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• Boil and conserve water order issued for parts of Chautauqua County

  21-10-2017 19:13 via wivb.com
  MAYVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) –  The Chautauqua County Department of Health & Human Services has issued a mandatory order effective immediately to both boil and conserve water for all customers of the Village of Fredonia Public Water System in the Village of Fredonia and Town of Pomfret.
  The Department of Health reports that a major leak was found in the Castel Heights area around 7:30 a.m. The leak was found after the water filter plant operator noted high water usage and decreasing
  
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• President Trump has no plan to block scheduled release of JFK records

  21-10-2017 18:47 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he doesn’t plan to block the scheduled release of thousands of never publicly seen government documents related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.“Subject to the receipt of further information,” he wrote in a Saturday morning tweet, “I will be allowing, as President, the long blocked and classified JFK FILES to be opened.”Subject to the receipt of further information, I will be allow
  
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• VIDEO: Burger King bullying experiment goes viral

  21-10-2017 17:14 via wivb.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Would you stand up if you saw a child being bullied? Burger King put its customers to the test as part of a partnership with NoBully.org.
  Actors were paid to bully and harass a high school junior, who was also an actor, directly in front of other customers in one of the restaurant’s stores. Then, Whopper Juniors were also bullied, hit, smashed and otherwise tortured before being served to customers.The results of this beefy social experiment? Only 12 percent of c
  
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• Niagara Falls girl dreams up community park in her neighborhood

  21-10-2017 17:14 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) –  A run-down park in Niagara Falls is getting a makeover, and it’s all thanks to the big dreams of a 12-year-old-girl.
  Construction is underway to give Gluck Park in Niagara Falls a new look.
  It’s right in the heart Na’Riah Westbrook’s neighborhood. She said, “I always used to come to this park with my friends, and the park was really bad. It had holes in the side, the handlebars would be shaking, so I would be scared. There wa
  
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• Judge tosses $417M award against Johnson & Johnson

  21-10-2017 15:38 via wivb.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Friday tossed out a $417 million jury award to a woman who claimed she developed ovarian cancer by using Johnson & Johnson talc-based baby powder for feminine hygiene.Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Maren Nelson granted the company’s request for a new trial, saying there were errors and jury misconduct in the previous trial that ended with the award two months ago.
  Nelson also ruled that there wasn’t convincing evidence t
  
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• Man shot while sitting in car on Niagara Street

  21-10-2017 14:09 via wivb.com
   BUFFALO (WIVB)- A Buffalo man, 37, is in critical condition at ECMC after being shot in Buffalo.
  Officers responded to a call on the 2000 block of Niagara Street near Hertel Avenue around 2:20 Saturday morning.
  Police say the man was sitting in his car and was shot multiple times.
  Buffalo Police are investigating the incident and ask anyone with information to call or text their confidential tip line at 847-2255.
   
  
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• Man shot while sitting in car on Buffalo’s West Side

  21-10-2017 14:09 via wivb.com
   BUFFALO (WIVB) — A Buffalo man, 37, is in critical condition at ECMC after being shot on Buffalo’s West Side.
  Officers responded to a call on the 2000 block of Niagara Street near Hertel Avenue around 2:20 Saturday morning.
  We’re told the man was sitting in his car and was shot multiple times.
  Buffalo Police are investigating the incident and ask anyone with information to call or text their confidential tip line at: (716) 847-2255.
   
  
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• Man shot while sitting in car at Niagara Street

  21-10-2017 14:09 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO (WIVB) — A 37-year-old man is in critical condition at ECMC after being shot in Buffalo.
  Officers responded to a call in the 2000 block of Niagara Street near Hertel Avenue around 2:20 a.m. Saturday.
  Police say the man was sitting in his car and was shot multiple times.
  Buffalo Police are investigating the incident and ask anyone with information to call or text their confidential tip line at 847-2255.
   
  
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• North Buffalo neighborhood plans for new dog park in honor of Officer Craig Lehner

  21-10-2017 04:48 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Day by day support continues to grow for Officer Craig Lehner as people throughout the community are finding new ways to honor him. Now a North Buffalo neighborhood wants to create a dog park in memory of the K-9 officer and police diver.
  If you drive down Saranac Street in Buffalo, you’ll notice blue ribbons line the block on light poles and blue lights shine outside of homes. There’s even a sign thanking the Buffalo Police Department and remembering Off
  
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• Orchard Park man, 75, charged with sexually abusing fellow residents of apartment complex

  21-10-2017 03:55 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Police have arrested a 75-year-old man for allegedly sexually assaulting several women who lived at the same senior apartment complex.
  Robert Bykowicz, 75, of Orchard Park, was charged with sexual abuse, forcible touching, and a criminal sexual act.
  Police say he not only lived at the complex, but also worked there as the maintenance man.
  He was arrested last week after police received a complaint from the manager of the complex that Bykowicz had sexually assaul
  
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• Niagara Falls Blvd. to get lit up for safety

  21-10-2017 01:28 via wivb.com
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – The towns of Amherst and Tonawanda are taking steps to make a deadly stretch of Niagara Falls Boulevard safer.
  Niagara Falls Blvd. is one of the busiest thoroughfares in Western New York, especially where it separates the two towns, but the only lighting along the 3.3 mile stretch from the Youngmann Expressway to the Niagara County border is vehicle headlights, and the lights of businesses along the route.
  Amherst officials sought out help from the state, and Town
  
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• Case of viral meningitis reported at Batavia High School

  21-10-2017 01:19 via wivb.com
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Parents in the Batavia School District received a call this morning regarding a case of viral meningitis at the high school.
  According to a statement on the district’s website, “Meningitis is caused by a virus and is not fatal.  It can be caused by any one of the common cold or intestinal viruses.  The difference is, it affects the lining of your spinal cord and brain.  It is spread by person-to person contact, or a cough, just as the commo
  
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