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• Robby Takac collabs with Buffalo band Letter to Elise on Bills-inspired cover of Mr. Brightside

  24-01-2025 19:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Goo Goo Dolls bassist, GCR Audio owner and Music is Art founder Robby Takac joined Buffalo band Letter to Elise recently, to record a cover of The Killers' hit "Mr. Brightside," inspired by the song becoming a late-game anthem for Buffalo Bills this season. The song officially released Thursday.It started out with a textLetter to Elise frontman Elliott Hunt said the "Bills Mafia Mix" version of the song came together after Takac reached out while Hunt was on his way to wo
  
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• Land dispute slows Niagara Falls' effort to attract junior hockey league team

  24-01-2025 19:07 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — A land dispute between the City of Niagara Falls and a development company is slowing the city's effort to attract a major junior hockey league team to the city.The dispute is over part of the land located on the corner of 10th Street and Falls Street, located one block east of the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino.The land was supposed to have been deeded in a 2003 deal with former Mayor Irene Elia to Niagara Falls Redevelopment, LLC, a private company that i
  
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• Patrick Mahomes vs. Josh Allen is the 'modern-day version' of Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning rivalry

  24-01-2025 18:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes will meet for their fourth playoff contest on Sunday when the Chiefs host the Bills in the AFC championship game.If the heavyweight matchup is starting to feel like a regular occurrence, that's because it is. Sunday's game will be their ninth meeting in five seasons."It's like a division game," Allen said Wednesday, comparing the Chiefs matchup to the Bills' twice-a-year meetings with the Patriots, Dolphins and Jets. "I feel like we've
  
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• Bills safety Taylor Rapp ruled out for AFC championship game vs. Chiefs

  24-01-2025 17:38 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Bills defense will be without at least one starter for the AFC championship game Sunday at Kansas City.Safety Taylor Rapp has been ruled out with a hip injury sustained in the divisional playoff win against the Ravens, coach Sean McDermott said Friday.Starting cornerback Christian Benford missed Friday's walk-through practice for personal reasons and has not yet cleared the NFL concussion protocol. Benford, who got hurt while the Bills recovered an onside kick ne
  
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• Sabres 'power play killed us' Lindy Ruff says after loss in Calgary

  24-01-2025 07:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sabres coach Lindy Ruff might have been better off declining penalties Thursday night.Scoreless on a season-high six power-play chances, the Sabres gave up a pair of shorthanded goals in a 5-2 loss in Calgary against a Flames team that came in ranked 30th in the NHL on the penalty kill."Power play let us down big time," Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. "Not only let us down, but gave up opportunities, gave up shorthanded. Mishandling pucks, a night where three or four o
  
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• Bills fans in Southern Canada hope the team's playoff run goes all the way

  24-01-2025 04:27 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (WIVB) -- As WIVB News 4 gets you Ready 4 the Chiefs ahead of the AFC championship game, bars and restaurants in Buffalo aren't the only ones preparing for the game.Restaurants and bars in Canada are also excited.Mick & Angelo's calls itself the headquarters for Bills Mafia. There are Bills flags all over the place and the bar plays games of squares.
  Bills country doesn't just exist within the borders of Western New York -- it extends past the international bridges and
  
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• Amherst man admits to stealing or intentionally converting over $580k from government program

  24-01-2025 02:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- An Amherst man who previously worked for Jericho Road pleaded guilty after stealing or intentionally converting over $580,000 from the company last year, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Thursday.
  Dejan Karlovic, 29, worked as a Senior Grants Accountant at Jericho Road, which operates the Jericho Road Community Health Center, and had access to several company credit cards and other financial accounts.
  Officials said Karlovic submitted fake invoices to Jericho Road fro
  
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• Buffalo man pleads guilty following 2018 armed robbery at St. Bonaventure University

  24-01-2025 01:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man pleaded guilty to gun and drug charges after he and two others allegedly held St. Bonaventure students at gunpoint to rob them back in 2018, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Thursday.
  According to officials, 28-year-old Diamond Allen conspired with two others, including his cousin, to execute an armed robbery at St. Bonaventure University. The three allegedly held students at gunpoint inside a dorm room in October 2018 to steal marijuana.
  Nine months lat
  
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• Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon says ARPA fund dispute is "cleared up"

  24-01-2025 00:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Acting mayor of Buffalo Chris Scanlon sat down with WIVB News 4's Kelsey Anderson Thursday to discuss last week's ARPA fund dispute and what could be coming to Allentown.
  Buffalo received over $331 million in federal funds for COVID-19 relief and Comptroller Barbara Miller-Williams claimed in a letter that not all of the funds were allocated by a Dec. 31 deadline. Scanlon disputed this and said the last $2.55 million in funds were approved for allocation over a week ahead
  
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