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• Buffalo Bisons getting ready for season to start

  05-03-2018 23:43 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — America’s favorite pastime will be starting up again soon. The Buffalo Bisons are preparing to take the diamond at Coca-Cola field.
  “It’s a lot of fun announcing all of the new things we’re bringing here this year,” said Brad Bisbing, the marketing director for the Bisons.
  Bisbing says the grounds crews have been working all off-season to maintain the fields and they’re holding up very well despite all the snow we’ve see
  
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• Super Bowl Champ heads home to Buffalo, visits with students at former high school

  05-03-2018 23:29 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Steven Means walks the halls at the International Prep School in Buffalo. The Philadelphia Eagles defensive end is taking in the sights, sounds and snacks at the Buffalo Public School formally known as Grover Cleveland High School.
  “It has impacted my life in a tremendous way,” said Means.
  The Super Bowl Champ once played for this high school; it’s where his football career really began taking off.
  “Without Grover, I probably wouldn&rsquo
  
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• West Seneca Police looking to identify person of interest in burglary investigation

  05-03-2018 20:16 via wivb.com
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) – The West Seneca Police Department is looking for the public’s help in identifying a person of interest in an ongoing burglary investigation.
  The female person of interest pictured is in the company of a male known to West Seneca Police. She may be traveling with him in a gray 2003 Honda Civic four-door vehicle.Anyone with information is asked to call the West Seneca Police confidential tip line at 716-675-8423 and refer to case # 18- 802889. 
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• Chuck E. Cheese restaurant brawl in New Jersey ends with 2 hurt, 2 arrests

  05-03-2018 20:08 via wivb.com
  DEPTFORD, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a large brawl that spilled out of a New Jersey Chuck E. Cheese restaurant left two people injured, including an employee who tried to break up the fight.
  Deptford police arrived at the restaurant Sunday night to find a fight involving as many as 20 people, and officers from four other departments eventually responded to help break it up. It’s still unclear what sparked the massive brawl.
  A woman suffered a minor stab wound to the hip but declined
  
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• Conversion therapy banned in Erie County

  05-03-2018 19:02 via wivb.com
  ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB) – Conversion therapy- a practice attempting to change someone’s sexual orientation- is now illegal in Erie County.
  County Executive Mark Poloncarz signed the new law Monday morning.
  The law makes practicing conversion therapy on minors a misdemeanor crime. Violators would face a $1,000 fine or a year in jail.
  According to the American Medical Association, conversion therapy is used by people who think homosexuality is a mental disorder.
  The ban was proposed b
  
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• Sen. Schumer announces effort to secure $35 million in new markets tax credits for “Explore and Me” Museum

  05-03-2018 18:34 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Sen. Charles Schumer stopped by Canalside Monday morning during his visit to Buffalo to announce the launch of an effort to secure $35 million in New Markets Tax Credits to help boost Canalside revitalization.
   Schumer said the $35 million project will support new and existing jobs, increase tourism, and could have a $400 million economic impact on the entire region.
  The U.S. senator laid out his plan to help push the forthcoming application for federal New Mark
  
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• UPDATE: Lockdown at Utica College has ended

  05-03-2018 18:11 via wivb.com
  UPDATE: The lockdown on capus at Utica College has been lifted. 
  Effective immediately, the lockdown on campus has been lifted. Residential students can return to their residence halls. Commuters, faculty and staff can collect their belongings. Law enforcement will remain on campus this evening and continue the investigation.
  — Utica College (@uticacollege) March 5, 2018UTICA, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) – Utica College is on lockdown after an unspecified threat on Monday morning.
  The school
  
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• NYC officials shutter illegal hotel operating in Queens home

  05-03-2018 17:38 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials say they’ve shut down a Queens house that was operating as an illegal hotel and going as far as to offer tents in a backyard at a rate of $21 per night.
     The Queens home was hit with a partial vacate order after being deemed “imminently perilous to life.” The Daily News reports the Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement found 27 mattresses crammed into two floors, four guests and one permanent resident during an ins
  
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• Rewards of up to $2,500 will be offered for information on opiate dealers in WNY

  05-03-2018 17:36 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo law enforcement agencies are looking to help curb the opioid epidemic in WNY by offering rewards for information leading to the arrest or indictment of opiate dealers.
  Erie County District Attorney John Flynn, Chairman of Crimestoppers Buffalo Kevin Hoffman announced awards of up to $2,500 for information in a Monday morning press conference.
  DA Flynn contributed $20,000 in asset forfeiture money to Crime Stoppers Buffalo to launch the initiative. Crime Stopp
  
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• Buffalo man says new Diocese program isn’t enough to help sexual abuse victims

  05-03-2018 04:39 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A South Buffalo man says victims of sexual abuse deserve more from the Buffalo Catholic Diocese. It established a voluntary program Thursday to help people who’ve made abuse claims against a clergy member. But one of the victims says who’s come forward says the program doesn’t help all people.
  “The people who have called me this week are not going to be included in that and that’s not fair,” said Michael Whalen, who shared his stor
  
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• Jim Kelly gives inspirational speech at Vince Lombardi Award of Excellence Dinner Ball

  05-03-2018 02:49 via wivb.com
  MILWAUKEE, WI (WIVB)- Former Bills and Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly gave an inspirational speech Saturday night at the Vince Lombardi Award of Excellence Dinner Ball.
  He announced Thursday his oral cancer has returned. Kelly has beat cancer twice already.
  Kelly was awarded the Vince Lombardi Award of Excellence. The ball was created to honor individuals who “capture the spirit of commitment and the pursuit of excellence.”
  In his speech, Kelly said cancer wouldn’t sto
  
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