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• Buffalo Bills free agency tracker: Offseason signings, moves

  09-03-2024 23:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The 2024 NFL league year begins Wednesday, and teams can begin negotiating with free agents starting at noon Monday.The Bills have already been busy this offseason, cutting several veteran players in an attempt to get under the salary cap and be able to spend in free agency. While signings can't be made official until 4 p.m. Wednesday, reported agreements will tickle in soon after the legal tampering begins Monday. You can track Bills free agent signings, as well as other
  
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• Sabres come back to beat Oilers in shootout, overcoming disallowed OT goal

  09-03-2024 21:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Alex Tuch scored the decisive shootout goal and the Buffalo Sabres overcame a two-goal deficit and a disallowed overtime goal in a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.Jacob Bryson scored the tying goal with 8:21 remaining and Tage Thompson scored 15 1/2 minutes into the first period as Buffalo snapped an 0-2-1 skid. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 30 shots through overtime, and two more in the shootout, and sealed the win by getting his stick and blocker out to s
  
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• Jamestown man arrested twice in one day on weapon, criminal mischief charges

  09-03-2024 21:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Jamestown man was arrested twice in four hours Friday after he allegedly threatened a person with a knife and later engaged in disorderly conduct, the Jamestown Police Department announced.Police said Ervin L. Mitchell, 53, allegedly brandished a knife in a threatening matter towards an employee around 10 a.m. at a business in the northern part of the city. He was taken into custody by police, arraigned on second-degree menacing and third-degree criminal possession of a
  
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• Jamestown man accused of allowing 1-year-old child to consume marijuana

  09-03-2024 17:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Jamestown man was arrested Friday night after he allegedly "allowed" a 1-year-old child to consume marijuana, the Jamestown Police Department announced.Police said Elijah T. McBride, 21, allegedly allowed the child to consume marijuana at UPMC Chautauqua hospital. McBride is then accused of removing the child from the hospital before the 1-year-old could be treated, placing them "in a dangerous situation."McBride allegedly left the hospital for around 30 minutes before
  
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• Falls way leads back to Glens Falls, as NFHS reaches state semis for 8th time in 24 years

  09-03-2024 17:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — For some schools, a trip to states comes once in a generation. For the Niagara Falls Wolverines, it's a perennial expectation.Niagara Falls is going back to Glens Falls to play in the NYSPHSAA boys basketball semifinals for the eighth time in the 24 years since the school opened after the Wolverines outworked U-Prep from Section V for a 53-48 victory in Friday night's Class AAA Far West Regional at Buffalo State Sports Arena."It's great for our program. This is our g
  
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• Jamestown man convicted of killing 2 people in separate crashes accused of possessing meth in prison

  09-03-2024 17:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Jamestown man sentenced in February to at least 13 years in prison for killing two people in separate crashes has now been accused of possessing meth in prison, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office announced.Deputies said 60-year-old Randall J. Rolison was allegedly passed an object, later discovered to be methamphetamine, by 56-year-old Debbie L. Hires of Jamestown during a Thursday morning visitation.Rolison and Hires were both charged with first-degree promoting pr
  
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• Loving puppies Chickpea and Ray Ray looking for their forever homes

  09-03-2024 16:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- On this Saturday's Wake Up Wags, we met Chickpea and Ray Ray, two puppies who came to Buffalo from Texas looking for forever homes.Chickpea is a "playful" 3-month-old puppy that is a lab and shepherd mix, while Ray Ray is a 4-to-5-month-old bully mix who loves to be around other dogs.To learn more about Chickpea and Ray Ray, watch the video above or click here.Latest Local News Change Healthcare cyberattack continues affecting local hospitals “Just about every expen
  
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• Timon reaches Catholic state title game for second year in a row in boys basketball

  09-03-2024 05:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Timon Tigers, champions of the Monsignor Martin league and the top-ranked boys basketball team in Western New York, are now one win from claiming the school's first state title. Timon takes Manhattan Cup back to South BuffaloTimon reached the Catholic High School Athletic Association Class A final for the second year in a row with a 62-58 semifinal win against McClancy on Friday night at Fordham University. Ranked No. 5 in the state, Timon (25-2) will meet No. 25
  
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• Change Healthcare cyberattack continues affecting local hospitals

  09-03-2024 04:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The cyberattack of United Health's Change Healthcare payment system last month continues to affect local hospitals. United Health's Change Healthcare processes medical insurance claims and payments across the nation.While some services such as electronic prescribing for pharmacies are "now fully functional," according to United Health, local hospitals are still dealing with issues.At Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center bill payment delays have been effecting pat
  
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• "Just about every expense is going up…" Byron Brown talks cost of snow clearing

  09-03-2024 01:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown sat down with News 4's Jacquie Walker Friday to discuss the snow Buffalo has seen this winter and other issues around town.A major winter storm last month brought several feet of snow to various regions in the city. $6.6 million were spent on snow removal in January 2024.
  "What we're seeing now is, usually we would get 50, 60 inches of snowfall in Buffalo over a two, three month period of time. Now we might be getting 50, 60 inches in a week, in
  
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• Bills awarded compensatory draft pick after losing Tremaine Edmunds in free agency

  09-03-2024 00:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Buffalo Bills were awarded a compensatory draft pick in the upcoming NFL Draft, giving them an extra selection at the end of the fourth round.
  Compensatory picks are awarded based on the number and value of qualifying free agents a team signed or lost the previous offseason. The exact process for awarding picks has never been revealed publicly by the NFL, but it centers on a formula based on salary, playing time and postseason honors.The Bills were in position to
  
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