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• Police looking for Hamburg teenager Abigail Russell

  07-10-2017 22:36 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB)- Town of Hamburg Police are working to locate 15-year-old Abigail Russell.
  Russell was last seen in her Hamburg home around 9 p.m. Friday night. Police believe she left her home on her own free will shortly after that. 
  Abigail is 5’1″ tall, about 115 lbs with brown hair and brown eyes.
  Anyone who has seen her or has information of her whereabouts is asked to contact the Town of Hamburg Police at 716-649-3800 ex 0.
  
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• Police locate Hamburg teenager reported missing

  07-10-2017 22:36 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB)- Town of Hamburg Police have located 15-year-old Abigail Russell.
  Russell was reported missing from her Hamburg home around 9 p.m. Friday night. Police believed she left her home on her own free will shortly after that. 
   
  
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• City of Tonawanda police search for man who assaulted grocery store employee

  07-10-2017 21:44 via wivb.com
  CITY OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB)- City of Tonawanda Police are investigating an assault that happened Wednesday night at a grocery store.
  Police say the man pictured above assaulted a Tops employee following a dispute centered around a debit card. He then fled, possibly getting into a gray Chrysler 200.
  The suspect is a black male and approximately 6 feet tall.
  Anyone with information is asked to call City of Tonawanda Detectives at 692-2121 ext 308.
   
  
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• Rapper Nelly arrested on rape accusation

  07-10-2017 19:48 via wivb.com
  SEATTLE (AP) — Police arrested rapper Nelly early Saturday after a woman said he raped her in a town outside Seattle, an accusation the Grammy winner’s attorney staunchly denied.
  Auburn police spokesman Commander Steve Stocker said Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., was in jail Saturday after being arrested in his tour bus at a Walmart. He will have his first appearance before a judge “at some point,” Stocker said. Nelly was scheduled to perform in Ridgefi
  
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• US Gulf Coast braces for fast-approaching Hurricane Nate

  07-10-2017 19:34 via wivb.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Coastal residents from Louisiana to the Florida panhandle braced for the effects of fast-moving Hurricane Nate, expected to hit sometime Saturday night – likely with Category 2 strength.The National Hurricane Center in Miami projected that Nate would brush by the southeast tip of Louisiana, near the mouth of the Mississippi River, around 7 p.m. Saturday. A late Saturday landfall projected for the Mississippi Gulf Coast posed a multitude of threa
  
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• Single-car crash in Orleans County kills one man

  07-10-2017 18:09 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF MURRAY, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Orleans County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Saturday morning single-vehicle fatal accident.
  According to deputies, around 6:45 a.m. a vehicle traveling northbound on Fancher Road went off the east side of the road, down a ditch, and traveled along the ditch until striking a culvert pipe.
  Deputies say the male driver was transported to Strong West Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 8:21 a.m.
  The driver’s name is not being relea
  
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• Former longtime owners get tour of Swan Street Diner

  07-10-2017 18:04 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Swan Street Diner is now open in Larkinville but it used to call Newark, New York home. The couple who owned and ran the diner there for more than 30 years came to Buffalo today to take a trip down memory lane.
  Like the good old times, the McBrides ordered what they always have for breakfast, “I got eggs over medium and bacon,” said Betty McBride of Newark.
  “Everything omelette,” said James McBride of Newark.
  The Swan Street Diner, formerl
  
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• Better Business Bureau says you can “shred” your way to identity theft protection

  07-10-2017 17:43 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Cars lining up bright and early outside the tops in Cheektowaga, all with one purpose, to shred.
  If you don’t need it, shred it; That’s the motto from the Better Business Bureau.
  That’s why they’re offering a one-day free shredding, to help you protect your identity.
  Melanie McGovern with the Better Business Bureau said, “It’s so important because you get credit card statements every month. You get health insurance, anythi
  
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• Car hits pedestrians outside London museum; some injured

  07-10-2017 16:23 via wivb.com
  LONDON (AP) — British emergency services raced to London’s Natural History Museum after a car struck pedestrians Saturday outside the building. Police said a number of people were injured and one person was detained at the scene.The crash happened at 2:20 p.m. on a day when the central London museum is usually teeming with pedestrians, including international tourists.
  Photographs showed a dented silver car and a man being pinned to the ground outside the mus
  
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• 5 Questions with Eddie Yarbrough

  07-10-2017 16:00 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – He’s a fan favorite and he’s making an impact on the Bills defensive line.  Eddie Yarbrough doesn’t just play a good game — he plays the ukulele pretty good, too.You do not want to miss 5 Questions on Buffalo Kickoff LIVE this week with @EddieYarbrough. Trust me. @news4buffalo #GoBills pic.twitter.com/SJAXlJGVvA
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• The Big Story: Jerry Hughes dominating early in the season

  07-10-2017 07:02 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –
  Number 55 has been go, go, go since the season started. Jerry Hughes is playing at a Pro Bowl level.
  Through four games has three sacks in four games and is already half way to his total in 16 games last season.“He has been phenomenal. He’s been coming off the ball, he has been doing little things,” Head Coach Sean McDermott said.  “It is easy to say, well I don’t want to say it is easy, to be a one-dimensional player and get number
  
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• Sparks rally to stun Trojans, stay perfect

  07-10-2017 05:48 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Week 6 Scores
  Cheektowaga 44, EA/Holland 12 FLancaster 39, Jamestown 6 FPioneer 22, Springville 0 FOrchard Park 17, Hutch-Tech 0 FGrand Island 28, Sweet Home 0 FSouth Park 36, West Seneca East 21 FMedina 58, Alden 34 FDepew 44, Olean 41 FCardinal O’Hara 62, Bishop Timon 0 FStarpoint 40, Williamsville South 6 FAmherst 24, Hamburg 20 FIroquois 30, McKinley 15 FC/S/P 30, Salamanca 0 FDunkirk 18, Albion 15 FClarence 42, Niagara Wheatfield 14 FWilson 52, JFK 28 F
  
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• Community leaders monitoring UB’s late night weekend shuttle

  07-10-2017 05:38 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Community leaders will be out late Friday night to help monitor the ‘late night’ buses at the University at Buffalo. They’re also making sure it doesn’t turn in to what was known as the ‘drunk bus.’
  “It has changed quite a bit,” said Bernard Kunz, who lives in University Heights.
  Neighbors in University Heights say they’re seeing a lot less red cups in their yards these days, thanks to UB ending the stampede late
  
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• Starting Saturday, those convicted of non-violent crimes will be eligible to have crimes sealed

  07-10-2017 03:18 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (WIVB) – Individuals who have remained crime-free for ten years will be able to request that certain New York State convictions be sealed starting Saturday.
  A provision in New York’s “Raise the Age” law will allow eligible individuals to seal up to two misdemeanor convictions, one misdemeanor and one felony conviction, or one felony conviction.
  To be eligible, individuals must have no convictions on their record for at lease ten years and have no charges pending.
  
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• Free child seat safety checks offered in October

  07-10-2017 03:06 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The New York State DMV will offer free child car seat inspections to parents and caregivers in Erie, Monroe, and Wyoming County during the month of October.
  The car seat inspections will be conducted by certified child passenger safety technicians at several locations across Western New York.
   
  October 7       Child Safety Seat Check – Erie County
  2:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
  Catholic Health of Buffalo
  144 Genesee Street, Buffa
  
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• Four pounds of marijuana, over $3,000 cash found in Alden home

  07-10-2017 00:43 via wivb.com
  ALDEN, N.Y. (WIVB) – A two-month Narcotics Unit investigation culminated in the arrest of a Village of Alden man Friday morning.
  The Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant at the Exchange Street residence of Joseph Jurek, 28, at 7:30 a.m. Friday.
  Narcotics Unit member recovered about four pounds of marijuana and $3,800 in cash.
  Jurek was charged with a felony county of criminal possession of marijuana, as well as endangering the welfare of a child due to the fact that Jurek’s 
  
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