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• 30 prospects in 30 days: Florida State's Keon Coleman's basketball background makes him high-flying receiver

  28-03-2024 23:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Florida State's Keon Coleman hauled in 11 touchdowns for the Seminoles last season. He started his college career at Michigan State where he also played basketball. At 6-foot-4 and 215 pounds, Coleman has great size and that basketball background showed up with some high-flying, acrobatic catches.Coleman met formally met with the Bills at the combine and said it would be a good fit for a rookie receiver. "They were asking me 'how would you feel to coming in and
  
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• "Bald is the new beautiful" Lake Shore Central Schools hold their 20th Bald for Bucks

  28-03-2024 23:02 via wivb.com
  
  ANGOLA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Cheers filled the auditorium of John T. Waugh Elementary as nearly 80 students, staff and some parents throughout Lake School Central School District received a new hairdo to show their support for cancer research and care.
  For some students, it means much more than a haircut.
  "I'm showing my best friend that she's not alone," said fifth-grader Sophia Rivera. "Her name is Zoey Barone. I'm showing her that even though she may be going bald when she has surgery, it doesn't m
  
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• Bills replenish D-line by signing Austin Johnson, DeShawn Williams to 1-year deals

  28-03-2024 21:26 via wivb.com
  
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  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills replenished their depleted defensive line needs by signing tackles Austin Johnson and DeShawn Williams to one-year contracts on Thursday.The 29-year-old Johnson has eight seasons of NFL experience, including the past two with the Los Angeles Chargers where he started all 17 games last season. He’s listed at 6-foot-4 and 314 pounds and was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the second round of the 2016 draft.Overall
  
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• Jury finds Buffalo man guilty of stabbing woman to death in her apartment

  28-03-2024 18:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y., (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was found guilty by a jury of stabbing a woman to death in her apartment in 2022, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced Thursday.Officials said 46-year-old Otis L. Johnson got into an argument with 56-year-old Katherine Crofton in December. During the argument, Johnson stabbed Crofton six times inside of her apartment on Riley Street. Crofton died from her injuries.It took jurors less than two hours on the first day of a five-day trial to fin
  
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• Man arrested for cyberstalking, accused of harassing same victim for 20 years

  28-03-2024 17:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A prior felon was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with cyberstalking after he allegedly flew across the country to see the victim Thursday morning in Western New York, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.
  Officials said Daniel Richter, 45, was allegedly found Thursday morning at an Amherst hotel after flying in from Los Angeles. He allegedly emailed the victim and told her he would visit her in Western New York. Investigators are alleged to have found a ski ma
  
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• Pro soccer in Buffalo by 2026? New group acquires rights for men's and women's pro teams, plans new stadium

  28-03-2024 17:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The dream of landing a professional soccer team in Western New York has new life after a Buffalo-born sports executive acquired the expansion rights for a team in the USL Championship, America's second-highest men's professional league.
  Peter Marlette Jr., a former overseas professional who stepped down as the general manager of a championship-winning pro team in Omaha to lead this effort, envisions an aggressive timeline: He'd like the team to begin competing just t
  
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• Niagara Falls man sentenced on child pornography charge

  28-03-2024 16:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Niagara Falls man previously convicted of child sexual abuse was sentenced to serve over 15 years in prison for a new child pornography charge, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Thursday.Officials said Albert Smith, 40, was sentenced in connection with a search warrant of his residence in 2021. Investigators seized two cell phones and another electronic device in his residence that altogether contained over 300 images and 25 videos of child pornography. The images in
  
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• Grocery store manager in Erie County accused of selling drugs while working

  28-03-2024 16:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A grocery store manager in North Collins was arrested Wednesday and accused of selling drugs while she was working, the Erie County Sheriff's Office announced.Deputies said 35-year-old Ashley Bertino of Silver Creek was taken into custody following a long-term investigation into illegal narcotic sales at a grocery store on Main Street in North Collins.
  It is alleged that investigators made drug purchases from Bertino while she was working as a manager, which prompted an a
  
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• Former Niagara County legislator gets community service for tire slashing

  28-03-2024 14:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A former Niagara County legislator was ordered to serve 50 hours of community service Wednesday for a tire slashing incident last October in Lockport, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced.Officials said 58-year-old William J. Collins, Sr. intentionally slashed the tire of a victim's pickup truck on Oct. 26 in the parking lot of a tavern on the 600 block of West Ave.Collins, a Lockport resident, pleaded guilty to a second-degree harassment charge in connect
  
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• TIMELINE: NTSB details moments before cargo ship crashed into Baltimore bridge

  28-03-2024 03:08 via wivb.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- The National Transportation Safety Board detailed during a Wednesday night news conference what is believed to have happened in the moments before a cargo ship crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, sending the bridge collapsing into the water.
  The NTSB received six hours of voyage data recorder (VDR) data spanning from midnight to 6 a.m. on the day of the crash. The VDR shows a basic snapshot of what's happening, including the ship's speed, heading, RPMs and au
  
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• Sabres flop out of playoff race with ugly start in 6-2 home loss to Senators

  28-03-2024 02:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Visions of postseason hockey vanished here Wednesday night, well before the Sabres left the ice 6-2 losers against the Ottawa Senators at KeyBank Center.Giving up three goals in the first six minutes, four before Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was pulled barely halfway through the first, and a fifth by the end of the period, no response Buffalo could muster after that mattered.
  Opening a last gasp homestand by snapping a three-win streak in their own barn, the defeated Sabres
  
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• Buffalo Teachers Federation presents BPS with school safety solutions

  28-03-2024 02:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After countless fights, safety concerns have been a big issue this year at Buffalo Public Schools.On Wednesday, the Buffalo Teachers Federation sat down with BPS Superintendent Tonja Williams to talk about solutions to the problem, a meeting that had been in the works since October.In Wednesday's meeting, the BTF presented the superintendent with a list of solutions meant to put a stop to fights at Riverside High, and throughout the district.“We all want the sa
  
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• 2 charged with kidnapping, robbing elderly male in Niagara County

  28-03-2024 01:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two people have been charged with kidnapping and robbing an elderly man in Niagara County, according to the Niagara County Sheriff's Office.Gregory Perry, 31, and Ashley McMillen, 35, both of Niagara Falls, have been charged in connection. The arrests came following an investigation of a missing person in the town of Niagara.Both were charged with second-degree kidnapping, second-degree assault and second-degree robbery, while Perry was additionally charged with firs
  
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• 2 teens arrested for allegedly stealing tires from dealership

  28-03-2024 00:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two teenagers have been arrested for allegedly stealing tires and wheels from a car dealership last month, according to the Amherst Police Department.19-year-old Matthew A. Vanyo, of West Seneca, and a 17-year-old from Amherst were both arrested following a search on East and West Road in West Seneca. The thefts allegedly occurred at a dealership on Sheridan Drive in Amherst on Feb. 18.They are both charged with third-degree grand larceny and third-degree auto stripp
  
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• Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats’ VP pick in 2000, dead at 82

  28-03-2024 00:01 via wivb.com
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain's running mate eight years later, has died, according to a statement issued by his family.
  Lieberman died in New York City on Wednesday due to complications from a fall, the statement said. He was 82.
  The Democrat-turned-independent was never shy about veering from the party
  
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