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• Hospitals brace for COVID, flu season while managing IV fluid shortage

  25-11-2024 23:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - With the holiday season here, hospitals are preparing for an increase in sickness. However, an ongoing IV fluid shortage is not making it any easier.Many hospitals have had to conserve the fluids, while relying more on other forms of hydration for patients such as energy sports drinks, water and Pedialyte.The national shortage is a result of Hurricane Helene flooding Baxter, a health care company located in North Carolina. Damage from the storm resulted in the manufacturin
  
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• United Way provides 500 turkeys, gift cards to former Sumitomo employees

  25-11-2024 22:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO N.Y. (WIVB) -- The United Way of Buffalo and Erie County is putting food on the table for hundreds of families impacted by the Sumitomo Rubber Plant closure. The organization handed out 500 turkeys and $50 Tops gift cards to people who lost their jobs at the plant."I think it's a blessing," said Corwin Ekweozer, who worked at the plant for four years. "It's going to help out a lot of people with so many people out of work. The holiday is here so I think it's a beautiful gesture to help o
  
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• Buffalo man admits to fatal 2022 shooting

  25-11-2024 22:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Monday after the fatal shooting of a man on Glenwood Avenue in 2022, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced.Martinko Jamel Caver, 45, shot George McGee, III, 33, on the 300 block of Glenwood Avenue, officials said. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of Sept. 5, 2022.McGee was pronounced deceased at ECMC.
  Caver pleaded guilty to the highest count against him. He faces 25 years to life in priso
  
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• Above-ground metro rail service back open

  25-11-2024 21:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The above-ground metro rail is back open after being closed for nearly a month, the NFTA announced Monday.
  Single tracking has resumed while full service on both tracks is expected to resume Dec. 1. However, single tracking will remain nightly after 8:30 p.m. until further notice.
  For updates regarding service changes you can visit NFTA.com. Latest Local News Above-ground metro rail service back open Sheridan Park Crematory must close within 6 months after signed bill How
  
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• Sheridan Park Crematory must close within 6 months after signed bill

  25-11-2024 19:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Sheridan Park Crematory in the Town of Tonawanda will have to be permanently shut down within the next six months following a bill signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul, State Senator Sean Ryan and Assemblyman Bill Conrad announced Monday. Bill to force move of Sheridan Park Crematory awaits Hochul’s approvalThe crematory is run by Amigone Funeral Home which will be allowed to continue operating at 2600 Sheridan Dr.In 2021, legislation was passed to allow Ami
  
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• How to watch, stream and listen to Buffalo Bills vs. San Francisco 49ers on Sunday Night Football

  25-11-2024 17:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Following the bye week, the Bills will return to action on Sunday Night Football against the San Francisco 49ers at 8:20 p.m.Here's how you can watch, stream and listen to the game.TelevisionBills vs. 49ers will air on NBC. Mike Tirico will be on play-by-play with Cris Collinsworth doing color commentary and Melissa Stark serving as the sideline reporter.Buffalo Kickoff Live will air at 11 a.m. on WNLO and 11:30 a.m. on WIVB.StreamingThe game will air on the NBC Spor
  
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• Man charged, school damaged following high-speed chase in Genesee Co.

  25-11-2024 14:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man in facing charges and a school was damaged following a high-speed chase, the Genesee County Sheriff's Office said Monday.Shawn Oconnor, 35, is accused of leading police on a high-speed chase that began in the City of Batavia due to traffic violations. Police chased Oconnor onto Route 63 North into the Village of Oakfield, where he is accused of hitting a deputy patrol vehicle in the parking lot of Oakfield Central School.The school, located on Lewiston Road in
  
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• $60K in damages estimated from fire on Durham Avenue

  25-11-2024 12:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Around $60,000 in damages were estimated from a fire on Durham Avenue in Buffalo on Sunday night, fire officials said.
  Crews responded to 98 Durham, in the Delevan-Grider neighborhood, just after 6 p.m. Sunday. The fire began on the first floor, which was vacant at the time. The second floor was occupied, but there were no injuries.The cause of the fire is still under investigation.Latest Local News $60K in damages estimated from fire on Durham Avenue Record number o
  
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• Record number of travelers expected this Thanksgiving

  25-11-2024 12:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — With just days to go until Thanksgiving, millions will be traveling across the country this week.
  Some experts say holiday travel could break some records this year.“AAA forecast is predicting about 80 million people traveling for Thanksgiving. So that would set a record,” said AAA spokesperson Elizabeth Carey.Carey said that the record setting estimate is an increase of more than 1.5 million travelers from last year.She adds that this record setting
  
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• Inside the Semi: DJ Jickster sees generosity during Rock Out Hunger

  25-11-2024 12:32 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — You see a lot of things when you sleep in a semi for a week aiming to raise food and money donations for the hungry in Western New York.You see families who make it a point to bring their small children, like Lily and Cora, to hand over grocery bags with Thanksgiving fixings inside. The girls probably don’t know what’s in the bags but they’re learning an early lesson in giving.97Rock's DJ Jickster, Carl Russo, and Jim McGee accept food donations fro
  
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• Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes fined over $14K for 'violent gesture' at Bills game

  25-11-2024 02:17 via wivb.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) -- Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was fined more than $14,000 for making a "violent gesture" during last Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills.According to NFL Insider Tom Pelissero, Mahomes is facing a $14,069 fine for unsportsmanlike conduct after he celebrated a touchdown pass with a hand gesture that appeared to imitate him holding a gun.The high-profile fine comes at the height of the NFL's crackdown on these gestures.
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