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• GALLERY: Officer Craig Lehner is laid to rest

  25-10-2017 21:50 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Police Officer Craig Lehner was laid to rest Wednesday in Forest Lawn Cemetery. His funeral service was held at Keybank Center.Thousands of members from law enforcement agencies around the nation and Canada are preparing to say a final farewell to BPD Ofc. Lehner pic.twitter.com/LkxITFu9Vw
  — Ali Ingersoll (@AliIngersoll4) October 25, 2017
  The service was attended by thousands of members of law enforcement from around the U.S. and Canada. GALLERY: Office
  
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• Dunkirk may experience brief, city-wide power outage

  25-10-2017 20:01 via wivb.com
  DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dunkirk police warned that there may be a city-wide power outage.
  The outage is expected to last 15-30 minutes.
  Police received this information from National Grid.
  
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• Officer Lehner’s partner: “His vast presence is still here with us”

  25-10-2017 19:04 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — During the funeral for Officer Craig Lehner, his partner in the Buffalo Police Department, Officer Tommy Champion, spoke.
  Watch Champion remember his partner in the video above.
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• Tonawanda native Jeff Glor named next anchor of “CBS Evening News”

  25-10-2017 17:59 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News stayed within its ranks on Wednesday to name correspondent Jeff Glor as anchor of the “CBS Evening News,” a storied broadcast led by Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather in the past but now a distant third in the television ratings.
  Glor, a Tonawanda native, replaces Scott Pelley, who was forced out awkwardly this spring after six years. Anthony Mason has been filling in since Pelley returned to “60 Minutes” full-time.
  CBS News President David Rho
  
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• Fats Domino, rock ‘n’ roll pioneer has died at age 89

  25-10-2017 17:24 via wivb.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fats Domino, the amiable rock ‘n’ roll pioneer whose steady, pounding piano and easy baritone helped change popular music while honoring the traditions of the Crescent City, has died. He was 89.
  Mark Bone, chief investigator with the Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, coroner’s office, said Domino died of natural causes early Tuesday.
  In appearance, he was no Elvis Presley. He stood 5-feet-5 and weighed more than 200 pounds, with a wide, b
  
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• Tonawanda man facing multiple charges including robbery, assault

  25-10-2017 17:10 via wivb.com
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Tonawanda man is facing multiple charges after an August 22 incident.
  During that month, police say “a male victim was allegedly pulled into a vehicle, beat up, thrown out of the vehicle and ran over.”
  According to Tonawanda police, there was a dispute involving some type of debt that was owed.
  Joseph Schmitt, 27, who also has an outstanding warrant out of Amherst, faces the following charges:
  Robbery
  Assault
  Strangulation
  Conspiracy
  Grand Larcen
  
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• Jackpot-winning TAKE 5 ticket sold in Hamburg

  25-10-2017 16:19 via wivb.com
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — A jackpot-winning TAKE 5 ticket was sold in Hamburg.
  The ticket for the October 24 drawing was purchased at Lakeshore Mini Mart on Lakeshore Rd. It is worth $18,444.50.
  The winning numbers for the Tuesday drawing were 03-12-18-25-30.
  Three other top prize-winning tickets were sold in Elmont, Manhattan and the Bronx.
  TAKE 5 drawings are televised every evening at 11:21 p.m.
  Winning tickets must be cashed within one year of the drawing.
  
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• Two-year-old boy allegedly shot in head by father dies

  25-10-2017 16:04 via wivb.com
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC-TV) — Two-year-old Zayden Phillips has died after he was shot inside of a home on Walnut Street in Rochester last week.
  Strong Memorial Hospital confirmed the toddler’s death Wednesday morning.
  On Oct. 20, police arrested Zayden’s father, Charles Phillips, for the shooting.
  According to a felony complaint, Charles shot Zayden in the head with a handgun.
  Charles is charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon. He previou
  
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• 3 charged with drug, weapon possession in Jamestown

  25-10-2017 15:51 via wivb.com
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — On Tuesday afternoon, three people were arrested following a search of a residence in Jamestown.
  Jamestown and Lakewood-Busti police obtained a search warrant amid an investigation involving a burglary.
  Authorities say the burglary took place in the Town of Busti.
  When officers, who were assisted by the Jamestown Police SWAT team, got into the Hedges Ave. residence in Jamestown, they say they found three handguns, cocaine and drug paraphernalia.
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• LIVE STREAM: Funeral for Officer Craig Lehner

  25-10-2017 14:46 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Watch our live coverage of Officer Craig Lehner’s funeral here.
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• Say Yes Buffalo receives big boost

  25-10-2017 14:28 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An organization that supports education has received a big boost.
  Say Yes Buffalo was awarded a $250,000 grant through the 2017 Youth Workforce Fund.
  It’s part of an initiative to give young adults training to access jobs and internships.
  Say Yes Buffalo says it will expand the Career Pathways program with the money from Citi Foundation.
  
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• Man confesses to running sex trafficking ring out of Amherst motel

  25-10-2017 14:18 via wivb.com
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man has admitted to running a sex trafficking ring out of a motel.
  Derek Harris, 23, pleaded guilty to charges of Sex Trafficking and Promoting Prostitution.
  Harris confessed to running the illegal business out of the Boulevard Inn motel in Amherst.
  The Erie County District Attorney’s office said his victims were as young as 14 years old.
  Harris will be sentenced next month, and faces up to 25 years in prison.
  
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• Turner & Taylor hammer homers in Dodgers’ Series opener win

  25-10-2017 13:53 via wivb.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — T ‘n T proved dynamite again for the Dodgers.
  Chris Taylor and Justin Turner, co-MVPs of the NL Championship Series, produced all Los Angeles’ runs on homers in the Dodgers’ 3-1 victory over the Houston Astros in the World Series opener Tuesday night.
  Taylor wasted no time leading off against Astros ace Dallas Keuchel, stroking an 88 mph fastball on Keuchel’s first pitch into left field for a 1-0 lead.
  Turner followed suit, lofting a two
  
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• New York State Police K-9 dies in friendly fire incident

  25-10-2017 13:32 via wivb.com
  GREIG, N.Y. (AP) — A New York State Police dog named after a trooper killed in the line of duty has died in a friendly fire incident while being attacked by a pit bull.
  State police say troopers were helping the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office search a residence in the eastern Adirondacks late Monday night when a pit bull ran out of the house and began attacking Trooper Shaun Smith’s K-9 partner, a 3-year-old Belgian-Malinois named Will.
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• Sheriff’s spokesman: 2 killed on Grambling State campus

  25-10-2017 12:21 via wivb.com
  GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — A sheriff’s spokesman says a student and his friend were fatally shot at Grambling State University after an altercation that began in a dorm room, and the shooter fled the scene.
  Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s spokesman Stephen Williams says detectives are at the scene of the double homicide, assisting campus police, after getting 911 calls starting at 12:04 a.m. Wednesday.
  “It was an altercation that started inside one of the dorm rooms and spi
  
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• Buffalo’s tax foreclosure sale is raking in the money

  25-10-2017 04:42 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo’s three-day tax foreclosure sale at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center could turn out to be one of the city’s most lucrative foreclosure auctions in recent history.
  The auction attracts investors and entrepreneurs from other cities, and around the world because of Buffalo’s relatively low real estate prices but prospective bargain hunters are finding out why the Queen City is considered one of the hottest real estate markets in the countr
  
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• Akron High School Principal shares memories of Officer Lehner

  25-10-2017 04:37 via wivb.com
  AKRON, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Akron community is mourning the loss of Buffalo Police K-9 Officer and Diver Craig Lehner. He graduated from Akron High School in 2001.
  Principal Joe Lucenti will be among the thousands of people to attend Officer Lehner’s funeral Wednesday at Key Bank Center.
  Looking back at Officer Lehner’s senior yearbook, Principal Lucenti showed us how many lives his former student touched.
  “We were a better school because of Craig and I think Buffalo and Weste
  
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• Up to $10,000 offered for info in theft of six handguns from Rochester arms dealer

  25-10-2017 04:32 via wivb.com
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) have offered a joint reward of $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for stealing firearms from a federally licensed firearms dealer in Rochester.
  Sometime between the hours of 5:15 p.m. on Oct. 5 and 9:50 a.m. Oct. 6, someone burglarized Turnpike Lodge Guns and Gear and stole six handguns.
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• Sabres shut out Red Wings, pick up first victory at home

  25-10-2017 04:11 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Sabres have snapped their winless streak at home, beating Detroit 1-0 on Tuesday evening.
  After a scoreless first period, the Sabres struck for their only goal on the night when Benoit Pouliot wrapped around the net for his second of the season.
  Victor Antipin and Taylor Fedun also recorded assists on the score, it was Antipin’s first career NHL point.
  Robin Leher was impressive in net for Buffalo, facing 32 shots in the shut out, it is the sixth
  
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• Europe’s first underwater restaurant to open in Norway

  25-10-2017 02:38 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – Europe will soon see its first underwater restaurant, according to the project’s Norwegian architects. The planned concrete structure features a 36-foot wide panoramic window and is designed to become part of the marine environment. It’s expected to be completed by early 2019, with construction work starting in February 2018, at the southernmost point of Norway’s coastline.
  The restaurant has been designed by Norwegian architectural firm Snøhetta, know
  
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• Hippo hooray! Zoo’s Fiona watches as couple gets engaged

  25-10-2017 02:23 via wivb.com
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Zoo’s popular baby hippo, Fiona, has drawn a lot of love but perhaps none quite like this moment: From her exhibit, she got a front-row seat to a wedding proposal between two of her fans.
  A snapshot shared on Instagram shows the hippo underwater with her face near the glass, watching as Nick Kelble got down on one knee in front of her with a ring box for his smiling girlfriend, Hayley Roll.
  Roll accepted the proposal and shared the photos ea
  
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• Flags at government buildings across state to be flown half-staff to honor Officer Lehner

  25-10-2017 01:29 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (WIVB) –  While Officer Craig Lehner is laid to rest Wednesday, flags at state government buildings around the state will be flown at half-staff.
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave the half-staff orders Tuesday.
  “This exceptional law enforcement officer, who was taken from us far too soon, will always be remembered in Western New York and beyond,” Cuomo said in a statement. “The family of New York grieves for Officer Craig Lehner, who devoted his life to serving an
  
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• Officers from outside agencies showing support for Officer Lehner, BPD

  25-10-2017 01:04 via wivb.com
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officers from agencies across the nation are arriving in Buffalo as they’re showing their support for Officer Craig Lehner and all the members of the Buffalo Police department.
  “It’s what we do,” said Sheriff Jim Voutour from the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office. “We take care of each other.”
  Upwards of ten thousand law enforcement agency members are expected to attend Officer Craig Lehner’s funeral service and the
  
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• Mega Millions: More expensive to enter, harder to win

  25-10-2017 00:38 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – Your odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are about to get even longer.
  And the price of a ticket is doubling, from $1 to $2.
   This week’s drawings on Tuesday and Friday night will be the last time that you can buy a $1 ticket to the multi-state lottery. The jackpot stands at $25 million as of Tuesday
   
  Starting on Saturday, tickets will cost $2, the same as tickets for rival Powerball.
  Mega Millions is also changing the range of numbers that players have to ch
  
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• Senate passes $36.5B disaster aid bill; Trump signature next

  25-10-2017 00:30 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a $36.5 billion emergency aid measure Tuesday to refill disaster accounts, provide a much-needed cash infusion to Puerto Rico, and bail out the federal flood insurance program.
  The 82-17 vote sends the measure to the White House, where President Donald Trump is sure to sign it.
  The measure provides $18.7 billion to replenish the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s rapidly dwindling accounts, and $16 billion so the flood insurance program can keep
  
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• Pastor reflects on fallen officer ahead of funeral service

  25-10-2017 00:28 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Thousands are expected to attend the funeral of Buffalo Police Officer Craig Lehner on Wednesday.Officiating the service will be Pastor David Beutel of Redeemer Lutheran Church in North Tonawanda, who says Lehner accomplished plenty in his 34 years.“It seems like everything he’s done has some connection with other people, right. And it’s to help them,” said Beutel.Beutel says Lehner’s service in the military and with the police departmen
  
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