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• Inmate suicide follows state reprimand of county jails

  19-07-2017 23:52 via wivb.com
  
  ALDEN, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Hamburg man incarcerated at the Erie County Correctional Facility in Alden on drug-related charges was found by deputies early Tuesday dead from a suicide by hanging.The suicide comes on the heels of a reprimand by the New York State Commission on Correction over a failure to report certain incidents over the past four years, and a series of changes the sheriff’s office has made in response.
  A source close to the investigation told News 4 the man, whose name ha
  
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• Leaders on a mission to close gender wage gap in WNY

  19-07-2017 23:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — “Over 105,000 of Western New York households and 42% of New York state depend on mother’s earnings,” said Sheri Scavone, WNY Women’s Foundation Executive Director.
  Leaders spoke before a panel at Buffalo City Hall about the cause and impact of the gender pay gap in Western New York. Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul was among those who heard testimony.
  “In Buffalo the average white woman working full time will earn 73% of what her male co
  
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• NYS denies funding to Lackawanna for old Bethlehem Steel site demolition

  19-07-2017 22:51 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB)- Lackawanna’s Mayor Geoffrey Szymanski says he feels abandoned, after learning the state will not reimburse the City of Lackawanna for costs associated with the old Bethlehem Steel plant fire.
  “We had a lot of state officials come by and tell us that we weren’t alone, that they’ll do everything they can to fight for us, and pretty much just said ‘don’t worry about it, we’ll cover it,” Szymanski says.
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• Great Pumpkin Farm offering outdoor stage to local groups, organizations to perform

  19-07-2017 22:34 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) – This fall, local organizations and groups will be offered a chance to perform at one of the area’s most popular autumn attractions free of charge.
  The Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence has announced that it will open its outdoor stage to local groups during this year’s Fall Festival, which runs weekends Sept. 16 through Oct. 31.
  Festival organizers are looking for local community groups that offer a family-friendly act or demonstration to entertain the audi
  
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• Panasonic announces hiring event for Buffalo solar facility

  19-07-2017 20:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Mark Shima, the President of Panasonic Eco Solutions Solar New York, was in Buffalo Wednesday to announce a hiring fair for a solar facility in the Queen City.
  Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown was also at the announcement, which took place at the Buffalo Employment & Training Center on Goodell St.
  The hiring fair for Panasonic positions at Tesla’s Gigafactory 2 will take place next week.
  The City of Buffalo says the South Park Ave. facility will be the United Stat
  
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• Death of former Bills player found in Indiana determined to be suicide

  19-07-2017 19:44 via wivb.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WIVB) — The autopsy report on former Buffalo Bills wide receiver James Hardy has been released.
  At age 31, Hardy was found dead in Indiana’s Maumee River last month.
  The Allen County Coroner’s office originally could not figure out what caused his death, but said on Wednesday that he committed suicide by drowning himself.
  Hardy played for the Bills after being drafted by them in 2008.
  
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• Inmate commits suicide at Erie County Correctional Facility

  19-07-2017 19:39 via wivb.com
  
  ALDEN, N.Y. (WIVB) — News 4 has confirmed that an inmate at the Erie County Correctional Facility committed suicide Wednesday morning.
  The inmate’s death at the Alden facility was by hanging. It was the second suicide at the facility since 2014, according to a Sheriff’s office spokesman.
  The Erie County Sheriff’s office has alerted state officials.
  News 4 will have more information as soon as it is available.
  
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• Making the message loud and clear: it can wait

  19-07-2017 19:30 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A number of new messages have been popping up reminding people that texting behind the wheel is very dangerous and can be deadly. The messages themselves are pretty blunt and very upfront and those who handle the marketing for these feel they need to be.
  “The messages really need to be blunt and clear and hit home so people realize the dangers,” said Elizabeth Carey, the Public Relations director for AAA.
  Videos like this – showing peopl
  
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• OJ Simpson measures well in Nevada parole risk assessment

  19-07-2017 19:00 via wivb.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson’s bid for release from a Nevada prison will depend not only on what he tells parole officials and a report they will review, but on how they measure the danger he poses to the public.
  The board uses an 11-point risk assessment , awarding a range of points for each factor, from -1 to 2, to reach a score that groups parole candidates as low, medium or high risk to commit another crime. The lower the number, the greater the likeliho
  
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• O.J. Simpson granted parole after nearly 9 years in prison

  19-07-2017 19:00 via wivb.com
  
  LOVELOCK, Nev. (AP) — O.J. Simpson was granted parole Thursday after more than eight years in prison for a Las Vegas hotel heist, successfully making his case in a nationally televised hearing that reflected America’s enduring fascination with the former football star.
  Simpson, 70, could be a free man as early as Oct. 1. By then, he will have served the minimum of his nine-to-33-year armed-robbery sentence for a bungled attempt to snatch sports memorabilia and other mementos he claim
  
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• LIVE STREAM: OJ Simpson parole hearing

  19-07-2017 19:00 via wivb.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson’s bid for release from a Nevada prison will depend not only on what he tells parole officials and a report they will review, but on how they measure the danger he poses to the public.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch Simpson’s parole hearing live.
  The board uses an 11-point risk assessment , awarding a range of points for each factor, from -1 to 2, to reach a score that groups parole candidates as low, medium or high risk to c
  
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• Man pleads guilty to killing friend in Elma

  19-07-2017 18:27 via wivb.com
  
  ELMA, N.Y. (WIVB) — An East Aurora man has pleaded guilty to Second-Degree Manslaughter.
  Prosecutors say this past November, Jake Klocek, 20, recklessly caused the death of Anthony King, 19, in Elma. King was shot, prosecutors say.
  Klocek was also charged with criminal possession of a firearm.
  At the time of the shooting, Klocek was 19.
  He could spend a maximum indeterminate sentence of 5-15 years in jail when sentenced on Sept. 28.
  
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• Buffalo City Court evacuated twice

  19-07-2017 18:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo City Court was seen being evacuated around Noon on Wednesday.
  Staff there say the same thing happened in the morning.
  The evacuation began after a fire alarm went off.
  
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• Food Bank of WNY calls on community members to Walk Off Hunger this month

  19-07-2017 17:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Every month, tens of thousands of local families rely on help from the Food Bank of WNY to keep food on their tables. Now, the Food Bank is relying on your help to meet the demand, and fill some of the many empty shelves in its warehouse.
  The Food Bank is calling on community members to take part in the Walk Off Hunger event on July 29, a critical fundraiser for the organization this time of year.
  MORE | Click here to register to Walk Off Hunger
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• Orleans County deputies indicted on felony charges

  19-07-2017 17:31 via wivb.com
  
  ALBION, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two Orleans County Sheriff’s deputies have been have been indicted on charges of Grand Larceny and Falsifying Business Records.
  Sgt. Dean Covis and Deputy Thomas Marano were arrested back in May, following an investigation by the New York State Police.
  Authorities say that between Nov. 2013 and Jan. 2015, Covis and Marano were paid by a private company that they worked security for, but they filed false time sheets.
  During this time, they were working for t
  
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• Arrests at Chicago concert at Darien Lake

  19-07-2017 16:29 via wivb.com
  
  DARIEN, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two people were arrested at the Chicago concert at Darien Lake on Tuesday.
  Grand Island resident Jaqueline Walker, 48, was charged with Resisting Arrest and Harassment.
  The Genesee County Sheriff’s office says she kicked and struck several Live Nation security officers. While being taken into custody, the Sheriff’s office says she kicked deputies.
  Mark Walker, 49, of Grand Island, was also arrested. He was charged with Harassment after the Sheriff’s
  
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• 2 elderly people located by K9 teams after going missing in Erie County

  19-07-2017 15:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two elderly people were found by the Erie County Sheriff’s office’s K9 teams on Tuesday.
  Around 3:30 p.m., an 80-year-old Grand Island woman went missing from her home on Love Rd.
  A caretaker says the woman walked away from the house while he was working in the yard. Although he yelled in an attempt to find her, she could not be located.
  After this, deputies came to the home, along with a dog.
  The dog, Apollo, tried to find the woman, and she was loc
  
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• Mom with newborn who died of meningitis: Don’t let anyone kiss your baby

  19-07-2017 15:22 via wivb.com
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (WFLA) – An 18-day old baby died Tuesday morning and now an Iowa mother is warning other parents about the serious, life-threatening virus that killed her baby girl.
  At a week old, Mariana Sifrit contracted a deadly form of meningitis that doctors said she may have gotten from a kiss.
  Her mother, Nicole Sifrit, posted on Facebook that Mariana had died.
  “Our princess Mariana Reese Sifrit gained her angel wings at 8:41 am this morning in her daddy’s arms and
  
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• 2 new Harry Potter books set to be published in October

  19-07-2017 14:54 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Two new books from the Harry Potter universe are set to be released as part of a British exhibition that celebrates the 20th anniversary of the launch of the series.
  The British Library’s Harry Potter exhibition, “A History of Magic,” opens in October and runs through February 2018. In an earnings statement released Tuesday, British publishing house Bloomsbury revealed that two new Potter books will be released in conjunction with the event.
  “Harry Pot
  
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• Couple gets married in Antarctica

  19-07-2017 14:52 via wivb.com
  
  ANTARCTICA (WIVB) — Forget the beach! Two British researchers decided to get married in the British territory in Antarctica.
  Julie Baum and Tom Sylvester said “I do” at the Rothera Research Station.
  They have been together 11 years and were joined by 20 fellow workers at the wedding.
  Baum kept with tradition, wearing a dress made from an orange tent for her “something old.”
  After the wedding, the couple drove off in a snowmobile.
  
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• List: Top baby names of 2017

  19-07-2017 14:05 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Nameberry has released their list of the most popular girl and boy baby names of 2017.
  Here are the top 100 girl names:
  Olivia
  Amelia
  Charlotte
  Isla
  Isabella
  Ava
  Aurora
  Evelyn
  Penelope
  Eleanor
  Arabella
  Rose
  Cora
  Amara
  Ophelia
  Violet
  Luna
  Elizabeth
  Hazel
  Esme
  Maeve
  Adeline
  Alice
  Thea
  Lucy
  Audrey
  Genevieve
  Imogen
  Emma
  Nora
  Claire
  Sadie
  Mia
  Ivy
  Scarlett
  Aurelia
  Jane
  Eloise
  Lydia
  Iris
  Emilia
  Elise
  Evangeline
  Lila
  Caroline
  Stella
  Julia
  Anna
  Chloe
  Astrid
  Isabel
  Aria
  Clara
  
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• Mom who tried to run over driver who fatally hit her son avoids jail time

  19-07-2017 13:39 via wivb.com
  
  WHEATFIELD, N.Y. (WIVB) — The mother of a hit-and-run victim in Wheatfield has managed to avoid jail time for trying to run over the driver who hit her son.
  Lisa Fischer was sentenced Tuesday night. Her son Ryan was struck and killed in Wheatfield almost three years ago.
  Anthony DiFilippo pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident.
  Prosecutors say Lisa Fischer later tried to run down DiFilippo.
  She was given a year of conditional discharge, and must go through counseling.
   
  
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• Billboard for adult store causing controversy in North Tonawanda

  19-07-2017 12:57 via wivb.com
  
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A billboard on the side of the road in North Tonawanda might make it tough for some people to keep their eyes on the road.
  Now, some local lawmakers want the billboard stripped from the side of the road.
  The sign advertises an adult store on Transit Rd. and features a woman in lingerie.
  They say they offer items for women of almost all sizes and have upscale and unisex clothing.
  A city alderman and a county legislator say the sign does not leave enough t
  
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• 1 killed in Tuesday night shooting

  19-07-2017 12:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police say one person was shot on Deshler St. in Buffalo Tuesday night.
  The shooting occurred just before 10:30 p.m.
  The victim, who was only identified as a 22-year-old man, had serious injuries before police told News 4 on Wednesday morning that he died.
  Anyone with information on the shooting can call or text the police department’s confidential tip line at (716) 847-2255.
  
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• Vigil held for Buffalo hit and run victim

  19-07-2017 05:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Family and friends are remembering the victim of a hit and run crash over the weekend.
  Brandyn Mallory was struck and killed at the corner of Broadway and Gatchell St. in Buffalo. The community gathered at the crash scene to remember him Tuesday night.
  More than a dozen family members spoke, each with a personal story of how he changed their life for the better.
  Mallory was engaged and was heading home to his pregnant fiancé when Buffalo Police say an SUV hit hi
  
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• R&B/hip-hop now tops the charts, according to Nielsen

  19-07-2017 04:45 via wivb.com
  
  (CBS NEWS) – Rock is no longer the country’s most popular music genre — at least not in volume.
  That title would go to R&B and hip-hop, according to Nielsen. The research company found in its mid-year report that for the first time in Nielsen Music history, R&B/hip-hop has taken the largest share of volume, which measures album and track sales and audio and video streams.
  R&B/hip-hop took 25.1 percent of volume, knocking out rock, which had always taken the lar
  
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• Iraq War veteran and PTSD service dog form instant bond

  19-07-2017 04:42 via wivb.com
  
  (CBS NEWS) – Nearly a decade after being honorably discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps, John Gerula is still struggling to fit back into his hometown of Windber, Pennsylvania.
  The now 33-year-old Iraq War veteran signed up for the Marines at the age of 18 — two weeks after working as a first responder during the September 11 attacks. Gerula’s first disaster call as a junior firefighter was to the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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• Foul! NJ gov Christie catches ball at Mets game, gets booed

  19-07-2017 03:49 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fans at the Cardinals-Mets game cheered when a man neatly caught a foul ball at Citi Field — until they realized it was Chris Christie.
  The New Jersey governor then got loudly booed Tuesday night.
  The ovation quickly turned sour after Christie stood up and slapped hands with another fan. No matter that Christie gave the souvenir to a kid.
  Christie was sitting in the third row, near the New York dugout. In the third inning, St. Louis rookie Paul DeJong lifted
  
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• Batavia man arrested for gang assault in connection with stabbing

  19-07-2017 02:46 via wivb.com
  
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Batavia Police have made an arrest in an overnight stabbing at 318 East Main St.
  JW Hardy III, 30, 216 Liberty St., Batavia, was arrested for first degree assault and first degree gang assault. He was arraigned in Batavia City Court and remanded to Genesee County Jail without bail. Hardy III is scheduled to appear in Batavia City Court 11 a.m. July 20.
  Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to contact the Batavia Police Department Detective Bureau at
  
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• Flight cancellation frustrates passengers flying Spirit Airlines

  19-07-2017 00:00 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Some travelers are demanding answers from Spirit Airlines after spending the night at Niagara Falls International Airport.Passengers heading to Orlando, Florida say their flight never left the gate following several email alerts that kept pushing back the departure time.“I’ve lost a day’s work. And it’s an important job where I am needed,” said passenger Maria Thomas.
  Thomas and others have been waiting to fly out to Orlando since
  
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