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• Fair fun is back in Niagara County

  31-07-2024 23:56 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The sights, the sounds and the tastes are all back this week at the Niagara County Fairgrounds. On Wednesday, the fair kicked off with their annual farm city breakfast, with five days full of fair fun ahead.
  "It's just a great community interaction with everyone here that can enjoy the day and kick it off right," said Justin Rogers, the executive director of the fair. "It brings everyone kind of back together, reminds them of the community connections that they have."The
  
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• Keon Coleman surprises young fan after viral moment

  31-07-2024 23:46 via wivb.com
  
  PITTSFORD, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A young Bills fan finally got a chance to meet one of his favorite players.When Logan Bittner arrived at training camp with his parents Tuesday, he was hoping to just get a glimpse of Keon Coleman. Logan went viral after he sent Coleman a letter a couple of months ago. Yesterday, it was the rookie's turn to give something back."I did not expect him to bring a present for me," Logan said. "I was really surprised."In his letter, the 10-year-old welcomed Coleman to Western
  
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• Neighbors vent as DEC plans to turn section of Chautauqua Lake into wetland

  31-07-2024 23:41 via wivb.com
  
  CELORON, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The state's Department of Environmental Conservation is modernizing some regulations, turning an area of Chautauqua Lake into a wetland, leaving some neighbors nervous about their property values and long-term plans of living there.
  "My first thought when I hear wetlands … I think swamp," said Cathie Kasperek, a resident along the lake in Burtis Bay.In the 1980s, Cathie and Jim Kasperek moved down to Celoron along with Cathie's sister Peggy Newell and Peggy's husba
  
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• Repeat offender sentenced for raping victim while armed with knife

  31-07-2024 23:12 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was sentenced to 12 years in prison followed by 15 years of post-release supervision for raping a victim in 2022, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.
  Officials said Tamaury Love, 25, forcibly engaged in sexual intercourse with a victim while armed with a knife in the early morning hours of March 13, 2022. The incident occurred in a Buffalo residence. Love was linked to the crime through DNA evidence and was subsequently arrested.
  
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• Buffalo man sentenced to 7 years for shoplifting, criminal possession

  31-07-2024 21:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision for criminal possession of a weapon and petit larceny, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced.
  Cheektowaga Police responded to a shoplifting complaint at a store on the 2500 block of Walden Avenue around 1:53 p.m. Feb. 7, 2022. Officials said 39-year-old Kevin Ricks was found in possession of a stolen cutting tool, plant food and razors in the pa
  
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• Indiana man with arrest warrants taken into custody on way to Erie County Fair

  31-07-2024 20:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- An Indiana man with multiple arrest warrants for child molestation was taken into custody Tuesday following a traffic stop while he was on his way to the Erie County Fairgrounds, West Seneca Police announced Wednesday.Police said Michael Wayne Gordon was driving a Ford F350 pulling a carnival ride Tuesday on I-90 westbound when he was pulled over for a passenger not wearing a seatbelt and a cracked windshield.
  Gordon allegedly stated that he was on his way to the Erie Cou
  
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• New York opens application for homeowners seeking tornado relief

  31-07-2024 17:39 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Did weather damage your Chautauqua, Erie, Essex, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, or Warren County home between July 10 and July 16? Now you can apply for up to $50,000 in assistance for emergency repairs.On Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that eligible homeowners can apply for a share of $11 million to recover from thunderstorms, floods, and a record 22 tornadoes. The New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal oversees the grant, awarded based on the s
  
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• 2 hospitalized after overnight crash on Elmwood Avenue

  31-07-2024 16:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Two people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash early Wednesday morning on Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo police officials announced.Police said a four-door Toyota was traveling westbound on Hinman Avenue around 2:15 a.m. when it struck a vehicle traveling northbound on Elmwood.Two people in the vehicle that was struck were taken by ambulance to ECMC to be treated for their injuries. There was no immediate update on their condition.The crash remains under investigation.La
  
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• 2 top-prize Take 5 lottery tickets sold in Western New York

  31-07-2024 15:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Two top-prize Take 5 lottery tickets worth over $8,000 were recently sold in Western New York, the New York Lottery announced.One of the tickets was sold at Al's Corner Store in Buffalo, located at 2894 Elmwood Ave., while the other was sold at Robo on Main LLC in Jamestown, located at 817 North Main St. Each ticket is good for an $8,250 prize and were winners in Tuesday's evening drawing.Take 5 drawings take place twice daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Winning ticket pr
  
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• Buffalo Bandits offseason tracker: Captain Steve Priolo signs 3-year deal

  31-07-2024 15:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Bandits are going for a three-peat after winning consecutive National Lacrosse League championships on home turf at KeyBank Center.With star players Dhane Smith and Josh Byrne locked up on long-term deals, general manager Steve Dietrich has begun working to fill out the rest of the roster.Here's a timeline of each move the Bandits have made so far this offseason.
  
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• Buffalo Bandits offseason tracker: Bona grad Jake Rosa signs rookie deal, captain Steve Priolo commits for 3 years

  31-07-2024 15:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Bandits are going for a three-peat after winning consecutive National Lacrosse League championships on home turf at KeyBank Center.With star players Dhane Smith and Josh Byrne locked up on long-term deals, general manager Steve Dietrich has begun working to fill out the rest of the roster.Here's a timeline of each move the Bandits have made so far this offseason.
  
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• Green Lake beach, water in Orchard Park closed for season due to bacteria presence

  31-07-2024 14:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Yates Park beach in Orchard Park will be closed for the rest of the season due to the presence of bacteria in the water of Green Lake, police announced.Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper staff sampled confirmed harmful algal blooms in Green Lake, and found two species of cyanobacteria while looking at the water. The BNW warned that cyanobacteria can produce toxins that affect people as well as pets and that the toxins can remain even after the algal bloom recedes.While the b
  
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• Buffalo Common Council looks into establishing city's own ambulance services

  31-07-2024 04:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Buffalo Common Council President Christopher Scanlon has introduced a resolution to explore establishing a City of Buffalo ambulance service.The resolution comes in response to several ongoing concerns about how the city's current emergency medical services, American Medical Response (AMR), operates."Whether it's the current provider or the previous provider of ambulance services for the City of Buffalo, there have been concerns or complaints from time to time about respo
  
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• DEC hopes Amherst bear moves on by Wednesday

  31-07-2024 04:12 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) -- People in Amherst are still on alert Tuesday after a black bear was spotted in neighborhoods off of Maple Road.The bear was caught on camera roaming around in streets and yards.“They normally don't come here," said neighbor Chris Jeffery. "Maybe they're coming here to get food — they have nowhere else to go or they just lose their path."Amherst police told WIVB News 4 the bear was first spotted around 11 a.m. Tuesday in the area of Sherbrooke Avenue near Maple
  
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• ECSO investigating hit-and-run incident involving patrol vehicle in Clarence

  31-07-2024 03:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A hit-and-run incident involving a patrol vehicle occurred early Tuesday morning in the Town of Clarence, the Erie County Sheriff's Office announced.Officials said around 3:50 a.m., a deputy was patrolling Wehrle Drive and passed Connection Drive, where the deputy saw a black SUV with its doors open.The deputy suspected multiple people on the scene were possibly attempting to break into vehicles, according to the sheriff's office. Officials said the deputy made a U-turn o
  
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• What is dirtying up Chautauqua Lake and what's being done about it? An update on the Jefferson Project

  31-07-2024 01:00 via wivb.com
  
  One million dollars was set aside this year in the governor's budget, for a project critical to the Southern Tier: cleaning up Chautauqua Lake. And that was welcome news to a group that's been studying the lake's health for about four years now. "This lake, unfortunately, is among the most impaired and we've been on a journey to change that," Michael Hill said, the president of the Chautauqua Institution. Back in October of 2018, neighbors tell News 4, dead weeds that built up became s
  
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