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• Local woman raising funds and awareness for cause close to her heart

  09-10-2017 23:18 via wivb.com
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — Debbie Boyer looks off to the side as she is talking about her firstborn child, her daughter, Tina Marie.
  “She loved everybody,” said Boyer. “She’d help out anyone – her family, friends, anybody. It’s the kind of person she was.”
  And that’s part of the reason Boyer has stepped up to help out those who are in violent relationships – it’s what she thinks her daughter would’ve done if she had surviv
  
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• Rabid cat attacks two in Chautauqua County

  09-10-2017 21:32 via wivb.com
  MAYVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – A rabid stray/feral cat attacked two Stockton residents last Thursday, the first instance of a rabid animal in Chautauqua County in 2017.
  The Environmental Health Unit of the Chautauqua County Department of Health and Human Services said that the incident should serve as a warning about what a serious health concern animal rabies is.
  “Pets face a very real risk of exposure which can then translate to human exposure,” said Christine Schuyler, Co
  
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• TE Charles Clay has knee scope, to miss “multiple weeks”

  09-10-2017 20:16 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The injury bug has hit the Bills hard and they received even more bad news on Monday.
  Tight end Charles Clay, who suffered a knee injury in the first quarter of the team’s loss to Cincinnati on Monday, had a procedure and will now miss “several weeks” according to head coach Sean McDermott.
  The head coach was unsure if Clay’s injury would be season ending adding he hadn’t met with team doctors yet.
  Clay was injured while being tackled la
  
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• Mother, children escape truck before it becomes fully engulfed in flames; other driver charged

  09-10-2017 20:05 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF ORANGEVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Warsaw man was arrested following a two-vehicle collision in the Town of Orangeville.
  According to the Wyoming County Sheriff’s office, Joseph Plotz, 57, was headed south on State Route 238 when he stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of Route 20A.
  After doing so, Plotz pulled into the lane of an oncoming, eastbound pickup truck.
  The occupants of the truck, who were a mother and two children, were able to get out of the truck before it becam
  
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• Dove apologizes for Facebook soap ad that many call racist

  09-10-2017 19:45 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Dove is facing heat for a body wash ad showing a black woman taking off her shirt to reveal a white woman, with many social media users calling it racist.
  Dove has removed the post from its Facebook page and posted comments on social media Saturday saying it “missed the mark in representing women of color thoughtfully.” In an emailed statement Sunday, Dove said the ad, a three-second video clip, “did not represent the diversity of real beauty which is some
  
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• Buffalo area ranks higher than average for adults, 25 and older, with four-year degrees

  09-10-2017 19:33 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that the Buffalo area is higher than average when it comes to how many four-year college graduates, 25 or older, live here.
  A report by Buffalo Business First ranked the United States’ 100 biggest metropolitan areas, and Buffalo came in at number 53.
  The data was based on adults who are at least 25 years old.
  According to the report, 31.3 percent of these adults in the U.S. have a bachelor’s degree. 31.5 percent
  
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• SPCA Monday: Spots

  09-10-2017 18:33 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A cat is looking for a new home after his owner passed away.
  Spots is a six-year-old cat who was recently brought to the SPCA Serving Erie County.
  “Spots loves other cats and will sit in your lap as fast as you sit down!” Erie County SPCA President Gary Willoughby said.
  If you’re interested in adopting Spots or another pet, call the SPCA at (716) 875-7360.
  
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• Buffalo police: Grenade found in garage of recently-purchased home

  09-10-2017 17:27 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police say a grenade was found in a home on Baynes St.
  Police requested assistance from the Erie County Bomb Squad after receiving the report.
  According to officers, a woman recently bought a home on the 200 block of the street. The grenade was sitting on a shelf in the garage, seemingly left behind by the home’s previous owner.
  The Bomb Squad said it is uncertain whether or not the grenade is live, but they’re treating it like it is, just in
  
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• Heavy rainfall causes another discharge in Niagara River

  09-10-2017 16:25 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — News 4 has confirmed that another discharge took place in the Niagara River, similar to one that happened last week.
  The discharge was caused by heavy rainfall inundating the plant and sending it over capacity.Maid of the Mist surrounded by black discharge in water at Niagara Falls @news4buffalo pic.twitter.com/Vtf7Y9n2rI
  — Angela Christoforos (@4AngelaC) October 9, 2017
  Last Wednesday, a discharge situation like this occurred. Previous discharge incident
  
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• Tractor-trailer gets stuck under bridge in Buffalo

  09-10-2017 16:08 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police say a tractor-trailer got stuck under a bridge at Fillmore Ave. and Howard St. on Monday morning.
  Police were at the scene and traffic was redirected.
  Around 11:30 a.m., the vehicle was removed and the area was reopened to traffic.
  
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• Dining Out For Life to help HIV treatment and prevention

  09-10-2017 15:54 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Wake Up! team got a taste of a local restaurant that’s helping to raise awareness for HIV and AIDS.
  It’s all part of the 15th annual Dining Out For Life event. This year’s theme is “Chews To Help. Dine Out, Fight AIDS.”
  On Tuesday, western New Yorkers can go out to eat a meal at any of the 90 restaurants participating in Erie, Niagara and Chautauqua counties.
  At least 25 percent of the restaurants’ proceeds will be donated
  
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• University of Rochester grad wins Nobel prize

  09-10-2017 15:20 via wivb.com
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel prize in economics has been awarded to Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago for research showing how people’s choices on economic matters — whether on savings or game shows like “Deal or No Deal” — are not always rational.
  The 9-million-kronor ($1.1-million) prize was awarded to the academic for his “understanding the psychology of economics,” Swedish Academy of Sciences secretary Goran Hansson said
  
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• Giant gourds to be lifted, dropped at The Great Pumpkin Drop

  09-10-2017 14:58 via wivb.com
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Monday, you can head to Clarence for The Great Pumpkin Drop.
  Giant gourds will be lifted, then dropped by a 50-foot crane for all to see at The Great Pumpkin Farm.
  There will also be rides, food and other family fun in honor of Columbus Day.
  Admission on Monday is $18.
  
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• Nate marches across US East Coast, dumping heavy rains

  09-10-2017 13:35 via wivb.com
  BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Nate slogged its way across the U.S. East Coast on Monday, dumping heavy rains and bringing gusty winds to inland states as a tropical depression, a day after Hurricane Nate brought a burst of flooding and power outages to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
  Nate spared the region the kind of catastrophic damage left by a series of hurricanes that hit the southern U.S. and Caribbean in recent weeks.
  Nate — the first hurricane&nb
  
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• Multiple people, including kids, hospitalized after Elba crash

  09-10-2017 12:41 via wivb.com
  ELBA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Several people, including a baby and two children, were rushed to the hospital after an accident in Elba.
  New York State Police say an SUV didn’t yield for pickup truck when they collided and both rolled over.
  It happened on Oak Orchard Rd.
  The driver of the SUV was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital by Mercy Flight.
  The children were taken to the hospital by ambulance, and their conditions are unknown as of Monday morning.
  The driver of the pickup and his pas
  
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• North Tonawanda law punishes parents to help prevent bullying

  09-10-2017 04:35 via wivb.com
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Parents in North Tonawanda could end up behind bars if their child is found bullying others. The North Tonawanda Common Council hopes the new law will help end bullying by holding parents accountable for their children’s actions.
  If a child is caught bullying, or attacking another student, their parent will pay the fine or do the time, according to a law unanimously passed by the North Tonawanda Common Council last week.
  The parent could spend up to 15
  
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• Film producer Harvey Weinstein fired after sexual harassment allegations

  09-10-2017 01:49 via wivb.com
   NEW YORK (AP) — Film producer Harvey Weinstein has been fired from The Weinstein Co., effective immediately, following new information revealed regarding his conduct, the company’s board of directors announced Sunday.Weinstein had previously voluntarily taken a leave of absence following decades of sexual harassment allegations detailed Thursday in a New York Times expose. The board on Friday endorsed that decision. But it went further Sunday, removing Weinstein from the compan
  
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