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• NFTA POLICE: United Airlines jet has landed safely at Buffalo-Niagara Falls airport after smoke reported in cockpit

  09-08-2017 22:32 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A United Airlines regional jet has landed safely at the Buffalo-Niagara International Airport after reports of smoke in the cockpit.
  AARF and Aviation Division Units are investigating the scene.United Airlines regional jet has landed safely, AARF Units are investigating reports of smoke in the cockpit, situation is under control.
  — NFTA Transit Police (@tapd1404) August 9, 2017
  The aircraft has taxied to the gate under its own power, NFTA Transit Police have re
  
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• Tractor trailer tire explodes in Holland, damaging nearby building

  09-08-2017 22:22 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A tractor trailer tire exploded in Holland early Tuesday morning, causing a loud explosion.
  When Erie County Sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene, they observed that a tire from the trailer had caused damage to a structure at 23 North Main Street.
  The Sheriff’s commercial truck inspection unit was called to continue the investigation and issued Henry Watson of Ontario, Canada, a ticket for operating a vehicle with a suspended license.
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• Depew woman to appear on HGTV show, “Flea Market Flip”

  09-08-2017 22:17 via wivb.com
  DEPEW, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Western New York woman will soon be featured on a hit  HGTV show.
  Amanda Marzec will appear on “Flea Market Flip” which shows viewers how a little cash can go a long way with the right amount of creativity.
  Always a fan of the show, Marzec tells us she tried out to be on flea market flip on a whim. But she has a passion for using her styling eye and a little elbow grease to turn trash into treasure.
  She said, “I love going into flea m
  
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• No criminal charges for driver in fatal pedestrian crash at Tops in East Aurora

  09-08-2017 20:47 via wivb.com
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) — No criminal charges will be filed against the 18-year-old driver involved in a fatal pedestrian crash in East Aurora June 25.
  The incident occurred in the parking lot of Tops on Grey Street in East Aurora.
  Police say 48-year-old Wendy Bus was struck by an SUV while she left the store with her son, who was an employee there at the time.
  Bus suffered a head injury and was taken to ECMC where she later died.
  While no criminal charges with be filed against the driver
  
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• Niagara Falls looking for fresh food options in city’s north end

  09-08-2017 18:52 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Calling the north end of the city a “food desert,” Niagara Falls’ Director of Community Development wants to see more access to fresh food.
  The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) says a “food desert” is an area without easy access to fresh vegetables, fruit and other whole foods.
  In other words, people in rural areas who do not live within 10 miles of a grocery store, supercenter or supermarket, and people in urban area
  
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• Police: Abandoned infant survived 3 days in plastic bag

  09-08-2017 18:41 via wivb.com
  ELMIRA, N.Y. (AP) — An 8-month-old baby found alive in a plastic bag outside an upstate New York home had been abandoned there three days earlier by her 17-year-old mother, who has been charged with attempted murder, authorities said.
  Elmira police said neighbors checking out a noise early Tuesday afternoon found a baby whose feet were sticking out of the bag. They called 911 and tended to the child until police and emergency crews arrived. The baby was in stable condition at a hospit
  
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• Police: Abandoned baby survived 3 days in plastic bag

  09-08-2017 18:41 via wivb.com
  ELMIRA, N.Y. (AP) — An 8-month-old baby found alive in a plastic bag outside an upstate New York home had been abandoned there three days earlier by her 17-year-old mother, who has been charged with attempted murder, authorities said.
  Elmira police said neighbors checking out a noise early Tuesday afternoon found a baby whose feet were sticking out of the bag. They called 911 and tended to the child until police and emergency crews arrived. The baby was in stable condition at a hospit
  
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• Cradle Beach, New Era Foundation leaders cut ribbon for new Performing Arts Center

  09-08-2017 18:13 via wivb.com
  ANGOLA, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Cradle Beach camp and campus is celebrating a new era for the special children and families it serves, cutting the ribbon Wednesday on its new New Era Performing Arts Center.
  Fundraising for the facility started in 2012, but the dream was finally able to becme reality thanks to $640,000 in donations from the New Era Foundation and members of the Koch family personally.
  Cradle Beach has been serving Western New York children with disabilities and severe economic di
  
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• Uber Zone announced for New Era Field

  09-08-2017 17:53 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Pegula Sports and Entertainment is making it easier for fans to find their Uber driver after a Buffalo Bills game.
  The organization announced New Era Field’s Uber Zone on Wednesday morning.
  The place to get picked up by your driver will be just outside the stadium, on the southeast corner of Abbott and Big Tree roads. If you forget, the location can be found in a special in-app feature.
  Use of the zone will begin during the night of the Bills’ p
  
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• Sheriff looking for Buffalo man charged with sex crime against child

  09-08-2017 17:32 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man is wanted by the Erie County Sheriff’s office.
  Joseph Lopez, 19, faces a charge of First-Degree Sexual Conduct Against a Child.
  He is described as 5’5″ and 200 lbs.
  Lopez’s last known address was 24 Sumner St.
  Up to $1,000 is being offered for information leading to his capture. Anyone with tips can call (716) 867-6161.
  
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• Data: Job growth in Buffalo isn’t much when compared to other areas

  09-08-2017 17:02 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that job growth in the Buffalo metro area is not much when compared to other major markets.
  The amount of jobs in Buffalo went from 475,000 in the middle of 2016 to 476,800 in the middle of this year, according to Buffalo Business First. That is a 0.4 percent increase.
  The area that the data took into account included Erie and Niagara County.
  Rochester tied with Buffalo in terms of the percentage of growth that happ
  
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• New renderings, name for property formerly known as One Seneca Tower

  09-08-2017 16:12 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The building formerly known as One Seneca Tower will go by a different, but similar name — Seneca One Tower.
  Douglas Development Corporation has been redeveloping the building since they bought it last year.
  On Wednesday, new renderings were released, giving an idea of what is in store for the building.
  A vice president with Douglas says a grocery store and micro breweries are planned for the tower.
  MORE | Learn more about the future plans for the building here
  
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• Niagara Falls mayor comments on report that downgrades city’s credit outlook

  09-08-2017 15:06 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster says the city’s bond rating remained neutral in a new S&P report, but their outlook has been downgraded.
  Dyster says it went “basically from a neutral outlook to a negative outlook.”
  “They said that a resolution from the casino dispute could help that going forward,” Dyster commented.
  Earlier this year, the Seneca Nation made their last payment for casino operations to the state.
  MORE | Lear
  
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• Town of Niagara police looking for suspect in vehicle larcenies

  09-08-2017 14:17 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF NIAGARA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in the Town of Niagara are trying to identify someone they think committed multiple larcenies.
  The vehicles police believe he stole from were in the areas of Isherwood Dr. and Third Ave.
  Anyone who knows who the person pictured above is can call police at (716) 215-1480.
  
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• Pennsylvania homicide suspect may be headed to WNY

  09-08-2017 13:48 via wivb.com
  ERIE, Pa. (WIVB) — U.S. Marshals are looking for a man charged with killing someone in Erie, Pa., and he may be headed to western New York.
  David Dalton, 29, who also goes by “Tone,” has family ties in Buffalo and Olean.
  Authorities say Dalton committed a homicide on June 29.
  Dalton is black, 6’4″ and 225 lbs. He has brown eyes and black hair.
  Officials say he has tattoos on his left and right forearms, as well as across his chest.
  Due to an unknown foot injury, he
  
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• Vehicle hits soldiers in Paris suburb, injuring 6

  09-08-2017 13:28 via wivb.com
  LEVALLOIS-PERRET, France (AP) — French police are searching for a driver who slammed his BMW into a group of soldiers in a Paris suburb Wednesday, injuring six of them in what appeared to be a carefully timed ambush before speeding away, officials said.
  The driver’s motive is unclear, but officials said he deliberately aimed at the soldiers, and counterterrorism authorities opened an investigation. It is the latest of several attacks targeting security forces guarding 
  
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• County Legislature to meet Thursday after Niagara River spill

  09-08-2017 12:54 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Lawmakers in Niagara County will meet this week to talk about last month’s spill in the Niagara River.
  We’re told they could pursue criminal charges.
  An overflow of sediment from a wastewater treatment plant turned part of the river black about a week and a half ago.
  The Niagara Falls Water Board says it was worker error, a pump was allowed to run for too long.
  The Mayor of Niagara Falls had little to say when asked about the spill.
  “The one t
  
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• House in danger of collapsing after morning fire

  09-08-2017 12:28 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Investigators want to know what led to Wednesday morning’s house fire on Allegany St.
  It started around 3:30 a.m.
  In the video above, you can see the flames gutted the home, leaving a big hole in the side of it.
  It was not immediately clear whether or not people were inside the house. Neighbors say it had been vacant for more than a year.
  Overall, the fire caused around $140,000 in damage.
  Firefighters tell us the home will likely be torn down because the secon
  
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• One year after HTI fire in Lockport, an attempt to turn tragedy into legacy

  09-08-2017 05:06 via wivb.com
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) – This week will be one year since the massive HTI tire recycling plant fire on Stevens Street.
  A 14-year-old boy died in the fire, which also destroyed the plant. Over 300 firefighters were on scene at the fire for two days, and the fire almost shut down the city for several days.
  Joe Phillips, 14, and a friend recorded themselves setting fire to parts of an empty building on the property. Phillips died in the fire.
  Some neighbors of the property are trying to turn t
  
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• Buffalo Police ask for assistance to locate missing girl

  09-08-2017 04:50 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Police are looking for the public’s help to locate a missing girl.
  Samantha Scherer has been reported missing from the Bailey and Clinton area.
  Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call 851-4415.
  
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• Penn Dixie giving away eclipse glasses

  09-08-2017 04:46 via wivb.com
  BLASDELL, N.Y. (WIVB) – Want to watch the solar eclipse on Aug. 21?
  You’ll need to do it safely, using special solar eclipse glasses.
  Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve in Blasdell is giving away free pairs at the Visitors Center, located at 4050 North St from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
  Penn Dixie will also be hosting a special eclipse viewing Aug. 21 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors will be able to watch the solar eclipse through
  
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• DOT proposes final draft for changes to Scajaquada Expressway

  09-08-2017 04:46 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Dan Cadzow and his four children sit inside the auditorium at Bulger Communications Center at Buffalo State College. Cadzow’s kids color away – drawing pictures on pieces of paper while Dan listens intently to what the New York State Department of Transportation is reporting on – their latest, and reportedly last, design for bringing changes to the Scajaquada Expressway.
  “It’s a parking lot,” said Cadzow, describing the roadwa
  
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• Trump pledges action, stepped-up enforcement to combat opioid abuse

  09-08-2017 04:37 via wivb.com
  Bridgewater, New Jersey (CNN) – President Donald Trump said Tuesday a stronger law enforcement response is needed to combat the opioid crisis, speaking at his New Jersey golf club and flanked by Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price and acting Director of National Drug Control Policy Richard Baum.“It’s a problem the likes of which we have never seen. Meanwhile, the overall drug prosecutions have gone down in recent years,” Trump said of opioid abuse during
  
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• One injured in rollover accident on Niagara Falls Boulevard

  09-08-2017 02:23 via wivb.com
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – A rollover accident occurred on Niagara Falls Boulevard and Creekside Drive in the Town of Tonawanda around 4 p.m. Tuesday.
  One person was taken to the hospital with injuries believed to be non-life threatening.
   
  
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• Police warn businesses, Texas sports fundraiser a scam

  09-08-2017 01:30 via wivb.com
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) – New York State Police issued a warning Tuesday about a scam targeting businesses in the Town of Clarence. Investigators say Boost Sports, an Internet firm based in Texas, is posing as a fundraiser on behalf of sports teams in the Clarence Central School District.Police suspect Boost Sports is actually a company that changed its name from “Touchdown Sports”, which had been the target of a number of law enforcement agencies.
  The Better Business Bureau gav
  
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• Florida woman admits to killing 11-year-old daughter before driving to Buffalo for visit with girl’s father

  09-08-2017 00:33 via wivb.com
  WEST VIRGINIA (WIVB) – A Jacksonville woman has admitted to police that she killed her 11-year-old daughter after the girl’s body was found inside of a vehicle headed to Buffalo.
  . The body of 11-year-old Kaye-lea Plummer was found inside a car driven by her mother, Erica Newsome when Newsome lost control and crashed in West Virginia by the Virginia border Sunday morning.
  Since the crash, investigators have determined that the child was killed in Jacksonville, and her body was then l
  
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