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• Local family searches for answers in 25-year-old hit and run case

  16-08-2017 23:49 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB)- Karen Freeland lost her husband, a musician and the father to her two daughters, almost 25 years ago in a hit and run.
  “It’s like it really just happened. It’s always just like it happened, it doesn’t go away,” she told News 4.
  30-year-old James ‘Jimbo’ Freeland was killed where the 290 and meets the 190 Aug. 22, 1992.
  He was on his motorcycle at the time. The driver who struck him has never been found.
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• 2 flights have fender bender at JFK

  16-08-2017 23:42 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK, N.Y. (CBS) – A Delta flight came in contact with an American Airlines aircraft on the runway at JFK airport in New York on Tuesday night, both airlines confirmed to CBS News.
  The wing on Delta Flight 2503 came in contact with the tail of American Airlines Flight 290, a Boeing 757 that was waiting to depart to Dublin, CBS News’ transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports.
  According to audio from the cockpit on ATC, the Delta aircraft is instructed to move. The Ameri
  
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• Community Action Organization

  16-08-2017 22:28 via wivb.com
  ~Sponsored Promotional Content~ The Community Action Organization is recruiting teachers for a myriad of different classrooms.  They are looking for candidates with all levels of education, from a GED to Masters Degrees.  Candidates will need to complete a full background check and drug screening but once complete are eligible for a full benefits package with the CAO!
  
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• Fugitive on Buffalo Police’s Ten Most Wanted list arrested at Toronto Airport

  16-08-2017 22:10 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A fugitive who made Buffalo Police’s Ten Most Wanted list was arrested at an airport in Toronto Tuesday.
  Christopher McCleary, 49, was arrested without incident by the Toronto Police Fugitive Squad at the Toronto Pearson International Airport as her was about to board a flight to Edmonton.
  In Jan. 2013, McCleary and four were found inside a vehicle during a Buffalo Police traffic stop, with a loaded sawed-off shotgun, a loaded revolver, and two loaded pistols i
  
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• Maine woman died of shock from naked intruder jumping into her bed

  16-08-2017 21:41 via wivb.com
  BURNHAM, Maine (AP) — The state medical examiner’s office says a 72-year-old Maine woman died from a heart attack after a naked trespasser jumped into bed with her during a home invasion.
  The Morning Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2wPj9u9 ) obtained a medical examiner’s report saying Joyce Woods suffered from coronary artery disease and died of shock during the April home invasion.
  Thirty-six-year-old Tara Shibles was indicted in May on manslaughter, aggravated criminal trespassi
  
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• Buffalo police looking for missing 43-year-old woman

  16-08-2017 20:10 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Buffalo are looking for help finding a missing 43-year-old woman.
  Rita Hollis is 5’7″, 170 lbs., and has short black hair.
  Due to being paralyzed on one side of her body, she walks with a limp.
  Rita was last seen at an address on Longnecker St.
  At the time, she was wearing a yellow dress with flowers and white and orange sneakers.
  Anyone with information on where she is or where she’s been should call 911.
  
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• Meet the Candidates: Mark Schroeder

  16-08-2017 19:41 via wivb.com
  Mark Schroeder currently serves as Comptroller for Buffalo.
  He was raised in South Buffalo and attended Public School #72, St. Thomas Aquinas School and Bishop Timon High School.  Schroeder earned an A.A.S. degress from Erie Community College in 1976 and a B.S. from Empire State College in 1982.
  Schroeder served as a member of the New York State Assembly serving the City of Buffalo and portions of Lackawanna, West Seneca and Orchard Park.
  In 2001, Schroeder ran for an open seat in the Erie
  
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• Meet the Candidates: Betty Jean Grant

  16-08-2017 19:28 via wivb.com
  Betty Jean Grant has served as a Democratic Erie County Legislator since 2007. Grant currently represents the 2nd district, after previously serving the 7th district.
  Grant was born and raised in Brighton, Tennessee, a rural town outside of Memphis.
  She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Medaille College  where she graduated magna Cum Laude in 1993.
  Grant also earned a Master of Science degree in Special Education for Buffalo State College.
  She worked as an educator and has
  
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• Meet the Candidates: Byron Brown

  16-08-2017 19:26 via wivb.com
  Byron Brown is the 62nd Mayor of Buffalo and the city’s first African American mayor.
  He previously served as a member of the New York State Senate and Buffalo Common Council.
  Brown was born in Queens, New York and began his political career serving as an aide to local legislators in the Buffalo Common Council, Erie County Legislature and the New York State Assembly.
  As Buffalo Mayor, Brown has been closely involved in the development of the three Seneca Nation casinos built in western New
  
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• Tractor-trailer strikes bridge in Niagara Falls

  16-08-2017 19:20 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — A tractor-trailer driver attempted to go under one of the Grand Island bridges, and ended up striking the bridge.
  The incident happened Wednesday at 8:40 a.m. on Niagara Scenic Parkway.
  The driver, a 49-year-old from Nova Scotia, was charged with failing to obey a traffic control device and exceeding the posted bridge clearance.
  The driver said that he was not paying attention to signs, but was instead just following his GPS.
  The bridge only had minor pain
  
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• Trans-Siberian Orchestra coming back for 2 shows in Buffalo

  16-08-2017 18:43 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Trans-Siberian Orchestra is coming to Buffalo once again for Winter Tour 2017.
  The ensemble will perform their “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve” show twice in the Queen City this December.
  Their KeyBank Center concerts will take place at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16.
  A portion of the money spent on every ticket will go to local charities.
  If you want a ticket, pre-sale begins on Sept. 6 and lasts through the 10th. Tickets for the general public will
  
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• Thousands of volunteers give back for 25th United Way Day of Caring

  16-08-2017 18:16 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Meals on Wheels for Western New York is one of nearly 200 sites where thousands of volunteers donated their time and efforts today as a part of the annual United Way Day of Caring.
  “We really value bringing people together in the community and this is a day where you can see that in action where we’re actually connecting volunteers from local companies and organizations with the non-profits that really need the help,” said Katie Buseck, United Way M
  
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• Cheektowaga neighborhood to get help fixing flooding problem

  16-08-2017 18:02 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Cheektowaga neighborhood is finally getting some help to fix a flooding problem that has cost many of them thousands of dollars in damages over the years.
  When the Kensington Expressway was built years ago, it cut through a lot of neighborhoods — on a raised roadbed, as much as 20 feet high. So when it rains, the runoff goes into ditches and culverts, but when it is a downpour, those culverts can be overwhelmed.
  Cheektowaga folks in the Winston-Vegola nei
  
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• 4-year-old girl found walking on Jamestown street

  16-08-2017 17:26 via wivb.com
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 4-year-old girl was found walking on a Jamestown street on Wednesday morning.
  The non-verbal, Hispanic child was spotted on the 800 block of E. 2nd St.
  She was wearing a blue Minecraft shirt, blue jeans and pink Crocs.
  She was taken to the Jamestown Police Department before one of her parents was located.
  This all happened a little after 10:30 this morning. A neighbor alerted police to the unattended child.
  Once police picked her up, the child was not able to com
  
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• 2-year-old girl found walking on Jamestown street

  16-08-2017 17:26 via wivb.com
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — An approximately 2-year-old girl was found walking on a Jamestown street on Wednesday morning.
  The non-verbal, Hispanic child was spotted on the 800 block of E. 2nd St.
  She was wearing a blue Minecraft shirt, blue jeans and pink Crocs.
  She was taken to the Jamestown Police Department before one of her parents was located.
  No arrests have been announced.
  
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• Store offers football-speaker inspired by Rob Gronkowski

  16-08-2017 16:41 via wivb.com
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Brookstone is offering a new product named after New England Patriots tight end and Williamsville native Rob Gronkowski.
  The Gronkball is “a bluetooth speaker you can throw,” according to the company.
  The football has a 90-foot bluetooth range and can play music for five hours at a time.
  It weighs 11.5 ounces and has customizable light-up stripes and laces.
  So far, it has received positive reviews on Brookstone’s website and is listed for $79.
  
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• Man drives himself to hospital after getting stabbed in the neck

  16-08-2017 16:07 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man is expected to survive after getting stabbed in the neck in Niagara Falls.
  Niagara Falls police say they went to the 400 block of 9th St. around 1:45 a.m. Wednesday. There, they found blood on the sidewalk, but no injured person.
  Shortly after that, a man, who was profusely bleeding from the neck, arrived at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.
  Police say he drove himself three blocks from 9th St.
  The stabbing victim’s carotid artery had been punc
  
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• Researchers repairing tissue and organs with the touch of a chip

  16-08-2017 14:09 via wivb.com
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WIVB) — Researchers at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Engineering are revolutionizing regenerative medicine.
  They are repairing tissue and organs with the touch of a chip.
  The new, tiny technology is being referred to as TNT. Researchers claim it can generate any cell type for treatment within the patient’s own body.
  Researchers studied mice and pigs and were able to reprogram skin cells to become vascular cells in badly injured legs th
  
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• Report: Higher premiums if Trump halts ‘Obamacare’ subsidies

  16-08-2017 13:35 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Premiums for a popular type of individual health care plan would rise sharply, and more people would be left with no insurance options if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to stop “Obamacare” payments to insurers, the Congressional Budget Office says.
  The nonpartisan number crunchers also estimated that cutting off payments that now reduce copays and deductibles for people of modest incomes would add $194 billion to federal deficits over a decade
  
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• Driver leads deputies on chase through southtowns

  16-08-2017 12:54 via wivb.com
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — News 4 is trying to find out why a driver led Sheriff’s deputies on a chase through several towns.
  The chase ended on Southwestern Blvd. near Pleasant Ave. in Hamburg.
  Deputies were seen going through a suspect’s vehicle, which had a tire that was ripped to shreds.
  Four people were taken into custody, according to deputies.
  It is not clear where the chase started, or why the people in the vehicle refused to stop.
  News 4 will provide more information
  
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• Paving project closes lanes on Niagara St.

  16-08-2017 12:41 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — If you’re driving through Buffalo’s west side on Wednesday morning, be on the lookout for workers on Niagara St.
  The workers will be between Virginia St. and Porter Ave.
  Some of the lanes are closed due to a paving project.
  Workers have been out since 4 a.m., and should be done by Noon.
  
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• Work underway on Buffalo mural depicting civil rights leaders

  16-08-2017 06:30 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Civil rights leaders are being celebrated in Buffalo through a new mural at the northern entrance of the Michigan Street African American Corridor.
  The Albright-Knox started with a vision for the Freedom Wall months ago and now four local artists are bringing it to life. The artists are John Baker, Julia Bottoms-Douglas, Chuck Tingley, and Edreys Wajed.
  The individuals involved in the project told News 4 there is no way to tell the history of civil rights through these
  
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• Erie County Sheriff’s deputy and K-9 find family lost in the woods at night

  16-08-2017 04:56 via wivb.com
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) – An Erie County Sheriff’s deputy and his K-9 partner rescued a family who became lost in the woods at a local campground.
  Deputy Girdler and his partner Loki responded to reports of a family lost in the woods in the branches surrounding the Niagara Campground in Grand Island on Saturday, just before 10 p.m.
  The family was in contact with sheriff’s dispatchers but their cell phone was running out of power and they didn’t have a flashlight.
  It too
  
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• Lawsuit claims rodent was baked into Chick-fil-A sandwich

  16-08-2017 04:18 via wivb.com
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A lawsuit claims a suburban Philadelphia woman got an extra topping on her Chick-fil-A sandwich: a dead rodent.
  Ellen Manfalouti sued in Bucks County Court over the tiny rodent she claims was baked into the bottom bun of her chicken sandwich.
  A co-worker picked up the sandwich for her at a Langhorne restaurant in November, and the two started to eat in a conference room at the insurance agency where they work.
  “I felt something funny on the bottom of the bun,&rdqu
  
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• TRAFFIC ALERT: Lane striping planned for newly paved section of Niagara Street

  16-08-2017 03:55 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Work crews will be marking and striping the newly paved section of Niagara Street from Virginia Street to Porter Avenue. The work will start at 4 a.m. Wednesday.
  The striping will mark Phase 2 of the project, which at its completion will extend all the way down Niagara Street to Ontario Street.
  Work is expected to be completed by mid- to late morning.
  Motorists should expect lane restrictions for that section of Niagara Street.
  The total cost of the Niagara Gateway P
  
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• SUV carrying family of eight rolls over in Batavia

  16-08-2017 03:27 via wivb.com
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Three people were taken to a hospital with minor injuries after their SUV went off the road, struck a tree, a light post, and some post signs at Ellicott Street and Jackson Street at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.
  A family of eight was inside of the SUV. According to City of Batavia Police, the family had been returning to the Lockport area from a vacation.
  The SUV had been traveling north on Ellicott Street when the SUV left the roadway for some unknown reason.
  Th
  
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• Headed to Guns N’ Roses on Wednesday? Here’s what to know

  16-08-2017 03:03 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Headed to New Era Field tomorrow to see Guns ‘N Roses?
  The field’s game-day policies will still be in effect for this show, including the tobacco-free policy. Tobacco products are strictly prohibited, including e-cigarettes and lighters.
  Fans are reminded that the NFL’s bag policy is still in effect for this concert. Small clutch bags about the size of a hand (4.5″ by 6.5″) are permitted, as well as clear bags equal to 12″ by
  
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• DEC investigating another potential discharge from Niagara Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant

  16-08-2017 02:29 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – The DEC is currently investigating a potential discharge from the Niagara Falls Wastewater Treatment plant, the DEC announced in a statement Tuesday.
  DEC Environmental Conservation Officers and technical staff responded to a call today at about 3:40 p.m. regarding the presence of discolored water from the main outfall near the Maid of the Mist dock.
  A high intensity storm was reported in that area that may have contributed to the potential discharge, the statem
  
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• WNY children receive free prosthetic hands thanks to “Hand in Hand” program

  16-08-2017 01:05 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — For 5-year-old Liam some of the small things in day to day life are now going to be a bit easier.
  “When he rides his bike it’ll help him center his balance a little so he’s not leaning to the left, swing on the swing set,” said Liam’s mom Kelly Hilliker.
  Liam was born without a left hand, due to a rare syndrome.
  “The amniotic bands wrap around his, or any limb in cut the circulation in his case his left arm. It amputated his left h
  
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• Trump on Charlottesville: “I think there’s blame on both sides”

  16-08-2017 00:28 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK, N.Y. (CNN) – President Trump’s planned statements on infrastructure derailed into explosive comments about the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which the president defended his Saturday statement that there was hatred and violence, “on many sides.”
  Mr. Trump, speaking from a podium at Trump Tower on Tuesday, said the “alt-left” bears some responsibility for the violence in Charlottesville, and “nobody wants to say that,” blaming
  
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• State Parks Police conducting active investigation at Niagara Falls

  16-08-2017 00:18 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – New York State Parks Police are conducting an active investigation at Niagara Falls, where there have been reports that an adult female went over the Horseshoe Falls.
  State Parks Police have confirmed that there is an active investigation currently happening. ‘
  We’ll have more details as they become available.
   
  
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• Man charged with DWI following crash into tree in City of Tonawanda

  16-08-2017 00:09 via wivb.com
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Kenmore man is facing DWI charges after striking a tree in the City of Tonawanda Tuesday afternoon.
  Andrew R. Schlegel, 33, of Wabash Avenue, was charged with DWI, unreasonable speed in a rain storm, making an improper left turn, and unsafe lane usage after crashing into a tree at the corner of Canton Street and Cranbrook Drive at 2 p.m.According to City of Tonawanda Police, Schlegel told officers he had been “doing shots of vodka” at a local bar.
  Sch
  
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• Residents express ‘shock’ over racist graffiti at school playground

  16-08-2017 00:03 via wivb.com
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – Authorities in Amherst are investigating a case of racist graffiti spray-painted on a playground slide at Windermere Boulevard Elementary School.The images scrawled across playground equipment appear to resemble a Star of David and a Nazi swastika.“I think that’s the worst thing I ever heard,” said Carol Wilbon, a longtime resident of the neighborhood.“I know this did not have anything to do with anybody in this neighborhood. This had to come
  
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