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• Former officials who are convicted as felons could lose pensions if proposition passes

  07-11-2017 23:53 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Voters heading to the booth during the general election will find three propositions on the back of the ballots – one of which, proposition 2, would allow a judge to revoke or reduce a pension for a former official if they’re convicted of a felony related to his or her duties.
  “It’s on the ballot as a result of a powerful groundswell of anger from the public,” said Peter Galie, a political scientist. “It’s part of a much
  
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• BPD get into spirit of “No Shave November” campaign with nail art

  07-11-2017 23:52 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Some Buffalo Police officers had their nails done Monday in support of the BPD’s No Shave November campaign.
  “Our female officers and a couple of male officers had their nails done at Police HQ today,” the BPD wrote in a Facebook post Monday.These nails, in honor of Officer Craig Lehner, belong to Chief Joe Gramaglia.
   
  
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• Psychologists: Christmas music bad for your health

  07-11-2017 23:38 via wivb.com
  (NEWS10) – Bah Humbug?
  Psychologists say playing Christmas songs on a loop can be bad for retailer workers’ mental health.
  “People working in shops at Christmas have to learn how to tune it out – tune out Christmas music because if they don’t, it really does make you unable to focus on anything else,”  Clinical Psychologist Linda Blair told Sky News. “You’re simply spending all your energy trying not to hear what you’re hearing.”
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• Church shooter escaped mental health facility, threatened Air Force command

  07-11-2017 21:53 via wivb.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police reports show Sutherland Springs church shooter Devin Kelley escaped from a mental health facility shortly after the military charged him with assault against his then-wife and stepson.
  KPRC requested copies of the report, which showed Kelley was picked up by El Paso officers at a bus terminal in downtown El Paso, Texas on June 13, 2012. He had been living at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico at the time, which is about 94 miles away.
  Kelley escaped from Peak Beha
  
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• University Police make arrest in public lewdness incident in UB sauna

  07-11-2017 21:48 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – University at Buffalo Police have arrested a man in connection with a public lewdness incident that occurred in a sauna at Alumni Arena in October.
  University Police arrested Scott V. Sciuto of the City of Buffalo on Monday. He was charged with two counts of unlawful imprisonment, public lewdness, and acting in a manner injurious to a child under 17.
  In October, University Police reported that a male suspect committed a lewd act in front of a 14-year-old male.
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• Pennsylvania State Police trooper shot during traffic stop

  07-11-2017 20:39 via wivb.com
  NAZARETH, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania State Police corporal was shot several times while exchanging gunfire with a suspect during a traffic stop Tuesday morning, and the suspect was also wounded, authorities said.
  The shooting happened on a highway in Plainfield Township, Northampton County, about 65 miles north of Philadelphia. The corporal was outside his vehicle when he traded gunfire with the suspect, police said .
  Shot and wounded, the suspect fled in a blue Pontiac
  
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• Prince’s teal blue Cloud guitar auctioned for $700K

  07-11-2017 18:33 via wivb.com
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A California auction house says a guitar that Prince used in the late 1980s and into the 1990s has been sold for $700,000. That’s the highest amount paid for one of the late rock star’s guitars.
  Julien’s Live auction house, based in Los Angeles, anticipated the teal blue Cloud guitar would be sold for $60,000 to $80,000. Prince donated the guitar in 1994 to benefit Los Angeles earthquake relief.
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• Crews at air base near Las Vegas pay tribute to shooting victims

  07-11-2017 18:23 via wivb.com
  LAS VEGAS, Nev. (WIVB) — Crews at Nellis Air Force Base, just outside of Las Vegas, are paying tribute to those who lost their lives and those who were injured in last month’s deadly attack.
  They recently painted an F-15 fighter jet with the words “Vegas Strong” along the side and a mural of the Las Vegas skyline on the rudder.
  The plane will make its debut at the Aviation Nation Air and Space Expo this weekend.
  
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• Police: Man stabbed by woman in Cheektowaga

  07-11-2017 18:05 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Cheektowaga say a woman stabbed a man on Tuesday morning.
  The domestic incident happened on Windwood Courts, according to police.
  The man involved was accused of violating an order of protection. His wounds are not life-threatening.
  
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• Phone charger overheats, causes smoke at Williamsville school

  07-11-2017 17:21 via wivb.com
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — An overheated phone charger began smoking at a Williamsville high school Monday, causing firefighters to respond.
  The incident happened in Williamsville South High School’s cafeteria.
  According to the Main-Transit Fire Department, a portable electronic charger overheated and started to smoke in the cafeteria.
  Firefighters ventilated the cafeteria. One student was treated and released with minor injuries from holding the overheated charger.Classes res
  
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• Phone charger causes fire at Williamsville school

  07-11-2017 17:21 via wivb.com
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A phone charger caused a small fire at a Williamsville school.
  The fire happened in Williamsville South High School’s cafeteria.
  Students and staff members were safely evacuated from the building, and are expected to return soon.
  Fire officials are at the scene.
  
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• Woman killed in collision with dump truck

  07-11-2017 16:12 via wivb.com
  DELEVAN, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police are investigating a fatal vehicle accident in Cattaraugus County.
  The incident, which involved a car and a dump truck, happened at the intersection of Highway 16 and Stranburg Ave. in the Town of Delevan.
  Troopers say the dump truck was heading south on Highway 16 when a woman driving a Chevrolet Traverse turned left off of Stranburg Ave. to head north on Highway 16. That’s when they collided.
  The Traverse driver, identified as D
  
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• Air Force admits fault in reporting shooter’s past crimes

  07-11-2017 15:50 via wivb.com
  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — The gunman who killed 26 people at a small-town Texas church had a history of domestic violence that spanned years before the attack, and was able buy weapons because the Air Force did not submit his criminal history to the FBI as required by military rules.
  If the past offenses by Devin Patrick Kelley — who fired at least 450 rounds at helpless worshippers on Sunday morning — had been properly shared, they would have prevent
  
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• Amazon holding interviews for seasonal positions

  07-11-2017 15:41 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Amazon is looking to fill hundreds of seasonal positions for its sortation center in western New York.
  The company will be conducting interviews from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
  The interviews will take place at the Fairfield Inn by the Buffalo Niagara International Airport.
  Two more hiring events will take place on Thursday and Saturday in Cheektowaga.
  
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• 2 found dead in basement after tornado hits Erie

  07-11-2017 15:21 via wivb.com
  ERIE, Pa. (WIVB) — Sunday night’s storm produced a tornado that turned deadly.
  Police told WIVB’s sister station in Erie, Pennsylvania that two men were found in the basement of a home that was damaged by a tornado.
  Authorities say they had been checking out a water leak in the basement.
  Police are still trying to determine how they died, but the destruction from the tornado is thought to have played a part.
  
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• Liberty Cab offering free rides to Erie County polling places

  07-11-2017 14:58 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — If you need a ride to the polls today, Liberty Cab wants to help.
  The taxi service will be providing free rides for any Erie County resident to their polling place.
  This is the second year in a row that Liberty Cab has offered the free service on Election Day.
  They say last year, their phones rang off the hook.
  
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• 2017 Election Results

  07-11-2017 13:43 via wivb.com
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• Erie County Sheriff, Clerk, Buffalo Mayor seats contested on Election Day

  07-11-2017 13:17 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Tuesday, November 7 is Election Day.
  Although there are no races this year for state or federal offices, there are a number of important races and issues on the ballot. That includes three statewide ballot questions.
  Question one asks if you think New York State should have a constitutional convention.
  Question two asks if you think judges should be able to reduce, or even revoke, public pensions for public officers who are convicted of a felony that is related
  
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• Buffalo man’s identity stolen after mail redirected to new address

  07-11-2017 05:59 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A North Buffalo man is trying to regain control of his identity. A scammer stole his personal information by manipulating the U.S. Postal Service.
  He’s warning others to be vigilant and calling on the USPS to change its procedures.
  When Evan Cominsky got a letter in the mail from the USPS, he didn’t think anything of it.
  It said the USPS received a change of address order and all mail would be forwarded to “the person named below”, and his name
  
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• Witherspoon, Griffs prepare for season opener against UB

  07-11-2017 05:53 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – For 14 years Reggie Witherspoon patrolled the sidelines at Alumni Arena at the University at Buffalo.
  “I live eight minutes from there,” he said while taking to reporters on Monday.  “So, sometimes I pass it.”
  Witherspoon was let go following the 2012-2013 campaign and spent the new few years as an assistant at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga and at Alabama before being hired as the head coach at Canisius College in 2016.
  When the
  
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• Buffalo child care center closes abruptly, causing turmoil for parents

  07-11-2017 01:54 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – New Life Academy Child Care and Learning Center sent dozens of families into chaos, late Friday afternoon, when the child care center closed without warning. Many of those families were notified by phone call, but got no explanation
  The Hertel Avenue child care center has been open for three years, until it closed suddenly at the end of business Friday.Parents like Tykarah Nicholson, were stunned at the suddenness of the closing.
  “It was definitely a shock. We
  
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• Rifle, handguns linked to gunman in Texas church shooting

  07-11-2017 00:38 via wivb.com
  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — The man who authorities say carried out the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history had a rifle and two handguns with him.
  Devin Patrick Kelley opened fire during worship services at a small church in Sutherland Springs, southeast of San Antonio, killing 26 people and wounding 20 others. Investigators say based on evidence at the scene they believe Kelley, 26, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he was chased by bysta
  
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• Bayview Rd. crossover on Route 5 to permanently close

  07-11-2017 00:27 via wivb.com
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Starting Tuesday morning, the Bayview Rd. crossover on Route 5 in Hamburg will be permanently closed to all traffic.
  The closure will happen at 8 a.m. on November 7.
  Drivers are now advised to use Lake Erie Blvd. to access Bayview Rd.
  A new signalized intersection with Lake Erie Blvd. provides access to Hoover and Bayview roads.
  
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• Buffalo police want a ‘sound’ advantage over noise and violent demonstrations

  07-11-2017 00:19 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Does a new tool purchased by Buffalo police sound too good to be true?
  That’s what some are wondering about the department’s LRAD, or Long Range Acoustic Device.“It’s meant to allow police to send clear and concise communication into a long range situation,” said Buffalo police Lt. Jeff Rinaldo.“It’s very directional, much like a laser pointer where you point the device based on the sights that are on the speaker,” he
  
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