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• Police find no wrongdoing by officer after Walden Galleria incident

  14-01-2025 23:55 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Cheektowaga police found no wrongdoing by an officer in connection with her use of force during an arrest last week at the Walden Galleria.The officer's use of force during the arrest has been under review by Cheektowaga police officials for the past week. It involves a forcible shove of a woman at the mall.Police said around 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, dispatchers received a call from a business inside the Walden Galleria of a customer doing damage to a kiosk. Tempers fl
  
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• Voting open for new city of North Tonawanda flag

  14-01-2025 21:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Nearly 60 years after the first official city flag was designed, North Tonawanda is looking for an upgrade and you can be a part of the process.Voting is now open for the new city flag. A high school junior designed the original flag in 1967.
  Artists, historic preservationists and residents selected the top designs for the new edition, which can be previewed here.
  People can vote for the new design until 4:30 p.m. Jan. 24. The flag will be displayed in the Gateway Harbor
  
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• Restaurants you can still reserve a table at for your valentine

  14-01-2025 19:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Though Valentine's Day is still a month away, online reservations are going fast for a romantic dinner. Check out Buffalo restaurants that still have tables available in the list below.AmericanThe Burning BuffaloFat Bob's SmokehouseOliver'sVault@237InternationalBuffalo Suya
  Coco bar and bistroHofbrauhaus
  Panorama on SevenPatina 250SATOSun Cuisines
  SZNDYalley'sItalianAroma on BryantBacchusBella CiaoFrankie Primo's +39JT'sOsteria 166Information is subject to change, check b
  
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• Beware of scams around Bills playoff game tickets

  14-01-2025 18:39 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Tickets for the Bills vs. Ravens divisional playoff game are going for hundreds of dollars. Fans may be clicking around online, trying to find the best seat for cheap."Fans are excited and tickets will probably be in high demand, However, sometimes people get caught up in that excitement and try to get hands on tickets and that's when they're more likely to encounter a scam." said Katarina Schmieder, the communications director of the Better Business Bureau of Upstat
  
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• Gov. Hochul to deliver 2025 State of the State address

  14-01-2025 17:15 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WTEN) -- New York Governor Kathy Hochul is set to deliver the 2025 State of the State address on Tuesday at 1 p.m. at The Egg in the Empire State Plaza. You can watch her full address in the player above once it starts around 1 p.m.Ahead of the address, Hochul has been outlining some of her proposals for the year. The plans must then be discussed in the state legislature to become official. Affordability appears to be her biggest theme.Expansion of New York’s child tax credit
  
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• Gov. Hochul delivers 2025 State of the State address

  14-01-2025 17:15 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WTEN) -- New York Governor Kathy Hochul is set to deliver the 2025 State of the State address on Tuesday at 1 p.m. at The Egg in the Empire State Plaza. You can watch her full address in the player above once it starts around 1 p.m.Ahead of the address, Hochul has been outlining some of her proposals for the year. The plans must then be discussed in the state legislature to become official. Affordability appears to be her biggest theme.
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• Pizzeria guaranteeing Bills win or refund

  14-01-2025 17:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A pizzeria in Buffalo is guaranteeing a Bills win on Sunday against the Ravens, or you get your money back.Pesci's Pizza & Wings posted on Facebook that if you do an online preorder for a large pizza and 20 wings or a large pizza/pound boneless specials between Tuesday and Thursday, you'll get refunded if the Bills lose.The refunds would come in the form of an eGift card texted to the phone number connected to the order. The promo code "Josh4MVP" should be used w
  
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• Pizza place guaranteeing Bills win or refund on pizza

  14-01-2025 17:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A pizza place in Buffalo is guaranteeing a Bills win on Sunday against the Ravens, or you get your money back.Pesci's Pizza & Wings posted on Facebook that if you order a large pizza and wings between Tuesday and Thursday for Sunday, you'll get refunded if the Bills lose.The refunds would come in the form of an eGift card texted to the phone number connected to the order. The promo code "Josh4MVP" should be used when ordering ahead online.Pesci's will be closing
  
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• What will be closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (and Inauguration Day) 2025?

  14-01-2025 16:58 via wivb.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Inauguration Day is nearly upon us, and with it will come various bits of pomp and circumstance as President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance are sworn into office.
  Even if you live nowhere near the Inauguration Day events on Monday, January 20, your daily life may see some interruptions — though they don't have much to do with the inauguration.This Inauguration Day also lands on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is annually observed on the third Monda
  
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• Hochul to announce free tuition plan at state colleges

  14-01-2025 14:12 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will announce a plan on Tuesday to offer free tuition to state and city colleges for students pursuing associates degrees in certain high-demand fields.Hochul, a Democrat, is set to debut the proposal in a speech in Albany during which she will detail her agenda for the state's ongoing legislative session.Her office said the program would cover New York residents between the ages of 25 and 55 who enroll in associate degree programs i
  
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• How to watch, stream and listen to Bills vs. Ravens in the AFC divisional round

  14-01-2025 14:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Bills continue their playoff run at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, facing the Baltimore Ravens at Highmark Stadium in the AFC divisional round.Here's how you can watch, stream and listen to the game.TelevisionThe game's on 4. The game will air on WIVB in the Buffalo market and your local CBS station across the rest of the country. CBS will send their top broadcast crew of Jim Nantz and Tony Romo, with Tracy Wolfson as the sideline reporter.Coverage begins at 11 a.m. with B
  
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• What to make of the final polling of the Biden years

  14-01-2025 12:01 via wivb.com
  
  Editor's Note: The video player above features an analysis of the latest Emerson findings on public sentiment at the end of the Biden Administration.
  (NEXSTAR) – On the eve of President Trump's return to the Oval Office, Emerson College Polling conducted a survey to gauge public sentiment on a swath of issues including the popularity of Presidents Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter, the criminal proceedings against former President Trump and the potential expansion of United States territories.
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• Poll: Do Americans want more states? Are we on the right track now?

  14-01-2025 12:01 via wivb.com
  
  Editor's Note: Beginning at 11 a.m. ET, the video player above will feature live analysis of the latest Emerson findings on public sentiment at the end of the Biden Administration.
  (NEXSTAR) – On the eve of President Trump's return to the Oval Office, Emerson College Polling conducted a survey to gauge public sentiment on a swath of issues including the popularity of Presidents Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter, the criminal proceedings against former President Trump and the potential expansion o
  
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• Live: What to make of the final polling of the Biden years

  14-01-2025 12:01 via wivb.com
  
  Editor's Note: The video player above features a live analysis of the latest Emerson findings on public sentiment at the end of the Biden Administration.
  (NEXSTAR) – On the eve of President Trump's return to the Oval Office, Emerson College Polling conducted a survey to gauge public sentiment on a swath of issues including the popularity of Presidents Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter, the criminal proceedings against former President Trump and the potential expansion of United States territories
  
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• Groom surprises unsuspecting bride with her first-ever Bills tickets

  14-01-2025 05:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Coming off a big wild-card win, many Bills fans have already secured their tickets to this week’s game against the Baltimore Ravens. One member of Bills Mafia got her tickets in remarkable fashion -- in a video that instantly went viral.Olivia Doiron received the tickets when her husband Sean Smith surprised her during their wedding vows at their ceremony last month.“I just fell in love with Josh Allen and his ability to run the ball and get it done for h
  
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• Family Promise of WNY defends proposed homeless shelter

  14-01-2025 03:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The issue of homelessness is a growing problem, not only across the country but also here in Buffalo. A local agency wants to add another emergency shelter, but not everyone is in favor.Family Promise of Western New York, which has been around for years, wants to build that new shelter. It currently offers a small emergency shelter for homeless families on the city's East Side. Family Promise of WNY is one of just two emergency homeless shelters in Erie County.Now the org
  
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• Shops in East Aurora cash in on another Bills win

  14-01-2025 01:58 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Another Buffalo Bills win means another touchdown for local businesses selling Bills merch."The whole community has been amazing. Obviously when the Bills do well, I feel like all businesses do well," said Cody Michels, the co-owner of Leveled Up Buffalo on Main Street in East Aurora. "The restaurant community, the bar community, retail community, everybody does really well."Lindsey Vega, who also runs the business, said Bills merchandise has been flying off the shelv
  
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• Jessica Pegula starts Australian Open with win after reaching final in WTA opener

  14-01-2025 00:12 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Jessica Pegula won her first-round match at the Australian Open in straight sets Monday after tuning up for the Grand Slam tournament with a runner-up finish in her first WTA Tour event of the season.Pegula, the No. 7 seed, defeated unseeded Australian Maya Joint 6-3, 6-0 to advance to Wednesday's second round, where she will meet Elise Mertens from Belgium.The 30-year-old Buffalonian whose parents own the Bills and Sabres, Pegula lost in the second round of the Australia
  
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