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• Bills place rookie DT DeWayne Carter on IR

  25-10-2024 23:52 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Rookie defensive tackle DeWayne Carter will miss at least the next four Buffalo Bills games after being placed on injured reserve Friday.Bills coach Sean McDermott said Carter requires surgery to repair a wrist injury. He’s eligible to return for Buffalo’s game against San Francisco on Dec. 1, following the Bills bye weekend off. Bills rookies making youthful impactThe third-round pick's playing time has gradually increased, and is coming off a game&
  
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• Five adults, five children displaced by fire in Genesee Moselle neighborhood

  25-10-2024 23:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Red Cross is assisting ten people after a fire broke out in an occupied building on Barthel Street Friday, officials announced.The Buffalo Fire Department responded to the 1½ story building at 64 Barthel St. Friday afternoon. Officials said a fire was found on the first floor and was contained.During a secondary search of the building, a woman in her 30s was found and evacuated outside. Officials said she was given CPR by an AMR crew before being transported to
  
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• New York's LGBTQ+ history commemorated in new Niagara Falls panel

  25-10-2024 23:35 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A new panel at Niagara Falls State Park honoring New York's LGBTQ+ history was unveiled Friday near the spot where the state's first legal gay marriage took place.New York became the sixth state in the nation to legalize gay marriage in 2011. The Marriage Equality Act was enacted in June of that year and took effect in July.The new interpretive panel on Goat Island includes historical moments such as the Stonewall Riots of 1969, the passing of the Sexual Orientation Non-D
  
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• Three arrested, including two juveniles, in connection with alleged assault of police officer

  25-10-2024 23:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Three people, including two teenage girls, were arrested Wednesday in connection with an alleged early morning assault of a police officer in an apartment building near Masten Park, the Buffalo Police Department announced.According to officials, a group of juveniles were allegedly fighting in an apartment building on the 1100 block of Jefferson Avenue around midnight.Several individuals allegedly struck a female officer multiple times as she tried to break up the fight. T
  
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• 4 games to watch: Rivalry week, playoff implications in WNY football

  25-10-2024 22:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- It's rivalry week in Western New York, and the final slate of regular season games before the Section VI playoffs begin. Here are four games to watch.Bennett at Orchard Park7 p.m. FridayThree-time reigning Class AA champion Bennett, ranked No. 2 among WNY large schools, can clinch another division title and top seed for the playoffs with a victory. ... No. 5 Orchard Park would gain the second seed and home-field advantage for a potential semifinal rematch with Bennett. ..
  
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• The BFLO Store getting fans ready for the game

  25-10-2024 19:20 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — There's a lot of variety when it comes to Buffalo Bills gear.Whether it's lawn decorations, what you accessorize your four-legged friends in, or what you can dress in from head to toe, game day gear helps fans show their support for their teams, but also their community.The BFLO Store first started as a mall kiosk, when owner and founder, Nathan Mroz wanted to sell his own photography of the city he loves. Now, 12 years later, his business is the official
  
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• WNY connections to the World Series between Yankees, Dodgers

  25-10-2024 18:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The 2024 World Series between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers begins on Friday night.
  There are a number of Buffalo Bisons and Western New York connections to the Fall Classic on both sides.DodgersDave Roberts, manager: Roberts played for the Bisons for parts of four seasons between 1998 and 2001 and is the franchise's all-time stolen base leader with 97 in 276 games. He also played a season with the Jamestown Jammers before going on to play 10 seasons i
  
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• Bills LB Terrel Bernard ruled out vs. Seahawks

  25-10-2024 17:31 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Starting middle linebacker Terrel Bernard won't play for the Buffalo Bills in Sunday's road game against the Seattle Seahawks, coach Sean McDermott said Friday.Bernard was excused from practicing this week for personal reasons while being listed on the injury report with ankle and pectoral muscle ailments. McDermott said on Wednesday that Bernard was day to day with an ankle injury sustained in last week's win against the Tennessee Titans. He missed two games with a
  
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• Fifth person charged in Virginia Street kidnapping

  25-10-2024 17:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A fifth person has been charged in an alleged kidnapping on Virginia Street in Buffalo earlier this month, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Friday.Dontavia McMorris, 21, is the fifth person charged in connection. It is alleged that McMorris and four other people: 25-year-old Daquel Braxton, 20-year-old Savannah Brosius, 26-year-old Jeremiah Martin and 20-year-old Raymone Wilson, kidnapped a victim for ransom and brought him to an apartment on the 500 b
  
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• New Crumbl Cookie store opens in Depew

  25-10-2024 15:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIIVB) — A new Crumbl Cookies opened on Transit Road in Depew on Friday morning.The store is on Transit near Losson Road. The store has been "coming soon" for some time and has its grand opening.The store is known for its famous cookies and other desserts.It is the fifth Crumbl location in Western New York, joining locations in Williamsville, Amherst, Niagara Falls and Hamburg. The store open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to midnight on Friday and
  
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• Bills Make Me Wanna Give: Fred Jackson proves retirement doesn't stop community involvement

  25-10-2024 12:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Bills play the Seahawks on Sunday. You may remember Seattle is where Bills legend Fred Jackson went after his time with the Bills ended, playing one season there before retiring.Jackson now visits Western New York on a regular basis, proving you don’t need to be a current player to give back to the community.He credited a visit with the Texas Rangers at his school while he was growing up in Fort Worth, Texas as a catalyst of him wanting to be involved in th
  
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• City of Buffalo blocks demolition of Cobblestone District buildings

  25-10-2024 04:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Another attempt to demolish the historic Buffalo Cobblestone District buildings following a fire in June has failed as owner Darryl Carr’s demolition request was denied Thursday.No discussion followed the public hearing, with the Buffalo Preservation Board unanimously rejecting the demolition of the historic structures.Carr tells WIVB News 4 that the board's quick decision makes him feel like his arguments are falling on deaf ears.“I'm just hoping th
  
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• Canisius University professor's union calling for Friday morning picket

  25-10-2024 04:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Canisius University AAUP-AFT Local 6741 is calling for a picket and a teach-in Friday morning following "drastic cuts" recently announced by the university's president.The picket at 9 a.m. will address the compensation members of the professor's union feel they deserve. They claim they have not received cost-of-living adjustments in the last ten years and that retirement and healthcare benefits have been "slashed" with no negotiations.Canisius President Steve Stoute recen
  
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• Canisius professors to protest university cuts

  25-10-2024 04:00 via wivb.com
  
  Correction: A previous version of this story stated that professors at Canisius are unionized.BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- AAUP Advocacy Local 6741 is calling for a picket and a teach-in Friday morning at Canisius University following "drastic cuts" recently announced by the university's president.The picket at 9 a.m. will address the compensation members of the professor's union feel they deserve. They claim they have not received cost-of-living adjustments in the last ten years and that retirement
  
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• Canisius professors to picket in protest of university cuts

  25-10-2024 04:00 via wivb.com
  
  Correction: A previous version of this story stated that professors at Canisius are unionized.BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- AAUP Advocacy Local 6741 is calling for a picket and a teach-in Friday morning at Canisius University following "drastic cuts" recently announced by the university's president.The picket at 9 a.m. will address the compensation members of the professor's union feel they deserve. They claim they have not received cost-of-living adjustments in the last ten years and that retirement
  
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• Funding announced for dog park, accessible playground at Beaver Island State Park

  25-10-2024 00:35 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- New York State Senator Sean Ryan has announced $1 million in funding for Beaver Island State Park in Grand Island that will allow for the creation of a new dog park and three accessible upgrades, including an accessible playground.
  The new dog park is expected to be north of the main parking lot and stretch for 4 acres. Over a quarter of the million dollar grant will be dedicated to it. A dog wash station, leash posts and a waste station will be included.
  A new playground
  
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