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• WNY native seeking bull dog lost during flooding in Texas

  29-08-2017 23:45 via wivb.com
  KATY, TEXAS (WIVB) – A western New York native now living in San Antonio is hoping to find his four-legged friend after the dog was swept off a boat during a rescue mission outside Katy, Texas.When the call went out for extra search and rescue teams in the area over the weekend, Starpoint Central graduate David Scherff didn’t think twice; neither did his partner-in-crime, 3-year-old Frank.
  “I own a shop, he goes to the shop every day, goes into the bank with me, if we go throug
  
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• Police: 2 woman dressed as nuns try to rob Pennsylvania bank

  29-08-2017 20:32 via wivb.com
  TANNERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Police say two women dressed as nuns attempted to rob a bank in Pennsylvania’s Poconos.
  Authorities say the women walked into Citizens Bank near Tannersville on Monday and one brandished a handgun, demanding money from a teller. But they left without taking anything.
  Each woman was wearing a black nun’s habit and veil. One woman also was wearing sunglasses.
  The FBI is investigating and posted bank surveillance photos on Twitter.
  
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• Trump arrives in Texas to get briefed on Harvey recovery

  29-08-2017 18:48 via wivb.com
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Eager to show he’s attentive and on the job, President Donald Trump touched down in storm-ravaged Texas on Tuesday, taking pains not to interfere with Harvey recovery efforts.
  “This was of epic proportion,” the president declared as he met with local officials.
  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters traveling with Trump that the president’s visit would focus on coordination among the levels of governm
  
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• Police investigating death of 2-year-old

  29-08-2017 18:39 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police are investigating the death of a two-year-old.
  Authorities say the child pulled a dresser down onto herself.
  Her death was most likely accidental, police say.
  
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• INDYCAR stops by News 4 ahead of race at Watkins Glen Labor Day weekend

  29-08-2017 18:25 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — “It’s just that sensation of speed when you’re standing up by the fence and you see a car coming by at 150, 200 miles an hour it’s really like nothing else in the world. The sights, the smells, and the sounds,” said Chris Banker, Watkins Glen Senior Manager Public Relations.
  We got to experience all 3 this morning as we drove up and down Elmwood Ave in an INDYCAR. The two seater race car is street legal.
  “It never gets old, every s
  
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• John Lithgow, Blythe Danner shooting film near Rochester

  29-08-2017 18:18 via wivb.com
  GATES, N.Y. (WROC-TV) — Some big time actors are near Rochester.
  John Lithgow and Blythe Danner are in Gates shooting a movie.
  Monday was the the first day of shooting of a low-budget movie. The shooting will last five weeks and more details should be available Tuesday.
  Lithgow was born in Rochester.
  This story was originally posted by WROC, a Nexstar contributing station in Rochester.
  
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• National Hurricane Center: Parts of Houston reach 50 inches of rain

  29-08-2017 18:11 via wivb.com
  HOUSTON (AP modified) — The National Hurricane Center is reporting that some parts of the Houston area have received 50” of rain.
  They are forecasting a relatively small amount of rain Tuesday in the Houston area, only 2 to 3 inches (5 to 7.5 centimeters) — perhaps a little less in Houston proper.
  The National Hurricane Center, though is still saying “relentless torrential rains” will continue over southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisia
  
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• Volkswagen recalls 281K cars because engines can stall

  29-08-2017 17:26 via wivb.com
  (WROC-TV) – Volkswagen is recalling almost 281,000 CC and Passat sedans and wagons in the U.S. because the fuel pumps can fail and cause the cars to suddenly stall.
  The recall covers the CC from the 2009 through 2016 model years, as well as the Passat sedan and wagon from 2006 through 2010. All have four-cylinder gasoline engines.
  The recall has been issued because the fuel pump control computer can lose electrical power. That can stop gas from flowing and cause the engine to stop. The pro
  
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• QB Tyrod Taylor & TJ Yates remain in concussion protocol

  29-08-2017 17:14 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Bills quarterbacks Tyrod Taylor and TJ Yates remain in concussion protocol, head coach Sean McDermott told reporters on Tuesday.
  Taylor, who suffered a concussion in the Bills third preseason game against the Ravens, left in the first quarter after his head bounced off the turf while being sacked.  It is unknown when Yates was injured.
  Short on QBs, the Bills signed Keith Wenning, who was a member of the Ravens practice squad while Rick Dennison served as the te
  
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• BPD officer charged after suspect was injured in March

  29-08-2017 17:00 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Police Department charged an officer with misdemeanor assault and official misconduct after they said the officer injured a suspect in custody.
  Buffalo Police Officer Joseph Hassett was arrested Tuesday and accused of assaulting a suspect on March 18 at the city jail. Hassett is also accused of lying about the incident in a subsequent written statement to authorities.
  The victim, who’s name has not yet been released, was taken to ECMC to be treated
  
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• Bills’ Jerry Hughes donating $25,000 to Harvey relief

  29-08-2017 15:09 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Bills DE Jerry Hughes says he is donating $25,000 toward Tropical Storm Harvey relief efforts.
  In a statement, Hughes wrote this:
  “Fellow Houstonians and Bills Mafia: What is happening in my home city of #Houston is completely devastating and heart-wrenching. Watching this crisis from so far away makes me feel helpless, so I want to do whatever I can to help the victims impacted by this tragedy. I will be donating $25,000 to Mayor Sylvest
  
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• Advance Furniture to close both locations

  29-08-2017 14:46 via wivb.com
  KENMORE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A staple of Kenmore and Williamsville will be closing its doors.
  Advance Furniture will hold a going-out-of-business sale at its stores on 2525 Elmwood Ave. and the Eastern Hills Mall this Thursday.
  The store owner, Frank Pusateri, is preparing to retire at age 88. He founded Advance Furniture in 1954.
  “Our specialty is fine-quality contemporary, European and Scandinavian furnishings,” Pusateri said. “We source furniture from leading manufacturers a
  
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• Vehicle hits woman, bus shelter at Niagara and Hudson

  29-08-2017 14:17 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police say a woman was hit by a vehicle on Monday night.
  According to police, the vehicle was going south on Niagara St. around 9:15 p.m. when it struck the woman near Hudson St.
  After that, the vehicle hit a bus shelter.
  The driver, who was identified as a 34-year-old Buffalo woman, and the pedestrian, were taken to ECMC and later released.
  The driver was charged with driving without a license and running a red light.
  
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• Wake Up! team says goodbye to Brittni Smallwood

  29-08-2017 13:50 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Tuesday is bittersweet on Wake Up! as we say goodbye to Brittni Smallwood.
  See the Wake Up! team’s farewell to her in the video above.
  
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• Hamburg kids raise money for Houston SPCA during catastrophic flooding

  29-08-2017 04:50 via wivb.com
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Since the devastation in Texas, left behind by Tropical Storm Harvey, Western New Yorker’s have been stepping in to help those in need.
  At least 25 people from the region are volunteering in Texas with the American Red Cross.
  Here at home, our youth is also lending a helping hand.
  In Hamburg, a group of kids spent most of Monday waiving down cars and pouring cups of fresh lemonade for 25 cents. The money will be donated to the Houston SPCA to save the animals d
  
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• Houston pastor checks submerged cars to makes sure no one is trapped

  29-08-2017 03:32 via wivb.com
  Brian Roberson was taking a walk around his Houston neighborhood to assess damage from Tropical Storm Harvey Sunday morning when he spotted a middle-aged man entering chest-deep water on Texas State Highway 288.
  The man was slowly making his way toward two SUV’s submerged in water about 30 yards away as men standing on a patch of grass nearby watched.
  They yelled for him not to go any farther. “There’s no point in risking it,” they said.
  But the man was adamant,
  
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• Houston “not out of the woods yet” as Harvey rainfall persists – live updates

  29-08-2017 03:20 via wivb.com
  HOUSTON — The remnants of Hurricane Harvey continued dumping historic levels of rainfall on the Houston area Monday morning as devastating floods swamped the nation’s fourth-largest city. Rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground and overwhelmed rescuers who could not keep up with the constant calls for help.
  The National Weather Service says flooding isn’t expected to peak until Wednesday or Thursday.
  “We are not out of the woods
  
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• The Latest: Police: 2 women victims in library shooting

  29-08-2017 02:46 via wivb.com
  CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting a public library in Clovis, New Mexico (all times local):
  8:30 p.m.
  Authorities say two women were killed in a shooting inside a public library in the eastern New Mexico community of Clovis.
  City officials and law enforcement officers held a news conference late Monday to provide details about the violence that erupted inside the downtown building around 4 p.m. They say the four people who were injured include two men and two women. Their cond
  
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• Resourceful dog runs away from home, returns with bag of food after Harvey

  29-08-2017 02:42 via wivb.com
  (CBS) – When Salvador Segovia’s German shepherd mix, Otis, got loose and disappeared from his backyard Friday night, the Sinton, Texas, resident didn’t completely panic.
  After all, this isn’t the first time the dog has ventured out on his own.
  Otis is well-known in the small town of 5,000.
  “Otis is like the town dog,” local resident Tiele Dockens told CBS News. “I’ve seen him at high school football games, he goes to the local Dairy Queen for cones
  
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• UPDATE: City manager says two dead, four injured following reporting in New Mexico library

  29-08-2017 02:24 via wivb.com
  CLOVIS, N.M. (KRQE) –  UPDATE: The city manager tells a newspaper that two people were killed and four people were injured in a shooting inside a New Mexico public library.
  Clovis police and elected officials also says that the shooter was taken into custody and was being questioned Monday.
  City Manager Tom Phelps told The Eastern New Mexico News on Monday evening that three of the injured were taken to a hospital in Lubbock, Texas. Clovis, a city of about 40,000, is about 200 mi
  
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• Reports: Multiple fatalities, injuries in shooting at New Mexico library

  29-08-2017 02:24 via wivb.com
  CLOVIS, N.M. (KRQE) – Multiple people have been killed and others injured in a shooting at the Clovis-Carver Public Library, according to the Eastern New Mexico News. 
  Eastern New Mexico reports police surrounded the library just after 4 p.m.
  The Clovis Interim City Manager confirms that six people were shot, but would not confirm any fatalities.
  A KRQE News 13 viewer sent video of police arresting a man.
  Vanessa Aguirre told the newspaper she was in the library with he
  
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• Anheuser-Busch will provide water to victims of Hurricane Harvey

  29-08-2017 00:19 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – Over 100,000 cans of water will soon be arriving in Texas for victims of Hurricane Harvey.
  The much-needed water is being donated by Anheuser-Busch, which periodically halts beer production at its Cartersville, Georgia factory to produce canned drinking water for emergencies.
  The water should arrive in Arlington, Texas on Tuesday. About 50,000 cans have already arrived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in anticipation of the heavy rainfall the area may receive as the tropical storm moves e
  
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• Oregon woman braves Hurricane Harvey to be with her elderly dad

  29-08-2017 00:01 via wivb.com
  PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon woman took a red-eye to Texas Thursday night to be with her elderly dad ahead of Hurricane Harvey, and she ultimately helped more than 100 people.
  CBS affiliate KOIN reports that Janet Allison’s dad, Bud, resides at an assisted living facility in League City. After hearing about the storm, Allison said she wanted to be with her father.
  “He’s 90 with Parkinson’s, and I knew I had to be there,” she said.
  On Saturday morning,
  
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