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• Lancaster rises back to top of Class AA

  16-11-2024 21:57 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Lancaster Legends redeemed their status as the top team in the section's largest classification.With Buffalo Bills linebacker and alumnus Joe Andreessen supporting from the sideline, Lancaster came back in the second half to beat Jamestown 28-21 on Friday night at Highmark Stadium. The Legends have now won six Section VI Class AA titles in nine consecutive title game appearances, but this was their first triumph in four seasons.“As a program, to win si
  
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• Lancaster rises back to top in Class AA

  16-11-2024 21:57 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Lancaster Legends redeemed their status as the top team in the section's largest classification.With Buffalo Bills linebacker and alumnus Joe Andreessen supporting from the sideline, Lancaster came back in the second half to beat Jamestown 28-21 on Friday night at Highmark Stadium. The Legends have now won six Section VI Class AA titles in nine consecutive title game appearances, but this was their first triumph in four seasons.“As a program, to win si
  
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• Health Sciences gains Buffalo bragging rights running it back in Class B

  16-11-2024 21:12 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Doing backflips on the turf at Highmark Stadium, the Falcons took flight into the corner of the end zone to celebrate their championship defense.The football team merged from charter schools Health Sciences, Global Concepts and Buffalo Academy of Sciences retained its Section VI Class B title and outlasted its city competition with a 22-18 win against South Park on Friday night."We have a lot of perseverance, dedication, determination, and passion for the game. It wa
  
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• School vehicle crashes, rolls over on I-86 ramp in Bath

  16-11-2024 20:48 via wivb.com
  
  BATH, N.Y. (WETM) -- An Allegany County school vehicle crashed on a highway ramp in Bath on Saturday morning.According to the Bath Volunteer Fire Department, a Chevrolet Traverse crashed on an eastbound Interstate 86 exit ramp at around 8:15 a.m. on Nov. 16. Two adults and two minors were inside the SUV, which is owned by the Andover Central School District, at the time of the crash.Authorities say the vehicle came down the highway's off-ramp, continued across West Washington Street, went throug
  
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• Judge cites environmental concerns, places Kensington Project on hold

  16-11-2024 19:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Kensington Expressway Project is on hold after a judge ruled Friday that the state failed to consider the environmental impacts of the billion-dollar project.The project, which seeks to reconnect neighborhoods on Buffalo's East Side, would cap a small stretch of Route 33 and a park would be built on top.“Justice (Emilio) Colaiacovo has stopped this project in its tracks, that's the essence of the 39-page decision,” said legal analyst Terry Connors. Tempora
  
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• 'Chill' Pockets is looking for his forever home

  16-11-2024 17:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- On this Saturday's Wake Up Wags, we met Pockets, a 1-year-old feist mix who is looking for his forever home.Pockets loves to play fetch and is described as being a "chill" dog and would do well with older children in the home. He is both crate trained and potty trained.To learn more about Pockets, watch the video above. Click here to fill out an adoption form.Katie Skoog joined the News 4 team in April 2024. She is a graduate from the University at Buffalo. You can view m
  
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• Police searching for wanted fugitive out of Jamestown

  16-11-2024 03:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Jamestown police say they need help locating a man who is wanted in connection with a homicide that occurred this summer.
  Jermaine Holloman is a person of interest in the shooting death of 25-year-old Corey Johnson, police say. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of Aug. 16 near the Wine Cellar on 309 N. Main Street.
  Police say Holloman should be considered armed and dangerous.Anyone with information about him is asked to contact Jamestown police at 716-483-7
  
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• McKean County woman contends with flammable water

  16-11-2024 03:06 via wivb.com
  
  CYCLONE, PA (WIVB) -- Helen Dragonette moved to Cyclone, PA in McKean County a little more than two years ago. She says her water nightmare began about one year in.Dragonette says the stress of the past two years has been crushing as flammable water flows through her home.In September of last year, she knew there was a problem."9:30, boom!," said Dragonette. "I've never shot Tannerite, I've heard it shot. It was like someone shot Tannerite in the backyard."Dragonette looked out her back window a
  
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• Defense says Tops mass shooter should be exempt from death penalty

  16-11-2024 02:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The case against the Tops mass shooter was back in federal court Friday and the defense argued it should be unconstitutional for Payton Gendron to receive the death penalty because of his age.
  The public defenders representing Gendron say because the Tops mass shooter was 18 at the time of the attack, he should be exempt from the death penalty.
  They brought up a Supreme Court case from 2005 on Friday, where the justices ruled the death penalty is unconstitutional for thos
  
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• Defense argues Tops mass shooter should be exempt from death penalty

  16-11-2024 02:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The case against the Tops mass shooter was back in federal court Friday and the defense argued Payton Gendron should not receive the death penalty because of his age at the time of the attack.
  The public defenders representing Gendron say because the Tops mass shooter was 18 at the time of the attack, he should be exempt from the death penalty.
  They brought up a Supreme Court case from 2005 on Friday, where the justices ruled the death penalty is unconstitutional for thos
  
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• Bills' new stadium costs balloon to $2.1 billion, $560 million over initial estimate, team tells AP

  16-11-2024 01:00 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The projected cost of the Buffalo Bills' new stadium has ballooned to what team officials on Friday told The Associated Press is “north of $2.1 billion,” with owners Terry and Kim Pegula responsible for picking up the more than $560 million in overruns.
  Bills president Pete Guelli said he was not surprised by the amount, given how the numbers have been tracking up since construction began 16 months ago. And he said the projected total represents the co
  
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• Call 4 Action helps get reimbursement for Cattaraugus County man after lawnmower fire

  16-11-2024 00:03 via wivb.com
  
  HINSDALE, N.Y. (WIVB) - After a Cattaraugus County man's riding lawnmower burst into flames, he hit a dead-end while trying to get it replaced. That's when Call 4 Action stepped in.Tony Sokal's riding lawnmower went up in flames from a mechanical malfunction earlier this year. Luckily, no one was hurt. However, a very frustrating ordeal commenced in getting that mower replaced."There it goes, my $3,000 tractor," Tony can be heard saying on cellphone video.The incident occurred in May. Tony stepp
  
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