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• Wanted man charged after burglary at Harvey Austin Elementary

  18-12-2024 22:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A wanted Buffalo man with 17 warrants for his arrest was charged Tuesday following an alleged burglary at Harvey Austin Elementary School earlier this month, Buffalo police announced.Officers responded to an alarm going off at the Sycamore Street school around 1:10 a.m. Dec. 5. Upon arrival, police found a damaged alarm sensor and eventually learned from staff that four iPads, a laptop and other items were stolen.Larry White, 26, was apprehended on the first block of Haze
  
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• Amherst man sentenced to 10 years for killing his mother

  18-12-2024 22:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- An Amherst man was sentenced Tuesday to a determinate sentence of 10 years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision for killing his mother in December 2022, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced.Around 11:33 a.m. on Dec. 26, police responded to a domestic disturbance call on Thistle Lea and found the victim, 58-year-old Jagruti Samant, dead at the scene.Om Samant, 36, killed his mother by beating and stabbing her inside of their shared hom
  
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• Traffic info for Sunday's Bills game against the Patriots

  18-12-2024 21:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Traffic and road closure information for Sunday’s Buffalo Bills game against the New England Patriots has been announced by the Erie County Sheriff’s Office.Beginning at 11:25 a.m., the section of Abbott Road in front of the stadium will be closed to north and southbound traffic. This section will remain closed until after the game.Around 6:55 p.m., Route 20A, also known as Big Tree Road, will convert to two-lane, one-way traffic eastbound away from the s
  
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• Niagara Falls man faces 20 years in prison for attempted rape

  18-12-2024 21:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Niagara Falls man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of attempted rape, the Niagara County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.Gregory Noonan, 25, was charged with sexually assaulting two different victims in 2021 and 2022. Both incidents occurred in Niagara Falls.
  Niagara County District Attorney Brian Seaman said they will be asking the judge for the maximum sentence, which also includes 15 years of post-release supervision,
  
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• Erie County man admits to fleeing from police in stolen patrol vehicle

  18-12-2024 20:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Brant man pleaded guilty Tuesday after fleeing police in a stolen patrol vehicle following his arrest, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced.
  Bryan Ells was discovered to be wanted out of Chautauqua County during a traffic stop in Gowanda on Oct. 17. He was handcuffed and placed in a state patrol vehicle.Police searched the van that Ells was riding in. Ells escaped the back seat and drove off to Gowanda Zoar Road in the Town of Collins. He drove at a high
  
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• Buffalo man sentenced for 2023 fatal stabbing on West Side

  18-12-2024 20:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man has been handed a determinate sentence of 16 years in prison for a fatal stabbing on the city's West Side in 2023, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday.Timothy Austin, 37, stabbed Tremaine Mayfield, 49, in the chest on Niagara Street on the afternoon of June 11, 2023. Mayfield died at ECMC.Austin pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree manslaughter in November.He will also be subject to five years of post-release supervision onc
  
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• $20 million coming to Buffalo for winter preparedness, job training

  18-12-2024 19:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, $20 million is coming to the city of Buffalo for winter weather emergency preparedness as well as workforce training, Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Tim Kennedy announced Wednesday."Community Resilience Hubs" containing portable solar kits, batteries, walkie-talkies, backup generators and other emergency equipment will be available across Erie County.
  In addition, the $20 million will also be going towa
  
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• Bills set team record for weekly awards

  18-12-2024 18:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Josh Allen has led the Bills to another franchise record.
  With the quarterback named AFC offensive player of the week for the third time this season, Buffalo players have been recognized eight times through the first 15 weeks of the season, the most in team history. Stefon Diggs endorses Josh Allen for MVPAllen was previously selected in Weeks 3 and 13, and running back James Cook got the nod in Week 2. Defensive players Greg Rousseau in Week 1, Taron Johnson in Week
  
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• 2 injured in rollover hit-and-run in West Seneca

  18-12-2024 14:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two people were injured in a rollover hit-and-run in West Seneca on Sunday night, police said.Police responded to Route 400 Northbound near the Union Road exit ramp just before 8 p.m. Sunday. A white or light-colored pickup truck sideswiped an SUV, causing the SUV to roll over into a snowbank.Police said the truck may have had flashing yellow or amber lights and sustained minor damage to the driver's side. The truck possibly fled the scene north on Union Road from Ro
  
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• Lawmakers asking for Braymiller loan money back

  18-12-2024 14:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo lawmakers are asking for hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans they gave to Braymiller Market, following the announcement that the store will close.Last year, the Buffalo Common Council gave the downtown market $560,000 in COVID-19 relief funds. A requirement of the loan was to stay open for two years following the bailout, which did not happen. A second employment threshold was met, though."There's still money that the city gave out that we need to recou
  
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• Woman partially paralyzed at Mohawk Place suing singer who jumped on her

  18-12-2024 04:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 24-year-old woman is suing the lead singer of the Australian rock band Trophy Eyes after a crowd surf attempt left her partially paralyzed.
  Bird Piché, who suffered a broken neck from the incident, is also suing the concert venue, the promoter -- After Dark Entertainment, and the band.
  “I'm sure that Bird doesn't want anyone to have to sit in a wheelchair after attending a concert,” said Legal Analyst Terry Connors, who is not connected to t
  
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• Watch: Buffalo brothers save home from electrical fire

  18-12-2024 04:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A remarkable act of kindness was caught on camera in the city of Buffalo as two young men jumped into action to put out an electrical fire in a neighbor's front yard.The brothers, Ronald Smith and Shaine Waite, were walking to grab food from the store when they began to hear buzzing sounds coming from a nearby home."We heard an electrical sound, so we looked over and we saw sparks and lights popping," explained Smith. "Then we saw one big burst of flames."Smith and Waite
  
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• Sabres plunge to bottom of East after Terry Pegula's visit in Montreal

  18-12-2024 03:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A show of support from team owner Terry Pegula did little to lift the Sabres out of their doldrums.Buffalo bottomed out in the conference standings and extended its inglorious skid Tuesday night night in Montreal, losing 6-1 against a Canadiens team that was previously skating in the East cellar.
  Winless in 11 games since hovering around playoff position, the Sabres have plummeted to an 11-17-4 record, with nearly twice as many losses as victories, and better odds no
  
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• Internet provider Greenlight Networks begins expansion into City of Tonawanda

  18-12-2024 00:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Greenlight Networks, an internet provider that most recently expanded into North Buffalo, has announced it is beginning construction in the City of Tonawanda.Over 5,500 homes in the city are expected to have service as early as February 2025.Construction has already begun in neighborhoods between Two Mile Creek Road and Young Street. Utility pole work is underway while fiber cable installation is expected to begin shortly thereafter.Greenlight Networks boasts speeds of up
  
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• Stefon Diggs endorses Josh Allen for MVP

  18-12-2024 00:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Bills quarterback Josh Allen has put himself at the forefront of the MVP conversation with his outstanding performance this NFL season. Raising his level of play after the departure of star receiver Stefon Diggs only enhances Allen's candidacy.And that star receiver has taken notice from afar."He definitely should win," Diggs said Tuesday during an appearance on Good Morning Football. "He's been balling.""Obviously, it's no secret that Josh Allen is amazing," Diggs a
  
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