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• Man in custody following chase through Chautauqua County

  24-03-2018 21:09 via wivb.com
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB)– Jamestown Police have a 20 year old man in custody after an hour long car chase throughout multiple towns and villages in Chautauqua County.
  The man, who’s name has yet to be released, was wanted for several armed robberies in Buffalo. The chase began in Jamestown, and continued through Falconer and Kennedy on I-86.
  Police say the man was armed and was also holding a woman in the car at gunpoint. She was not hurt.
  The car was finally pulled over on Stow S
  
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• Bulls fall to South Carolina in Sweet 16

  24-03-2018 18:44 via wivb.com
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Cinderella run for the UB Women’s basketball team has come to an end.
  The 11th seeded Bulls went toe-to-toe South Carolina and led after the first quarter, but the defending national champs were able to keep UB at bay and pull out a 79-63 victory.
  USC advances to Monday’s regional final where they will face the winner of #1 UCONN and #5 Duke.
  Passion and defense have been the hallmark of the Bulls all season, and it once again showed on Saturday and at
  
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• Progress for hit and run survivor celebrated on Grand Island

  24-03-2018 18:18 via wivb.com
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB)— A hit and run survivor is still on the long road to recovery, but Friday night family, friends, and co-workers came together to support Dana Papaj through a fundraiser
  Papaj was hit by a driver while walking her dog last summer on Grand Island.
  The fundraiser was a celebration of how far she’s come already after being in a coma for nearly six weeks, months ago when she was still in the hospital.
  She was present for the fundraiser nine months after suffering
  
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• WATCH: March for Our Lives in Downtown Buffalo

  24-03-2018 18:00 via wivb.com
  The people of Western New York are gathering downtown to rally for gun control in the U.S.
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• Taking a step back in time, celebrating Maple Weekend

  24-03-2018 17:44 via wivb.com
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – It’s like taking a step back in time this weekend at the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village.
  The museum is celebrating Maple Weekend, which highlights the long standing tradition of maple syrup in Western New York.
  Maple syrup is one of the first sweeteners available to the Native Americans and early settlers. The museum shows you how trees are tapped and sap is collected with a bucket and spile.
  Executive Director, Herbert Schmidt said, “We are one of
  
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• Sabres homestand ends with another loss

  24-03-2018 05:28 via wivb.com
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The offense was ineffective, the effort was inconsistent, and the outcome was incredibly predictable. The Sabres 6-game homestand came to end with another loss, 3-0 to the Montreal Canadiens. Buffalo only managed one win during the 6-game stretch at KeyBank Center.
  The Sabres offensive slump continued on Friday when Montreal backup goalie Antti Niemi stopped all 35 shots he faced, it was Niemi’s first shutout since Dec. 22, 2015. It’s the second time
  
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• 2 Alabama teens charged in overdose death, photos of body posted online

  24-03-2018 04:07 via wivb.com
  GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. — Two teenagers in Alabama are facing criminal charges after officials say they posted photos on social media of an overdosed teenager’s body before driving her to a hospital. The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office said 19-year-old John Garrett Guffey and 18-year-old Lillie Marie Cooper were indicted Thursday on charges of corpse abuse and criminally negligent homicide, CBS affiliate WHNT reports.
  Investigators said that on April 23, 2017, the pa
  
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• UN reports see a lonelier planet with fewer plants, animals

  24-03-2018 04:02 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth is losing plants, animals and clean water at a dramatic rate, according to four new United Nations scientific reports that provide the most comprehensive and localized look at the state of biodiversity.
  Scientists meeting in Colombia issued four regional reports Friday on how well animal and plants are doing in the Americas; Europe and Central Asia; Africa; and the Asia-Pacific area.
  Their conclusion after three years of study : Nowhere is doing well.
  The
  
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• US Postal Service unveils Mister Rogers postage stamp

  24-03-2018 04:01 via wivb.com
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — It was a beautiful day to honor Mister Rogers with a postage stamp.
  The U.S. Postal Service on Friday released a stamp featuring Fred Rogers, the gentle TV host who entertained and educated generations of preschoolers on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.”
  The stamp pictures Rogers in his trademark cardigan along with King Friday, a puppet character from the show’s Neighborhood of Make-Believe sketch.
  A dedication ceremony was held at the Pittsburgh stu
  
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• Gowanda man, 21, pleads guilty to distributing child porn

  24-03-2018 01:45 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A 21-year-old Gowanda man has pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography.
  Shane Aurand will face a minimum of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced June 26.
  According to the assistant U.S. attorney handling the case, in March 2017, Aurand started communicating with an undercover law enforcement agent on the messaging app Kik. Aurand shared sexually explicit pictures of a 7-year-old child he took while babysitti
  
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• Punxsutawney Phil ‘wanted’ on charges of deception due to wintry start to spring

  24-03-2018 01:03 via wivb.com
  Brookville, Jefferson County, Pa. (WTAJ) – As snow coated Pennsylvania on the first days of spring, many are turning their frustrations to the furry forecaster in Punxsutawney.
  His face is plastered on wanted posters in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The Sherrif’s department calling for his capture. However,  that didn’t sit well with the groundhog club
  Phil’s handler says, “it’s probably is a misunderstanding on their part because Phil is the mes
  
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• Michael Bennett, Philadelphia Eagles player, indicted for allegedly shoving paraplegic worker

  24-03-2018 00:38 via wivb.com
  HOUSTON — A grand jury has indicted Philadelphia Eagles player Michael Bennett for allegedly injuring a 66-year-old paraplegic woman when he tried to get onto the field at last year’s Super Bowl to celebrate with his brother, Martellus Bennett. Michael Bennett, a three-time Pro Bowl defensive end, was indicted on one felony count of injury to the elderly, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.
  The charge carries a penalty of up t
  
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• Another accuser comes forward, another priest name not on ‘the list’

  24-03-2018 00:16 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Wayne Bortle stood before the Buffalo Diocese on a bright Friday morning to become the latest accuser of sexual abuse at the hands of local clergy.
  For the past few weeks, it’s been people like Bortle that have forced the diocese to own up to decades of abuse and secrecy.
  Bortle said he was 15 when he was abused by Father Robert Conlin, while Conlin was the pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Pavillion — in Genesee County.
  Conlin was appointed pastor at
  
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