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• Some Niagara County state lawmakers say it's time to honor police help protect them

  14-05-2021 23:55 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) -- Several state lawmakers from Niagara County say it's time to honor police and help protect them as they do their work. Niagara County Sheriff Michael Filicetti joined Assemblymen Angelo Morinello and Mike Norris, and Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt to talk about a package called "Protect Those Who Protect Us." They know modern-day [...]
  
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• Niagara Falls' $10M Downtown Revitalization Initiative projects revealed

  14-05-2021 23:30 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) -- We now know where the City of Niagara Falls will be putting its $10 million downtown revitalization money it was awarded from New York State back in August 2019. A local planning committee has been working to figure out what projects the Downton Revitalization Initiative funds should be used for. [...]
  
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• Grand Island business owner taking conservative approach as restrictions ease

  14-05-2021 23:26 via wivb.com
  
  The New York State business community is waiting for Governor Andrew Cuomo to announce whether the state will adopt new CDC guidance, which says fully vaccinated individuals no longer need to socially distance or wear masks in most instances, unless required by law.
  
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• West Seneca PD asking for help finding "guardian angel" nurse to thank her after saving man's life

  14-05-2021 22:50 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The West Seneca Police Department is asking for your help in finding a "guardian angel" nurse that helped save a man's life after a rollover accident Friday morning. A man flipped his car on Route 400 South in West Seneca and suffered a laceration to his arm, losing a lot [...]
  
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• NYSPHSAA says student-athletes and spectators will still need to mask up to participate in high school sports

  14-05-2021 22:19 via wivb.com
  
  LATHAM, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The New York State Public High School Athletic Association says student-athletes and spectators will still need to mask-up if they plan on participating in high school sports. NYSPHSAA tweeted Friday afternoon, weighing in on the new mask guidance from the Centers for Disease Control. New federal guidance says fully vaccinated people [...]
  
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• New COVID cases per 100,000 Erie County residents over seven days under 100

  14-05-2021 21:09 via wivb.com
  
  ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Through Thursday, May 13, the rate for new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 Erie County residents in the past seven days is now 91, the county department of health announced Friday. ECDOH officials tell News 4 this means the county is now considered in a "substantial" category of COVID-19 risk, down [...]
  
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• Frontier Central Schools plan to return to full-time, in-person learning next week

  14-05-2021 20:29 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Frontier Central School District says they will bring middle school and high school students back to full-time, in-person learning next Thursday, May 20. School officials say this is due to the reduction of the transmission rate of COVID in Erie County, and they will send a mass communication notice to parents [...]
  
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• Two people hit by car crossing Sheridan Drive Thursday night

  14-05-2021 20:01 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Town of Tonawanda Police say two people were hit by a vehicle just after 6 p.m. on Thursday. According to officials, 21-year-old Ramses Rodriguez of Town of Tonawanda and a juvenile were crossing Sheridan Drive as the vehicle struck them. Police tell News 4 Rodriguez suffered a leg injury [...]
  
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• FLOATmingos returning to Hoyt Lake this weekend

  14-05-2021 17:35 via wivb.com
  
  Starting May 15, anyone looking to rent one of the bright pink flamingo paddle boats can get them any day between Noon and 8 p.m.
  
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• Weinberg Campus holding hiring events next week

  14-05-2021 17:05 via wivb.com
  
  Weinberg Campus, a retirement community in Getzville, is looking to fill a number of positions.
  
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• Sullivan: On Daemen's esport team, they're all gamers

  14-05-2021 16:58 via wivb.com
  
  Colleges conduct exhaustive and costly searches for their athletic head coaches. They’ll employ search teams, hire headhunters. But sometimes, the answer is sitting right there in the mail room.A few years ago, Patrick Ryan was working maintenance at Daemen College when he heard the school was starting a competitive esports team.Ryan, a Tonawanda [...]
  
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• You can help name the Aquarium of Niagara's new octopus

  14-05-2021 16:41 via wivb.com
  
  The introduction of the new cephalopod comes after the November passing of Babs -- the aquarium's giant Pacific octopus.
  
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• Stefanik elected as House GOP Conference Chair

  14-05-2021 16:11 via wivb.com
  
  Stefanik is replacing Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney (WY At-large District).
  
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• More than 300 universities across the US requiring students to receive COVID-19 vaccine

  14-05-2021 14:47 via wivb.com
  
  As U.S. colleges and universities hope to return to normal, they're weighing how far they’re willing to go to keep campus safe — to require or not to require students, faculty, and staff to get a COVID-19 vaccine to return to campus; that is the question.
  
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• Crews battle fire at vacant building on LaTour Street

  14-05-2021 14:24 via wivb.com
  
  Around 5:30 p.m., firefighters headed to 24 LaTour St.
  
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• Dead & Company to perform at Darien Lake in August

  14-05-2021 13:53 via wivb.com
  
  Something we didn't see much of in 2020 is making a comeback -- concerts.
  
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• What is Buffalo's Best Rooftop Patio?

  14-05-2021 11:00 via wivb.com
  
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• Orchard Park Schools appoint new superintendent

  14-05-2021 05:56 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) -- There's a new leader of the Orchard Park Central Schools. The board voted unanimously to appoint David Lilleck as the new superintendent Thursday night. Lilleck has held several top positions in the district including his role as assistant superintendent. He's replacing Matthew McGarrity who is retiring.
  
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• 'We have to wait to see what NYS is going to do:' how new CDC mask guidance could impact Western New Yorkers

  14-05-2021 04:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The return to 'normalcy' is much closer after the CDC announced people who are fully vaccinated do not have to wear masks or physically distance in most places. "If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things you stopped doing because of the pandemic," said CDC Director Dr. Rochelle [...]
  
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• Poloncarz calls on NYS to align mask policies with new CDC guidance

  14-05-2021 02:26 via wivb.com
  
  ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz is calling on New York State to review the new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance and align their policies with the agency. The CDC announced Thursday that fully vaccinated people can largely stop wearing masks indoors. Poloncarz says the new federal guidance is [...]
  
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• ‘Italian Organized Crime’ in Buffalo? Depends on who you ask.

  14-05-2021 00:21 via wivb.com
  
  Does Italian Organized Crime exist in the Buffalo area? Federal prosecutors say it does, while some defense attorneys demand the proof.
  
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