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• 18-year-old charged for making threats against Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts

  05-10-2024 22:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- An 18-year-old is facing charges after he allegedly made threats against the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts on Friday, Buffalo police announced.According to officials, school administrators were made aware by students of a threatening post about the school on social media.
  The Buffalo Police Department's Threat Management Unit then started an investigation and identified the person who allegedly made the post as Matthew Valdiva Merced of Buffalo, police sa
  
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• Buffalo Sabres fans attend first-ever watch party at Keybank Center

  05-10-2024 20:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Hundreds of Buffalo Sabres fans gathered at the Keybank Center Saturday morning for its first-ever watch party as the Sabres faced off against the New Jersey Devils in Prague.Despite the Sabres' 3-1 loss, fans watched all of the action from the big screen right at home."We've never done anything like this," said Sabres fans Ginene and Bob Heberger. "We're season ticket holders, but we've never come to something like this. We're very excited for the season."Sabres fan Meli
  
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• Sabres go 0-2 overseas to start season

  05-10-2024 19:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — So far not-so-good for the Sabres.
  Hope for a revitalization of playoff contender status under returning coach Lindy Ruff is on hold after Buffalo began the season by going 0-2-0 in games against the New Jersey Devils at O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.And in what could turn out to be a more significant loss for the Sabres, top-line winger JJ Peterka is out indefinitely after taking a hit to the head during Saturday's 3-1 defeat.Goaltender Devon Levi made 34 saves
  
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• Check to head knocks Sabres top-line winger JJ Peterka out of game

  05-10-2024 18:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sabres forward JJ Peterka did not return to Saturday's game in Prague, Czech Republic after taking a hard hit to the head from Devils defenseman Brendan Dillon in the first period.Buffalo's leading scorer last season with 28 goals, Peterka was knocked down by Dillon's check while skating through the neutral zone. Peterka grabbed the back of his head upon landing, and he was assisted to the bench by Sabres teammates Tage Thompson and Dylan Cozens, while Alex Tuch inst
  
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• Bills great Billy Shaw dies at 85

  05-10-2024 17:44 via wivb.com
  
  CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Billy Shaw, an all-time AFL great guard who powered the Buffalo Bills' famed rushing attack of the 1960s, died Friday. He was 85.The Pro Football Hall of Fame said Shaw died at his home in Toccoa, Georgia. Shaw's wife, Patsy, and their three daughters were at his bedside. The family cited hyponatremia as the cause of his death, the Hall said. Hyponatremia is a condition where there is an abnormally low level of sodium in one's blood, relative to the amount of water in t
  
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• 3-month-old Ghost has puppy energy and needs a forever home

  05-10-2024 16:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- On this Saturday's Wake Up Wags, we met Ghost, a 3-month-old lab mix who loves to play and has plenty of puppy energy.In her current foster home, Ghost loves running around and playing with other pups. She would do best in a home with other dogs or children to play with.Described as being sweet and loveable, Ghost is said to be a good dog who is ready to get out in the world.To learn more about Ghost and how to adopt her, watch the video above or click here. To fill
  
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• 2 hospitalized after overnight dirt bike crash in Buffalo

  05-10-2024 16:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Two people were hospitalized following a crash involving two dirt bikes that occurred early Saturday morning in Buffalo, police announced.Officials said just after 1:15 a.m. near Broadway and Greene Street, one dirt bike struck the other and the two male drivers were transported to local hospitals to be treated for various injuries.The incident remains under investigation.Latest Local News 2 hospitalized after overnight dirt bike crash in Buffalo 1 injured in two-vehicle
  
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• 1 injured in two-vehicle collision in Town of Leroy

  05-10-2024 03:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Batavia man was injured in a two-vehicle collision Friday morning in the Town of Leroy, the Genesee County Sheriff's Office announced.Officials said the crash was reported at 7:23 a.m. and occurred at the intersection of Griswold and West Bergen Roads. Upon arrival, police saw that 44-year-old Gregory Baker, who was operating a Chevrolet Silverado, was still buckled into his seat that was ejected out of the vehicle, according to the sheriff's office.The other vehicle, a
  
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• Buffalo garbage truck driver's license was suspended at time of crash that critically injured 17-year-old

  05-10-2024 01:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Buffalo police revealed that the 46-year-old city worker behind the wheel of the garbage truck that hit and critically injured a 17-year-old Wednesday morning was driving with a suspended commercial driver's license (CDL).The 17-year-old, who was backed into by the truck, remains in critical condition at Oishei Children's Hospital. 17-year-old critical after being hit by garbage truck on Rhode Island StreetPolice told WIVB News 4 that an issue with an endorsement on her C
  
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• Twin City Ambulance issues cease-and-desist letter to Town of Tonawanda

  05-10-2024 00:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Twin City Ambulance sent a cease-and-desist letter Friday to the Town of Tonawanda, saying public officials made "false and defamatory statements" about the company's response times Thursday in a press conference.Twin City Ambulance, a private company that serves the town, is asking Town of Tonawanda Supervisor Joe Emminger to retract the statements made during the conference where he announced that the town is launching its own ambulance service after concerns over respo
  
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• Call 4 Action: Quality of life issues at Jefferson Avenue apartment complex in Buffalo

  05-10-2024 00:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Tenants at an affordable housing complex on Buffalo's East Side are concerned about a number of quality of life issues there and they're calling for action.Call 4 Action's Jeff Preval is taking a look at their concerns and the action that's now been taken.These problems include theft, bed bugs and an area of the Jefferson Apartments that crumbled beneath someone's feet.Mary Chambers contacted Call 4 Action about these issues. She says a couple months ago, she was going do
  
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