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• Fire breaks out at Quasar Energy in West Seneca

  13-06-2017 23:49 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Five fire companies responded to a working chemical fire at Quasar Energy Tuesday around 5 p.m.
  The fire has been extinguished.
  No injuries were reported.
  Quasar Energy is located at 2900 North America Drive.
  
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• Passenger charged with drug possession following Brant traffic stop

  13-06-2017 23:21 via wivb.com
  
  BRANT, N.Y. (WIVB) – An early morning traffic stop Tuesday on Southwestern Boulevard resulted in both the driver and passenger being arrested.
  Erie County Sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation about 1 a.m. Tuesday for an equipment violation. While investigating the incident, the driver, Daniel Pfaffenbach, 36, of South Dayton, was found to have a revoked driver’s license and an outstanding warrant from the City of Dunkirk.
  Both Pfaffenbach and Kelly Malla
  
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• Williamsville mom opens gluten-free bakery, inspired by her kids

  13-06-2017 22:43 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – Tina Syracuse will soon open a gluten-free bakery.
  Most people are inspired by their kids in some form. But Syracuse says her son and daughter have encouraged her to adopt an entirely new career.
  Now she’s baking her way into this new business.
  Tina Syracuse didn’t think anything could be wrong with her son, Brian. But at age 5, he was tested for Celiac Disease.
  She said, “I didn’t know what it was, I had no idea. I never heard
  
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• Three Erie County home aides charged in fraudulently receiving over $107,000 in welfare benefits

  13-06-2017 22:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Three Erie County women have been charged Tuesday with fraudulently receiving more than $107,000 in SNAP and Medicaid benefits while they worked as aides for an elderly West Seneca woman.
  The women were all acquaintances since childhood, according to a statement from the office of New York State Acting Welfare Inspector General.
  The women failed to properly report their work income to the Erie County Department of Social Services, which would have made them ineligibl
  
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• Victim in fatal rollover crash at Buffalo airport identified

  13-06-2017 22:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Buffalo NFTA has released the name of the victim in a fatal rollover accident late last Wednesday night at the Buffalo Airport.
  Daisy Josiah, 53, from Maplewood, Minn. was killed in the crash after the pickup truck she was riding in crashed and flipped.
  There were four other people in the vehicle, all residents of Minnesota, except for the driver, a 45-year-old from Buffalo.
  The driver had just picked up three people from the airport. Three other people in the ve
  
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• Body found in Lake Ontario

  13-06-2017 20:15 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF PORTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Niagara County Sheriff’s office says a body was found in Lake Ontario Tuesday morning.
  A fisherman reported seeing the body shortly before 10:30 a.m. It was seen roughly a mile off of Youngstown.
  The United States Coast Guard was able to secure the body and bring it to their Youngstown station.
  It is not clear whose body it was, as authorities only identified them as a male.
  The Sheriff’s office is investigating the person’s death.
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• Hotels nearly booked as Niagara Falls prepares for Wallenda stunt

  13-06-2017 18:52 via wivb.com
  
   
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — It’s expected to be one of the biggest events happening at Niagara Falls this year – Erendira Wallenda will be flying, suspended from a helicopter by her teeth, over the falls.
  “For whatever reason, every time there’s this sense of wonder,” said Andrea Czopp, the Communications Director for Destination Niagara USA. “People do all kinds of crazy things for crazy reasons and I think there’s something about the
  
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• Things to know about Jeff Sessions on day of Senate hearing

  13-06-2017 18:16 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions steps back into a familiar arena Tuesday when he testifies before the Senate intelligence committee about his role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey and the investigation into contacts between Trump campaign associates and Russia.
  Last week, Comey raised additional questions about Sessions’ involvement, saying the FBI knew of reasons why it would be problematic for the attorney general to stay involved in the Russia invest
  
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• Preparations continue for Erendira Wallenda’s stunt over Niagara Falls

  13-06-2017 18:16 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Excitement is building in Niagara Falls ahead of Erendira Wallenda’s death-defying dangle over the Horseshoe Falls Thursday morning.
  Tuesday morning, a Rainbow Air helicopter provided test runs of the intended route, to make sure our News 4 cameras will be in the right spots to bring you the best view of the stunt live as it happens.
  Erendira Wallenda intends to be flown by helicopter over the south side of the Horseshoe Falls where she will be suspended
  
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• LIVE STREAM: AG Jeff Sessions testifies about Comey firing, Russia

  13-06-2017 18:16 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions steps back into a familiar arena Tuesday when he testifies before the Senate intelligence committee about his role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey and the investigation into contacts between Trump campaign associates and Russia.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch the hearing live.
  Last week, Comey raised additional questions about Sessions’ involvement, saying the FBI knew of reasons why it would be problematic for the attorn
  
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• AG Jeff Sessions testifies about Comey firing, Russia

  13-06-2017 18:16 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions steps back into a familiar arena Tuesday when he testifies before the Senate intelligence committee about his role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey and the investigation into contacts between Trump campaign associates and Russia.
  Last week, Comey raised additional questions about Sessions’ involvement, saying the FBI knew of reasons why it would be problematic for the attorney general to stay involved in the Russia invest
  
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• Flag Day celebrations in WNY

  13-06-2017 17:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Many will be celebrating Flag Day on Wednesday as the United States flag reaches its 240th anniversary.
  Here is a list of events for the holiday:
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  Flag Day Celebration – Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, 1 Naval Park Cove – Find more information here. 
  9th Annual Flag Retirement Ceremony – Forest Lawn Cemetery, 1411 Delaware Ave. – Students march to Forest Lawn at 10 a.m. and the event starts at 10:30.
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• Food Bank of WNY to expand Chautauqua County operations

  13-06-2017 17:16 via wivb.com
  
  FALCONER, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Food Bank of WNY unveiled its new, larger Chautauqua County Distribution Center and its new 26-foot Partners Fighting Hunger delivery truck Tuesday morning.
  The project, which was funded by private foundations within the county and corporate partners throughout the region, according to a press release, will help meet the growing demands from Chautauqua County residents.
  The new facility is 5,200 square feet larger than the previous location, and the delivery tru
  
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• Dairy plant in Batavia may reopen after 2015 closure

  13-06-2017 16:44 via wivb.com
  
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A dairy plant that shut down after business turned sour could soon reopen.
  The Genesee County Economic Development Corporation (GCEDC) has talked about a plan to fix up the Mueller Quaker plant in Batavia.
  170 people lost their jobs when the $200 million plant closed in 2015, but a new company wants to reopen the plant and bring 230 new jobs to Batavia.
  It is not clear how soon that may happen.
  
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• Police respond to report of body floating in Scajaquada Creek

  13-06-2017 16:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Police Department’s Underwater Recovery Team responded to a report of a body found in Scajaquada Creek.BREAKING: Underwater Recovery Team called for a report of a body floating in the water near Forest Avenue & West Avenue.
  — Buffalo Police Dept (@BPDAlerts) June 13, 2017
  Authorities, including homicide detectives, went to the scene on Buffalo’s west side, close to the mouth of the Niagara River.
  A News 4 source said the body wa
  
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• Police recover body from Scajaquada Creek

  13-06-2017 16:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Police Department’has recovered the body of a deceased male that was found floating in the waters of Scajaquada Creek this morning near Forest Avenue and West Avenue.
  Police initially responded to the call just after 9 a.m. Tuesday after a passerby spotted the body in the water.
  BPD’s Underwater Recovery Team responded to the scene to retrieve the body.BREAKING: Underwater Recovery Team called for a report of a body floating in the w
  
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• Lancaster Speedway cancels Thursday’s Rockin’ the Raceway

  13-06-2017 16:13 via wivb.com
  
  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — Because of expected thunderstorms, Lancaster National Speedway has cancelled its Thursday Rockin’ the Raceway event.
  “We can’t consciously have the bands take the stage and our customers outside under those conditions,” Tim Packman, Track President, said. “There was a lot of interest to see KISS Army, Metal Militia and 1980 Something perform on Thursday, too.”
  Weekend events at the track are still scheduled to happen.
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• VIDEO: Juneteenth Festival starts on Saturday

  13-06-2017 15:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The oldest known celebration that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States is happening this weekend.
  The Juneteenth Festival starts on Saturday at Buffalo’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Park.
  Joann Peters, who is on the board for the event, discussed the festival with News 4’s Brittni Smallwood on Wake Up Tuesday morning.
  See more in the video above.
  
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• Lockout at Medina CSD lifted

  13-06-2017 15:41 via wivb.com
  
  MEDINA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Medina Central School District was briefly on lockout Tuesday morning as police looked for a warrant suspect in the area.
  Police were looking for the suspect in the area of the school campus, the district’s Superintendent told News 4.
  Normal procedures went on inside the school, but no classes were held outside during that time.
  Staff members were escorted into the building, but no one else was let in.
  
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• Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry lead Warriors to NBA title

  13-06-2017 14:20 via wivb.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — As a fresh NBA champions cap sat a tad off-kilter on his head, Kevin Durant embraced mother Wanda. Then he moved across the podium and hugged Stephen Curry before accepting his shiny MVP trophy, holding out his arms and hoisting it for everyone to see.
  From the Bay all the way to OKC.
  Durant capped his spectacular first season with the Warriors by bringing home that coveted NBA championship he joined Golden State last July so determined to get, scoring 39 points in a
  
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• Williamsville CSD Assistant Superintendent fired after years on leave

  13-06-2017 13:47 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Scott Martzloff, Superintendent of the Williamsville Central School District, confirmed on Tuesday morning that Kim Kirsch has been fired.
  News 4 was told that on Monday, teachers in the district received an email that a hearing officer recommended firing the Assistant Superintendent.
  The officer said the school district had just cause to do so. Since 2014, Kirsch had been suspended and was on paid leave.
  Kirsch said her suspension was in retaliation for h
  
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• Williamsville CSD Assistant Superintendent expected to be officially fired

  13-06-2017 13:47 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Dr. Kim Kirsch is expected to be officially fired from her position at Williamsville Central School District Tuesday night.
  News 4 was told that on Monday, teachers in the district received an email that a hearing officer recommended firing the Assistant Superintendent.
  The officer said the school district had just cause to do so.
  Kirsch was hired in 2007, and since 2014, she has been on paid leave after being accused of insubordination and misconduct.
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• VIDEO: Water seen gushing into air on Babcock St.

  13-06-2017 13:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Water was seen gushing into the air on Babcock St. early Tuesday morning.
  A viewer told News 4 they saw the water spray up to 40 feet in the air.
  A crew came to the scene to stop the working from shooting out of the line.
  The street does not appear to be flooded.
  
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• Monument in Niagara Square to be rehabilitated

  13-06-2017 13:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The well-known monument in Niagara Square will be getting a makeover.
  Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown says more than $640,000 will be spent to rehabilitate the McKinley Monument.
  The project will include replacing missing and damaged marble.
  The monument was installed in 1907 to commemorate the assassination of President William McKinley.
  “The assassination of our 25th President, William McKinley, at the Pan-American Exposition, in 1901, will forever place Buffalo in
  
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• Shooting death in South Buffalo

  13-06-2017 11:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police are looking for information as they investigate a shooting death late Monday night.
  Officers were called to Pries Avenue around 11:45 p.m., where they determined a male had been shot multiple times.
  Police say the victim died at the scene. So far they have not released his name or age.
  Police ask anyone with information to call or text their confidential tipline, (716) 847-2255.
  
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• Man faces criminal sex charges in Chautauqua County

  13-06-2017 04:57 via wivb.com
  
  CASSADEGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Cassadega man has been charged with criminal sexual charges.
  Steven C. Morris, Jr., 32, of Hall Road, was charged Friday with first degree criminal sexual act, a B felony, and predatory sexual assault against a child, an A-II felony.
  According to a report from the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, Morris was arrested on a warrant in the Town of Charlotte Friday evening.
  It is alleged that Morris engaged in sexual conduct with a person less than 11 years o
  
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• Search for woman missing from boat near Presque Isle suspended

  13-06-2017 03:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y.  (WIVB) – The Coast Guard has suspended their search for a missing woman who presumably fell overboard from a 52-foot boat on Lake Erie on Sunday.
  The name of the woman is not being released.
  The Coast Guard and partnering agencies conducted a search for nearly 30 hours, covering the equivalent of more than 1,400 sq. miles.
  “With great sadness, we report that active search operations for the missing woman have been suspended,” Capt. Joseph DuFresne,
  
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• Northbound North Grand Island Bridge to have nightly lane closures

  13-06-2017 03:28 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) – Nightly closures are scheduled for the Northbound North Grand Island Bridge as the bridge receives a $8.4 million improvement project.
  Traffic for the Northbound North Grand Island Bridge on the Niagara Thruway (I-190) will be shifted to a single lane on the Southbound North Grand Island Bridge during work times.
  Work on the bridge is scheduled to take place between 9 p.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 10 p.m. through 6 a.m. Thursday, and 11 p.m. through
  
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• Great Lakes levels expected to be higher than average into fall

  13-06-2017 02:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Great Lakes water levels are expected to be higher than both average and last year’s levels throughout the summer and into the fall, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District announced Monday.
  Above average precipitation on the lakes and wet conditions in the months of April and May pushed lake levels higher than originally forecasted, Keith Kompoltowicz, chief of Watershed Hydrology at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District said.
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• Higgins calls on government to remodel Perry homes, not replace

  13-06-2017 01:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – As rumors swirl about a future Bills football stadium displacing hundreds of tenants at the Commodore Perry Homes public housing complex just east of downtown, Rep. Brian Higgins is calling on the government to help those residents now.
  The Buffalo congressman announced his plans for improving life in the Perry complex, Monday, to refurbish 12 vacant buildings, containing 172 empty apartments, but faced some tough questions from many of Perry’s tenants who gat
  
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• CRIMESTOPPERS: Up to $1,000 reward offered for info on attempted robbery suspect

  13-06-2017 01:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Up to a $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a suspect who attempted to rob a Fountain Plaza Bank.
  The suspect pictured attempted to rob the Five Star Bank located at 40-50 Fountain Plaza, passing a note to a clerk that said “This is a robbery, I am armed, do not push the silent alarm until I leave.”
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  The note also stated that the suspect had a partner outside who would fire and asked for 10s, 20s,
  
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• News 4 Premier Prospect: Timothy Liljegren

  13-06-2017 00:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As we count down to the NHL Draft on June 23rd in Chicago, our fourth News 4 Premier Prospect is Timothy Liljegren, a Swedish defenseman who prides himself on his unique offensive abilities but has slipped down draft boards after a topsy-turvy 2016-17 season, to the point the Vancouer Canucks declined to meet with him at the NHL Combine.
  Here’s the lowdown on Liljegren:
  Position:
  Defense (right shot)
  Height/Weight:
  6’0, 192 lbs
  Team:
  Rögle BK
  In
  
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• Yemeni national accused of holding Buffalo girl hostage, marrying her off

  13-06-2017 00:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It will be Friday before the brother of one of the members of the Lackawanna Six finds out whether he’ll be released on bail while he’s awaiting trial on federal charges of extortion.
  Federal authorities said Yousef Goba, 43, held his then-13-year-old niece against her will starting in the summer of 2014, and eventually threatened the girl’s father — Goba’s brother-in-law — to pay a ransom, or he would marry her off to a man in Yem
  
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• AP: Jury begins deliberating sex charges against Bill Cosby

  13-06-2017 00:16 via wivb.com
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The jury at Bill Cosby’s trial began deliberating Monday over whether he drugged and molested a woman more than a decade ago in a case that has already helped demolish the 79-year-old comedian’s good-guy image.
  A conviction could send Cosby to prison for the rest of his life, completing the stunning late-life downfall of one of the most beloved stars in all of show business.
  The fast-moving case went to the jury of seven men and five women on Day 6 of the
  
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• AP: Bill Cosby jury will resume deliberations Tuesday morning

  13-06-2017 00:16 via wivb.com
  
  UPDATE: Jurors in Bill Cosby’s Pennsylvania sexual assault trial are ending deliberations for the night as of 9:45 p.m.
  The sequestered panel deliberated for about four hours late Monday before asking to go back to the hotel.
  They’ll resume deliberations Tuesday morning.
  Cosby is accused of drugging and violating a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home in January 2004.
  During deliberations, the jury asked to hear part of Cosby’s decade-old testimony in a civil case about
  
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• Tires slashed on four vehicles on Days Park

  13-06-2017 00:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Four vehicles had their tires slashed on Days Park within five and a half hours early Sunday morning.
  The tires were slashed between midnight and 5:30 a.m. Sunday.
  Buffalo Police began an immediate investigation and canvassed the area Sunday afternoon.
  Anyone with information is asked to call Buffalo Police at  (716) 847-2255.
  
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• Four vehicles have tires slashed on Days Park

  13-06-2017 00:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Four vehicles had their tires slashed on Days Park within five and a half hours early Sunday morning.
  The tires were slashed between midnight and 5:30 a.m. Sunday.
  Buffalo Police began an immediate investigation and canvassed the area Sunday afternoon.
  Anyone with information is asked to call Buffalo Police at  (716) 847-2255.
  
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