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• Fireworks in Town of Evans canceled

  29-06-2017 21:17 via wivb.com
  
  EVANS, N.Y. (WIVB) – The July 3 fireworks display at Lake Erie Beach Park has been canceled.
  The Town of Evans said that their annual fireworks display has been canceled due to “unforeseen circumstances”.
  Lake Erie Task Force committee member Michael Slawinski posted on Facebook that the town hopes to have another fireworks display at the beach next Independence Day.
  
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• Sheriff: Woman blamed boyfriend’s shooting death on YouTube stunt

  29-06-2017 19:52 via wivb.com
  
  HALSTAD, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman charged with fatally shooting her boyfriend in a failed YouTube video stunt foreshadowed the event when she tweeted that it would be “one of the most dangerous videos ever.”
  Monalisa Perez, of Halstad, was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Pedro Ruiz III. Perez, who is pregnant, was released on $7,000 bail. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
  According to the criminal complaint filed
  
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• Niagara County SPCA takes in 2 emaciated dogs

  29-06-2017 19:16 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — The SPCA serving Niagara County has taken in two emaciated dogs in the last two days.
  One of them, originally called “Precious,” has been renamed “Bedelia.”
  “That was the name her owners gave her and as you can see she was clearly “precious” to them,” the SPCA wrote in a Facebook post.
  Bedelia was ridden with fleas and parasites, but despite her physical state, she was very friendly to SPCA officials.
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• Family: Teen in coma following Route 20 bicycle accident

  29-06-2017 18:53 via wivb.com
  
  CORRECTION: The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s office previously informed News 4 that the boy had died. This turned out to be incorrect. News 4 has since spoken with the teen’s family regarding the correct information.
  TOWN OF POMFRET, N.Y. (WIVB) — The family of a teenager says he is in a coma following a bicycle accident on Tuesday.
  Around 1:30 p.m. that day, a driver was headed west on Route 20 when he struck a 15-year-old on a bike, who was going in the opposite direction.
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• 15-year-old bicyclist pronounced dead by coroner early Thursday

  29-06-2017 18:53 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF POMFRET, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sheriff’s officials in Chautauqua County confirmed Thursday the bicycle crash on Route 20 caused a fatality.
  The crash occurred Tuesday afternoon in the Town of Pomfret.
  Sheriff Joseph Gerace told News 4 the crash appears to be a tragic accident.
  Around 1:30 Tuesday, a 15-year-old bicyclist was struck by on-coming traffic according to investigators.
  Sheriff Gerace indicated the teenager was headed east on the two-lane highway. Investigators said the tee
  
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• Test ride: Uber vs. cab

  29-06-2017 18:08 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As ridesharing is arriving in the Queen City, many have questions about the benefits of having it and how apps like Uber and Lyft differ from traditional cabs. We took both for a test ride around the city to see for ourselves how they’re similar, different, and to answer other questions people might have.
  Many people cite ridesharing as being more reliable, less expensive, and arriving faster than traditional cabs.
  Starting with the ease of ordering
  
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• UPDATE: Shelter in place lifted for Silver Creek area

  29-06-2017 16:53 via wivb.com
  
   
  UPDATE: 3:55 p.m. June 29 – The shelter in place alert for Silver Creek has been lifted. 
  SILVER CREEK, N.Y. (WIVB) — An alert from New York state officials was issued for people in the Silver Creek area on Thursday morning.
  Officials say that due to something smoldering in a dust collector at Har-Son Manufacturing, people were asked to shelter in place with their windows shut and ventilation systems off.
  The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s office says chemicals are inv
  
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• Shelter in place issued for people in Silver Creek area

  29-06-2017 16:53 via wivb.com
  
  SILVER CREEK, N.Y. (WIVB) — An alert from New York state officials was issued for people in the Silver Creek area on Thursday morning.
  Officials say that due to something smoldering in a dust collector at Har-Son Manufacturing, people were asked to shelter in place with their windows shut and ventilation systems off.
  The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s office says chemicals are involved, prompting the message for people to stay indoors.
  The shelter in place was amended to just the areas
  
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• Clarence man says Michigan balloon tribute to deceased students landed on his property

  29-06-2017 16:39 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man in Clarence says that a balloon traveled from Michigan and landed on his property.
  Ed Badhorn reached out to News 4 after finding the balloon he says came from Benton Harbor, a city on the west side of Michigan.
  Badhorn reached out to school officials in Benton Harbor. He says Amanda Scott, the district’s assistant to the Superintendent, told him the balloon was released on the day of the district’s high school graduation.
  According to Badhorn, a n
  
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• Uber, Lyft celebrate first day of ride sharing in Western New York

  29-06-2017 16:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The day many Western New Yorkers have been waiting years for has finally arrived: Ride sharing is now up and running across New York State.
  “It’s a historic day!” said Stephanie Smith, senior public policy manager for Uber, who made the trip to Buffalo for the roll out of the service here.
  Before, state law only allowed ride sharing in New York City, but earlier this year, state lawmakers passed a bill expanding ride sharing to the rest of the state
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Canalside announces 4th of July schedule

  29-06-2017 15:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Canalside will announce their plans for the 4th of July at 10 a.m.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch the announcement live.
  4TH OF JULY | See events, like fireworks displays going on around western New York, here.
  
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• Lockdown drill to take place at Walden Galleria

  29-06-2017 15:30 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A security lockdown drill will take place at the Walden Galleria Thursday morning.
  Several shooting drills have been held over the past year.
  The point of them is to make sure mall employees are ready if an emergency were to take place.
  The drill will take place at 10:15 a.m.
  
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• Survey: Millennials communicate best with GIFs and emojis

  29-06-2017 14:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — How do you communicate best? Text or face-to-face?
  According to a new survey, millennials say using GIFs or emojis helps them get their point across the best.
  Harris Poll and GIF platform, Tenor, surveyed more than 2,000 people and Time Magazine reported the results.
  They discovered that 36 percent of the millennials they spoke to feel as though emojis and GIFs help them to communicate their feelings and thoughts better than words do.
  Also, the majority of peopl
  
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• Two kids accused of breaking into Dunkirk store

  29-06-2017 13:51 via wivb.com
  
  DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two kids were accused of breaking into, and stealing from, a Dunkirk store.
  Dunkirk police say that around 2:30 a.m. on Monday, two boys, ages 11 and 12, broke in Mad Hatter & More on Lake Shore Dr. E.
  According to police, the boys got up on the building’s roof, disconnected the wiring for the exterior perimeter lighting, and then smashed a window with a rock.
  The two were accused of stealing merchandise from the store after police apprehended them at
  
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• Cardinal takes leave from Vatican after sex assault charges

  29-06-2017 13:29 via wivb.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal George Pell, one of Pope Francis’ top advisers, took a leave of absence as the Vatican’s financial czar on Thursday to fight multiple criminal charges in his native Australia that allege he committed sexual assault years ago.
  Pell appeared before reporters in the Vatican press office to forcefully deny the accusations, denounce what he called a “relentless character assassination” in the media and announce he wou
  
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• 5-year-old makes sandwiches for firefighters

  29-06-2017 12:52 via wivb.com
  
  MICHIGAN (WIVB) — A five-year-old girl in Michigan has managed to put smiles on the faces of firefighters, one peanut butter and jelly sandwich at a time.
  Jazmyne Hunt suggested the idea to her mom after spotting the crews while they drove by.
  Using her own hard-earned money from her piggy bank, she bought all the essentials.
  Before long, the mother-daughter duo got to work.
  “The firefighters may be hungry,” Jazmyne said.
  “We had a little assembly line,” her mother,
  
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• Tips on how to hail an Uber or Lyft through the app

  29-06-2017 05:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO,N.Y. (WIVB) — When the clock strikes 12:01 am on Thursday, Uber and Lyft drivers will be allowed to hit the roads in western New York.
  Uber and Llyft hired more than a thousand drivers each which gave a boost to the local economy.
  “Anything that we can do to produce more jobs, to produce more employment opportunities and circulate more dollars into our economy, benefits the economic development and the economy of Buffalo,” said Mayor Byron Brown, City of Buffalo.
  For ma
  
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• “Big Brother” contestant from Grand Island still in the running tonight

  29-06-2017 04:48 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Grand Island native on this season of “Big Brother” is still in the running as of Wednesday night.
  Mark Jansen, a personal trainer from Grand Island, is one of the season 19 house guests on the reality TV show.
  Jansen is competing for the $500,000 top prize.
  The two-night premiere continues tomorrow night.
  
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• Queen City Landing fined $50,000 by DEC

  29-06-2017 04:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The NYS DEC has fined the developers of the Queen City Landing project $50,000 after a piece of a concrete wall from the former Freezer Queen building fell into Lake Erie in Nov. 2016.
  According to Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, the DEC began investigations of the Outer Harbor site after the Nov. 2016 incident, and found several additional violations of Environmental Conservation Law.
  Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper found through a Freedom of Information request that the D
  
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• Niagara Falls boy attacked by dogs suffers setback in recovery

  29-06-2017 04:12 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Niagara Falls boy recovering from being attacked by two dogs earlier this month has suffered a setback in his recovery.
  Family members of 7-year-old Kaden Mitchell say he had surgery on Monday and again Wednesday, but the wound is not healing and appears infected.
  Kaden is scheduled to undergo a third surgery on Friday.
  He was attacked by two Rottweilers at a relative’s home on June 7.
  
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• Darien Lake’s The Viper turns 35

  29-06-2017 03:12 via wivb.com
  
  DARIEN CENTER, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Viper, one of Darien Lake’s signature roller coasters, turns 35 this year.
  To commemorate the anniversary, the park is hosting a ceremony, complete with a ribbon cutting to re-open the ride and free samples of Perry’s “Viper Red Velvet” ice cream. The first 1,000 riders will receive a free Viper souvenir ornament.
  The ceremony will be held at the park starting at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, which is also the 35th day of Darien Lake’s
  
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• R2-D2 droid used in Star Wars films sells for $2.76m

  29-06-2017 02:03 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — An R2-D2 droid that was used in several “Star Wars” films has sold at auction for nearly $3 million.
  The auction house Profiles in History said the 43-inch tall unit that was compiled from parts used throughout filming of the original trilogy sold for $2.76 million at an auction Wednesday.
  There was no information about who purchased the droid, which was the most expensive item offered in a movie memorabilia auction that included numerous props from the &ldqu
  
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• Paladino hearing wraps, decision on ouster expected in August

  29-06-2017 00:50 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — Carl Paladino testified this week that the public has a right to know what goes on behind closed doors, especially when it has to do with how the school district spends its money.But is that disclosure legal? With an unprecedented hearing at the State Education Building now over, that’s a question n the hands of the Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, and likely won’t be answered until sometime in August. 
  “Judge (Commissioner) Elia’s allowance o
  
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• Canadian man accused in Flint airport attack denied bail

  29-06-2017 00:32 via wivb.com
  
  LINT, Mich. — A judge on Wednesday ordered a Canadian man to remain in jail while he faces a charge of stabbing an airport police officer in Flint, Michigan, in a possible act of terrorism.
  Amor Ftouhi, 49, didn’t object to the government’s request that he be denied bond, a week after authorities say he stabbed Lt. Jeff Neville in the neck.
  Ftouhi mumbled “Allahu akbar,” the Arabic phrase for “God is great,” twice in court, CBS affili
  
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