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• Farmer helped injured crew after Wyoming Co. trainwreck

  17-02-2018 22:16 via wivb.com
  WYOMING COUNTY, NY (WROC) – Cleanup is underway in Wyoming County after Thursday’s train derailment.
  Two crew members were hurt when the eastbound freight train went off the tracks in a wooded area near the border of Attica and Alexander.
  Norfolk Southern says they’re still investigating how the derailment occurred but train experts and witnesses we spoke to say a section of track caved in and that’s what possibly caused this massive derailment.
  Friday morning, train crew
  
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• ‘Bad Breakup’ ice cream a hit during the usual season of love

  17-02-2018 18:30 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –Valentine’s Day is a holiday to show someone how much you love them. But not everyone is lucky in love this holiday season. Perry’s Ice Cream created a special dessert to relate to those people.
  It’s called ‘Bad Breakup’. Simply stated, it’s one of the latest Perry’s Ice Cream flavors specifically made for someone going through a split from their partner. Marissa Wilson, communications manager at the company told News 4, &ldqu
  
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• 13 killed in helicopter crash after Mexican quake

  17-02-2018 17:34 via wivb.com
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A military helicopter carrying officials assessing damage from a powerful earthquake crashed Friday in southern Mexico, killing 13 people and injuring 15, all of them on the ground.
  The Oaxaca state prosecutor’s office said in a statement that five women, four men and three children were killed at the crash site and another person died later at the hospital.
  Mexico’s Interior Department said that the helicopter was carrying Secretary Alfon
  
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• Tonawanda hit-and-run sends man in wheelchair to ECMC

  17-02-2018 16:15 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — One person is in critical condition after being struck by a car Friday evening, according to Town of Tonawanda Police.
  Police say a man in a motorized wheelchair was hit just before 6 p.m. on Friday in the area of Vulcan St. near the GM Plant.
  He suffered a possible head and chest injury and was taken to ECMC in an ambulance.
  Any witnesses to the collision or anyone with information is asked to contact Tonawanda Police at 879-6613 and their confidential tip line at 8
  
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• Bonnies knock off #16 Rhode Island

  17-02-2018 05:12 via wivb.com
  ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. (WIVB) – In front of a sold out crowd the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team topped Rhode Island 77-74.
  The game, which was back and fourth all of Friday evening, came down to the final minutes. The Bonnies Jaylen Adams fed LaDarien Griffin who’s lay up put SBU up 73-72 with under a minute remaining.
  Rhode Island had a chance to tie the game at the line with 20 seconds left but missed a shot that was rebounded by Matt Mobley, who finished the game
  
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• Mother of South Carolina woman who gouged out her own eyes speaks, sets up GoFundMe for daughter

  17-02-2018 05:05 via wivb.com
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The mother of a South Carolina woman who gouged out her own eyeballs says her daughter was under the influence of drugs during the horrific incident.
  Katy Tompkins, who identified the woman as her 20-year-old daughter Kaylee Muthart, told reporters her child was still recovering and is now adjusting to being permanently blind. “She is very strong, a very strong girl and she’s told me she wants to help people, and warn them to never ever touc
  
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• VIDEO: School counselor, psychologist weigh in on how to talk to your kids about mass shootings

  17-02-2018 05:02 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Following Tuesday’s mass shooting at a Florida high school, people are grieving across the country- including Western New York.
  As a result, many schools are now focusing on special guidance and counsel for students and their families.
  News 4 spoke with a school counselor and a child psychologist Friday to discuss how to talk to your kids about mass shootings, and how to get them help if needed.
   
  
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• White nationalist appears to disavow connection with shooter

  17-02-2018 04:52 via wivb.com
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A white nationalist appears to have lied to The Associated Press and other news organizations when he claimed that Florida school-shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz was a member of his obscure group.
  Law enforcement officials have said they didn’t have any evidence to support the claim that Republic of Florida leader Jordan Jereb made in interviews with several news organizations.
  Jereb told The Associated Press on Thursday that Cruz had participated in paramilitary
  
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• Buffalo volunteer group hopes to ease fears about school safety

  17-02-2018 04:47 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo group hopes to ease the fears of parents and students after the recent school shooting that left 17 people dead in Florida. The Buffalo F.A.T.H.E.R.S group patrols inside and outside of schools to help prevent violence and school shootings.
  Leonard Lane says his duties as a dad aren’t just about protecting his child, he wants to make sure he’s looking out for other children in Buffalo schools.
  “We are actually right here watching over our
  
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• Indictments against Russians meddling in U.S. election announced

  17-02-2018 04:44 via wivb.com
  (CBS NEWS) – Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced Friday the indictment of Russian nationals and entities accused of breaking U.S. laws to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. The defendants conducted information warfare against the U.S., Rosenstein announced Friday. Twelve of the individual defendants worked at various times for Internet Research Agency, based in St. Petersburg, he added.
  They set up a virtual private network in the U.S. – making it a
  
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• Magnitude-7.2 earthquake slams south, central Mexico

  17-02-2018 02:26 via wivb.com
  MEXICO CITY — A powerful earthquake shook south and central Mexico on Friday, causing residents to flee buildings in the country’s capital. Crowds of people gathered on central Reforma Avenue in Mexico City as the ground shook.
  The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake’s preliminary magnitude at 7.2 and said its epicenter was 33 miles, 53 kilometers, northeast of Pinotepa in Oaxaca state. It had a depth of 15 miles, or 24 kilometers. The epicenter is a rural area of western
  
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• Woman found deceased in Dunkirk residential fire

  17-02-2018 01:04 via wivb.com
  DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WIVB) – An elderly woman was found deceased in a Friday afternoon residential fire in Dunkirk.
  The Dunkirk Fire Department responded to the fire around 2:31 p.m. Friday. Upon arrival, firefighters were alerted by a resident that there was a person with burns inside the structure.
  The fire was quickly extinguished.
  Dunkirk Police, Chautauqua County Fire Investigation, and the Chautauqua County Coroner where dispatched to the scene.The fire and fatality are currently under inv
  
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• Ohio homicide case has Buffalo connection, authorities say

  17-02-2018 00:00 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A man has been detained in Buffalo in connection with a Parma, Ohio homicide.
  54-year old Mark Shankle drove from Ohio to Buffalo where he was located by Buffalo police Friday morning, authorities tell News 4.Parma police, who have since obtained an arrest warrant for Shankle charging him with aggravated murder, were able to track the individual and the vehicle to a location on Seneca Street in the Queen City, and then alerted Buffalo police.“They were over the
  
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