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• Albion woman charged with animal cruelty

  12-01-2018 22:35 via wivb.com
  ALBION, N.Y. (WIVB) – An Albion woman has been charged with two counts of animal cruelty following a police investigation into the deaths of two of her pets.
  Suzanne K. Fredenburg of Lydun Drive was issued an appearance ticket for Town of Gaines Court.
  According to police reports, the Albion Police Department started an investigation involving allegations that Fredenburg had killed her pet cat and dog by suffocating them on Dec. 30.
  The investigation revealed that on Oct. 31, Fredenburg pl
  
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• Plow drivers get head start on winter storm

  12-01-2018 22:08 via wivb.com
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) – It’s one thing to the next for Department of Public Works employees in Erie County. On Thursday, they dealt with flooding issues. On Friday, it’s ice and snow.
  They tried getting a head start of this weekend’s winter storm on Friday afternoon to keep the roads safe for commuters. It took a lot of prep work from several different highway crews. Friday morning, a conference call was help between state, county, and local officials to set up a
  
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• LIVE STREAM: City of Buffalo officials give update on flooding

  12-01-2018 22:01 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo officials will give an update on flooding at Engine 25, located at Seneca Street and Southside.
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• Florida man wins $451 million Mega Millions jackpot

  12-01-2018 22:00 via wivb.com
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A 20-year-old Florida man claimed the $451 million Mega Millions jackpot on Friday, choosing to get $282 million at once instead of more in annual installments.
  A Florida Lottery news release said Friday that 20-year-old Shane Missler, of Port Richey, had claimed the jackpot from the multistate game’s Jan. 5 drawing. They say he chose to receive his winnings in a one-time, lump-sum payment of $281,874,999.
  “I’m only 20, but I hope to use it to pur
  
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• Red Cross shelter for Buffalo residents impacted by flooding open until Sunday

  12-01-2018 21:51 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The American Red Cross has opened a shelter in the City of Buffalo for residents forced to evacuate or without utilities due to severe flooding.
  The shelter is located at Winchester Elementary School, 650 Harlem Road. It is scheduled to stay open through Sunday morning at 9 a.m.
  Red Cross spokesperson Jay Bonafede told News 4 people are welcome to stay the night, or just come in to warm up or grab a bite to eat. One person spent Friday night at the shelter.
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• Red Cross opening shelter for Buffalo residents impacted by flooding

  12-01-2018 21:51 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The American Red Cross is opening a shelter in the City of Buffalo for residents forced to evacuate or without utilities due to severe flooding.
  The shelter is located at Winchester Elementary School, 650 Harlem Road. It is scheduled to stay open until 4 p.m.
  For more information or to donate to the Red Cross, click here. 
  
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• 18-year-old killed in two-vehicle accident in Hamburg

  12-01-2018 21:43 via wivb.com
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) – An 18-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene of a two-vehicle accident on Southwestern Boulevard near Erie County Community College around 6 a.m. Friday morning.
  According to Hamburg Police, a vehicle traveling eastbound crossed the double yellow lines and collided head-on with a vehicle in the westbound lane.
  The driver and sole occupant of the eastbound vehicle, Jacob Butterfield, 18, of Derby, was pronounced dead at the scene.
  The operator of the westbou
  
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• Zac Brown Band coming back to Darien Lake

  12-01-2018 18:16 via wivb.com
  DARIEN, N.Y. (WIVB) — Near the end of June, the Zac Brown Band will be coming back to Darien Lake.
  The band is set to perform on June 24 as part of Down the Rabbit Hole Live.
  Tickets for the 7 p.m. concert go on sale Friday, January 19 at 10 a.m. Prices range from $35.75 to $99.75. Lawn four-packs will also be available $111 while they last.
  Anyone interested in getting tickets can get them at LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000.
  Those who buy concert ti
  
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• Ice breaks free from Buffalo Creek due to mild temperatures

  12-01-2018 18:15 via wivb.com
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Overnight in West Seneca ice from the Buffalo Creek broke free and instead of flowing downstream, big chunks of ice ended up all over Borden road.
  “We had about a half mile ice field come down from Elma and as it was coming down Buffalo Creek it got caught up and at the base of the Borden road bridge some of the ice spilled over into the road,” said John Gullo, West Seneca Emergency Manager.
  West Seneca Emergency Manager John Gullo says mild temperatu
  
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• Travel advisory to go into effect in Niagara Falls at 2 p.m.

  12-01-2018 18:06 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Niagara Falls City Hall and all other city buildings will close at 2 p.m.
  In addition to that, a travel advisory will go into effect at the time the buildings close.
  No unnecessary travel will be permitted until further notice.
  
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• Travel advisory in effect in Niagara Falls

  12-01-2018 18:06 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Niagara Falls City Hall and all other city buildings closed at 2 p.m.
  In addition to that, a travel advisory went into effect at the time the buildings closed.
  No unnecessary travel will be permitted until further notice.
  
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• Bills fire OC Rick Dennison

  12-01-2018 17:46 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Bills have parted ways with Bills offensive coordinator Rick Dennison, the team announced on Friday.
  Dennison served just one season under Head Coach Sean McDermott after being hired less than a year ago.
  Under Dennison the Bills stumbled and were one of the worst offensive teams in the league ranking 29th in total offense (302 yards per game), 31st in passing and sixth in rushing.
  “We’re not satisfied with the whole offense, and it
  
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• Ice jam floods more than 100 South Buffalo basements

  12-01-2018 17:44 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – More than a hundred homeowners in South Buffalo are cleaning up from flooded basements after a huge ice jam by the South Park lift bridge backed up the Buffalo River Friday morning.
  Police and fire crews went door to door on several streets to alert residents of the flooding potential as the water was rising.
  “Our major concerns are when water gets into the basement, it can knock out pilot lights and then you can have gas issues,” explained Buffalo Fire L
  
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• Ford says some Rangers should be parked due to air bag death

  12-01-2018 16:29 via wivb.com
  DETROIT (AP) — Ford is telling owners of about 2,900 Ranger small pickup trucks not to drive them after finding out that an exploding Takata air bag inflator killed a driver in West Virginia.
  Steve Mollohan, 56, of the Hedgesville, West Virginia, area died July 1 in nearby Martinsburg, about 80 miles northeast of Washington, D.C., according to a Pittsburgh-based lawyer for the firm representing the family, Rob Peirce III.
  Ford said it was notified of the accident in December
  
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• Continental School of Beauty closes Friday after windows were broken

  12-01-2018 16:03 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Kenmore Ave. business closed on Friday after several of their windows were broken.
  Two students from the Continental School of Beauty contacted News 4 about the incident.
  They say someone threw something at the windows of the school Thursday night while classes were in session.
  The students say the same thing happened on Sunday.
  It is not clear if anyone has been arrested.
  
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• Route 20 reopens after morning crash

  12-01-2018 14:51 via wivb.com
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — A crash closed part of Southwestern Blvd. from Abbott Rd. to Brompton Dr. on Friday morning.
  The road was closed shortly after 7 a.m. and reopened around 10 a.m.
  News 4 will provide more information as soon as it is available.
  
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• Morning crash closes part of Route 20

  12-01-2018 14:51 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — A crash closed part of Southwestern Blvd. from Abbott Rd. to Brompton Dr.
  The road was closed shortly after 7 a.m. on Friday. It could be closed for up to four hours from that time.
  News 4 will provide more information as soon as it is available.
  
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• JetBlue cancels all later afternoon flights to and from Buffalo

  12-01-2018 13:37 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — JetBlue has cancelled all flights departing from or arriving in Buffalo later Friday afternoon.
  The Buffalo Niagara International Airport tweeted the notice with the hashtag #WinterStorm on Friday morning.
  A Winter Storm Warning will be in effect for all of western New York starting at 1 p.m. on Friday. The warning will be in effect for 24 hours.
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• Roughly 100 homes affected by basement flooding in south Buffalo

  12-01-2018 12:59 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — News 4 spoke with Buffalo Public Works Commissioner Steve Stepniak on Friday as the potential for flooding increased in south Buffalo.
  On Thursday night, ice jams formed on both the Cazenovia Creek and the Buffalo River, but they broke loose. Stepniak says the jams got stuck down by South Park on the Buffalo Creek.
  Buffalo Public Schools reacted to the potential for flooding and closed both Hillery Park Academy and Southside Elementary School on Friday.
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• Trump questions why U.S. welcomes people from “sh*thole” countries

  12-01-2018 05:05 via wivb.com
  (CBS) – President Trump questioned why the U.S. is accepting people from “sh*thole” countries, when lawmakers suggested bringing back legal protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African nations as a part of a broader immigration deal, CBS News’ Nancy Cordes confirms, citing a person briefed on the meeting.
  “Why are we having all these people from sh*thole countries come here?” the president said in the Thursday afternoon Oval Office meeting wi
  
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• Boy injured in Texas church shooting gets ride on a firetruck home from hospital

  12-01-2018 04:53 via wivb.com
  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — Dozens of people gathered on a South Texas highway for Ryland Ward’s homecoming. Ward isn’t just any 6-year-old, and it wasn’t just any trip home.
  For the last two months, Ward has been living in a hospital.
  Last November, a gunman attacked his church in Sutherland Springs. Twenty-six people were killed that morning.
  Ward was shot five times. His stepmother, Joanne, died shielding the boy. His two sisters, Brooke and Emily, didn&
  
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• Flu virus is now widespread in 46 states, 100 deaths reported

  12-01-2018 04:43 via wivb.com
  (WIVB) – The flu virus is spreading rapidly across the country.
  The Center for Disease Control (CDC) says the flu is now widespread in 46 states- nearly four times more states when compared to this time last year.
  Making matters worse is the strand that is circulating- H3N2. It tends to hit young and old people harder than others.
  Standard flu vaccines don’t work well on H3N2.
  So far, 100 flu deaths have been reported nationwide this season- 13 of them were children.
  One of the victi
  
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• Sunset Bay prepares for potential flooding

  12-01-2018 01:37 via wivb.com
  SUNSET BAY, N.Y. (WIVB) – People in Sunset Bay spent Thursday preparing for possible flooding. They’re concerned that a major ice jam on Cattaraugus Creek could give way.
  That ice jam is set up about five miles east of Sunset Bay, in Versailles, Cattaraugus County. If it breaks up, all of the ice and water behind it could rush into the seasonal community in Chautauqua County.
  This ice jam is about 5 miles inland from Sunset Bay. If it gives way, people living there say they have
  
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• FDA strengthens warning on opioid cold medicine

  12-01-2018 00:23 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – Cough and cold medicines containing opioid ingredients, such as codeine or hydrocodone, should no longer be given to children of any age, according to the US Food and Drug Administration.The FDA announced Thursday that it’s requiring revisions to the safety labeling on such prescription opioid cough and cold medicines to indicate that the products no longer can be used to treat children — because their risks outweigh their potential benefi
  
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• Williamsville’s David Leggio named to US Olympic Team

  12-01-2018 00:04 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Williamsville native David Leggio is no stranger to representing the Red, White and Blue.
  After suiting up for the United States at the 2010 and 2010 Men’s World Championships, Leggio will once again don the colors of his home country — this time as a member of Team USA for the 2018 Olympic Games in South Korea.Goalies David Leggio & Brandon Maxwell have been added to the 2018 U.S. Olympic Men’s Hockey Team roster: https://t.co/gZM8fX5US2#TeamUS
  
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