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• Parkinson's Boxing expands again to meet growing demand

  14-03-2024 23:20 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Just about every inch of Parkinson's Boxing in the town of Tonawanda was being used on a recent Tuesday morning. And that's saying something, considering this building, to which they just expanded this year, is five times the size of their old place.  "A few years ago it was just me, as you know," said Parkinson's Boxing founder Dean Eoannou. "And now there's 35 trainers and staff among the north and southtowns."Eoannou's Parkinson's Boxing is a gym
  
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• Pregnant teacher found unresponsive after school has died, New York district says

  14-03-2024 23:11 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — An upstate New York school district is mourning the loss of a teacher who died Friday after a day of teaching.
  Courtney Fannon worked as a special education teacher for Kendall Elementary School in Kendall, New York. According to a GoFundMe page, Fannon was pregnant with her daughter, Hadley Jaye, and was expecting her in four weeks.
  On March 8, after a day of work at Kendall Elementary, she was found unresponsive and was taken to a nearby hospital, where she was p
  
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• 750-pound alligator seized from home in Hamburg

  14-03-2024 22:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It really was a "see ya later, alligator" moment for one homeowner in Hamburg.On Wednesday, the State Department of Environmental Conservation seized an 11-foot, 750-pound alligator that had "numerous health-related issues," from a home in Hamburg.The department allegedly learned that the homeowner built an addition to his house and added an in-ground pool to keep the alligator in, which was roughly 30 years old. In addition, the man allegedly allowed members of the
  
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• 'Like the Super Bowl': Nearly 1 million people expected in WNY for solar eclipse

  14-03-2024 22:38 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The total solar eclipse will bring close to 1 million people to the region on April 8, according to Visit Buffalo Niagara. And that means there is a huge opportunity for the hospitality industry to cash in on tourism.
  "This is almost like the Super Bowl for some cities," Pat Kahler said, the president/CEO of Visit Buffalo Niagara. "There's really nothing you can compare it to. We've never been in a situation where we've been at near-capacity of our hotels, especially at t
  
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• 2 charged in Buffalo burglary, 1 of them charged for additional burglaries

  14-03-2024 21:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two men have been arrested for a burglary in Buffalo, while one was charged for a string of burglaries throughout this year, the Buffalo Police Department said Thursday.
  The arrests were made on March 7 during a burglary on the 2100 block of South Park Avenue, where one suspect was found on the roof and another was found in the basement. Damage on site was estimated around $15,000.26-year-old Drayton Hall and 27-year-old Walter Dixon, both of Buffalo, are charged wit
  
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• Buffalo man sentenced to 13 years in prison for drug trafficking

  14-03-2024 21:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was sentenced to serve 156 months in connection to drug trafficking, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Thursday.
  Maurice London of Buffalo was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.
  A search warrant was executed at London's residence in June of 2022. Law enforcement found 144 grams of fentanyl, $13,416 in cash, five cell phones, 72 grams of lidocaine, drug paraphernalia, suspected Suboxone strips, 30 grams of crack
  
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• Tonawanda man sentenced for receipt of child pornography

  14-03-2024 19:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Tonawanda man was sentenced to serve eight years in prison for receipt of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Thursday.Tonawanda man pleads guilty to child pornography chargeIn January 2021, a video of a child in only underwear was discovered on the desktop computer of 47-year-old Andrew Vallone, officials said. The video was then reported to the Tonawanda Police Department which contacted the FBI and began an investigation.Police determined that Val
  
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• Local young actors featured in "Cabrini" reflect on filmmaking experience

  14-03-2024 19:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- It's not every day you get to see yourself or your friends on the big screen. Children and young adults from across Western New York have that opportunity Thursday, however, two years after the filming of the historic drama "Cabrini".Gian Carlo, Michael and Samuel Caico, Capri Clark, Angelo Eckert, Rachel Teresi and Ashley Szczerbacki all met on set in the summer of 2021 and created a bond like no other. The long working days as extras and multiple layers of period piece
  
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• Hundreds of Hamburg students walk out of school in protest of teacher layoffs

  14-03-2024 18:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Dozens of Hamburg students walked out of school Thursday morning to protest recent staff layoffs that affected 16 teachers and aides within the district.Students from Hamburg High School began the walkout just before 11:30 a.m., marching from the school building, across Legion Drive and to the district's football field. Hamburg Middle School students eventually joined in on the protest.
  “We want teachers,” Hamburg students chant. A massive walkout happening no
  
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• Hamburg students walk out of school in protest of teacher layoffs

  14-03-2024 18:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Dozens of Hamburg students walked out of school Thursday morning to protest recent staff layoffs that affected 16 teachers and aides within the district.Students from Hamburg High School began the walkout just before 11:30 a.m., marching from the school building, across Legion Drive and to the district's football field. Hamburg Middle School students eventually joined in on the protest.
  “We want teachers,” Hamburg students chant. A massive walkout happening no
  
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• West Seneca man admits to possessing child pornography

  14-03-2024 16:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A West Seneca man faces a minimum of five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to child pornography charges Thursday, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.Officials said Corey Beasley, 38, took sexually explicit photos of himself and a minor female in June 2022. The following year, search warrants were executed at Beasley's residence and investigators seized multiple devices, including his cellphone that contained sexually explicit images of the female victim.Other ima
  
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• 1 dead after residential fire in Salamanca

  14-03-2024 14:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- One person was found dead after a residential fire early Wednesday morning in Salamanca, fire officials confirmed to News 4.Officials said the blaze began around 3:45 a.m. at 60 Waite Ave. When crews arrived, the home was fully engulfed, preventing firefighters from searching for anyone inside.Crews were eventually able to extinguish enough of the fire to enter the house, where they found one individual deceased, according to officials. The victim was not identified.Nobod
  
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• 2 shot during dispute near basketball courts at Schiller Park

  14-03-2024 03:05 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two men were shot at Schiller Park on Wednesday night, according to Buffalo police.Police responded to the basketball courts at Schiller Park, near Sprenger Avenue and Doat Street, around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday.The two men were shot during some type of dispute. A News 4 photographer on scene captured a car on the basketball court as well.The two males were both transported to ECMC. Police said that the injuries to one of the males appears to be life-threatening.The shoo
  
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• Buffalo schools release midyear reading and math proficiency rates

  14-03-2024 02:35 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — In November, Buffalo schools felt reading and math proficiency was not where it should be. With only one percent of black and African American third graders with an economic disadvantage doing math on grade level.The district hoped to see progress and the latest numbers were released to the public on Wednesday.“We looked at the 37 elementary schools that we have in the district, close to half of those schools have already at the midyear point got their chi
  
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