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• Arrest made in June hit and run accident in Grand Island

  30-08-2017 22:23 via wivb.com
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) – New York State Police have made an arrest in a June hit and run accident in Grand Island that left a 53-year-old Grand Island woman seriously injured.
  Edward J. Kuebler III, 27, of Tonawanda, has been charged with leaving the scene of a serious personal injury accident, an E felony.
  On June 13, the Ram pick-up operated by Kuebler was traveling on East River Road when it struck Dana Papaj, who was walking her dog.
  Kuebler failed to stop after the collision and fl
  
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• Sabres begin training camp on Sept. 14

  30-08-2017 22:06 via wivb.com
  The quest to end a six year postseason drought officially begins Sept. 14 when the Buffalo Sabres officially report to training camp.
  Players will hit the ice for the first time on Sept. 15 at HarborCenter with all practice sessions open to the public.
  Friday, Sept. 15Session one: 9:45 – 10:30 a.m. (KeyBank Rink)Session two: 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (KeyBank Rink)
  Saturday, Sept. 16Session one: 9:45 – 10:20 a.m. (New Wave Energy Rink) / 10:25 – 11:15 a.m. (KeyBank Rink)Ses
  
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• Bodies of 6 family members recovered, bringing Harvey death toll to at least 21

  30-08-2017 21:57 via wivb.com
  (AP) – The overall death toll from Harvey is at least 21.
  Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez says the bodies of six members of a Houston family have been recovered from a van that was swept off a Houston bridge and into a storm-ravaged bayou.
  Gonzales says relatives returned to the scene Wednesday to look for signs of the van and notified authorities after spotting part of it poking above the water and seeing two bodies in the front seat.
  The van was recovered from about 10 feet (3 meters)
  
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• News 4 Red Cross Harvey Relief Telethon

  30-08-2017 21:00 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — News 4 will hold a telethon to raise money for Harvey relief efforts at the American Red Cross on Delaware Ave. this Thursday.
  The telethon will take place from Noon until 6:30 p.m.
  Tune in to WIVB and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for live updates.
  
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• Waiting Room closes after 4 years in business

  30-08-2017 19:03 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A popular music venue in Buffalo is shutting its doors.
  Waiting Room has closed after four years in business.
  Owner Chris Ring thanked the venue’s supporters in a statement:
  “To all of our friends, to all of the artists and to all of the patrons who have supported us over the past 4 years, I have some bad news.  Its with the heaviest of hearts that I have to report, effective immediately, the Waiting Room and Studio at Waiting have closed their doors
  
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• The Beach Boys to perform at Riviera Theatre

  30-08-2017 18:39 via wivb.com
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Beach Boys are coming to the Riviera Theatre this November.
  The band will perform at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 19.
  Doors open an hour before that.
  Pre-sale tickets will be available on Thursday and Friday and the public sale will begin on Friday at 10 a.m.
  Prices for reserved seating go from $58 to $110.
  Anyone who wants to buy tickets can go to the Riviera Theatre Box Office, call them at (716) 692-2413 or go to RivieraTheatre.org.
  
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• Teachers shop for free school supplies at the “Teacher’s Desk”

  30-08-2017 18:19 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Today, at the “Teacher’s Desk” on Northampton Street in Buffalo, 80 teachers are getting $1000 worth of free school supplies. They’ll grab a cart as soon as they walk in, they’ll grab a shopping checklist, and they have thousand of supplies to choose from.
  “They come from Ripley to Rochester from Niagara Falls to Salamanca, Jamestown and a bunch in between there’s 230 schools that shop here now,” said John Mika, Teacher
  
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• Comptroller wants to hear Erie County employees’ bed bug concerns

  30-08-2017 18:13 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw wants Erie County employees to report bed bug concerns.
  On Wednesday, the county’s Whistleblower Hotline was announced.
  “When bed bugs were found in my office, I immediately sent my union employees home,” Mychajliw said. “Our dedicated workers deserve a clean and safe work environment. People should not be forced to work in a disgusting, bug infested environment.”
  Mychajliw says multiple floo
  
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• Allstate simulator on UB campus convincing students to ‘X the TXT’

  30-08-2017 17:41 via wivb.com
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – Stop texting and driving. That’s the lesson Allstate was hoping UB students would carry with them after taking a turn in the Reality Rides simulator Wednesday.
  Several organizations use texting and driving simulation technology to try to convince drivers to put their cell phones down behind the wheel. Allstate is traveling the country with its own virtual reality experience that puts people in the drivers seat of a real Jeep.
  Drivers use the vehicle’s act
  
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• Electrician dies after accident at Ken-Ton school building

  30-08-2017 17:32 via wivb.com
  KENMORE, N.Y. (WIVB) — An official with the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda Schools says an electrical sub-contractor has died after an accident in a district building.
  He passed away on Wednesday after the incident at Kenmore West High School.
  Officials did not specify what happened that led to him being electrocuted.
  “The hearts and thoughts of staff are with the worker’s family and friends, and our sincerest sympathies are extended to all those affected by this loss,” the sc
  
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• Man accused of breaking into ex’s home, pointing gun at new boyfriend

  30-08-2017 15:45 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man is accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and pointing a gun at her boyfriend.
  Orchard Park police say Michael O’Neill broke into the apartment on Tuesday night around 7:30 p.m.
  According to the woman, O’Neill broke her front door in the process.
  After this, police say he left in his vehicle.
  Hours later, after a search for him, O’Neill turned himself in, police say. Authorities say the gun was recovered.
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• Local health center opens new pediatric unit

  30-08-2017 15:03 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A neighborhood clinic in Buffalo now has a special section for patients age 18 and under.
  Community Health Center of Buffalo on Benwood Ave. opened its new pediatric unit on Tuesday.
  It offers a place for boys and girls in the area of Main St., Amherst St. and University District to receive care.
  The funding that helped build the expansion may not be around for very long.
  “It’s important funding that has to be renewed by Congress, which is fundamenta
  
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• Stowaway kitten hides in engine compartment while driver travels to another state

  30-08-2017 13:44 via wivb.com
  NATICK, Mass. (WIVB) — After going for the ride of a lifetime, one little kitten is getting a new home.
  A truck driver found a four-month-old kitten hiding in his engine compartment.
  He thinks the cat was seeking the heat of the engine the night before and ended up traveling from Massachusetts to Connecticut.
  It wasn’t until he brought the vehicle in for a checkup that she was spotted.
  The technician who found the kitten did not want to put her in a shelter, so he took her home, nami
  
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• Triceratops skull, skeleton dug up in Colorado

  30-08-2017 13:32 via wivb.com
  THORNTON, Colo. (AP) — A dinosaur fossil has been discovered in Colorado by construction workers.
  The bones and skull of a triceratops were found last Friday in Thornton at the construction site of a new public safety building.
  Denver Museum of Nature and Science curator of dinosaurs Joe Sertich says the find is one of three triceratops skulls found along the Colorado Front Range and has likely been laying there for at least 66 million years,
  A horn and shoulder bl
  
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• Wing King Drew Cerza comes to Wake Up! ahead of Wing Fest

  30-08-2017 13:01 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Chicken wings are an iconic symbol here in Buffalo, and this weekend, there’s a whole festival to celebrate the delicious food.
  The Wing King himself, Drew Cerza, came to Wake Up! on Wednesday morning.
  He told us about what kinds of wings people will be able to test out at the National Buffalo Wing Festival, or as many call it, “Wing Fest.”
  The 16th annual festival is this weekend at Coca-Cola Field. It will take place on Saturday from Noon to 9 p.m
  
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• Harvey comes ashore again, now in Louisiana

  30-08-2017 12:41 via wivb.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — The National Hurricane Center says Harvey is back on land after coming ashore early Wednesday just west of Cameron, Louisiana. The tropical storm is expected to weaken and continue to the north.
  The storm returned to land about 5 miles (8 kilometers) west of Cameron with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72 kph).
  Center meteorologist Dennis Feltgen said Tuesday that when Harvey came back to shore, “it’s the end of the beginning.”
  Harvey
  
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• Coastal residents try to recover from Harvey’s devastation

  30-08-2017 12:26 via wivb.com
  ROCKPORT, Texas (AP) — While live rescues from Houston’s swift floodwaters flicker on television screens around the world, Hurricane Harvey’s first victims in the coastal city of Rockport pluck through what’s left of their soggy belongings searching for treasured keepsakes.
  The storm came ashore Friday night, battering the coast with 140 mph (225 kph) winds, heavy rains and a storm surge as high as 5 feet (1.5 meters).
  Even though his family’s uninsured be
  
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• Great Pumpkin farm to open Sept. 16 and 17

  30-08-2017 04:58 via wivb.com
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Great Pumpkin Farm annual fall festival is kicking off soon in Clarence!
  The annual festival- now in its 22nd year- starts Sept. 16-17.
  Opening weekend of the festival has been declared “Armed Forces Weekend”, in collaboration with WNY Heroes, Inc. The regular admission fee will be waived for military, police, or fire department personnel with proper ID.
  The festival runs seven weekends. Annual activities such as the World Pumpkin Pie Eating Con
  
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• Parkside residents send message to drivers to slow down

  30-08-2017 04:57 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —  People living in Buffalo’s Parkside neighborhood are telling drivers to slow down. It’s not a new issue, but neighbors are finding new ways to warn drivers about children at play.
  “There’s a lot of cut through traffic happening through Parkside now that it’s single lane in each direction, so people treat it like an expressway in the neighborhood,” said Sarah Ham, resident.
  The last study conducted in the neighborhood was abou
  
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• Mattis announces panel to analyze transgender military guidance

  30-08-2017 04:28 via wivb.com
  Washington (CNN) – Defense Secretary James Mattis on Tuesday announced the creation of a panel to recommend how the military should put President Donald Trump’s new transgender military guidance into effect.But for now, the current policy allowing transgender individuals already in the military to serve will remain in place, Mattis said in the statement.On Friday, Trump officially advised the military to curb an Obama-era plan that would have allowed transgender individuals to
  
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• Buffalo man pleads guilty to weapons charges following November police chase

  30-08-2017 04:25 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Buffalo man has pleaded guilty to gun possession after leading police on a car chase last November.
  Jason Bishop, 30, of Wakefield Avenue, pleaded guilty to second degree criminal possession of a weapon in court Tuesday.
  According to the Erie County DA’s Office, Bishop was involved in a domestic dispute with his girlfriend on Nov. 27 on Townsend Street when he pulled out a pistol and shot it into the air. Police responded to the scene and Bishop fled the seen
  
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• Arizona woman arrested in connection with shooting death of Orleans County woman

  30-08-2017 03:05 via wivb.com
  BROCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) – An arrest has been made in the deadly shooting of an Orleans County woman.
  Megan Dix, a 34-year-old mother, was having her lunch break last Friday near the parking lot of the Brockport Lowe’s store that she worked at. She was found shot to death.
  CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/Megan Dix 
  Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a 32-year-old Arizona woman, Holly Marie Colino, in connection with the death.
  The murder appears to have been totally random.
  Di
  
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• Video: Celery, More Than a Veggie

  30-08-2017 02:55 via wivb.com
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-    Since 2011, Bisons fans have been able to count on one thing when they head to the ballpark. Celery enters the homestretch of his racing career with nearly 450 losses and NO WINS. Can he finally chase down a victory or will he race into retirement as a winless and withered?
  A Celery Salute 
  TWAS’ THE MORNING OF RACE DAYAND ALL THRU THE PARKCELERY WAS TRAINING.. HIS FINAL RACE SOON TO EMBARK.
  YOU SEE CELERY IS RETIRINGAND HANGING UP HIS SHOES44
  
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• Police ID teen suspect in fatal New Mexico library shooting

  30-08-2017 02:39 via wivb.com
  CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — Authorities on Tuesday identified the gunman accused of opening fire inside a New Mexico public library as a 16-year-old high school student who they say killed a youth librarian and a second employee while wounding four people, including a 10-year-old boy. Witnesses said the teen seemed to fire randomly during the rampage.
  Nathaniel Jouett will face two counts of first-degree murder, four counts of assault with intent to commit a violent felony, four counts of aggravat
  
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• Mayor imposes curfew in Houston

  30-08-2017 02:06 via wivb.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner says he is imposing a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew in order to ensure public safety.
  Turner says at a news conference Tuesday that there is no reason for people to be on the streets during those hours.
  Police Chief Art Acevedo said violators will be stopped, questioned, searched and arrested.
  There have been scattered reports of looting during the flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey.
  Forecasters say heavy rains are continuing to spread over so
  
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• DOT announces major traffic changes for Skyway during reconstruction project

  30-08-2017 01:02 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Some major rehab work is getting set to begin on the Skyway — but some say multi-million dollars that will be used is a waste of money.
  Congressman Brian Higgins is one of those who believes the Skyway’s time has come and gone and an alternative should be found. The New York State Department of Transportation says not doing the maintenance work is not an option.
  DOT revealed its plans for the project and how it’ll impact drivers during a public meet
  
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• Coast Guard searching for two overdue fishermen from Cleveland

  30-08-2017 01:01 via wivb.com
  CLEVELAND, OHIO (WIVB) — Authorities near Cleveland are searching for two overdue fishermen on a 22-foot white Starcraft with green trim who did not return to their marina in Cleveland Monday evening.
  The U.S. Coast Guard received a call at 9:30 p.m. Monday from the daughter of one of the missing fishermen, who reported that the fisherman’s vehicle was still parked at the marina and that calls to their cell phones went straight to voicemail.
  The Coast Guard plans to continue searchin
  
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• At 98, Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours passenger sets new record for oldest rider

  30-08-2017 00:49 via wivb.com
  LEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB) – Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours recently surpassed their own record for oldest passenger ever on board with a 98-year-old rider.
  Mildred Cummigs, 98, of Lewiston, enjoyed a “Wet Jet Tour” from the Lewiston location on Aug. 11. Before Cummings’ trip, the previous age for the oldest passenger partaking in a Whirlpool jet boat tour was 96, in 2007.
  Cummings visited as part of a group tour organized by Mountview Assisted Living, where she resides.
  Also on the
  
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