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• Niagara baseball downs Fairfield to claim first MAAC title in program history

  25-05-2024 22:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Niagara University baseball team's winningest season in program history culminated in more history and some hardware on Saturday.The Purple Eagles defeated top-seeded Fairfield 10-6 in Game One of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship Series in Pomona, New York to claim the program's first-ever conference title and clinch their first berth in the NCAA Tournament.Niagara (38-15) finished the MAAC tournament a perfect 3-0 and needed to win just one game of
  
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• Good Samaritan rescues 2 after jet ski overturns in Niagara River

  25-05-2024 20:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Good Samaritan rescued two individuals after a jet ski the pair were riding overturned Friday in the Niagara River near Tonawanda Island, the Erie County Sheriff's Office announced.Deputies said they responded to the area around 6:30 p.m. after receiving a report about two people in the water. Minutes after the 911 call, a 53-year-old Grand Island man was able to help the individuals safely into his boat before they were turned over to the Coast Guard.The Sheriff's Offi
  
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• Shy and sweet Lenny is looking for his forever home

  25-05-2024 14:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- On this Saturday's Wake Up Wags, we met Lenny, a shy and sweet pup looking for his forever home.Lenny is a chihuahua mix from Texas and is just under a year old. He should be able to fit in most any home, but one without a lot of action going on may be better.To learn more about Lenny and how to do adopt him, click here or watch the video above.Latest Local News Buffalo resident one of the country’s first commissioned as a service member living with HIV One in criti
  
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• Buffalo resident one of the country’s first commissioned as a service member living with HIV

  25-05-2024 05:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo resident and 2014 U.S. Naval Academy graduate Kevin Deese was commissioned an ensign in the U.S. navy reserve during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Buffalo Naval Park Friday. While this is a big achievement for Deese, it is also a big moment in the U.S., as he is one of the country's first service members living with HIV to be commissioned.Kevin Deese will now serve as a supply corps officer, drilling out of the Navy reserve center in Buffalo.To get to this p
  
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• One in critical condition after three people shot in Niagara Falls

  25-05-2024 02:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- One person is undergoing surgery at ECMC after sustaining life-threatening injuries in a shooting that took place just after 1:30 p.m. Friday on LaSalle Avenue in Niagara Falls.
  According to the mayor's office, two other people were shot and taken to ECMC as well, with non-life-threatening injuries.The victim's names are not being released at this time, as the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call the NFPD criminal investigation line at (716)
  
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• Local comedian wraps on documentary "Open Mic'er"

  25-05-2024 02:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Jason Pomietlasz has been doing stand-up comedy for over seven years. Since 2019, he has been taking a deeper look into the Buffalo comedy scene he loves, as part of his upcoming documentary, "Open Mic'er.""When I tell people that I do comedy, they're always enthusiastic," Pomietlasz said. "And obviously, it is fun, but there are a lot of things that people don't see on TV [comedy specials] -- unglamorous stuff like trying to write jokes and going to open mics every night
  
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• Hochul holds social media & mental health roundtable with local students

  25-05-2024 00:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Governor Kathy Hochul was in town Friday to speak with local high school students about the effect social media has on mental health."One student told me - not here, but at another school - you've got to save us from ourselves, because we don't know how to turn this off," Hochul said.The governor has been holding round table discussions across New York State. Friday, she sat down with a group of students from Williamsville East High school as Hochul touts two pieces of le
  
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