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• Allen Greene, former UB athletic director, chats with Josh Reed

  27-01-2018 23:07 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Before heading to Auburn, former UB athletic director Allen Greene caught up with News 4 sports director Josh Reed.
  The pair discussed Greene’s biggest accomplishment with the Bulls, his lasting legacy and if he will follow the program in the future.
  
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• Niagara’s Plouffe returns from freak injury for dominant senior season

  27-01-2018 18:30 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A year ago, in January of 2017, Niagara’s Derian Plouffe was an observer in the stands, unable to lace up his skates and hit the ice.
  Just two months earlier during a November practice in 2016 Plouffe was competing with his team.
  “I remember it being a long practice,” he said.  “I was behind the net — in the in front of the net doing a net front battle I should say. Passed out to my teammate and then I was waking up on the ice
  
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• Lovejoy shooting leaves man in critical condition

  27-01-2018 17:06 via wivb.com
  Buffalo, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 32-year-old man is in critical condition following a shooting on East Lovejoy Street early Saturday morning.
  Police say the man was shot outside Checkmate Bar and Grill following a fight that began inside the bar.
  The man was taken to ECMC. There are no suspects in custody at this time.
  Anyone with information is asked to call or text the Buffalo police confidential tipline at (716) 847-2255.
  
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• Buffalo Zoo will get new reptile, amphibian house

  27-01-2018 03:58 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Reptiles will now be better represented at the Buffalo Zoo, thanks to state funding for a new Amphibian and Reptile Center.
  On Friday the zoo announced the funding and the new center.
  The exhibit is new, but the building it is housed in is not. It was built more than 75 years ago- and the new money will help bring it up to date.
  “There are 80 percent more species than there are mammals, and there are 30 percent more amphibians than there are mammal species, so
  
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• VIDEO: Erie County Legislator Lynne Dixon talks proposal to ban public money in harassment suits

  27-01-2018 03:32 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A controversial measure has been voted down at committee level in the Erie County Legislature.
  Legislator Lynne Dixon is looking to create a law that would ban the use of public money in harassment settlements- but the Democratic majority has so far put that plan on hold.
  Dixon spoke with News 4 about the proposal on Friday.
  
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• Private higher education leaders outraged over proposal to cut state aid

  27-01-2018 01:02 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Private college leaders across the state are doubting Governor Andrew Cuomo’s commitment to higher education.
  The governor is proposing eliminating a program that provides more than $30 million in state aid to private colleges and universities.
  The financial support program, also known as Bundy aid, is only given to private institutions.
  “I think it’s a very damaging proposal. It makes our job of providing an affordable education to students that mu
  
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• WW2 vet honored for helping liberate thousands from Germany concentration camp

  27-01-2018 00:50 via wivb.com
  KENMORE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Western New York veteran was honored Friday for his actions during World War II.
  The late Howard Michael Ehrnhardt helped liberate more than 32,000 men, women and children at the Dachau Concentration camp.
  Dachau was Hitler’s first and longest run concentration camp in Germany. The camp held more then 188,000 prisoners and was responsible for at least 28,000 deaths, but likely more.
  Ehrnhardt was one of the first to arrive at the camp in 1945.
  Sitting at
  
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