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• The spirit of giving blankets St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy

  19-12-2017 23:32 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy on Buffalo’s East Side is there throughout the year helping families in need with a hot meal and clothing.But this time of the year can be especially stressful for those who don’t have much to work with.On Tuesday, the mission helped make a difference in the lives of families by holding a Christmas food giveaway.“This is located on the East Side of Buffalo but you don’t have to live on the East Side to come h
  
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• Buffalo father killed while saving his kids honored for heroism

  19-12-2017 22:34 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The house fire that changed Tempest Thomas’ life forever is still fresh in her memory.
  “We woke up, we couldn’t see. Smoke was raring over the ceiling, over the wall. When I woke Demetrius up we heard our kids screaming and crying and the glass breaking,” Thomas told News 4 of the February 2016 fire on Humber Avenue.
  The blaze that took Thomas’ daughter Treasure Brighon, and her fiance Demetrius Johnson Sr. from her.
  “If I could ask
  
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• Buffalo police: 1 taken into custody after afternoon bank robbery

  19-12-2017 22:00 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police have taken a person into custody after an M&T Bank branch was robbed on Tuesday afternoon.
  Officials say the robbery happened on Tonawanda St. just after 2:30 p.m.
  Buffalo police have not released the name of the person in custody.
  
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• Eastern Niagara Hospital and Kaleida Health to join forces

  19-12-2017 21:02 via wivb.com
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — At one point the future of the Eastern Niagara Hospital in Lockport was in jeopardy due to financial trouble. Now thanks to a new relationship between the hospital and Kaleida Health, Eastern Niagara should be a part of the community for years to come.
  Under the new proposal, the Lockport hospital would operate through a new model and Kaleida Health would become the active parent of the hospital.
  This is not a merger, but the two health systems will work together to
  
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• The Latest: House forced to revote on GOP tax bill Wednesday

  19-12-2017 20:33 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the push in Congress to pass a sweeping tax cut bill (all times local):
  4:50 p.m.
  Democrats say three provisions in the Republican $1.5 trillion tax bill violate Senate rules and will likely be removed before that chamber votes on the measure.
  The House approved the legislation Tuesday. But this means the House will have to vote again on the legislation once it’s been amended and approved by the Senate.
  Senate passage was expected Tuesday night or earl
  
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• House passes massive tax package; Senate to vote next

  19-12-2017 20:33 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Gleeful Republicans on Tuesday muscled the most sweeping rewrite of the nation’s tax laws in more than three decades through the House. House Speaker Paul Ryan dismissed criticism of the widely unpopular package and insisted “results are what’s going to make this popular.”
  The vote, largely along party lines, was 227-203 and capped a GOP sprint to deliver a major legislative accomplishment to President Donald Trump after a year of congressional stu
  
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• Evans man charged with Thanksgiving morning arson

  19-12-2017 20:13 via wivb.com
  DERBY, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Town of Evans Police Department has finished their investigation into the recent arson on Wellington Dr. in Derby.
  During Thanksgiving morning, officials received a number of calls for suspicious fires and vehicle break-ins.
  Town of Evans police and the Erie County Sheriff’s office worked together and eventually arrested 29-year-old Evans resident Karl Trembath.
  He faces multiple felony and misdemeanor charges.
  Trembath was arraigned in Town of Evans Jus
  
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• Niagara Falls High School will be open on Wednesday

  19-12-2017 20:04 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Niagara Falls High School will be open on Wednesday following a water main break.
  The water main break happened on Friday, closing school on Monday and Tuesday.
  In addition to closing school, the break also caused low water pressure throughout the city.
  The Niagara Falls City School District’s Community Relations Director, Judie Glaser, said “The District thanks families, students, and staff for its patience.”
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• $20 million to be invested in upgrades, prevention after discharges in Niagara River

  19-12-2017 19:43 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that $20 million will be invested into upgrading infrastructure and preventing another sewage discharge into the Niagara River.
  A number of discharges took place in the Niagara River this past Summer and Fall. Heavy rainfall inundated the Niagara Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant and sent it over capacity.
  Following the discharges, the Niagara Falls Water Board said it would cost millions of dollars for upgrades that would pr
  
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• Wife of Sabres’ head coach enters race to complete Franken’s Senate term

  19-12-2017 19:28 via wivb.com
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The first Republican candidate has announced a bid for Democratic Sen. Al Franken’s seat in 2018.
  State Sen. Karin Housley launched her campaign Tuesday for the special election to complete Franken’s term, which ends in 2020. Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton’s pick to hold the seat until the special election, Lt. Gov. Tina Smith, is also expected to run.
  Now more than ever, we need the voice of a businesswoman, mom and advocate for all in
  
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• Police: Officer under investigation for sex with minor commits suicide during traffic stop

  19-12-2017 18:33 via wivb.com
  (Video: KPIX)
  RICHMOND, Calif. (WIVB) — According to CBS contributors in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco police say a city police officer killed himself after a traffic stop.
  Law enforcement sources told KPIX that the officer was under investigation for sex with a minor in Las Vegas.
  On Monday, a police officer in Richmond stopped the man’s vehicle before hearing a gunshot and calling for help, KPIX says.
  The officer has not been identified by San Francisco police, bu
  
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• 2 charged with robbing store at Eastern Hill Mall

  19-12-2017 17:47 via wivb.com
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two Buffalo residents have been charged with robbing a store at the Eastern Hills Mall.
  On November 26, Erie County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the mall after receiving reports that a woman was stealing items from Bon-Ton. Officials were also told a man punched a store employee in the parking lot before the two left in a vehicle.
  After receiving tips and collecting video evidence from the scene, detectives arrested Jamie Cordon, 27, and Chelsea J
  
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• Mississippi boy dials 911 to say Grinch stealing Christmas

  19-12-2017 17:10 via wivb.com
  BYRAM, Miss. (AP) — A 5-year-old Mississippi boy called 911 to report that the Grinch was trying to steal Christmas.
  The Clarion Ledger reports that it happened Saturday in the Jackson suburb of Byram. An officer went to TyLon Pittman’s home to assure him that the green creature wouldn’t take anyone’s gifts.
  TyLon had been watching videos online when he became alarmed about the Grinch. He told his mom, Teresa Pittman, that he dialed 911,
  
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• Health department investigating possible cancer cluster at Florida high school

  19-12-2017 16:50 via wivb.com
  (CBS) — Florida’s Department of Health is looking into claims that a Gulf Coast school has made hundreds of people sick from diseases like cancer. Health officials are now asking alumni and faculty of the school in Bradenton affected by cancer to submit their health records. So far, the department says there is no conclusive evidence the school is the source of any disease clusters
  Bayshore High School was torn down in 1999 in place of a bigger campus next door, but suspicions of he
  
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• Not fake news: ‘Whatever’ tops annoying word list, literally

  19-12-2017 16:34 via wivb.com
  POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — The shoulder-shrugging reply “whatever” continues to annoy Americans more than other words or phrases, but “fake news” is coming on strong.
  The annual Marist College poll of most annoying words and phrases found “whatever” topping the list for the ninth straight year. It was the pick of one third of poll respondents, who were given five choices.
  The recent addition “fake news” was slightly ahead of “n
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Kaleida Health announces new relationship with Eastern Niagara Hospital

  19-12-2017 16:26 via wivb.com
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — Kaleida Health announces new relationship with Eastern Niagara Hospital.
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• Strategy seeks to refocus US relationship with China, Russia

  19-12-2017 16:23 via wivb.com
  (AP) — President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy seeks to refocus the United States’ relationship with China, Russia and the rest of the world, transforming his “America First” mantra into a set of policies and plans for protecting the homeland and advancing its economy.
  The following items were outlined in his administration’s strategic document released Monday:
  CENTRAL TENETS OF TRUMP’S BLUEPRINT
  Combating China: The&n
  
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• A CDC ban on ‘fetus’ and ‘transgender?’ Experts alarmed

  19-12-2017 16:01 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Health leaders say they are alarmed about a report that officials at the nation’s top public health agency are being told not to use certain words or phrases in official budget documents, including “fetus,” ”transgender” and “science-based.”
  The health community was reacting to a story in The Washington Post published late Friday citing an anonymous source who said the prohibition was made at a recent meeting of senior budget offici
  
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• NY State Trooper hit by vehicle

  19-12-2017 15:49 via wivb.com
  COMMACK, N.Y. (WIVB) — A New York State Trooper sustained a traumatic head injury when he was hit by a vehicle.
  The incident happened Monday along a dangerous curve on a busy Long Island parkway. Trooper Joseph Gallagher, 35, was helping a stranded motorist at the time.
  As he was putting out flares to warn oncoming traffic, a vehicle came around a corner and hit him.
  Investigators believe this was an accident.
  Gallagher has been a member of the New York State Police since 2014.
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• NY State Trooper from West Seneca injured on the job

  19-12-2017 15:49 via wivb.com
  COMMACK, N.Y. (WIVB) — A New York State Trooper sustained a traumatic head injury when he was hit by a vehicle Monday.
  The incident happened along a dangerous curve on a busy Long Island Parkway. Trooper Joseph Gallagher, 35, was helping two stranded motorists at the time.
  As he was putting out flares to warn oncoming traffic, a vehicle came around a corner and hit him.
  Investigators believe this was an accident.
  Gallagher, who is from West Seneca, has been a member of the New Yo
  
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• NY State Trooper from West Seneca hit by vehicle

  19-12-2017 15:49 via wivb.com
  COMMACK, N.Y. (WIVB) — A New York State Trooper sustained a traumatic head injury when he was hit by a vehicle.
  The incident happened Monday along a dangerous curve on a busy Long Island parkway. Trooper Joseph Gallagher, 35, was helping a stranded motorist at the time.
  As he was putting out flares to warn oncoming traffic, a vehicle came around a corner and hit him.
  Investigators believe this was an accident.
  Gallagher, who is from West Seneca, has been a member of the New York
  
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• Alabama deputy shot; suspect in custody

  19-12-2017 13:51 via wivb.com
  BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) – The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office in Alabama says one of their deputies is in serious but stable condition at a hospital after being shot Monday evening.
  Deputies responded to a domestic call where a female was reportedly assaulted.
  They attempted to locate the suspect at a residence north of Stockton, Alabama.
  When deputies approached the residence, the suspect fired and hit a deputy, according to Nexstar contributing station WKRG.
  Authorities say th
  
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• Wi-Fi hotspots to be added on Jefferson Ave.

  19-12-2017 13:37 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As the city of Buffalo expands its free Wi-Fi network, there will soon be hotspot access points on Jefferson Ave. between E. Ferry and E. Utica streets.
  The service is called “JEFFREE Wi-Fi.”
  The city teamed up with Blue Wireless for the project.
  Leaders say it’s important to make sure people living in the area have access to the Internet.
  Blue Wireless President and CEO Brian Gelfand says “Internet broadband connectivity is a communication to
  
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• Orleans County man accused of inappropriate contact with teen girl

  19-12-2017 13:06 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF RIDGEWAY, N.Y. (WIVB) — An Orleans County man is facing serious charges after investigators say he had inappropriate contact with a 14-year-old girl.
  Orleans County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Albion resident Nicholas Preston, 22, after a two-week investigation in the Town of Ridgeway.
  Preston was charged with rape, criminal sexual act and endangering the welfare of a child.
  Following his arraignment, Preston was jailed in Orleans County on $2,500 bail.
  
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• Train speeding 50 mph over limit before deadly derailment

  19-12-2017 12:32 via wivb.com
  DUPONT, Wash. (AP) — Federal officials confirmed an Amtrak train was hurtling 50 mph over the speed limit when it careened off an overpass south of Seattle, spilling cars onto the highway below and killing at least three people.
  Bella Dinh-Zarr, a National Transportation Safety Board member, said at a Monday night news conference that information from the event data recorder in the rear locomotive showed the train was traveling at 80 mph in a 30 mph zone when it derailed at 7:34
  
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• Cheektowaga Police give back to families in need through “Blue Mittens Project”

  19-12-2017 12:15 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) –– For the 2nd year in a row, Cheektowaga Police are giving kids in need a gift from the heart.
  “Right now we have 4 families that we’re taking shopping some of them going through some personal issues and we’re just trying to help them out and put some smiles on kids faces during the holiday season,” said Cheektowaga Police Sergeant Caleb Harte.
  “We lost our home November the 12th to a chimney fire. the boys bedrooms, they lost a
  
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• Postal workers putting in overtime for busiest shipping week of the year

  19-12-2017 12:13 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — This week is by far the busiest shipping and mailing week of the whole year. There are dozens of bins filled with thousands of packages, employees have been working around the clock to make sure packages get scanned and under the tree in time for Christmas.
  “We started coming in at midnight, there’s one girl who comes in at 10,” said Peachy Zak, U.S. Postal Service Lead Sales Clerk.
  U.S. Postal Service employees like Peachy Zak are putting in a lot
  
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• Niagara stuns UB 75-62

  19-12-2017 04:37 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Niagara women’s basketball team picked up its second win of the season, a 75-62 victory over the University at Buffalo Monday night at the Gallagher Center.
  The win snaps a three game skid for NU.
  Trailing 6-4 early in the first quarter, Victoria Rampado spalshed home a three pointer to put the Purple Eagles up 7-6 and they never looked back.  Rampado finished with a game high 27 points while Kaylee Stroemple added 19 — 10 of which came in t
  
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• Coworkers remember Salamanca couple killed in pedestrian crash

  19-12-2017 01:16 via wivb.com
  SALAMANCA, N.Y. (WIVB)- Michael and Donna Phillips were killed Friday night in the Town of Salamanca on their way to Town Hall; a pick-up truck hit them while they were crossing Route 353 near North State Street.
  The Phillips, who lived across the street, were walking to Salamanca Town Hall to sign some paychecks; both worked in town government.
  Michael Phillips was recently elected to his third term as Town Supervisor, while Donna won a term of her own as Town Clerk, having previous served as D
  
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• Community embraces local boy with brain cancer, he pays it forward

  19-12-2017 00:42 via wivb.com
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sebastian Bradley is a silly, loving, energetic 9-year-old from Williamsville. He loves LEGOs and he love the Sabres.He also loves to sing — everywhere — a sign his mom Elizabeth says, shows his happiness.
  But life for the Bradley’s isn’t always happy. In fact, since February 20-16, they’ve ridden the roller coaster of Seba’s brain cancer diagnosis and his treatment. But for all the darkness of the past 22 months, their frien
  
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• Niagara Falls High School to be closed again Tuesday

  19-12-2017 00:04 via wivb.com
  Niagara Falls High School will stay closed Tuesday, and maybe Wednesday. It’s because of a water main break in the city, which happened on Friday!
  “When it comes in at that time, you’re dealing with the weekend. Now, we have to get private contractors to come in,” said Niagara Falls Water Board Superintendent Bob Drury.
  Drury says it’s because this break involved a concrete transmission line and plus three failed valves. Now, they need to bring in a contractor to fi
  
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