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• Josh Allen to wear cleats designed by former Oishei patient

  11-12-2020 23:41 via wivb.com
  
  "I'm not just representing the hospital, I'm representing the nurses that work there, that's why we have the angel wings on the back."
  
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• Barnes still a trooper and a true team guy

  11-12-2020 23:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-- Ka’Ron Barnes has been working for Byron Brown for a year and a half now. He marvels at the Buffalo mayor’s energy and vision, seeing Brown as one of those leaders with a knack for making the people around him better.  “He’s so good at understanding what people are good at,” said [...]
  
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• Cuomo: Gyms, salons can re-open in Covid-19 orange zones

  11-12-2020 22:45 via wivb.com
  
  Owners of gyms and hair salons in most of Erie County have reason to celebrate. For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic started, Gov. Andrew Cuomo released statewide contact tracing data for the months of September, October, and November. The data shows that small gatherings, or what Cuomo termed as “living room spread,” accounted [...]
  
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• Buffalo Police looking for missing 53-year-old man

  11-12-2020 22:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-- The Buffalo Police Department is looking for you help in locating 53-year-old Clarence Jackson. BPD says Jackson is 6'2" tall and weighs 180lbs. They say he's been missing since October 30, 2020. Police note that Jackson suffers from mental illness. If you have information about his whereabouts is asked to call 911.
  
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• Portions of I-290 to close for road work starting December 18

  11-12-2020 22:17 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB)-- The New York State Department of Transportation says portions of Interstate 290 in the Towns of Amherst and Tonawanda will close for roadwork. The DOT says roadwork is expected to begin on December 18 at 9 p.m. and is expected to end around 6 a.m. The DOT provided specific lane closure [...]
  
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• Crime Stoppers offering up to $5,000 for information on shooting of Buffalo man

  11-12-2020 21:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-- Crime Stoppers is offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest or indictment of the persons responsible for the shooting of Willie Rutledge. Crime Stoppers says Rutledge was shot on December 6, 2020 on Best Street in Buffalo. They say if you have any information to call716-867-6161 or submit [...]
  
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• Watch Live: Biden to formally introduce more Cabinet nominees Friday

  11-12-2020 20:17 via wivb.com
  
  With just over a month until Inauguration Day, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris plan to formally introduce more key picks to lead their administration Friday.
  
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• Watch Live: Biden formally introduces more Cabinet nominees

  11-12-2020 20:17 via wivb.com
  
  With just over a month until Inauguration Day, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris plan to formally introduce more key picks to lead their administration Friday.
  
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• Biden to formally introduce more Cabinet nominees Friday

  11-12-2020 20:17 via wivb.com
  
  With just over a month until Inauguration Day, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris plan to formally introduce more key picks to lead their administration Friday.
  
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• Biden formally introduces more Cabinet nominees

  11-12-2020 20:17 via wivb.com
  
  With just over a month until Inauguration Day, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris plan to formally introduce more key picks to lead their administration Friday.
  
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• Buffalo Police: 16-year-old boy shot on Deshler Street Thursday evening

  11-12-2020 19:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Buffalo Police are investigating after a 16-year-old boy was shot Thursday evening on Deshler Street. Ferry-Fillmore officers responded to the call just before 5:30 p.m. The boy was taken to Oishei Children's Hospital and is listed in stable condition. Anyone with information is asked to call or text the Confidential TIPCALL [...]
  
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• Judge dismisses petitions for changes to art, music education in Buffalo schools

  11-12-2020 18:40 via wivb.com
  
  A virtual appearance before Hon. Frank Sedita, III, was held on Thursday.
  
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• Another delay granted for Harvey Weinstein extradition

  11-12-2020 17:16 via wivb.com
  
  Weinstein appeared via video from prison before Erie County Court Judge Kenneth Case, who, because of the worsening pandemic, agreed to postpone Weinstein's extradition hearing until April 9.
  
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• Cuomo: Gyms and salons in Orange Zones can operate at a limited capacity starting December 14

  11-12-2020 17:07 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) -- On Friday, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo held his second briefing via Zoom, where he stated that gyms and salons in Orange Zone can operate at a limited capacity of 25%, and testing must continue to be done. UPDATE: NYS says gyms, hair salons, barbers, nail salons, tattoo parlors can [...]
  
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• Cuomo: Gyms and salons in Orange Zones can operate at a limited capacity

  11-12-2020 17:07 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) -- On Friday, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo held his second briefing via Zoom, where he stated that gyms and salons in Orange Zone can operate at a limited capacity of 25%, and testing must continue to be done. Cuomo stated that 74% of the current COVID-19 cases in New York [...]
  
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• Police: Man who tried to make fireworks facing felonies after fire destroys homes in Albion

  11-12-2020 16:49 via wivb.com
  
  The situation prompted a response from crews in Orleans County, the Monroe County Sheriff's Bomb Squad and the FBI.
  
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• Man facing felonies after fire destroys homes in Albion

  11-12-2020 16:49 via wivb.com
  
  The situation prompted a response from crews in Orleans County, the Monroe County Sheriff's Bomb Squad and the FBI.
  
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• Four horses seized from property in Cattaraugus County

  11-12-2020 14:49 via wivb.com
  
  Two people have been charged in a case of alleged animal abuse, according to the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office.
  
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• Up to $7,500 being offered for information on January 2017 homicide

  11-12-2020 14:02 via wivb.com
  
  On New Year's Day 2017, Alvin McDowell was killed at 15 McNeely Way in Buffalo.
  
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• More than three dozen local salons, barbershops and spas sue Gov. Cuomo

  11-12-2020 13:35 via wivb.com
  
  Owners want to resume operations without any interference from Albany.
  
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• 35 cases of COVID-19 reported at Lewiston nursing home

  11-12-2020 13:11 via wivb.com
  
  The facility has reported seven deaths since the pandemic began.
  
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• Rising COVID-19 hospitalizations in Erie County are concerning hospital officials

  11-12-2020 07:01 via wivb.com
  
  ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB)-- Hospitalization numbers continue to rise in Western New York and Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz says officials are starting to get concerned. Poloncarz says he and county officials spoke with hospital leaders from around the area who say they’re concerned with the direction we’re heading. According to the county executive, Tuesday's [...]
  
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• Employees test positive for COVID-19 at NYS Police barracks in Clarence and Batavia

  11-12-2020 06:44 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB)-- A dozen employees at the state police barracks in Clarence and Batavia have tested positive for COVID-19. A state police spokesman says half of the infected workers are civilian support staff and the other half are uniformed troopers. He said vehicles and offices are sanitized daily and none of the employees [...]
  
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• The first night of Hanukkah celebrated at the Transit Drive-In

  11-12-2020 06:38 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB)-- Western New York's Jewish communities are celebrating the first night of Hanukkah. The Jewish Discovery Center held its celebrations at the Transit Drive-In in Lockport. Leaders wanted to make sure people could still come together in a responsible manner. Rabbi Laizer Labkovski tells us, Hanukkah has always been about finding ways to [...]
  
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• Amherst's Protocol Restaurant settles sexual harassment lawsuit

  11-12-2020 06:31 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB)-- An Amherst restaurant owner is settling a sexual harassment lawsuit. The U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission alleges Paul Pelczynski, the owner of Protocol Restaurant, sexually harassed female employees. And fired those who rejected his advances. As part of the settlement, Pelczynski will pay $90,000. He's also not allowed to manage restaurant workers for [...]
  
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• TV series about musician Rick James to be produced in Buffalo

  11-12-2020 06:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-- A new television series about Rick James is going to be made in Buffalo, the funk legend's hometown. It's going to shoot at the new Buffalo Studios on South Park Avenue. The project is being called "Brother's Keeper" and it's being made by Buffalo filmmaker Addison Henderson and Rick James' brother LeRoi [...]
  
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• Cattaraugus County reports 91 new cases of COVID-19

  11-12-2020 06:05 via wivb.com
  
  CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB)-- Thursday, December 11 The Cattaraugus County Department of Health is reporting its highest new number of daily positive COVID-19 cases so far in the pandemic. 91 new cases are being reported, this bring the county's active case count to 575. The county has had 1,670 total COVID-19 cases. 1,063 have recovered [...]
  
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• Allegany County offering free COVID-19 rapid testing for residents

  11-12-2020 05:55 via wivb.com
  
  ALMOND, N.Y. (WIVB)-- The Allegany Department of Health announced they will be conducting free COVID-19 rapid testing for county residents on December 17. The drive-thru testing will take place at Alfred Almond Central School from 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m. and you must pre-register. The county provided an online pre-registration link, here. Or you call [...]
  
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• Buffalo man guilty on 'Attempted Sexual Abuse' charge, sentenced to 6 months in jail, 10 months sex offender probation

  11-12-2020 05:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-- Erie County District Attorney John Flynn announced today John L. Williams, 35, of Buffalo, was sentenced to 6 months in jail followed by 10 years of sex offender probation. The D.A. says Williams admitted to attempting to subject a juvenile female victim to sexual contact by forcible compulsion in Buffalo between December [...]
  
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• Erie County DPW announces completion of 2020 road and bridge infrastructure repair season

  11-12-2020 05:18 via wivb.com
  
  ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB)-- The Erie County Department of Public Works' Highway Division say they've finished the 2020 road and bridge infrastructure repair season. The county says the repairs were a $24.794 million investment that spanned 23 municipalities in Erie County. "2020 has been a challenging year but the Department of Public Works has been [...]
  
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• Niagara County Sheriff's Office warns of holiday package theft

  11-12-2020 04:42 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB)-- The Niagara County Sheriff's Office is warning residents to protect their packages from theft, this holiday season. The sheriff's office says around 36% of online shoppers in the U.S. have reported their packages either missing or stolen. "In 2019, packages with a total estimated value of nine-billion dollars were stolen." The [...]
  
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• Erie County man says he's waiting on COVID-19 results two weeks after test

  11-12-2020 04:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- More than two weeks after an Erie County man got a COVID-19 test, he says the Health Department has yet to call him with the result. When Mackintosh Barker developed a cough, he decided to be proactive and schedule a COVID-19 test through Erie County. After going through a screening process [...]
  
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• Wyoming County man pleads guilty to manslaughter and DWI in fatal vehicle accident

  11-12-2020 04:02 via wivb.com
  
  WARSAW, N.Y. (WIVB)-- The Wyoming County D.A. tells us Michael A. Conrad, 21, of Eagle, N.Y. pleaded guilty today on charges of manslaughter in the second degree, vehicular manslaughter in the second degree, assault in the second degree and driving while ability impaired by the combined influence of drugs. Officials tell us Conrad was arrested [...]
  
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• NYS Senator Tim Kennedy co-sponsoring bill, making cash payments to E-ZPass simpler

  11-12-2020 03:05 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB)-- Cashless tolls across the entire state thruway system might be a breeze now, but next month some drivers are in for a shock. Tolls are going up by 30%, and some lawmakers want to protect those drivers who can least afford it. There is little doubt taking down the toll plazas across the entire [...]
  
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• History, law show precedent for vaccine mandate

  11-12-2020 02:24 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB)-- State Legislators in the Senate and Assembly have proposed laws that could make a Covid-19 vaccine mandatory for all New Yorkers. But is it legal? Attorneys weigh-in about a precedent that dates back 115 years. Lawmakers from both houses in Albany are pushing legislation that could make it mandatory for all New Yorkers to [...]
  
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• WNY remembering NYS Trooper being laid to rest

  11-12-2020 01:51 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB)-- Loved ones are remembering a state trooper, who died last weekend. Trooper Jennifer Czarnecki retired less than 6-weeks ago, after serving 20-years on the force. Less than one year into her state police career, Trooper Czarnecki helped in the search and recovery efforts in New York City after 9/11. State police say [...]
  
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• Mail carriers seeing double-digit increase in mail volume over last year

  11-12-2020 01:34 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB)-- Package deliveries are up because of the holidays and the pandemic and many postal workers are feeling the crunch. The union representing letter carriers across Central New York says it's seeing double-digit increases in the volume of mail right now, compared to last year. One factor? They're taking care of more packages from people [...]
  
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• Elmwood Avenue's Sole Man is getting ready to expand into women's boutique

  11-12-2020 01:10 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Brian Gavigan has been repairing shoes, luggage, and bags at his shop on Elmwood Avenue for almost five years. Dec. 12 marks the five-year anniversary of Sole Man (565 Elmwood Ave.), a cobbler shop which also sells refurbished and new men's high-quality shoes, jackets, and accessories. "I wanted to bring to [...]
  
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• Amherst: Schools set to reopen in January, some district parents asking the district to open sooner

  11-12-2020 00:13 via wivb.com
  The Amherst Central School District issued a letter to parents this week informing them that in-person classes will resume on January 4th instead of December 14th, and some local parents are hoping the district will reconsider. "Virtual learning does not work, the younger you are," said Emily Cosgriff Amherst mother of three,. "Pre-k is literally [...]
  
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• Latest COVID update from Cuomo focuses on hospitalizations, leaves off microclusters

  11-12-2020 00:05 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Office of the Governor on Thursday sent out a press release with updated statewide COVID numbers. No longer are rolling averages of infection rates in microclusters reported alongside the raw numbers. Now, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is sending out updates with metrics relating to free hospital beds in each region. "As [...]
  
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