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• No charges filed against juvenile who hit and killed girl in Grand Island

  21-11-2024 23:23 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The person who hit and killed a Grand Island eighth grader in September is not being charged with any crime, according to court documents obtained by WIVB News 4.On the night of Sept. 11, Leah Mayer was hit at the intersection of South State Parkway and Broadway while crossing the street. She died at the scene.
  Following the incident, an online petition was started to install a traffic light and crossing signals at the Grand Island intersection described as "unsafe" by re
  
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• 2 gun calls made in 1 day in City of Buffalo

  21-11-2024 22:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Two different gun calls were made in Buffalo in one evening on Wednesday, with one of them being a shots fired call, according to the Buffalo Police Department.
  Around 7 p.m. Wednesday, officers responded to Welker Street for a report of a man with a gun. 36-year-old Jeffrey Lewis was allegedly brandishing a rifle and making threatening comments. The scene was secured.
  Courtesy: Buffalo Police DepartmentA search warrant found a revolver, a rifle, over 300 rounds of ammuni
  
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• Man sentenced for selling drugs that led to overdose death

  21-11-2024 19:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for selling drugs that led to an overdose death in 2022, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Thursday.Darryl Sweat, 32, will spend a total of 170 months in prison. Prosecutors said that on April 18, 2022, Sweat sold cocaine to a regular customer identified as V.O. Two days later, the customer was found dead at his residence. The death was found to be acute mixed drug intoxication, to include cocaine, fentanyl, p
  
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• Man pleads guilty to stealing thousands in merchandise during 2023 crime spree

  21-11-2024 18:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 55-year-old man has pleaded guilty to charges in connection to stealing nearly $13,000 in merchandise during a five-week crime spree in early 2023, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Thursday.Jordan Ellison, of Rochester, admitted to nine different retail crimes between Jan. 4 and Feb. 4, 2023. The crimes took place at six different retailers in four jurisdictions in Erie County.
  Ellison was apprehended once, which allowed the merchandise to be recover
  
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• Gaetz withdraws from attorney general consideration

  21-11-2024 18:43 via wivb.com
  
  Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Thursday said he was withdrawing from consideration as President-elect Trump's nomination to be attorney general.
  Gaetz announced the decision in a message on X, saying that while he had had "excellent meetings" with senators on Wednesday, "it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition.""There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I'll be withdrawing my n
  
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• 97 Rock's Operation 'Rock out Hunger' shows support for FeedMore WNY with over $44,000 raised

  21-11-2024 18:21 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) -- For 19 years now, 97 Rock's Dave Jickster has camped out in a trailer for eight days, to collect donations around the clock for a good cause.Operation Rock Out Hunger wrapped up Tuesday morning at 10, and the drive collected more than $44,000 and more than 1,700 turkeys, along with crates full of non-perishable food items for FeedMore WNY."It's a very uplifting feeling to see the 'City of Good Neighbors' -- I know we always hear that term, but it's true. When you see peop
  
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• 97 Rock's Operation 'Rock out Hunger' shows support for FeedMore WNY

  21-11-2024 18:21 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) -- For 19 years now, 97 Rock's Dave Jickster has camped out in a trailer to collect donations around the clock for a good cause."It's a very uplifting feeling to see the 'City of Good Neighbors' -- I know we always hear that term, but it's true. When you see people step up to the plate and donate it's great," said Jickster, an on-air personality and director for special projects for 97 Rock. "FeedMore needs food 365 days of the year, not just around Thanksgiving time."They a
  
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• I-190 ramp to Route 198 closes for part of the day

  21-11-2024 15:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The I-190 North ramp to Route 198 is closed for part of the day on Thursday.The closure is due to road work. As of just after 9 a.m. Thursday, the ramp was closed.It is not exactly known when it will open back up.Latest Local News I-190 ramp to Route 198 closes for part of the day Shaun Dolac powers UB Bulls to 7th win, besting ex-QB Cole Snyder at Eastern Mich. Opportunity to trade turkeys for Sabres tickets returns to Tops, Keybank Ask the Mayor: Chris Scanlon disc
  
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• How the Bills can win another AFC East title without playing another game

  21-11-2024 13:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Buffalo Bills are well on their way to winning a fifth-straight division title, a streak never reached before in franchise history.
  The Bills are 9-2 at the bye week, owning one fewer win than the Dolphins, Jets and Patriots combined.How soon could the Bills officially clinch another AFC East crown? If other results fall the right way, the Bills could have it wrapped up before their next game against the San Francisco 49ers kicks off on Dec. 1. Here's how.What th
  
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• Shutout win for Sabres in UPL's return to net

  21-11-2024 07:23 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 23 saves, Jason Zucker scored the game's only goal, and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Los Angeles Kings 1-0 on Wednesday night.Luukkonen stopped six shots in the first period, six in the second and 12 in the third to get his first shutout of the season in his return after being sidelined for two games because of a lower-body injury. The Sabres have won five of seven.With the game scoreless after two periods, Zucker scored 38 seconds into the third
  
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• Shaun Dolac powers UB Bulls to 7th win, besting ex-QB Cole Snyder at Eastern Mich.

  21-11-2024 04:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — University at Buffalo's football team affirmed its bowl game bonafides and remained on the fringe of contention for the Mid-American Conference title with its third consecutive victory, 37-20 on the road at Eastern Michigan on Wednesday night.Locally-grown linebacker Shaun Dolac played a starring role in the victory that boosted UB's record to 7-4. Along with nine tackles to raise his national-best total to 146, Dolac made two interceptions, including one that he ret
  
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• Opportunity to trade turkeys for Sabres tickets returns to Tops, Keybank

  21-11-2024 00:26 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Car after car, turkey after turkey, many community members were up early Wednesday, hoping to exchange frozen turkeys for Sabres tickets.The Buffalo Sabres, along with Tops and other sponsors, held their annual "Turkeys for Tickets" drive at participating Tops locations and the Keybank Center. Participants donated over 2,000 frozen turkeys to help fight food insecurity in the City of Good Neighbors.
  "I love the Sabres, I mean I have been a Sabres fan since the early '
  
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• Ask the Mayor: Chris Scanlon discusses upcoming projects in Buffalo

  21-11-2024 00:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- WIVB News 4's Kelsey Anderson sat down with Buffalo Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon Wednesday for an "Ask the Mayor" interview, where he discussed the city's upcoming projects along with a recent increase in unemployment rates.Scanlon discussed the Heritage Point Project at Canalside that has been stalled for almost a year. He said he hopes the state will give Sinatra & Company an additional $4 million in funding, which they recently asked for, to help finish construction.
  
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• Orchard Park police investigating bank robbery

  21-11-2024 00:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Orchard Park police are investigating after a man forcibly took money from a bank on Southwestern Boulevard Wednesday afternoon.The suspect is described as a man around 5-foot-10 with shaggy brown hair wearing a dark hooded jacket and brown pants. It is alleged that he stole money from a bank teller at 5 Star Bank around 3:55 p.m.He then fled the scene in a silver pickup truck with a red snowplow on the front.
  Anyone with any information about the man or anyone who witnes
  
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