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• Mega Millions jackpot soars to $346 million

  05-08-2017 21:56 via wivb.com
  ATLANTA, GA (WCMH) — With no winner Friday night, the Mega Millions jackpot has soared to more than $300 million.
  The next drawing will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 8. The $346 million jackpot is the seventh largest in the game’s 15-year history. The winner could walk away with $216 million in cold hard cash if they choose the lump sum.
  While there was no jackpot winner Friday night, a person in Michigan matched five white balls to win $1 million.
  Only three jackpots have been awarded th
  
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• Walk to Defeat ALS raises money for critical research and support

  05-08-2017 19:45 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Western New Yorkers spent Saturday morning taking steps to help save lives. Hundreds of people came together to take part in the annual Walk to Defeat ALS.
  “This is the biggest fundraising source for every ALS Association chapter in the country, and so it’s very important,” said Jay Nowak, who was walking in honor of his mother, Lonnie. “We’re going to beat our goal this year of well over $175,000.”
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• 19th Annual Battle of the Books takes place at ECC South

  05-08-2017 18:14 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It’s not very often that you see middle schoolers up early on a weekend. So when you do, you know it must be for good reason.Twenty three teams. One hundred and fifty nine competitors.14 libraries and five books. That’s what makes up Buffalo’s Battle of the Books.
  Mary Jean Jakubowski, Director of Erie County’s Public Library System, told News 4, “It is an exciting jeopardy round program, that will go through a series of elimination
  
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• Early morning rollover on Main street kills one man

  05-08-2017 18:04 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo police are investigating a single car fatal accident that occurred early Saturday morning in the 1100 block of Main Street.
  Accident investigators say the vehicle was traveling northbound on Main Street near Best Street around 3:45 a.m. The driver crossed the double yellow lines, went up onto the sidewalk and struck a metal-concrete sign before flipping over.
  A Buffalo male in his late 20’s was extricated from the vehicle by Buffalo fire and was declared decea
  
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• Erie County residents invited to drop off household hazardous waste

  05-08-2017 14:20 via wivb.com
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – If you have hazardous waste sitting around your home waiting for disposal, you have the opportunity to get rid of it safely on Saturday.
  Erie County is holding a Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off Day from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the ECC North Campus in Williamsville on August 5.
  ITEMS WHICH CAN BE BROUGHT FOR DISPOSAL INCLUDE:
  •          Pesticides, Fertilizers, Pool and Household Chemicals/Cleaners (limit 2 gal
  
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• Bills practice at New Era despite rain

  05-08-2017 05:12 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Rain, rain go away…
  The Bills had a practice at New Era Field scheduled for Friday.
  Despite the lighting in the area, the Buffalo Bills training camp practice scheduled for New Era Field did happen.. Before the team hit the field head coach Sean Mcdermott noted that this was a good test for his team early in the season.
  “That’s an important part of a good football team and a good team in general that we can be adaptable to whatever situation t
  
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• South Buffalo residents clean-up after severe thunderstorms

  05-08-2017 04:50 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two rounds of severe thunderstorms made its way across Buffalo Friday.
  South Buffalo was one of the areas hit the hardest by the heavy rain and damaging winds.
  Fallen trees could be seen lying across streets and sidewalks, some even fell on homes.
  “I heard the tree fall and I went running. I was like oh my goodness I really hope nothing was hit,” said Meaghan Hillery, South Buffalo resident.
  City officials say they received more than 90 calls about downed
  
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• Southtown staple Mulberry expanding north

  05-08-2017 04:26 via wivb.com
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Mulberry Italian Restaurant is a staple of the southtowns, and they’ve been approached before to expand in Western New York, Toronto, even as far as Ohio.
  But a decision has been made, and it’s good news for lovers of Italian cuisine — it’s much closer than the Buckeye State. Mulberry will be opening a new location in the northtowns, at the former location of Squire on Main.
  Mulberry Italian Restaurant has made Lackawanna’s Bethlehem
  
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• Report on black discharge by NFWB indicates human error to blame for incident

  05-08-2017 04:22 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Niagara Falls Water Board released a statement Friday night on the events that occurred up to the release of black discharge into the lower Niagara River last weekend.
  According to the press release, the Niagara Falls Water Board had decided July 25 along with the New York Power Authority and Wendel engineers to take sedimentation basin #5 out of service in order to allow a contractor to enter and start installing a baffling system at the basin. The water i
  
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• Guidance offered in Hamburg Saturday for people impacted by tornado

  05-08-2017 02:54 via wivb.com
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Town of Hamburg Office of Emergency Services is hosting the NYS Dept. of Financial Services Mobile Command Center Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Hamburg Town Hall, 6100 South Park Avenue.
  Experts will offer guidance to residents who suffered losses from the tornado that struck the town earlier this summer. The session is not limited to Hamburg residents, but also adjacent communities.
  The experts can help if you are having difficulty getting your insurance-re
  
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• Fire breaks out in Porter building

  05-08-2017 02:50 via wivb.com
  PORTER, N.Y. (WIVB) – Fire ripped through an apartment building in Niagara County Friday morning.
  The fire occurred at 2280 Dickersonville Road in the Town of Porter. Niagara County Sheriff’s Office, Village of Youngstown Police, and the New York State Police responded along with members of the Ransomville Volunteer and Yuongstown Volunteer Fire Companies.
  Several pets were rescued from the residence.
  The cause of the fire is unknown at this time and is being investigated by the Niag
  
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• Musk: Buffalo’s Solar City will be ‘powerhouse’ factory

  05-08-2017 02:31 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It’s the strongest show of confidence yet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who told investors this week they fully intend to keep their commitment to opening a solar panel gigafactory on Buffalo’s south side.
  And, as usual with the colorful businessman, Musk used some colorful language to underscore his point.
  Production has been pushed back multiple times at the sprawling complex at Riverbend. And there have been problems with payments from the state to contrac
  
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• Guardian Angels set to begin patrols Saturday on city’s south side

  05-08-2017 02:20 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The reaction from those looking to re-establish the citizen-driven, anti-crime group, Guardian Angels, is upbeat and hopeful.
  But longtime community groups like the Buffalo Peacemakers, which already operate in some of these neighborhoods, aren’t totally sure there’s enough room for another anti-crime group.
  The Guardian Angels tout chapters in more than 130 cities in 13 countries.
  Buffalo is not currently included in those numbers. An effort to establish
  
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• WNY bankruptcies up, ending 7 year drop

  05-08-2017 01:39 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Bankruptcies filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts across Western New York are on the rise, so far in 2017, which might be surprising, because of Buffalo’s economic resurgence.
  Bankruptcy filings in Buffalo have been steadily falling over the past 7 years, but so far in 2017, they are up by about two-and-a-half percent–for the month of July, they were up by 24%.
  It might seem counter intuitive, but attorney Chris Grover of Jeffrey Freedman Attorneys in Buf
  
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