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• Man accused of holding woman against her will in Orleans County appears in court

  05-06-2017 23:54 via wivb.com
  
  ALBION, N.Y. (WIVB)- 30-year-old Gerardo Quiros has until July to decide whether he’ll take a plea deal or move forward with a trial.
  The Ridgeway man is facing 37 counts including Strangulation, Criminal Mischief, Unlawful Imprisonment and Harassment.
  MORE | Suspect in Saturday’s Orleans County manhunt in custody 
  In late April, Orleans County Sheriff’s officials say he kept a female acquaintance locked in his home and broke her cell phone when she tried to call for
  
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• The Audcast, Episode 24: Sabres NHL draft preview

  05-06-2017 23:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — On the twenty-fourth episode of The Audcast, News 4 Sports’ Tom Martin and NHL.com’s Joe Yerdon take a look at the lengthy to-do list on the desk of new Sabres GM Jason Botterill, which includes a coaching search, roster shaping and of course, the upcoming NHL draft, in which the Sabres pick eighth. Tom and Joe preview the Sabres’ options at pick No. 8.Click above to play or to download to your computer or mobile device.
  
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• 29th annual Kids’ Run was Saturday

  05-06-2017 23:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Independent Health’s 29th annual Kids Run broughy over 5,000 kids and adults to Delaware Park on Saturday.
  The free family event included a mini-dash for small children and a 1.8 mile run/walk for all ages.
  
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• Tonawanda Special Education Teacher needs kidney transplant for second time

  05-06-2017 23:05 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Every morning starts the same way in Mr. Jeff’s preschool class. Singing songs, and big smiles.
  “They always bring a smile to my face and they bring joy to my heart and that’s why I keep doing this,” said Jeff Carter the 3rd, Heritage Centers Special Education Teacher.
  “He spends a lot of time trying to individualize for every child regardless of what they need and he knows all of the families,” said Dawn Colosimo, Heritage Cente
  
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• City of Buffalo paving schedule for week of June 5

  05-06-2017 22:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The city of Buffalo is scheduled to execute several paving projects throughout the city this week.
  Buffalo has already completed $1 million in sidewalk work this seasons. The city is planning on investing $7.5 million in residential paving this season.
  Work is weather-permitting.
  WEEK OF JUNE 5, 2017 (weather permitting)• Pansy Place   (Florida to East Delavan)• Regina Place (Florida to Mohican)• Mohican Avenue  (West-End to Humboldt)• H
  
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• New brewery/restaurant planned for The Summit gets $750,000 grant

  05-06-2017 22:39 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF WHEATFIELD, N.Y. (WIVB) – A new brewery and restaurant planned for The Summit in Wheatfield has received a $750,000 grant from the Wheatfield Local Development Corporation (WLDC).
  The $750,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) will go toward brewing equipment for Big Thunder Brewing Co., which will be located in the former Save-A-Lot.
  The total cost for the Big Thunder Brewing Co. project is estimated at $3.1 million. It will include a small distillery, a sports bar and rest
  
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• Truck gets stuck under bridge on East Side

  05-06-2017 22:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A semi-truck became stuck under an overpass on Buffalo’s East Side on Monday.
  The truck became stuck at William Street and Metcalfe Street Monday.
  Nobody was injured.
  
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• AP: Peter Sallis, voice of animated “Wallace and Gromit”, dies at 96

  05-06-2017 22:09 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — British actor Peter Sallis, who played irrepressible, cheese-loving inventor Wallace in the “Wallace and Gromit” cartoons, has died, his agent said Monday. He was 96.
  Sallis’ talent agency, Jonathan Altaras Associates, said he died Friday at a retirement home for actors in London.
  Born in London in 1921, Sallis began his working life in a bank, but caught the acting bug as a Royal Air Force serviceman during World War II. After the war, he attended the Royal
  
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• Nearly 20,000 lbs. of food already collected for “Fill the Backpack” drive

  05-06-2017 21:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As of Sunday, 19,189 lbs. of food has already been collected for the 2017 “Fill the Backpack” Drive.
  The drive is a collaboration between WIVB/WNLO, the Food Bank of WNY, Wegmans and Fidelis Care and runs from June 4 through Sunday, June 18.
  To participate, all you have to do is pick up a $3, $5 or $10 pre-packaged bag of food at Wegmans and bring your bag to the cashier at checkout.
  The bags of food support the BackPack Program, which help
  
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• Buffalo Schools bus sideswiped

  05-06-2017 21:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Buffalo School District bus was reportedly sideswiped Monday afternoon at Sobieski and Sycamore Streets.
  All students on board were cleared by EMTs and released to go home on the bus.Parents are being contacted.
  
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• Malala Yousafzai will lead UB’s 31st Distinguished Speakers Series

  05-06-2017 20:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y – Human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai will kick off the University of Buffalo’s 31st annual Distinguished Speakers series with speaking engagement Sept. 19.
  Yousafzai will speak at UB’s Alumni Arena on North Campus. Tickets are not yet available for sale, pending completion of the entire series schedule, which is expected to be finalized next month.
  Yousafzai has been an advocate for girls’ education since the age of ten. She w
  
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• Bill Murray is bringing his poetry/chamber music performance to Kleinhans

  05-06-2017 20:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Comedy legend Bill Murray is bringing his “New Worlds” performance to Kleinhans Music Hall, along with accomplished cellist Jan Vogler.
  The performance brings together chamber music, performed by Vogler, violinist Mira Wang and pianist Vanessa Perez, and literary readings by Murray to communicate America’s core values as well as exploring how great American authors and composers reinvented European traditions in music and literature to create an Ame
  
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• Driver charged with DWI after driving 15 mph under speed limit on I-190

  05-06-2017 19:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Erie County Sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle on Interstate 190 early Monday morning after observing it traveling 15 mph below the speed limit and swerving.
  The driver of the vehicle, Johnny Oliver, 41, of Buffalo, failed standard field sobriety tests and registered a BAC twice the legal limit, sheriff’s reports say.
  He was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle, and two vehicle and traffic vio
  
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• SPCA Monday: Uzo

  05-06-2017 18:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A three-month-old terrier mix puppy who enjoys car rides and walking on a leash stopped by the News 4 studio Monday looking for a new home.
  Uzo recently came to the SPCA serving Erie County from one of the organization’s transfer partners.
  Uzo is a friendly puppy who is very affectionate and likes other dogs. He will likely be medium-sized (about 50 to 60 lbs) when he’s fully grown.
  If you are interested in adopting Uzo, call the SPCA at (716) 875-73
  
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• 914th Airlift Wing at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station has been re-designated

  05-06-2017 18:11 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) –  The 914th Airlift Wing at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station has a new purpose.
  The was re-designated to the 914th Air Refueling Wing during a ceremony at the air base on Saturday. KC-135 flying out of the air reserve station will provide other jets with fuel.
  It’s a major milestone for the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, which has faced concern over possible closing and struggling to find new missions.
  The re-designation has been in the works
  
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• Buffalo Police investigating overnight accident at 33 and 198

  05-06-2017 17:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Police continue to investigate an overnight accident at New York State Route 33 (Kensington Avenue) and New York State Route 198 (Scajaquada Expressway).
  Accident investigators say a vehicle was traveling on Route 33 at the westbound ramp to 198 when the vehicle struck several barriers, crossed lines of traffic before coming to rest on a grassy area.
  The driver is a 36-year-old male from Buffalo. He was transported to ECMC where he’s listed in serious c
  
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• Two charged with striking, shoving security officers at Saturday’s Jason Aldean concert

  05-06-2017 17:45 via wivb.com
  
  DARIEN CENTER, N.Y. (WIVB) – Genesee County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 27-year-old Clifton Springs man at Saturday’s Jason Aldean concert at Darien Lake.
  Brandon Guevara, 27, was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after allegedly causing a disturbance at the concert venue, striking a Live Nation security officer and then resisting arrest.
  He was arraigned in Darien Court at remanded to jail in lieu of $1,000 bail.
  A 42-year-old man from Alden was also arres
  
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• Sunday’s Pride Parade draws 10,000 to Elmwood Avenue

  05-06-2017 17:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – About 10,000 people turned out for Sunday’s Pride Parade down Elmwood Avenue.
  The annual Pride Parade is one of the biggest events of Buffalo’s Pride Festival, a celebration of LGBTQ rights.
  Buffalo’s Pride Week was held from May 30 to June 4 this year, the 26th year of the festival.
  In observation of the Pride Festival, Buffalo City Hall was lit in rainbow colors.
  
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• VIDEO: Rex, Rob Ryan appear to be caught getting into a bar scuffle in Nashville

  05-06-2017 16:14 via wivb.com
  
  NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE (CBS) – A video posted to Twitter Sunday evening appears to show former Bills and Jets coach Rex Ryan and brother Rob Ryan getting into a scuffle at a Nashville bar.Well what do we have here? @barstoolsports pic.twitter.com/t8y2wLy4C3
  — Jessica Marie (@Jessica_Aronica) June 5, 2017
  In the video, Rex is wearing a gray Washington Nationals jersey and Rob is in a purple Clemson shirt.
  The Ryan twins have been in Nashville enjoying the Stanley Cup finals.
  The Ryans w
  
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• Fire breaks out in Hertel Avenue building

  05-06-2017 15:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Fire broke out in a Hertel Avenue garage early Monday morning.
  The fire occurred in a two-story garage attached to a two and a half story building at 148 Hertel Ave around 12:18 a.m.
  According to the Buffalo Fire Department, the fire started on the first floor and extended to the second floor and attic.
  Three Buffalo firefighters suffered minor injuries and were transported to a hospital for evaluation.
  The fire caused about $100,000 in damage to the building. There
  
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• TRAFFIC ALERT: Slow Roll Buffalo will begin in Old First Ward Monday

  05-06-2017 15:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Tonight’s Slow Roll Buffalo United Front Ride will meet up at the African American Cultural Center at 350 Masten Ave in the Old First Ward at 5:30 p.m.
  The ride, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., will make a ten-mile round trip ride around the Ward, Larkinville, Valley, South Buffalo, and the Outer Harbor.
  The ride will utilize major streets including Main Street, Amherst St., Kensington Avenue, Parkside Avenue and Jefferson Street.
   
  
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• AP: Five people reported dead in Orlando shooting

  05-06-2017 15:28 via wivb.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Five people are dead after a shooting inside a business in an industrial park on Monday.
  The situation has been contained and the shooter is dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.
  Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said during a briefing Monday that the gunman was a disgruntled former employee who was fired in April.
  The sheriff says the shooting is not believed to have any link to terrorism.
  The shooting happened inside a business that manufactures awnings.
  
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• NT police union steps up efforts to bring dispatch center back to the city

  05-06-2017 04:39 via wivb.com
  
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — North Tonawanda police officers are stepping up their fight to bring back 911 dispatch services.
  The city’s dispatch unit moved to Lockport in 2012 to save money. Since then, police officers and others have been pushing to bring it back.
  Without a local dispatch center, the North Tonawanda Police Benevolent Association (NTPBA) says it’s a matter of life or death.
  “The NT police union 100 percent feels this is a life or death issue for the ci
  
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• New sculpture honors Buffalo native’s role in WWII

  05-06-2017 00:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Western New York native is being honored for his heroic actions 70 years ago.
  Lieutenant-Commander C. Wade McClusky of South Buffalo was in the battle of midway, one of the most important battles of World War II.
  McClusky’s family was at the Buffalo Naval Park Sunday morning, where a sculpture and plaque in his honor were unveiled.
  “I’m overwhelmed frankly, this is the first time I’ve been to Buffalo, his home town, the warm welcome we&rsquo
  
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• Motorcyclist flown to ECMC after hitting deer

  05-06-2017 00:17 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF STOCKTON, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 47-year-old man was flown to ECMC after he hit a deer while riding his motorcycle.
  The crash happened on Cassadaga Road just after 11 p.m. Saturday.
  Investigators say Daniel Gloss was riding a motorcycle when a deer ran out in the road and hit him – throwing him off the bike.
  Authorities have not released how serious his injuries are. 
  
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