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• 'Haunted Hollow' returns for a final chapter in Clarence

  17-10-2024 23:56 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE CENTER, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The sights and sounds of 'Haunted Hollow' in Clarence Center are back for their final chapter after six years."My grandchildren have encouraged us to please do one more, so we're glad to do it, we're having a lot of fun," said Gary Server, aka "Scary Gary," the host of Haunted Hollow.For years, they were known for their walk through graveyard, lights show, haunted scenes in their garage, and Victor the talking skeleton."It's a lot of work, but it's a lot of fun,"
  
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• Teen will not be sentenced as youthful offender for hitting and critically injuring Cheektowaga police officer

  17-10-2024 23:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The teen accused of severely injuring a Cheektowaga police officer during a 2023 pursuit will no longer be sentenced as a youthful offender, according to the Erie County District Attorney's Office. Cheektowaga police officer struck by stolen vehicle during pursuitA judge will allow the teen to withdraw a previous guilty plea because he will no longer be offered youthful offender status, officials said.
  Officials say the teen, who was 17 at the time, is accused of stealing
  
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• Teen to be sentenced as adult for hitting and critically injuring Cheektowaga police officer

  17-10-2024 23:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The teen accused of severely injuring a Cheektowaga police officer during a 2023 pursuit will now be charged as an adult, according to theErie County District Attorney's Office.A judge will allow the teen to withdraw a previous guilty plea because he will no longer be offered youthful offender status, officials said. The teen can now spend anywhere between five to 25 years behind bars.Officials say the teen, who was 17 at the time, is accused of stealing a car and hitting
  
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• Tensions boil over at Cheektowaga budget meeting

  17-10-2024 23:15 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) - Tensions were high at a town budget meeting Thursday in Cheektowaga -- with the town supervisor and another board member getting into a shouting match.The proposed budget raises taxes in Cheektowaga for next year. The shouting match erupted over spending and how to cut costs."You lied to the people," claimed Republican council member Michael Jasinski as he got into a heated back and forth with Democratic town supervisor Brian Nowak. Jasinski then agreed that he would l
  
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• Tonawanda's Pine Pharmaceuticals lays off quarter of workforce

  17-10-2024 21:47 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Pine Pharmaceuticals of Tonawanda confirmed Thursday that it has laid off 58 employees, or about 25% of its workforce, due to "unforeseen business circumstances."The company had no further comment. The announcement comes just two years after the state celebrated an $8.6 million expansion of Pine's operation. Hochul announces completion of Tonawanda pharmaceutical plant expansion"The drug outsourcing company tripled the size of its facility at Riverview Solar Techno
  
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• 13-foot Harriet Tubman monument on display in Niagara Falls at Underground Railroad Heritage Center

  17-10-2024 21:17 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – A traveling monument of the famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman was installed at the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center on Wednesday.The monument, “Beacon of Hope,” is on temporary exhibit until Jan. 2. It is on loan from Wofford Sculpture Studio and will be located in the Heritage Center’s Harriet Tubman Plaza, on Depot Avenue near the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge.The exhibit commemorates Tubman’s journeys to freedom through Ni
  
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• Amherst man admits to killing mother in 2022

  17-10-2024 20:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An Amherst man has admitted to killing his mother in 2022, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Thursday.Om Samant, 36, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in connection. He had initially been charged with second-degree murder.Samant beat and stabbed his mother, 58-year-old Jagruti Samant, to death at their home on Thistle Lea on the morning of Dec. 26, 2022. Jagruti Samant was pronounced dead at the scene.He faces a maximum of 25 years in prison w
  
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• Independent Health eliminates 66 jobs, citing rising drug costs

  17-10-2024 19:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Independent Health eliminated 66 jobs on Thursday amid what it calls "growing challenges within the healthcare industry."The cuts impacted about 4% of its total workforce. The health insurance company is among the largest public sector employers in Western New York.“The changes will be invisible to members and will not compromise the award-winning customer service they have come to expect," spokesperson Frank Sava said in a statement. "Independent Health will c
  
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• Bills sign kicker amid Tyler Bass struggles

  17-10-2024 17:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Bills signed kicker Lucas Havrisik to the practice squad Thursday, giving them an in-house option should they decide to make a change from veteran Tyler Bass.Havrisik, 25, was undrafted out of Arizona. He played in nine games last season for the Rams, converting just 75.0% of field goals and 86.4% of extra points in his only NFL experience.Bills general manager Brandon Beane confirmed the team was working out a number of kickers after Wednesday's practice and ack
  
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• Weinberg Campus nursing home workers say paychecks bounced

  17-10-2024 04:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Some nursing home workers at the Weinberg Campus in Getzville said Wednesday that their paychecks issued last Friday have since bounced back, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East said in a release.The announcement follows the workers' protest last week at the facility over their reports of unpaid wage increases and benefits, poor leadership and more.
  An agreed upon 18-month contract voted in by the workers just months ago included the wage and pension increases along w
  
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• Sabres give up lead twice in high-scoring overtime loss to Penguins

  17-10-2024 04:19 via wivb.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored a power-play goal at 1:38 of overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied to beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-5 on Wednesday night.J.J. Peterka, back after missing the last two games with a concussion, scored twice for Buffalo. Ryan McLeod, Tage Thompson and Jordan Greenway also scored for the Sabres and Alex Tuch had two assists. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 36 shots.The Sabres nearly won consecutive games for the first time this season. Buffalo lost its fi
  
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• 3 arrested by Erie County Sheriff’s Office in separate drug, gun busts

  17-10-2024 04:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Three men were arrested after authorities found over a dozen guns and pounds of drugs in separate busts, the Erie County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday.Two of the men are behind bars as of Wednesday and the other is back in the community after posting bail. Authorities said the arrests have no relation to one another.“That is the ultimate goal of law enforcement is to prevent crime and save lives before this poison hits the streets,” said Erie County She
  
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• Bills have been big fans of new WR Amari Cooper 'for a very long time'

  17-10-2024 00:58 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Upon first impression, Amari Cooper's understated personality made Brandon Beane suspect, "he doesn't like us." That didn't deter the director of football operations for the Carolina Panthers from catching feelings for the top wide receiver prospect in the 2014 draft.
  "Man, I'm sold," Beane recalled telling Panthers receivers coach Ricky Proehl after they watched Cooper run routes and break down Xs and Os during their visit to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. "We just didn'
  
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• Liam Payne, former One Direction member, dies at 31 in Argentina hotel fall

  17-10-2024 00:12 via wivb.com
  
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former One Direction singer Liam Payne, 31, was found dead after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, local officials said.
  Buenos Aires police said in a statement that Payne fell form the third floor of the Casa Sur Hotel in the trendy Palermo neighborhood of Argentina's capital, resulting in “extremely serious injuries.” Medics confirmed his death on the spot, the statement said.
  Alberto Crescenti, head of the state emergen
  
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