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• Amherst Police looking for person of interest in stolen credit card account numbers case

  12-07-2017 22:03 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – Amherst Police are looking for a person of interest in a case involving the use of stolen credit card account numbers and personal information.
  Police are looking to identify a black male in the below security footage.
  PHOTO FROM AMHERST POLICE 
  Anyone who recognizes this person or has any information related to this crime is asked to call the Amherst Police Detective Bureau at 689-1336 or email to [email protected] or text to 562-TIPS and reference AMH 17-732
  
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• Video released of Buffalo Bills player’s arrest near Ohio water park

  12-07-2017 21:37 via wivb.com
  
  CINCINNATI, OHIO (WIVB) – TMZ Sports has released video footage of Adoplus Washington’s arrest near a Sharonville, Ohio water park last weekend.Washington, a defensive lineman, was arrested Sunday on concealed weapons charges in his home state of Ohio.
  He was released after being booked on the charge.
  
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• NYS Department of Health: Person dies after contracting tick-borne illness

  12-07-2017 20:21 via wivb.com
  
  SARATOGA, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The New York State Department of Health says a Saratoga resident died after contracting the Powassan Virus, a tick-borne illness.
  The Department of Health says it will be reporting the case to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday.
  The virus is spread through infected ticks.
  Symptoms, according to health officials, can include fever, headache, vomiting, weakness, confusion, loss of coordination, speech difficulties, and seizures. The CDC s
  
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• Urban Leisure and Luxury to close near the end of August

  12-07-2017 19:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The owners of Urban Leisure and Luxury are retiring from retail, and so, the store will close after 25 years in business.
  In 1992, Urban Surfer, Inc. opened, and according to the Elmwood Village Association became “a leader in the surf, skate and snowboard industry.”
  In the 2000s, the store expanded into a fashion boutique.
  “As business and property owners, Ward and Maureen Pinkel, have truly left their mark on Elmwood Avenue,” Elmwood Village
  
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• Sign mounted at new Oishei Children’s Hospital

  12-07-2017 18:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The new Oishei Children’s Hospital is a step closer to opening in Buffalo’s Medical Corridor.
  Tuesday morning, a 150-ton crane put the 8-foot-tall letters into place. They were made by Ulrich’s Signs in Lockport.
  A hospital spokesperson tells News 4 the letter will stay shrink-wrapped until the hospital officially opens to avoid confusion.
  
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• Lexington Co-op opens doors at new location

  12-07-2017 18:11 via wivb.com
  
  NORTH BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The doors are open now and the shelves are stocked as at the second Lexington Co-op location is welcoming their first wave of customers.
  “I love grocery stores,” said Anna Steinberg, a co-op member. “I love local grocery stores. I love healthy, organic options and I am known to be a little crazy so why not!”
  Anna Steinberg is the very first customer in line and inside the Hertel Avenue store.
  “I’m excited to be here and
  
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• Cabela’s shareholders approve sale to Bass Pro

  12-07-2017 17:50 via wivb.com
  
  SIDNEY, Neb. (AP) — Cabela’s shareholders are giving a nod to the sale of the outdoor outfitter to rival Bass ProShops for roughly $4 billion.
  The Nebraska chain said Tuesday that shareholders approved a deal, announced in October, which will pay them $61.50 per share.
  Sporting goods retailers, like the rest of the retail sector, has been under pressure because of changing shopping patterns.
  Company officials have said they expect the sale to close later this year, but bank
  
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• Hotel Henry’s first Art Walk to showcase local artists, transformed spaces

  12-07-2017 17:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Western New Yorkers have watched new life come to the old Richardson Olmsted Complex as the Hotel Henry opened and started accepting guests there this year.
  Now, the Hotel Henry is opening all its doors to the public to showcase local artists’ work on permanent display and the renovations that have transformed the building to its current use as an 88-room urban resort and conference center.
  The Hotel Henry’s first Art Walk will be Thursday, July 13, from
  
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• Dates and admission prices for local county fairs

  12-07-2017 17:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Here is a list of times, locations and links to events happening at county fairs across western New York this Summer:
  Allegany County Fair  – July 17-22
  Admission – $10/person
  Location – Allegany County Agricultural, 15 North St., Angelica
  Genesee County Fair – July 17-22
  Admission – $5/carload
  Location – Genesee County Fairgrounds, 5056 E Main Street Rd., Batavia
  Orleans County Fair – July 24-29
  Admission – $
  
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• Drones take to the sky over Lake Ontario

  12-07-2017 16:11 via wivb.com
  
  GREECE, NY (WROC) — More drones are headed to Lake Ontario to monitor lake levels. Funding from FEMA and New York State is helping scientists get a better look at the lake shore and water levels.
  “The drones allow us to make super accurate maps,” said Oceanographer Christopher Sherwood, who works at the United States Geological Service traveled all the way from Massachusetts. His team specializes in coastal erosion, one of three groups throughout the United States.
  The images w
  
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• Report: Buffalo CSD has fourth worst SAT scores in upstate NY

  12-07-2017 15:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — According to a new report by New York Upstate, the Buffalo City School District ranked fourth in a list of worst SAT scores in upstate New York.
  The report says that in 2016, the average SAT score among students in New York was 990 — 477 for math and 501 for reading.
  Buffalo’s combined average was 815 — 411 for reading and 404 for math.
  Lackawanna City School District was right behind Buffalo at number five on the list. The district averag
  
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• Mick Jagger reflects on time spent performing in western New York

  12-07-2017 14:54 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — It’s been two years since The Rolling Stones rocked the arena formerly known as Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, but frontman Mick Jagger showed some “Buffalove” on Twitter Tuesday night.
  Jagger reflected on the Stones’ July 11, 2015 performance with a tweet about “the sweet city of Buffalo.”#OTD in 2015 we were on stage in the sweet city of Buffalo, New York! pic.twitter.com/f1ITkVWmPi
  — Mick Jagger (@MickJagg
  
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• Kenmore Volunteer Fire Department warns of scam calls

  12-07-2017 14:23 via wivb.com
  
  KENMORE, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Kenmore Volunteer Fire Department says a number of robo-dialed calls are being made, displaying the department’s phone number.
  The fire department says that in the calls, which falsely appear to be from (716) 875-3274, a female voice indicates that there is an issue.
  Kenmore fire officials say that the calls are part of a scam, and that call recipients should disregard them.
  
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• Lucid brings competition to Tesla in electric car market

  12-07-2017 14:08 via wivb.com
  
  MENLO PARK, Calif. (WIVB) — Tesla has some competition in the electric car market. Another company is prepared to race them to the finish line.
  A recently posted video shows an electric car on a test track going 235 MPH. The Verge called that top speed “brain melting.”
  “The computer said I would do 235,” Lucid Motors’ Chief Technology Officer Peter Rowlinson said. “We were within about half a mile an hour of that prediction.”
  Lucid Motors is b
  
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• Senate Republicans to unveil revised health bill Thursday

  12-07-2017 13:19 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he plans to unveil a revised health care bill on Thursday with a vote on moving ahead on the measure next week.
  McConnell also told reporters on Tuesday that he expects the analysts at the Congressional Budget Office to provide its assessment early next week.
  Senate GOP leaders are struggling to come up with legislation to erase much of Democrat Barack Obama’s health care law, but Republicans remain divided over the bill.
  
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• DEC releases some Wheatfield landfill soil test results

  12-07-2017 05:43 via wivb.com
  
  WHEATFIELD, N.Y. (WIVB)- The DEC has released preliminary results of soil tests around the former Niagara Sanitation Landfill in Wheatfield.
  Months ago, neighbors filed a lawsuit against the Town of Wheatfield, Niagara Sanitation Company and a number of manufacturing companies which disposed of waste at the site. They say contamination from the landfill made them sick.
  Governor Cuomo ordered surface soil testing this spring. The DEC said Monday those tests show “contamination has not
  
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• REPORTS: Buffalo native killed while fighting ISIS overseas as civilian

  12-07-2017 05:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Multiple reports state that a Buffalo native has been killed overseas fighting ISIS in Raqqa.
  The People’s Protection Unit (YRG), posted this video of Nicholas Warden on Facebook, in which Warden says he is from Buffalo.
  The Military Times is reporting that Warden, a former Army sergeant, was overseas as a private American citizen fighting alongside Kurdish militants to fight the terrorists. Warden reportedly joined the People’s Protection Unit after a me
  
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• Deaths reported in military plane crash in Mississippi Delta, official says

  12-07-2017 05:02 via wivb.com
  
  (CBS NEWS) – At least 12 people have died in a Marine Corps plane crash in the Mississippi Delta on Monday, officials said.
  Leflore County Sheriff Ricky Banks tells The Associated Press that officials are searching for others across a large debris field in the dark Monday, more than five hours after the KC-130 refueling tanker spiraled to the ground into a soybean field about 85 miles north of Jackson.
  A Greenwood Airport official told CBS News that the plane had taken off from Memphis, an
  
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• Suspect in killing of wife and NYS trooper was involved in plot to “kill people” in middle school

  12-07-2017 04:45 via wivb.com
  
  FORT DRUM, N.Y. (WIVB) – A recently released report shows that the solider accused of killing his wife and a NYS trooper Sunday night in Theresa was involved in a plot to kill people at his middle school when he was 15 years old.
  Justin Walters, 32, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to carry a dangerous weapon in family court in Michigan in 1990. He was 15.
  According to a Michigan newspaper, Walters and another student plotted to kill people at their middle school. Police were tipped off to the
  
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• Dozens of strangers form human chain to rescue swimmers at Florida beach

  12-07-2017 04:15 via wivb.com
  
  PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — Strangers on a Florida beach formed an 80-person human chain to rescue nine members of family who had been caught in a riptide and pulled too far from shore.
  CBS affiliate WKRG-TV reports the incident was captured on video.
  Roberta Ursrey and her family were enjoying the day at M.B. Miller County Pier on the Gulf of Mexico when she noticed her sons were missing, the Panama City News Herald reported . She went looking for them and soon heard them screamin
  
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• Radio newsman, former WIVB producer/assignment editor Ray Marks to be honored with Broadcasters Memorial Award

  12-07-2017 03:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Radio newsman and former WIVB producer and assignment editor Ray Marks is being honored with this year’s Buffalo Broadcasters Association’s Broadcasters Memorial Award.
  Marks is being inducted into the BBA Hall of Fame in the “In Memorium” category.
  A South Buffalo native, Marks began his broadcasting career in the 1960s at WBFO on the University of Buffalo campus.
  During his career, he worked at several radio stations, including WYSL, WPHD, a
  
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• The Audcast, Episode 27: The next wave of Sabres

  12-07-2017 02:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — On the 27th episode of The Audcast, News 4 Sports’ Tom Martin and NHL.com’s Joe Yerdon break down the Sabres’ top prospects after the team hosted its 2017 development camp. Does Casey Mittelstadt look like the real deal? And who made the most of their development camp experience?Click to play or to download this episode to your computer or mobile device.
  
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• Earth faces “biological annihilation” in sixth mass extinction, scientists warn

  12-07-2017 02:35 via wivb.com
  
  (CBS NEWS) – Over the last half-billion years, scientists say there have been five mass extinction events on Earth in which a wide diversity of species on this planet suddenly died off. Now, there’s growing evidence that a sixth mass extinction is unfolding, according to scientists who track species around the globe. In a new study, researchers say the current mass extinction is even “more severe than perceived” and amounts to “biological annihilation&rdqu
  
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• Mittelstadt impresses as Sabres wrap development camp

  12-07-2017 00:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Casey Mittelstadt didn’t have to prove himself to the Buffalo Sabres at development camp. The organization, led by GM Jason Botterill, knew exactly the player they were getting when they drafted him eighth overall.
  The fans, however, hadn’t likely seen much of Mittelstadt until Tuesday, where he showed off his skills in front of a packed house at HarborCenter for the ‘French Connection 3-on-3 Tournament,’ wrapping up Sabres development ca
  
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• Case of man accused in fatal Lancaster hit-and-run moves to grand jury

  12-07-2017 00:26 via wivb.com
  
  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — The case of the Quebec man accused in a fatal hit and run in Lancaster, will now move on to be presented to an Erie County grand jury.
  Sebastien Lavertu appeared briefly Tuesday afternoon in the town of Lancaster Court, where he waived his right to a felony hearing.
  The 32-year-old Lavertu appeared with shackles at the waist and still wearing prison orange, as he remains in jail on $500,000 bail.
  Police and Erie County District Attorney John Flynn said Lavertu hit
  
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• Tonawanda man charged with possession of child pornography

  12-07-2017 00:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Tonawanda man has been charged with possession of child pornography via criminal complaint.
  Steven Brzezinski, 33, of Tonawanda, is charged with being in possession of a tablet containing child pornography while on probation for an unrelated offense. Brzezinski has a previous conviction for endangering the welfare of a child.
  Brzezinski made an initial appearance before a U.S. Magistrate Judge Tuesday and is being held pending a detention hearing scheduled July 17.
  
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• Do you know what’s in your dental implant?

  12-07-2017 00:18 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Tags on a sport jacket, neck tie, even your shoes, likely indicate where they’re made — and in most cases what they’re made of. It’s standard for most products used today.
  But that’s not necessarily the standard for dental devices, implants and equipment — although some of them, like crowns, can be used for a decade or more.
  Erie County Legislator Joe Lorigo, C-West Seneca, is trying to change that, and he has the backing of th
  
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