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• Bishop Timon-St. Jude ending school year amid COVID-19 pandemic, faculty and staff to be furloughed

  31-03-2020 23:43 via wivb.com
  Bishop Timon-St. Jude High School is ending the 2019-2020 academic as of April 3, the end of the third quarter. Principal Dr. James Newton says the decision came after being informed by the New York State Education Department that the school met and fulfilled all academic requirements set by the state for this school year. […]
  
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• Local seamstress and business owner creates face masks for covid-19

  31-03-2020 23:30 via wivb.com
  The owner of Buffalo Seamery, on Parkside Avenue in North Buffalo, has been doing her part in the local fight against the coronavirus. Liz Brodfuehrer is seamstress by trade and for the last week or so, she’s been using her craft to make masks for area medical workers. “I’m at home with my kids and […]
  
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• Chautauqua County announces two new confirmed cases of COVID-19, total now at 10

  31-03-2020 23:07 via wivb.com
  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB)–Chautauqua County health officials say a man in his 80s and a man in his 40s have tested positive for COVID-19.  The two new cases announced Tuesday bring the county total to ten. Officials tell News 4 neither of them recently traveled. Initial review of the new cases by the health department’s […]
  
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• Erie County Clerk extending closure of his office and county auto bureaus

  31-03-2020 22:36 via wivb.com
  ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB)–The Erie County Clerk’s Office and Erie County Auto Bureaus will remain closed to the public through at least April 15 now. County Clerk Mickey Kearns made the announcement this afternoon. He says the only exception to this is people filing essential court papers at Old County Hall in matters deemed essential. […]
  
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• Roswell Park reports seven employees test positive for COVID-19

  31-03-2020 22:07 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)–According to officials with Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, seven employees tested positive for COVID-19. They work in a variety of administrative and clinical positions across five different units. These numbers are much lower than what they would expect and officials credit the Infection Control Team to keeping the exposures really low. Roswell […]
  
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• 26 Shirts “Stronger Together” tee will benefit WNY Feeds the Frontline

  31-03-2020 21:54 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)–Since sharing the “Stronger Together” design a week and a half ago, 26 Shirts says it received requests to put it on a tee. It’s become a reality, and now the “Stronger Together” shirt is available through April 9. $8 from every shirt sold will be donated to WNY Feeds the Frontline. Feeds […]
  
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• Medaille donating PPE to healthcare providers, volunteering vans for food deliveries

  31-03-2020 21:42 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)–Medaille College is doing its part in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Western New York. The school says its donated over 19,000 gloves and nine boxes of surgical masks to the Erie County Sheriff’s Office due to the shortage of PPE. A variety of surgical gloves, face shields, gowns, goggles, and nursing […]
  
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• Tops not enforcing plastic bag ban to help with COVID-19 sanitation concerns

  31-03-2020 21:16 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)–While the plastic bag ban in the state is still in effect, officials with Tops Friendly Market say they are temporarily not enforcing it to help with sanitation concerns with reuseable bags and COVID-19. The state delayed the enforcement at this time until May 15. Tops says customers who bring in a reusable […]
  
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• Owner of Yankee BBQ says virus is impacting business “extremely profoundly”

  31-03-2020 20:57 via wivb.com
  The interview began innocuously enough, or so it seemed. How are you doing right now?
  
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• Erie County disc golf courses closing due to social distancing concerns

  31-03-2020 20:50 via wivb.com
  ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB)–The Erie County Parks and Recreation Department is closing disc golf courses at Chestnut Ridge, Emery, Ellicott Creek, and Como Lake Parks in response to the pandemic. Parks officials say this is due to the concerns over social distancing while playing. They’re installing new signs at each course, advising of the closing […]
  
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• Federal unemployment and small business help is available

  31-03-2020 20:34 via wivb.com
  The office of Rep. Brian Higgins explains how some of the new programs will work for the unemployed and small businesses across the Buffalo area
  
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• Fredonia Postpones Spring Commencement

  31-03-2020 20:26 via wivb.com
  (WIVB)- Another college has postponed its graduation ceremonies during the coronavirus pandemic. The State University of New York at Fredonia announced Tuesday that its May graduation is postponed to an undetermined date. “Given the need to protect the health of everyone, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the 2020 Commencement ceremony to a […]
  
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• Can coronavirus infect you through your eyes?

  31-03-2020 20:06 via wivb.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — While coronavirus is typically spread through people breathing or ingesting virus particles from their mouth or nose, did you know it can also enter your body through your eyes? According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, another way the virus can be spread is by someone touching a surface containing the virus and […]
  
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• Large group of ‘Spring Breakers,’ including ones from UT Austin, test positive for COVID-19, APH says

  31-03-2020 20:04 via wivb.com
  APH says about a week and-a-half ago, the group comprised of adults in their 20s left for a spring break trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Currently, 28 of the 70 have tested positive for COVID-19, and more of them are under public health investigation
  
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• Russell Salvatore finds new way to connect with customers

  31-03-2020 19:28 via wivb.com
  (WIVB)-Celebrities across the country have been serenading us with songs during this time at home, and our own local celebrity Russ Salvatore is doing just that. Salvatore has been in the hospitality business his entire life, but for the time being the hotel and restaurant business has slowed down and he’s been missing one of his […]
  
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• Country music icon Ray Benson says he’s been diagnosed with coronavirus

  31-03-2020 19:19 via wivb.com
  Ray Benson, the country music icon known from the band Asleep at the Wheel, says he tested positive for coronavirus Tuesday morning, according to a Facebook post.
  
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• Employee at nursing home tests positive for coronavirus

  31-03-2020 18:25 via wivb.com
  An employee at Schofield Residence Nursing Facility in Kenmore tested positive with coronavirus. She is recovering.
  
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• Amazon fires warehouse worker who led walkout over coronavirus

  31-03-2020 18:24 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK CITY — Amazon has fired an employee at a New York warehouse after he helped organize a protest. More than a dozen workers at the Staten Island facility walked off the job Monday to bring attention to the way managers are handling coronavirus. Christian Smalls was a process assistant there. He spent part […]
  
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• Airman stationed at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station dies in Texas

  31-03-2020 18:10 via wivb.com
  (WIVB)- A Hamburg native stationed at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station has died. According to the Air Force Reserves, Tech. Sgt. Nicholas A. Vogler, a member of the 914th Security Forces Squadron, died Sunday while awaiting training at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. “This is incredibly difficult for the 914th Air Refueling Wing family as […]
  
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• WATCH: Gov. Cuomo gives an update on COVID-19 cases in NY

  31-03-2020 17:18 via wivb.com
  Watch Cuomo's live update on News 4 and WIVB.com at 11:30.
  
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• More than 75,000 cases of COVID-19 are confirmed in New York

  31-03-2020 17:18 via wivb.com
  Watch Cuomo's live update on News 4 and WIVB.com at 11:30.
  
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• Bills legend Thurman Thomas gives 1,000 meals to local charities

  31-03-2020 16:35 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-Buffalo football legend Thurman Thomas made a generous play on Tuesday. Thomas and his family purchased 1,000 meals through StockThe Freezer.com sending some nourishment to those in need in Buffalo’s inner-city. The meals will be distributed by local restaurateur Nick Pitillo, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown and a group of volunteers from Back to […]
  
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• Stranded cruise ship hit by virus begs Florida for permission to dock

  31-03-2020 16:08 via wivb.com
  MIAMI (AP) — As a cruise ship stranded at sea with dozens sick and four dead makes for Florida, passengers who have been confined to their rooms for more than a week are anxious for relief, hoping Gov. Ron DeSantis will change his mind and allow them to disembark despite confirmed coronavirus cases aboard. Orlando technical writer […]
  
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• Walmart to begin temperature checks for employees in US stores

  31-03-2020 16:04 via wivb.com
  BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Walmart will begin temperature checks for employees at its stores in the United States, the company announced on Tuesday. Walmart said it will take the temperatures of associates when they first report to work, make masks and gloves available to associates, and continue to “promote social distancing” in the workplace. “We are […]
  
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• Dealing with anxiety during the pandemic

  31-03-2020 14:35 via wivb.com
  Dr. Brian Joseph, an associate medical director with the BryLin Behavioral Health System, joined us on Wake Up! Tuesday morning to discuss this.
  
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• Zac Brown Band cancels summer tour

  31-03-2020 13:42 via wivb.com
  "This is really strange circumstances because normally in a depression or whatever, entertainment and music always survives," Brown said.
  
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• Couple to marry in May, decide to get married early despite pandemic

  31-03-2020 05:23 via wivb.com
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB)–Wedding bells for one Western New York couple. A couple in East Aurora planned to get married in May but with the current pandemic, they said why wait? News 4’s Shannon Smith shows us how they made sure no one in their family was left out.
  
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• Many people still trying to celebrate different events while practicing social distancing

  31-03-2020 03:36 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)–Many people are still trying to celebrate different events including birthdays while practicing social distancing. We’ll show you a few ideas. Gone are the days when you could meet up with a friend after work for dinner or grab lunch with a coworker. And when it comes to celebrating a birthday right now, […]
  
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• ‘Coronavirus: Facts Not Fear’ evening update – March 30, 2020

  31-03-2020 02:08 via wivb.com
  As the nation finds itself deep in the throes of a pandemic, Nexstar stations from around the country are providing updates each night at 9 p.m./8 CST with the latest coronavirus headlines.
  
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• Local hospitals treating 90 COVID patients, still preparing for many more

  31-03-2020 01:48 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)–“Each and every day we look at the numbers and they continue to go up each and every day,” Kaleida Health CEO Jody Lomeo said. He says his hospital system has about 30 COVID patients now but because they’ve scaled back non-emergency procedures, most hospital beds are open. “When do we think a […]
  
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• Mayor Brown delivers COVID-19 update for the city, addresses blood shortage, Broadway Market

  31-03-2020 01:10 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)– During a teleconference on Monday, City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown commented on Common Council President Darius Pridgen announcing he tested positive for COVID-19. “My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family. COVID-19 is extremely contagious and easily spread,” Brown said. “No one is immune from it, and even casual […]
  
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• Chinese Club of Western New York raising money to buy face masks for hospitals in WNY

  31-03-2020 01:00 via wivb.com
  The Chinese Club of WNY has doing their part in helping to slow the spread of Covid-19 by buying as many face masks as they possibly can!  The club is hosting an online fundraiser to raise money to purchase face masks for area hospitals. So far, they’ve purchased and donated more than 14 thousand face […]
  
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• Bills will “continue to be flexible” with season ticket payments amid pandemic

  31-03-2020 00:35 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB)–The Bills organization is working to handle several concerns with the upcoming 2020-21 season amid the coronavirus epidemic. Officials say they realize some season ticket holders could be financially impacted by mandates across the region due to the evolving COVID-19 situation. “We have been and will continue to be flexible with their […]
  
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