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• 6 ice fishermen rescued from Lake Erie

  14-01-2018 23:45 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF EVANS, N.Y. (WIVB)- Calls reporting people stranded on Lake Erie due to an ice shift began pouring into Town of Evans dispatch Sunday afternoon.
  Six ice fishermen were stranded by open water 150 yards off shore from Sturgeon Point Marina.
  Erie County Sheriff’s Air One rescued everyone in sets of two and brought them to safety on land.
  No injuries were reported.
   
  
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• Bills hire Brian Daboll as OC

  14-01-2018 23:12 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Bills search for a new offensive coordinator lasted just two days and they’re bringing in a guy with plenty of championship experience and with ties to Western New York.
  On Sunday the team announced Brian Daboll, who graduated from St. Francis High School, has been hired as their new offensive coordinator.
  Daboll previously served as offensive coordinator in the NFL for the Browns, Dolphins and Chiefs.
  The 42-year-old is coming off a banner year.  Serv
  
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• 16-year-old killed in Elma car accident identified

  14-01-2018 21:56 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF ELMA, N.Y. (WIVB)- State police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred on Bullis Road Sunday morning.
  Police say that a vehicle traveling westbound crossed the center line into the eastbound lane when it was struck by another vehicle.
  A 16-year-old passenger in the vehicle that crossed the line died. She was identified as Elma resident Rachel Lofaso.
  Four other people involved in the accident suffered non life threatening injuries.
  
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• 16-year-old killed in Elma car accident

  14-01-2018 21:56 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF ELMA, N.Y. (WIVB)- State police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred on Bullis Road Sunday morning.
  Police say that a vehicle traveling westbound crossed the center line into the eastbound lane when it was struck by another vehicle.
  A 16-year-old passenger in the vehicle that crossed the line died. Four other people involved in the accident suffered non life threatening injuries.
  Names have not been released at this time and the investigation is continuing.
   
   
  
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• Body found, increasing California mudslides death toll to 20

  14-01-2018 20:27 via wivb.com
  MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — The death toll at the scene of devastating mudslides in a Southern California community rose to 20 Sunday as the list of those still missing shrunk to four.Santa Barbara County spokesman Justin Cooper said authorities located a body but did not give any other information, only saying the coroner’s office would identify the latest victim.
  Recovery crews continue to slowly make progress digging away masses of mud, boulders and toppled trees in coastal
  
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• Police investigating how car ended up on the ice in Schenectady’s Iroquois Lake

  14-01-2018 19:38 via wivb.com
  SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Schenectady Police are investigating how a car ended up partially submerged into the ice on Schenectady Central Park’s Iroquois Lake Sunday morning.
  Schenectady Police say a passerby called to report a car on the ice around 7:00 a.m. Sunday. When police arrived the car was empty. Tire tracks on the ice stretch all the way across the lake to the place where the car began to partially nose dive into the ice.
  Car crash on Iroquois Lake in Schenectady Central
  
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• Magnitude 7.1 quake hits off Peru, killing at least 1

  14-01-2018 19:09 via wivb.com
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck off Peru’s coast early Sunday, tumbling adobe homes in small, rural towns, killing at least one person and leaving dozens injured, officials said.
  The U.S. Geological Survey said the early morning quake had a magnitude of 7.1 and was centered 25 miles (40 kilometers) from Acari in the Arequipa department of southwestern Peru.
  The quake jolted people awake as far away as capital city of Lima, some 350 miles (
  
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• Plane dangles off cliff after skidding off runway in Turkey

  14-01-2018 17:27 via wivb.com
  ISTANBUL (AP) — A commercial plane that skidded off a runway after landing in northern Turkey dangled precariously off a muddy cliff with its nose only a few feet from the sea.Some of the 168 people on board the Boeing 737-800 described it as a “miracle” that everyone was evacuated safely.
  Images show the aircraft on its belly and at an acute angle just above the water. If it had slid any further along the slope, the plane would have likely plunged
  
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• The anatomy of a snowflake

  14-01-2018 17:17 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Snow can be pesky. Snow can be tough. But snow can also be beautiful and fascinating.
  You’ve all heard the saying…no 2 snowflakes are the same. The reason behind it, you may not be as familiar with. Jason Benedict, Associate professor of Chemistry from the University of Buffalo, told News 4, “The unique shape of the snowflakes originates from its crystal structure that arises from how these water molecules change from the liquid or gas ph
  
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• Amherst residents push to get students out of single family homes

  14-01-2018 14:50 via wivb.com
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB)- There’s a push in Amherst to stop college students from sharing single family homes.
  “Houses have been trashed, the neighborhoods look trashy,” said Mark Rivard of Hendricks Boulevard in Amherst.
  Rivard voiced his concerns at a recent Town Board meeting. He said it’s not the students specifically he has a problem with, but with UB’s south campus so close to his neighborhood, he feels the block has suffered.
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• Lockport Police Cruiser Involved in Accident

  14-01-2018 05:48 via wivb.com
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) – Lockport Police and Niagara County Sheriff’s are investigating a two-car accident involving a Lockport police cruiser.
  It happened at the intersection of South Transit Street and High Street on Saturday.
  We are working to find out how many people were in the vehicles and if anyone was injured.
   
  
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• Homeowners get solar panels installed as part of ‘Solarize Tonawanda’ program

  14-01-2018 04:24 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Dozens of homeowners in the town of Tonawanda are making the switch to solar energy. It’s part of the ‘Solarize Tonawanda’ program, which gives people a little extra incentive to get solar panels installed on their homes.
  “I’ve got a pretty extensive electrical – pretty good size lot, in ground pool, air conditioning so I use a lot of electricity especially in the summer,” said Bob Howard, who lives in the town of T
  
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• Nichols’ Katy Knoll lifts US to Gold at World Championships

  14-01-2018 00:04 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Behind two goals from Nichols’ Katy Knoll, the United States rallied for an impressive 9-3 win over Sweden to secure Gold at the Under-18 Women’s World Championships in Russia on Saturday.
  Trailing 1-0 early in the first period, Knoll scored her first goal of the tournament, burying a feed from Casey O’Brien to tie things up.A look at @KnollyRolly‘s goal scored off a feed from @casey_obrien5!#U18WWCpic.twitter.com/WoOCyw78eg
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