 to design and install Niagara Gorge wayfinding signage to help improve patron safety
  
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