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• Free car seat check tomorrow at Bennett Beach

  11-07-2017 22:16 via wivb.com
  
  ANGOLA, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Erie County Sheriff’s Department will conduct a free car seat check Wednesday at Bennett Beach.
  The free check will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. July 12 at Bennett Beach, Bennett and Lakeshore roads.
  
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• Body recovery underway in Niagara Gorge

  11-07-2017 21:52 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Niagara Falls Fire Dept. and New York State Parks Police are currently on the scene at the Vanderbilt stairs along the Niagara Scenic Parkway for a body recovery in the gorge.
  We’ll have more details as soon as they become available.
  
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• Body recovered from Niagara Gorge

  11-07-2017 21:52 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – A body was removed from the Niagara Gorge Tuesday after a hiker spotted it floating in the rapids of the Lower Niagara River, just above the whirlpool Tuesday afternoon.
  The New York State Parks Police Swift Water Rescue Team located the body in the rapids, and the body was secured and removed from the Niagara Gorge by the Erie County Sheriff’s Department helicopter.
  Niagara County Coroner Joseph Mantione took possession of the body. An autopsy will
  
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• Texas teen electrocuted after apparent cellphone mishap in bathtub

  11-07-2017 21:47 via wivb.com
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas — Family and friends are mourning the loss of a 14-year-old girl who died after she was electrocuted in a bathtub.
  “It is with heavy hearts that Frenship ISD mourns the loss of Madison Coe,” school officials told CBS affiliate WAFB-TV. “We wish to share our heartfelt sympathy with her family and friends as we carry the burden of this tragedy together.”
  Authorities say Coe, who lived in Lubbock, Texas, died early Sunday morning at her father&
  
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• Orchard Park Police looking for assistance to locate man last seen stealing car

  11-07-2017 21:33 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Orchard Park Police are attempting to locate a man who was last seen stealing a car from a North Buffalo Road location this afternoon.
  Jonathan C. Mayback, 32, was last seen stealing a gold four-door Ford Taurus bearing the license plate GBA4074 around 12:20 p.m. today.
  PHOTO FROM OP POLICE
  OP Police are looking for a vehicle that looks similar to this- this is not the actual missing vehicle.Mayback is described as a white male, 5’9″ and 170 lbs.
  Any
  
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• Funeral arrangements announced for NYSP trooper who was fatally shot

  11-07-2017 20:52 via wivb.com
  
  FORT DRUM, N.Y. (WIVB) — Funeral arrangements for the New York State Trooper who was fatally shot have been announced.
  Trooper Joel Davis, 36, was killed in the Town of Theresa on Sunday night. The man suspected of shooting him is 32-year-old Army Staff Sgt. Justin Walters.
  Walters’ wife was also fatally shot.
  MORE | Learn more about the incident here.
  Calling hours for Davis will take place at the Magrath Sports Complex at 10050 Tigris River Valley Rd. in Fort Drum on Frid
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Gov. Cuomo makes announcement in Batavia

  11-07-2017 18:52 via wivb.com
  
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is making an announcement at Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park in Batavia.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch the announcement live.
  
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• 13-year-old charged with 3 burglaries in Clarence

  11-07-2017 18:16 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 13-year-old has been charged with a series of break-ins in Clarence.
  The unnamed boy is accused of burglaries on Fox Trace St., Clearview Dr. and Ledge Ln.
  Deputies responded to the first burglary, on Clearview, on July 9. There, the homeowner said an iPhone, a camera, tools, a GPS watch and jewelry were stolen.
  After that, deputies headed over to Fox Trace, where they say they found damaged screens, a sliding door and a canvass deck covering. According to de
  
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• Teen charged with robbery, assault in bingo hall incident waiting to hear sentence

  11-07-2017 17:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A teen who has pleaded guilty to more than a dozen charges including robbery and assault will be waiting a few more weeks to find out her fate as Judge Thomas P. Franczyk says he wants more time to contemplate granting her youthful offender status.
  The 17 year old woman, who is not being named because she is eligible for that status, entered the guilty plea in June. The 15 charges she’s facing are stemming from an incident that happened in May wh
  
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• Niagara Falls ballet company bringing together past, present dancers for 50th anniversary show

  11-07-2017 17:26 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Greater Niagara Ballet Company is marking a major milestone: 50 years of bringing arts and culture to Western New York.
  To celebrate, some of the Company’s first dancers are joining its current members, for a 50th Anniversary performance this week.
  The show will be at the Niagara Falls High School’s Performing Arts Center on Porter Road at 6 p.m. on July 14.
  The program will feature excerpts from several popular ballets, like the Nutcracker and
  
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• Buffalo Zoo looking for help naming newly-born macaque

  11-07-2017 17:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — On Tuesday morning, the Buffalo Zoo announced the birth of a new Japanese macaque.
  The young animal, who is a male, was born to father Ketu and mother Debbie on June 22.Since his birth we are happy to report that both mother and son are doing great! @RosinaFood pic.twitter.com/iUgygvVRJs
  — buffalozoo (@buffalozoo) July 11, 2017
  The Buffalo Zoo wants help naming the baby. Here are the options:
  Koji, which means “little one”
  Ryuu, which means &ld
  
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• Museum finds cases of 2-century-old wine in its cellar

  11-07-2017 16:40 via wivb.com
  
  UNION, N.J. (AP) — A restoration project at a New Jersey museum unearthed cases of wine nearly as old as the United States.
  The Liberty Hall Museum in Union says it discovered almost three full cases of Madeira wine, a fortified wine, dating to 1796 while restoring its wine cellar. NJ.com (http://bit.ly/2sHP4uh ) reports the museum also found 42 demijohns — large glass jugs sometimes used for holding spirits — dating to the 1820s.
  The museum said the monetary value of the
  
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• Earthquake occurs near Niagara County

  11-07-2017 16:06 via wivb.com
  
  SOMERSET, N.Y. (WIVB) — Another earthquake occurred this month, this time on Lake Ontario.
  The 2.5 magnitude earthquake occurred around 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday. It was just over six miles north of Somerset in Niagara County.
  (USGS photo)To put it in other perspectives, the earthquake epicenter was about 19 miles from Lockport, and 32 miles from Tonawanda.
  It is not clear if the incident caused significant damage.
  This past Friday, an earthquake occurred on Lake Erie. Learn more about that one
  
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• Police: Man steals purse while woman drops off child at day care

  11-07-2017 15:09 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — City of Tonawanda police took a man into custody after they say he stole a purse from an unlocked vehicle.
  On Monday morning, shortly before 8 a.m., police say a woman dropped off her child at a day care facility on Adam St.
  As she was doing this, police say Timothy Vincent, 28, went up to her vehicle and took her purse out of it.
  A few blocks away, the purse was found, empty, in a garbage tote.
  Around Noon that day, police stopped Vincent on the Seymour St. b
  
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• Woman who lost son gets to hear his heartbeat on her wedding day

  11-07-2017 14:39 via wivb.com
  
  WASILLA, Alaska (WIVB) — Most women spend years dreaming about their wedding day. One woman in Alaska says she never could have imagined the special gift she got on her big day.
  Becky Turney had everything planned down to the last detail, but just minutes before the ceremony, her husband surprised her with an unannounced groomsman — the young man who had received their son’s heart.
  Jacob Kilby walked up to Becky with a stethoscope around his neck, giving her the opportunity to
  
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• UB ranks in top seventh of TIME’s Best Colleges For Your Money list

  11-07-2017 14:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Time released their 2017 edition of Best Colleges For Your Money, and ranking in the top 100 is the University at Buffalo.
  The SUNY school beat out more than 600 other colleges on the list, ranking at 98.
  The school, which has roughly 30,000 students, consists of three campuses.
  “While UB’s home city of Buffalo has a reputation for some legendary snowfalls, the university is quick to point out that it also enjoys, ‘The sunniest and driest summers of
  
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• UB ranks in top seventh of Best Colleges For Your Money list

  11-07-2017 14:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Money Magazine released their 2017 edition of Best Colleges For Your Money, and ranking in the top 100 is the University at Buffalo.
  The SUNY school beat out more than 600 other colleges on the list, ranking at 98.
  The school, which has roughly 30,000 students, consists of three campuses.
  “While UB’s home city of Buffalo has a reputation for some legendary snowfalls, the university is quick to point out that it also enjoys, ‘The sunniest and driest
  
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• More families considering college tuition insurance

  11-07-2017 13:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — More families have started considering buying insurance for college tuition.
  A lot of families struggle to make a decision about this.
  Tuition, fees, and room and board can top $20,000/year at state schools, and $45,000/year at private universities.
  If you’re concerned about the cost, you could buy a tuition refund insurance policy. It will refund the payments you made for tuition, fees and on-campus housing if a student withdraws from school.
  Most plans will r
  
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• New iPhone may cost $1,200 or more

  11-07-2017 13:05 via wivb.com
  
  CUPERTINO, Calif. (WIVB) — If you’re pining for the newest iPhone, prepare to pay a pretty penny.
  Technology experts are estimating the new iPhone may cost $1,200 or more.
  There are also rumors on the handset’s new design. Developers have created mock-ups of the phone’s touch screen dominating the entire front side of the phone — a trend consistent with competing smartphones.
  The redesigned iPhone is expected to launch this Fall to mark the device’s tenth
  
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• Wheatfield officials say no to Krueger Rd. sidewalk, will seek to widen shoulders

  11-07-2017 06:25 via wivb.com
  
  WHEATFIELD, N.Y. (WIVB)- Dozens of people wearing green ribbons packed into the Wheatfield Town Board chambers Monday evening.
  Green was 16 year old Ryan Fischer’s favorite color. He was killed in a hit and run along Krueger Rd. in November 2014.
  Neighbors fighting to get a sidewalk installed along the road wore his favorite color as they joined a crowd of more than 100 people at a special sidewalk information meeting.
  More than 650 town residents have signed petitions supporting the
  
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• Drinking more coffee leads to a longer life, two studies say

  11-07-2017 04:17 via wivb.com
  
  (CNN) – Greater consumption of coffee could lead to a longer life, according to two new studies published Monday.The findings have resurfaced the centuries-old conversation on coffee’s health effects.One study surveyed more than 520,000 people in 10 European countries, making it the largest study to date on coffee and mortality, and found that drinking more coffee could significantly lower a person’s risk of mortality. The second study was more novel, as it
  
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• At least 12 dead after Military plane crash in Mississippi

  11-07-2017 04:12 via wivb.com
  
  ITTA BENA, Miss. (AP modified) –A U.S. Marine refueling tanker crashed into a soybean field in rural Mississippi on Monday, killing at least 12 people aboard and spreading debris for miles, officials said.
  Leflore County Sheriff Ricky Banks told The Associated Press that officials were still searching for bodies after nightfall, more than five hours after the KC-130 spiraled into the ground about 85 miles (135 kilometers) north of Jackson in Mississippi’s Delta re
  
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• Bills lineman arrested on weapon charges outside of Ohio waterpark

  11-07-2017 04:07 via wivb.com
  
  CINCINNATI, OHIO (WIVB) – A Buffalo Bills defensive lineman has been arrested in his home state of Ohio on weapons charges.
  Adolphus Washington, 24, was arrested Sunday outside of a waterpark in Sharonville, Ohio, around 10 p.m on a concealed weapon charge. Sharonville is outside of Cincinnati.
  Washington was released after being booked on the charge. There’s no word on when he’s due in court.
  Washington played for Ohio State before being drafted by the Bills in 2016.
  
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• Williamsville’s “Old Home Days” start Tuesday

  11-07-2017 03:15 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – Old Home Days in Williamsville start tomorrow.
  All activities are held at Island Park.
  Tuesday/ July 11th
  RETRO NIGHT half price Midway Rides  $10 per bracelet 4-10pm
  6:30 Old Home Days Parade on Main Street
  7pm Band in the Beer Tent  MJ & the Way
  Wednesday/July 12th
  11am Youth Games in the tent by Amherst Recreation Dept
  11am Bicycle Rodeo by Amherst Police Dept
  Midway Rides 12-4pm or 5-10pm $20 per bracelet
  6pm Irish dancers
  7pm Band in the Beer
  
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• UPDATE: Mother is facing charges in Orleans County missing persons case, toddler is in U.S. Marshal’s care

  11-07-2017 02:54 via wivb.com
  
  ORLEANS COUNTY, N.Y. (WROC) – Family says that Alexandra L. Finnefrock, 24, and 2-year-old son Joseph Theo Williams were found safe in Rochester on Tuesday.
  Finnefrock and Joseph were reported missing from Orleans County Monday evening. Finnefrock had been last seen 4 p.m. July 6 at her father’s residence on Fancher Road in Holley. The family said that they hadn’t heard from her since.
  The U.S. Marshal Service says that the two were located around 8:30 p.m. on Bay Street.
  
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• Mother facing charges in Orleans County missing persons case, toddler in U.S. Marshal’s care

  11-07-2017 02:54 via wivb.com
  
  ORLEANS COUNTY, N.Y. (WROC) – Family says that Alexandra L. Finnefrock, 24, and 2-year-old son Joseph Theo Williams were found safe in Rochester on Tuesday.
  Finnefrock and Joseph were reported missing from Orleans County Monday evening. Finnefrock had been last seen 4 p.m. July 6 at her father’s residence on Fancher Road in Holley. The family said that they hadn’t heard from her since.
  The U.S. Marshal Service says that the two were located around 8:30 p.m. on Bay Street.
  
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• 24-year-old mother and 2-year-old child reported missing from Orleans County

  11-07-2017 02:54 via wivb.com
  
  ORLEANS COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB) – A 24-year-old mother and her 2-year-old child have been reported missing from Orleans County.
  Alexandra L. Finnefrock, 24, was last seen 4 p.m. July 6 at her father’s residence on Fancher Road in Holley.
  Finnefrock left with 2-and-a-half year old Joseph Theo Williams in a silver 2006 Toyota Corolla with unknown Florida license plates.
  Finnefrock is 5’8″ tall, 120 lbs., with blond hair, blue eyes, and tattoos on her arms and legs.
  Joseph is 38
  
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• Buffalo daycare owner pleads guilty to theft of government funds

  11-07-2017 02:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The owner of a Buffalo daycare has pleaded guilty to theft of government funds after she was charged with submitting hundreds of fraudulent claims to Erie County seeking reimbursement for daycare services.
  Halima Mohamed, 35, of Buffalo, faces up to ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine when she is sentenced Nov. 1.
  According to the assistant U.S. attorney handling the case, Mohamed and her husband, Tariq Butt, opened Twinkle Stars Day Care in Buffalo in Feb. 2015.
  
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• Search warrant execution in Kenmore reveals felony amounts of cocaine, crack cocaine

  11-07-2017 01:45 via wivb.com
  
  KENMORE, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Saturday search warrant execution at a Tremaine Avenue residence yielded felony quantities of cocaine and crack cocaine.
  The Erie County Sheriff Office’s Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant at the lower unit of 222 Tremaine Ave. around 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
  During the raid, David Doldan, 54, of Kenmore, was arrested and charged with a felony count of criminal possession of narcotic with intent to sell, criminal possession of a controlled substance, and two
  
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• Former North Park Branch Library on Delaware to become Italian-American Cultural Center

  11-07-2017 00:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The former North Park Branch Library on Delaware Avenue will be transformed into an Italian-American cultural center.
  A developer will convert the former library, which has been closed over ten years, into a cultural center.
  Former Buffalo mayor Anthony Masiello said Monday that he envisions the cultural center will contain pictures, art, and host presentations about Italian contributions.
  The former library’s location, at Hertel Avenue and Delaware Avenue, tra
  
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• Hawaii soldier arrested for alleged ties to terror group, FBI says

  11-07-2017 00:07 via wivb.com
  
  (CBS NEWS) – A soldier in Hawaii has been arrested for alleged ties to a terrorist group, the FBI said.
  FBI officials identified the soldier to CBS News as 34-year-old Ikaika Erik Kang. CBS affiliate KGMB reports that Kang graduated from Kaiser High School in Honolulu. He was stationed at Schofield Barracks in Honolulu.
  Kang was arrested on Saturday and is expected to appear in court on Monday afternoon, the FBI said. According to KGMB, Kang was the subject of a year-long investi
  
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• Fuel taxes and fees add to the price of a gallon

  11-07-2017 00:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Gas prices in the Buffalo-Niagara region have been hovering around $2.30 per gallon.
  That’s not bad at all when you think back to July 2008 when prices were over $4.00 per gallon.
  But even with cheaper gas there’s still a price to be paid in taxes and fees.
  “We’ve got the seven deadly government taxes. Seven of them on a gallon of gas,” said Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw, who emphasized that about 25 percent of the cost of a
  
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