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• Buffalo woman charged with animal cruelty after postponing treatment of Chihuahua struck by car

  03-08-2017 23:14 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Buffalo woman has been charged with animal cruelty after postponing treatment for her Chihuahua, who was hit by a car earlier this week.
  The SPCA of Erie County received a report Wednesday that the dog, belonging to Joann Ponzo of Warren Avenue in Buffalo, had been hit by a car and was receiving no veterinary treatment for his injuries. The dog suffered abrasions and was reportedly unable to use his back legs.
  The Chihuahua was brought to the SPCA Serving Erie Coun
  
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• Buffalo man facing animal cruelty charges for flea infested dogs

  03-08-2017 22:41 via wivb.com
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — “When they were first brought to the SPCA it was hard to believe that any of them would survive because the puppies were barely moving, they were barely able to walk, they were literally being eaten alive by thousands and thousands of fleas,” said Gina Browning, SPCA serving Erie County Chief Communications Officer.
  Several pit bull puppies are in much better condition today than they were Wednesday afternoon.
  Eight puppies and three adult dogs were r
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Niagara Falls Water Board press conference on black sludge discharge

  03-08-2017 22:27 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Niagara Falls Water Board is holding a press conference to discuss the July 29 discharge of black sludge into the lower Niagara River.
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  The Niagara Falls Water Board said in a press release, “To the extent possible, all aspects of the matter will be addressed.”
  
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• Great horned owl recovering at SPCA after getting stuck in soccer net

  03-08-2017 22:14 via wivb.com
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A great horned owl is recovering at the Erie County SPCA after it got stuck in a soccer net for an entire day.
  The Wildlife Department director Days the owl flew into a soccer net in Java Center and was stuck there for a whole day.
  The great horned owl was eventually found and rescued by a member of the Buffalo Audubon Society and brought to SPCA serving Erie County in West Seneca.
  The owl got x-rays done and everything looks good, no breaks in any long bones.
  Fo
  
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• Ravi Bansal, local pilot flying around the world, on schedule in Kuala Lumpur

  03-08-2017 21:45 via wivb.com
  WILLIAMSVILLE, NY (WIVB)- If Ravi Bansal is successful, he’ll be the first Indian to fly solo around the world.
  But this six week journey in his single engine Cessna isn’t about him.
  “I want to bring awareness for cancer. In my hometown, it’s a rural town in India, not many people have awareness of cancer,” the Williamsville businessman told News 4 July 4, before taking off from Prior Aviation.
  He said lack of cancer awareness is partly because people in his ho
  
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• VIDEO: Tyrod Taylor speaks following preseason practice

  03-08-2017 20:19 via wivb.com
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Bills player Tyrod Taylor spoke to members of the media on Thursday following a preseason practice.
  The quarterback spoke well of fellow player, wide receiver Zay Jones, who he said raised his level of competition.#Bills Tyrod Taylor: Zay Jones is talented and has raised his level of competition. He's working and getting better each day.
  — Josh Reed (@4JoshReed) August 3, 2017
  See all that he had to say in the video above.
  
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• Riverside, Black Rock property values increasing as homeowners hold events showing off community

  03-08-2017 19:17 via wivb.com
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — More than 50 homeowners in the North District will be showing off their green thumbs this weekend, welcoming people while they’re perusing perennials and other plants during the Riverside Tour of Gardens.
  “It gets people to beautify to the area,” said Sharon Adler, the organizer for the tour of gardens whose Riverside home is one of the many stops on the route. “People tend to challenge each other like how do I make mine look good.
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Gov. Cuomo makes announcement in Jamestown

  03-08-2017 18:33 via wivb.com
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in Jamestown to make an announcement at the National Comedy Center construction site.
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• East Aurora man sentenced to 20 years for sexually abusing 6-year-old

  03-08-2017 17:40 via wivb.com
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) — An East Aurora man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing a child.
  Charles Ernst, 34, pleaded guilty to two counts of First-Degree Criminal Sex Act.
  Prosecutors say he admitted to perpetrating oral sexual conduct upon a six-year-old child.
  After his release from prison, Ernst will have to register as a sex offender.
  
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• Niagara County lawmakers demanding NFWB resignations after discharge incident

  03-08-2017 17:24 via wivb.com
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — Several Niagara County lawmakers will be demanding the resignations of the Niagara Falls Water Board, as well as the agency’s top management.
  This came after a black discharge was spotted in the Niagara River over the weekend.
  MORE | Details on what caused that can be found here.
  The lawmakers were joined by Legislature Majority Leader Randy Bradt at the Niagara County Courthouse in Lockport on Thursday.
  “The actions of the Water Board go beyond the
  
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• Niagara County lawmakers demand NFWB resignations after discharge incident

  03-08-2017 17:24 via wivb.com
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — Several Niagara County lawmakers demanded the resignations of the Niagara Falls Water Board, as well as the agency’s top management Thursday at Noon.
  This came after a black discharge was spotted in the Niagara River over the weekend.
  MORE | Details on what caused that can be found here.
  The lawmakers were joined by Legislature Majority Leader Randy Bradt at the Niagara County Courthouse in Lockport.
  “The actions of the Water Board go beyond the &ls
  
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• New seal pup at Aquarium of Niagara is a girl

  03-08-2017 16:45 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — The new harbor seal pup born at the Aquarium of Niagara is a girl!
  The aquarium made the announcement on Thursday morning.
  On July 13, the pup was born to eight-year-old Zoey, who has been at the aquarium since 2012.
  “The pup is 100 percent healthy and weighs 46 pounds, and will continue to grow quickly,” the aquarium said.
  She will either be named Dill or Zara.
  The idea for the name Dill came from the pup’s father, Pickles. Zara would be
  
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• Computer crash delays delivery of The Buffalo News

  03-08-2017 16:19 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — If you didn’t get your newspaper this morning, it was due to a computer crash.
  An automatic antivirus update crashed the computers that produce printing plates at The Buffalo News.
  Until the early morning hours, the plate-making computers were being rebuilt so that the newspaper could be printed again.
  The same problem was had by at least one other newspaper.
  
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• Efforts to reduce Lake Ontario water levels appear to be working

  03-08-2017 16:03 via wivb.com
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC-TV) — Efforts to reduce the water levels of Lake Ontario appear to be working.
  The International Joint Commission (IJC), which regulates lake levels, says water is now just below 248 feet. The IJC was hoping to reach that goal by Aug. 1, which it did.
  The outflow of the lake to the St. Lawrence River is at its max right now.
  The IJC will reduce that as lake levels go down.
  This story was originally published by WROC, a Nexstar contributing station.
  
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• Police: Intruder tries to join woman in shower, does dishes

  03-08-2017 15:55 via wivb.com
  HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a New York City man entered a New Jersey home and tried to join a woman in the shower, then went to the kitchen and started doing dishes.
  Hackensack police say James King, who lives in Queens, is charged with burglary and lewdness.
  Authorities say King entered the bathroom around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, then pulled back the shower curtain and started to disrobe. The woman says King fled when she threatened to call police, but he was soon found in t
  
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• Discussion held on body cameras for Buffalo police

  03-08-2017 15:43 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Community members are speaking out on whether Buffalo police officers should wear body cameras.
  On Wednesday night, a discussion was held about the issue.
  The group We Are Women Warriors led a conversation at the Merriweather Library in Buffalo.
  This Spring, the Buffalo Police Department sent out a request for proposals from camera manufacturing companies for a pilot program.
  Right now, officers are not required to wear body cameras.
  Buffalo resident Duncan Kirk
  
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• Alfred Angelo won’t be fulfilling dress orders

  03-08-2017 15:28 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WROC-TV) — There is more bad news for brides who shopped at Alfred Angelo. The bridal store chain says it will not complete orders still open.
  The chain of bridal stores unexpectedly filed for bankruptcy and closed last month.
  The company wrote on their website, “While we have been successful in obtaining customer records and delivering many dresses and accessories for customers all over the country, even after the bankruptcy filing date, it has now become apparent tha
  
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• “Glamping” combines hotel luxuries and tent living

  03-08-2017 14:54 via wivb.com
  JAPAN (WIVB) — If you can’t decide on what type of vacation you should take, you might want to try this trend taking over Japan.
  Visitors can try “glamping” — an experience combining hotel luxuries and tent living.
  Glamping resorts are usually found in nature, and are complete with furniture and bed sets.
  The average price of a night in a “glamping tent” runs around $300-450.
  The price is similar to one night in an average resort hotel.
  There are also a
  
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• VIDEO: Earthquake hits during news crew’s Facebook Live event

  03-08-2017 14:32 via wivb.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (WIVB) — A news crew in Oklahoma got quite the surprise during a Facebook Live event.
  Anchors at KOCO were interacting online with viewers before a newscast, when an earthquake hit.
  The U.S. Geological Survey reports the quake was a 4.2 magnitude.
  The quake knocked out power to more than 4,600 homes and businesses.
  It did not knock out power inside the KOCO studio, but it rattled the lights.
  
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• 2 fires break out overnight in Buffalo

  03-08-2017 13:32 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two overnight fires broke out in Buffalo.
  Just before midnight, flames tore through a building on E. Utica St.
  Six people are now displaced, according to someone who lived in the home.
  Shortly before 4 a.m., firefighters rushed to a fire on Bud Hill Rd., near William St.
  It appears as though the flames broke out at a roofing business.
  It is not clear how bad the damage is at either scene, or if anyone was hurt.
  
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• Kidding! Gov. Cuomo’s talk of extra funds for towns was joke

  03-08-2017 13:19 via wivb.com
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was making a joke when he promised millions in additional funding to help struggling cities revitalize their downtowns, his office said Wednesday.
  The Democratic governor made the remarks Tuesday in Hudson, where he announced that the city was a “first-place” winner in his downtown revitalization contest, which awards $10 million to 10 winning communities, one in each of the state’s regions.
  He then t
  
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• NY will give some voter data to Trump voter fraud commission

  03-08-2017 13:09 via wivb.com
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state will hand over some voter information to President Donald Trump’s commission investigating voter fraud, becoming the first state to largely comply with the request after initially balking.
  The state’s Board of Elections voted Wednesday to provide data like voter names, birthdates, addresses and voting history after determining it had no lawful reason to deny the request.
  Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo
  
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• Crews respond to water main break on Grant St.

  03-08-2017 13:00 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Crews are working to fix a water main break in Buffalo.
  The break happened at Grant St. between Military and Amherst roads.
  Crews were seen working on the scene since 5 a.m. Thursday.
  Part of the street was sectioned off.
  Officials say restoration is expected by later in the morning or early afternoon.
  
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• Buffalo firefighters asking for donations for Fill the Boot campaign

  03-08-2017 11:27 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – As you head to work Thursday morning, Buffalo firefighters are hoping you’ll take a few moments when you’re at a stop light to give your spare change for important medical research.
  Members of the Buffalo Professional Firefighters Local 282 will be fanning out to seven different intersections across the city between 7 and 9 a.m. Thursday for this year’s Fill the Boot campaign.
  All money collected benefits the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Research Team, o
  
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• Lovejoy supports families affected by Cheektowaga fire

  03-08-2017 04:45 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Western New Yorkers are stepping up to help several families in need.
  Tuesday a fire ripped though a garage on Shanley Street in Cheektowaga and then spread, ruining the homes of a dozen people.
  Wednesday a Lovejoy church started accepting donations for the families.
  Pastor Al Robinson of Spirit of Truth Urban Ministry posted on Facebook about setting up a donation drive. Within hours crowds of people started stopping by giving food, clothes, diapers, etc. One person
  
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• Father admits fatally punching baby, leaving body in hearse

  03-08-2017 04:35 via wivb.com
  UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (CBS)  — A Maryland man has pleaded guilty in the death of his infant son.
  The Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s office announced Wednesday that Antoine Petty pleaded guilty to first-degree child abuse resulting in the death of his 2-month-old son in September.
  Prosecutors say when the infant started crying and Petty’s wife couldn’t calm him, Petty took him outside and punched him. The infant showed signs of distress and l
  
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• Liquid-filled iPhone cases recalled after reports of chemical burns

  03-08-2017 04:17 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – Nearly 275,000 iPhone cases that contain glitter suspended in liquid are being recalled after reports of leakage that caused burns and skin irritation.MixBin Electronics sold the cases designed for iPhone 6, 6s and 7 through Amazon, Henri Bendel, Nordstrom Rack, Tory Burch, Victoria’s Secret and GetMixBin.com.The company announced the recall after 24 reports worldwide of skin irritation or chemical burns. Nineteen of the reports came from the United States, according to
  
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• Buffalo man charged with animal cruelty after dogs and puppies with severe flea infestations seized

  03-08-2017 04:01 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Buffalo man has been charged with animal cruelty after several dogs and puppies with severe flea infestations were rescued from his Sage Avenue residence.
  Timothy Strobele has been charged with three counts of animal cruelty by the SPCA Serving Erie County. Three dogs and five puppies were rescued from the residence and signed over to the organization. The adult dogs are two females and a male. Two puppies are estimated to be ten weeks old and six others are estima
  
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• Lyndonville woman charged with selling hydrocodone pills

  03-08-2017 03:19 via wivb.com
  LYNDOLNVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Lyndonville woman currently on federal probation for an out-of-state drug trafficking charge was arrested for selling prescription hydrocodone pills, following an investigation by the Orleans County Major Felony Crime Task Force.
  Erlinda Rodriguez-Zuniga, 49, of South Lyndonville Road, was charged Wednesday with third degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
  She was arraigned in Town of Ridg
  
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• Amazon job fair highlights Buffalo hiring boom

  03-08-2017 02:12 via wivb.com
  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) – Hundreds of applicants lined up at an Amazon job fair at Salvatore’s Italian Gardens, in Lancaster Wednesday, looking to get chosen for one of the new jobs at the company’s new warehouse “sortation center” on Walden Avenue.
  The Amazon hiring expo—replete with refreshments—was the latest employment extravaganza to be held in Western New York in recent weeks: Panasonic held a job fair last week, and Fisher Price has scheduled one
  
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• Woman released from prison after manslaughter conviction is overturned

  03-08-2017 01:11 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Jennifer Marchant’s father was already in Bedford Hills, NY, last week to pay his daughter a prison visit.
  But he unexpectedly came bearing the best news she could hope for: Her conviction was reversed, and she would be released from prison five days later.
  “In fact, her father said she started shaking, basically collapsed, couldn’t stand up for over an hour,” said Edward Perlman, Marchant’s attorney for her appeal.
  Marchant was of
  
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• Niagara County leaders furious as NFWB apologizes for black discharge

  03-08-2017 00:45 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The black substance that tainted the Niagara River over the weekend has cleared up but the headache is far from over.
  The DEC told News 4 the Niagara Falls Water Board violated water quality standards, which prohibit any discharge that changes the color of a waterway or causes a bad smell.
  Contaminant billowed into the river near the Maid of the Mist Saturday, causing a foul odor tourists described as “overwhelming”.
  According to the DEC, the NFWB was doing
  
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• Don’t fall for these financial scams

  03-08-2017 00:18 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Beware of the stranger on the phone — it could be a scammer.
  Fraudsters are increasingly picking up the phone and using old-school tricks to steal your money by pretending to be a government worker or a family member in trouble. Impostor scams overtook identity theft last year for the first time, becoming the second-most reported fraud behind debt-collection scams, in which fake debt collectors say a loan payment is due, according to the U.S. Federal Trade C
  
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