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• North Tonawanda is newly designated as a yellow Covid-19 cluster zone, health officials blame private gatherings

  18-11-2020 23:44 via wivb.com
  
  As of Wednesday morning, New York State Department of Health was reporting that Niagara County had a 4.2 percent positivity rate for the Coronavirus The Niagara County Health Department is reporting that there are three key areas that are running high when it comes to Covid-19, those areas are North Tonawanda, which is now a [...]
  
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• Travelers entering Pennsylvania required to test negative for COVID-19 totaling 72 hours before entering state

  18-11-2020 22:54 via wivb.com
  
  PENNSYLVANIA (WIVB)-- Pennsylvania is increasing their measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The state's health secretary says anyone who visits from another state will be required to have a negative test 72 hours before entering Pennsylvania. If someone does not or cannot get a test, they will have to quarantine for 14 days. [...]
  
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• Buffalo Police investigating death of man and woman following rescue call Wednesday morning

  18-11-2020 22:05 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-- Buffalo police are investigating the death of two people in their mid-50s after a rescue call this morning. Buffalo Police say they received the call at 9:30 a.m. and responded to the 200 block of Broadway. Detectives say they found a male and female unresponsive on arrival. The female was declared dead [...]
  
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• ECMC suspends most patient visitation

  18-11-2020 21:30 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) - ECMC has suspended patient visitation except in medically necessary or end-of-life compassionate care cases, the hospital announced Wednesday. The visitation has been suspended based on guidance from the state health department. You can find the updated patient visitation guidelines here. No support people are currently allowed in the KeyBank Trauma and Emergency Department [...]
  
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• Section VI pausing low, moderate risk sports until December 14

  18-11-2020 21:08 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB)--The Section VI Athletic Council is pausing the start date of low and moderate risk winter sports. Winter sports of low and moderate risk will start on December 14. Section VI says NYSPHSAA originally approved November 30 for the start of bowling, boys swimming, indoor track, rifle, and alpine skiing. Brett Banker, President of Section [...]
  
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• Town of Tonawanda 16-year-old Arianna Bri Smith missing

  18-11-2020 20:43 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB)-- The town of Tonawanda police are looking for 16-year-old Arianna Bri Smith. Police say Smith went missing November 11. She's American Indian with brown hair and eyes. Smith is 5'3" and weighs 113 pounds. If you have any information about her whereabouts contact: Town of Tonawanda Police Front Desk: (716) 879-6614 Detective [...]
  
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• Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz discusses portions of the county moving to orange zone

  18-11-2020 20:28 via wivb.com
  
  Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz says he will be addressing the media at 2:30 p.m. following the governor's press conference. Governor Cuomo announced this afternoon that much of Erie County will be in the orange zone now, while the rest of the county enters a yellow zone. You can watch the county executive's press conference [...]
  
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• North Tonawanda Youth Center will stay closed

  18-11-2020 20:02 via wivb.com
  
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB)-- The City of North Tonawanda is keeping their Youth Center closed. The city says a rise in COVID-19 cases in North Tonawanda and neighboring counties is why the center will stay shut down. The mayor's office tells us they're continuing to consult with the Niagara County Health Department for guidance on [...]
  
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• Parts of Erie County move to "orange zone," parts of Niagara County go to "yellow zone"

  18-11-2020 19:55 via wivb.com
  
  Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, like Gov. Cuomo, believes bars and restaurants that didn't follow the state’s rules ended up contributing to the rise in cases.
  
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• "Orange zone" restrictions to take effect in parts of Erie County Friday; parts of Niagara County moving to "yellow zone"

  18-11-2020 19:55 via wivb.com
  
  Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, like Gov. Cuomo, believes bars and restaurants that didn't follow the state’s rules ended up contributing to the rise in cases.
  
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• "Orange zone" restrictions take effect in parts of Erie County; parts of Niagara County moving to "yellow zone"

  18-11-2020 19:55 via wivb.com
  
  Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, like Gov. Cuomo, believes bars and restaurants that didn't follow the state’s rules ended up contributing to the rise in cases.
  
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• WATCH: Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds briefing, makes announcement in Red Room

  18-11-2020 19:15 via wivb.com
  
  The governor's office says Cuomo will be holding a briefing from the Red Room in Albany at 1:30 p.m. You can watch the press conference above.
  
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• Buffalo man charged following murder of girlfriend's 17-month-old daughter

  18-11-2020 18:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-- Robert L. Dumas, 35, of Buffalo is facing 25 years to life in prison. The Erie County District Attorney's Office says he's accused of the fatal beating of his girlfriend's 17-month-old daughter. Prosecutors tell us 17-month-old Simone Calhoun was found unresponsive in a home on Hirschbeck Avenue in Buffalo. Calhoun was transported [...]
  
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• Buffalo woman shot and killed on St. Louis Ave. Tuesday night

  18-11-2020 18:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)--Buffalo Police tell News 4 they're investigating a Tuesday night fatal shooting. Ferry-Fillmore officers say they responded to a call of a person down just before 6 p.m. yesterday in a lot in the first block of St. Louis Avenue. The 25-year-old Buffalo woman was shot multiple times and pronounced dead at the [...]
  
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• Buffalo woman facing 7 years in prison for vehicular manslaughter

  18-11-2020 18:03 via wivb.com
  
  On the night of December 7, Tiffany Allen, 44, was driving north on Military Rd. when she struck a pedestrian near Skillen St.
  
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• 70-year-old Lockport woman killed in crash in Pendleton

  18-11-2020 16:55 via wivb.com
  
  The crash is under investigation.
  
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• FAA clears Boeing 737 Max to fly again

  18-11-2020 14:58 via wivb.com
  
  After nearly two years and a pair of deadly crashes, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has cleared Boeing’s 737 Max for flight.
  
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• Santa's List: Were you naughty or nice this year?

  18-11-2020 13:20 via wivb.com
  
  Find out where the Wake Up! team ended up, and see where your name landed here.
  
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• Pfizer: COVID-19 shot 95% effective, seeking clearance soon

  18-11-2020 13:06 via wivb.com
  
  Pfizer says that more interim results from its ongoing coronavirus vaccine study suggest the shots are 95% effective and that the vaccine protects older people most at risk of dying from COVID-19. The announcement, just a week after Pfizer first revealed promising preliminary results, comes as the company is preparing within days to formally ask [...]
  
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• Hamburg Police Officers rescue kittens abandoned in drainage ditch

  18-11-2020 02:54 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB)-- Police in the Town of Hamburg came to the rescue for a pair of kittens Tuesday. Officers were searching a drainage ditch after someone stole from a Wegmans store Tuesday afternoon. They found a bag with two kittens inside the ditch and then rushed the newborns over to the Ten Lives Club [...]
  
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• Douglas Development teams up with M&T Bank for Turkey Giveaway

  18-11-2020 02:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Two local companies are working to help families in need this holiday season. Douglas Development and M&T Bank announced they will donate 500 frozen turkeys to families in time for Thanksgiving. “Like our partners at M&T Bank, Douglas Development and the team at Seneca One are committed to giving back to the [...]
  
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• Buffalo man arrested, charged with production and receipt of child pornography

  18-11-2020 00:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y.- According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York, 40-year-old Segundo Reascos-Rodriguez, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production and receipt of child pornography. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine. [...]
  
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• Absentee ballots bring win for Wallace in NYS 143rd Assembly District race

  18-11-2020 00:36 via wivb.com
  
  ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB)- Democrat incumbent Monica Wallace will win re-election in the 143rd Assembly District after more than 10,938 absentee ballots were counted Tuesday. According to the Erie County Board of Elections, Wallace received 8,272 to Republican Frank C. Smierciak 's 2,657. There were nine write-in votes. Wallace was initially trailing Smierciak by more [...]
  
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• Make it a "green" Christmas: Some tips on recycling and reducing waste this season

  18-11-2020 00:34 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) - The holiday season is coming up fast- and with it, extra trash. "The holidays are a huge time of consumption for everyone," Susan Attridge, director of Refuse and Recycling for the City of Buffalo, said. "Nationwide, over 6 million tons of extra material is generated during the holidays." The extra waste comes from [...]
  
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• Erie County Sheriff's Office disciplinary records show double-digit terminations

  18-11-2020 00:27 via wivb.com
  
  The Erie County Sheriff’s Office has terminated 15 employees, and three resigned over a two-year period for a variety of reasons, including for providing false information, being a suspect in a burglary and sleeping while on duty. A News 4 Investigates analysis of the sheriff’s office disciplinary records over the two-year period obtained by a [...]
  
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• Erie County Comptroller says sales tax revenues off about 3%

  18-11-2020 00:22 via wivb.com
  
  ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB)--Erie County lawmakers met today to discuss what will be in the county's budget for 2021 and how those items will be paid for. The pandemic has made planning much more unpredictable than in years past. County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw says in the average month during the pandemic, sales tax revenues are [...]
  
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• Numbers suggest Erie County's "yellow zone" will be upgraded, expanded Wednesday

  18-11-2020 00:19 via wivb.com
  
  "The conversations I've had with the governor's office indicate that an announcement will be made Wednesday on a determination as to what portions of the yellow zone will enter orange, or for that matter red," Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said.
  
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• Faith leaders in Erie County prepare for limited capacity regulations as coronavirus cases rise

  18-11-2020 00:12 via wivb.com
  
  ERIE COUNTY N.Y. (WIVB) - Under the state's yellow zone regulations houses of worship are restricted to 50 percent capacity. If parts of Erie County enter the orange zone, capacity will be limited even more. "We're concerned but at the same time we've always looked at this not as an obstacle but as an opportunity," [...]
  
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• Chautauqua Co. officials announce there are no zip codes that qualify for yellow zone status

  18-11-2020 00:02 via wivb.com
  
  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB)--Officials in Chautauqua County aren't expecting to get hit with any regional restrictions soon. Today they announced there are no zip codes in the county that qualify for a yellow zone status. Public Health Director Christine Schuyler says it's still important to stay vigilant and follow safety guidelines. Chautauqua County is reporting [...]
  
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