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• New initiative offers officers opportunities to talk with those who’ve overdosed

  01-02-2018 23:29 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — “One of these days we’re not going to get there soon enough,” said Lt. Brian Gould with the Chektowaga Police Department.
  We are tagging along with the officer as he is patrolling around the area. While in the car, a call for shoplifting comes from dispatch.
  “We’re seeing more crimes like that because people are trying to afford their habits,” said Lt. Gould. “People who are addicted are having a hard time holding a job.&
  
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• Student playwrights see pieces come to life at festival

  01-02-2018 22:58 via wivb.com
  CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (WIVB) — One actor is portraying Big Foot, another, a dragon, and a third, a tooth — that’s right, an actual tooth. They’re all playing parts written by third and fourth graders in Chautauqua County. It’s part of the Young Playwrights Festival taking place at the Chautauqua Institution.
  “Today is play celebration day,” said Deborah Sunya Moore, the Institution’s vice president of performing and visual arts.
  The Institution is
  
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• Tablets to be sent to New York State inmates this summer

  01-02-2018 22:36 via wivb.com
  MIAMI, Fla. (WIVB) – A lot of questions are being asked about the tablets that will be given to prison inmates in New York State, free of charge.
  Miami-based J-Pay, the company providing the tablets for about 50,000 inmates, has released a picture of what the tablets will look like.
  We're learning a little more today about the tablets that will be given to inmates in New York State. Here's what they will look like. @news4buffalo pic.twitter.com/QsluqqvgLn
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• Feds: NY state could lose $14M in funding over highway signs

  01-02-2018 22:26 via wivb.com
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The hundreds of tourism signs the Cuomo administration installed along New York’s highways could wind up costing the state $14 million in federal funding.
  The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration sent a letter Thursday to New York transportation officials saying the state stands to lose the funding for failing to remove the 500-plus signs.
  The state spent more than $8 million to create and install t
  
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• Home of Bishop Malone broken into, vehicle stolen

  01-02-2018 22:02 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The home of Bishop Richard Malone was broken into, police confirmed to News 4.
  In addition to that, his vehicle was stolen.
  Rochester police have a person of interest in custody.
  News 4 will provide more details as they become available.
  
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  01-02-2018 21:58 via wivb.com
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• Trump seems close to letting GOP Russia memo out

  01-02-2018 20:44 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to approve the release of a classified Republican memo alleging misconduct by the FBI in its investigation of potential ties between Russia and Trump’s 2016 campaign — a decision that could come as soon as Thursday. Trump’s own Justice Department and Democrats furiously lobbied Trump to stop the release, saying it could harm national security and mislead the public.
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• Body found in Niagara River in 2016 identified as undocumented alien

  01-02-2018 20:19 via wivb.com
  LEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB) — A body found in the Niagara River has been identified as an undocumented alien.
  Saul JesusVargas, who would have turned 55 last week, was a citizen of El Salvador. His body was found in the area of the Lewiston Sand Docks in July of 2016.
  Although in the United States illegally, he had various addresses in the country. The closest one to western New York was in Nassau County.
  Lewiston police do not know why he was in the western New York area.
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• Robert Wagner called a “person of interest” in Natalie Wood death

  01-02-2018 19:41 via wivb.com
  (CBS) — Nearly four decades after the unexplained drowning death of Hollywood star Natalie Wood, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s investigators tell “48 Hours” that her then-husband, actor Robert Wagner, is now a person of interest. Investigators want to speak with Wagner about the circumstances surrounding her death one night in 1981, they say in interviews for “Natalie Wood: Death in Dark Water” to be broadcast Saturday, Feb. 3 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
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• Thursday kicks off 8th annual WNY Farm Show

  01-02-2018 19:37 via wivb.com
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Farmers across the region are getting a firsthand look at brand new agricultural products and technology. Today kicks off the 8th annual WNY Farm Show at the Erie County Fairgrounds in Hamburg.
  Between 8 to 10 thousand people from across Western New York are expected to come check out this farm show over the next couple days.
  There are several vendorsincluding feed, seed, and equipment dealers. There’s also several educational seminars taking place. Highlights
  
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• Teen critical after LA school shooting, student arrested

  01-02-2018 18:54 via wivb.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two students were shot and wounded, one critically, inside a Los Angeles middle school classroom Thursday morning and police took a female student into custody, authorities said.
  A 15-year-old boy hit in the head was transported to a trauma center in critical but stable condition, according to fire department spokesman Erik Scott. A 15-year-old girl with a gunshot wound to the wrist was taken to a hospital in fair condition, Scott said.
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• 2 students shot inside LA school, student suspect arrested

  01-02-2018 18:54 via wivb.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two students were shot inside a Los Angeles middle school classroom Thursday morning and police arrested a female student suspect, authorities said.
  Gunfire erupted shortly before 9 a.m. at Salvador B. Castro Middle School just west of the city’s downtown, police said.
  The conditions of the victims were not immediately known, said Sgt. Edward Bernal of the Los Angeles Unified School District Police Department.
  TV footage showed a girl with dark hair and wearing a s
  
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• No criminal charges against BPD officers for fatal shooting of Jose Hernandez-Rossy

  01-02-2018 18:34 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A report by the Attorney General’s Special Investigations and Prosecutions Unit states that Buffalo Police Officer Justin Tedesco did not act criminally when he shot and killed 26-year-old Jose Hernandez-Rossy last May.
  According to the report, Tedesco believed Hernandez-Rossy had shot his partner, Officer Joseph Acquino.
  Any time an unarmed civilian dies at the hands of law enforcement, the AG acts as a special prosecutor to ensure the investigation is im
  
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• No charges against Buffalo police officers involved in fatal shooting of Jose Hernandez-Rossy

  01-02-2018 18:34 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sources confirmed to News 4 that representatives from the office of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman met with Buffalo police on the completed investigation into the death of Jose Hernandez-Rossy.
  News 4 has learned there will be no charges against either officer involved.
  Hernandez-Rossy’s death was ruled a homicide after a police altercation this past May. Homicide means that Hernandez-Rossy died at the hands of another person.
  Following the in
  
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• Looking for a job in television? Job Fair this Saturday

  01-02-2018 18:34 via wivb.com
  Join WIVB and the Buffalo Broadcasters Association for the first ever Job Fair for students looking to be a producer, account manager, multimedia journalist, and much more!
  The job fair is this Saturday, February 3, from 11am-1pm at the Millennium Hotel in Cheektowaga. 
  Television and radio stations will accept inquiries, resumes and applications for job openings and internships. Stations from Western and Central New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania have been invited to participate!&
  
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• WYRK’s Country Cares for St. Jude Kids radiothon aims to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars

  01-02-2018 17:07 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The phones have been ringing in the phone bank area at the Country 106.5 WYRK studios since early Thursday morning when the 2nd annual Country Cares for St. Jude Kids radiothon got underway.
  Every dollar raised during this campaign helps fund patient care and critical research to find cures for childhood cancers.
  WYRK raised more than $300,000 during its first Country Cares radiothon last year. The crew is hoping to raise even more before this year’s radiothon
  
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• Beyonce photo captures grandmother’s star-struck reaction

  01-02-2018 14:32 via wivb.com
  SHREWSBURY, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts grandmother worried that no one would believe her story of meeting Beyonce before the Grammys — until a picture of her star-struck reaction appeared on the singer’s Instagram page .
  The picture shows Beyonce and Jay-Z strolling down a hotel hallway past Shrewsbury resident Susan Monaghan, her mouth agape as she stands aside to let the celebrity couple pass.
  Monaghan tells the Boston Globe that all she could think as the singer smiled at
  
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• Consumers expected to spend big this Valentine’s Day

  01-02-2018 13:49 via wivb.com
  (CBS News) — Valentine’s Day is almost here and retailers are expecting consumers to spend big.
  The National Retail Federation predicts cnmsumers will spend about $19.6 billion this Valentine’s Day.
  That means, on average, a person will spend more than $143.
  19 percent of people surveyed say they plan to buy jewelry.
  
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• Elmwood Village residents get first look at plans for former Women and Children’s Hospital

  01-02-2018 05:09 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Elmwood Village residents got their first look at what’s planned for the former Women and Children’s Hospital complex Wednesday night.
  Developers Sinatra and Company Real Estate and Ellicott Development Company laid out their plans for the new campus.
  It will include condos, apartments, and townhomes.
  Developers say their goal is to make it residential space.
  They say many neighbors want the project done quickly- one that will reuse the building instead o
  
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• Disabled veteran reunited with missing dog

  01-02-2018 04:34 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — UPDATE at 9:30AM Thursday.  A disabled veteran living in North Buffalo has been reunited with her dog, Hero, which was missing. News 4’s Rachele Mongiovi will have updates later today.
  (( Prior Story Continues Below ))
  A disabled veteran told News 4 says her soon-to-be service dog was stolen from her yard. Hero is a five month old black German Shepard. He was a month away from beginning his training.
  Melissa Torres, the owner of the dog, says he was t
  
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• Sen. Kennedy calls for $5 mil for Central Terminal weatherization & staff

  01-02-2018 02:32 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Central Terminal stands as a beacon of what could be in Buffalo’s Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood.
  “We want to see the Central Terminal come back to life in one capacity or another,” said State Senator Tim Kennedy.
  He is asking the state to invest $5 million from the Buffalo Billion II to weatherize and stabilize the old train station.
  “Protecting what actually exists and hasn’t been completely been ruined from the weather and neglect i
  
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• Virginia Tech student accused of having assault rifle and trying to buy ammo

  01-02-2018 00:51 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – A Virginia Tech student was arrested Monday after police said he had an assault rifle and was trying to buy 5,000 rounds of ammunition.Yunsong Zhao, 19, has been charged with illegal possession of an assault rifle while not being a US citizen, according to an arrest warrant obtained by CNN affiliate WSLS.   Police say Zhao had bought a former police vehicle — which still had police markings — and installed a special bumper to the car. The fresh
  
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