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• Hundreds of residents lose power in South Buffalo

  19-06-2024 23:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Amid these hot and humid conditions, hundreds of people in South Buffalo lost power Wednesday and some are still without it.
  National Grid tells News 4 about 700 people in South Buffalo lost power late Wednesday morning. Since then, about 500 people have had their power restored, but there are still homes and businesses that have gone much of the day with no power and no air conditioning.Residents in the area of Eden Street and Downing Street off of South Park Avenue have
  
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• Union says officer's fingertip bitten off in attack at Collins Correctional Facility

  19-06-2024 20:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association (NYSCOPBA) says part of an officer's finger was bitten off in an alleged assault at Collins Correctional Facility last week.NYSCOPBA says three incidents of assault occurred on June 12. In the instance where they said a correction officer's finger was bitten off, a total of seven officers were allegedly injured, according to the union.Officers were finishing a search of a cell at the medium-secur
  
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• Jamestown parents charged after child allegedly falls from second-story window

  19-06-2024 17:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Two parents have been charged after Jamestown police said their young child allegedly fell out of a second-story window.Shortly after 7:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, police say they responded to an address on the city's west side. Once the child was located by first responders, he was taken to a hospital to be treated for minor injuries, officials said.
  Max Hubbard, 26, and Breanne Fuller, 22, both of Jamestown, identified as the child's parents by police, were located at th
  
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• Memories from The Old Pink flood back for woman engaged there

  19-06-2024 17:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Cleanup continues at The Old Pink, a legendary dive bar torn down after a fire tore through the building early Monday morning. Amid the rubble, decades of priceless memories came rushing back for regulars of this Allentown meet-up.A yellow excavator spent Tuesday afternoon removing the burnt ruins of the legendary institution.A candlelight vigil Monday night drew hundreds to Allen and Mariner streets for a final farewell to a place known for its music, people and steak sa
  
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• Common Council member disputes Broadway Market Save-A-Lot's reason for closing

  19-06-2024 15:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Buffalo Common Councilman Mitch Nowakowski joined News 4 Tuesday afternoon to talk about the pending closure of a Fillmore District grocery store.Next week, the Broadway Market could lose its Save-A-Lot, the only full-service grocer at the historic shopping destination if a solution to keep it open isn't found.According to Nowakowski, Save-A-Lot hasn't properly notified the City of Buffalo, its landlord, of its plans to close, other than a piece of paper with a message wr
  
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• Lewiston man claims Niagara Falls industrial plant produced radioactive waste that resulted in wife's death

  19-06-2024 05:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Lewiston man filed a lawsuit claiming an industrial plant in Niagara Falls produced radioactive waste that resulted in his wife's death, who died from breast cancer two years ago.The lawsuit, filed in Niagara County Supreme Court, accused NL Industries of dispersing radioactive material throughout Niagara County.Authorities said they discovered radioactive materials under the man's concrete foundation and on his land, located on Upper Mountain Road. They believe the mat
  
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• Graphic designers create t-shirts to remember The Old Pink

  19-06-2024 04:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — News 4 has heard many stories from neighbors of The Old Pink, which burned down in an early morning fire Monday.Those stories have now inspired Buffalo-based graphic designers to get creative. 26 Shirts and another local designer created purple and green apparel to remember The Old Pink.Monday night’s candlelight vigil was evidence as hundreds of neighbors who attended showed just how much people care about the popular dive bar.
  Since the building is no longer
  
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• Fire breaks out in Cobblestone District

  19-06-2024 03:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A fire broke out in downtown Buffalo's Cobblestone District Tuesday evening.The City of Buffalo will address the media shortly. Watch in the video player above.News 4 is working to learn more about the fire.Courtesy: Luke DerkovitzThis is a developing story, check back for updates.Latest Local News Fire breaks out in Cobblestone District FeedMore WNY delivers meals, checks on residents in Niagara County during intense heat Jamestown woman sentenced to nine years for invol
  
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• Cobblestone District fire causes $1.1M in damage

  19-06-2024 03:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A fire broke out at 110-118 South Park Avenue in downtown Buffalo's Cobblestone District Tuesday evening.The fire was first reported around 7:50 p.m. Officials said it started on the first floor of the vacant building and spread throughout.
  The fire was reported to be under control at 2 a.m., with damage totaling an estimated $1.1 million. It's not clear what caused the fire."We have to maintain our standoff distance because a couple of walls are compromised," Renaldo sai
  
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• FeedMore WNY delivers meals, checks on residents in Niagara County during intense heat

  19-06-2024 00:59 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS N.Y. (WIVB) -- With sizzling temperatures this week, one local organization is reminding people to check on the elderly neighbors.
  News 4 spoke with volunteers from FeedMore WNY as they were out delivering meals in the heat in Niagara Falls on Tuesday.
  Along with handing out meals, they were making sure people, especially those who live alone and are more at risk in the heat, were safe.
  "Our volunteers are always instructed not just to leave a meal but also perform a well-being che
  
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• Jamestown woman sentenced to nine years for involvement in drug trafficking ring

  19-06-2024 00:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Jamestown woman was sentenced to serve nine years in prison Tuesday for her involvement in an alleged drug trafficking ring that occurred between 2018 and 2020, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
  31-year-old Kylie Reeves was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, 50 grams or more of meth.Reeves distributed meth and heroin for co-defendant and alleged leader of the ring, Rocco Beardsley. Beardsley was arrested on New York St
  
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