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• Buffalo man admits to recklessly killing 2 in connection with Lyft crash

  31-01-2025 19:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man admitted to recklessly killing two people Friday morning after he hit a Lyft and killed the driver and a passenger in March of last year, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced.
  Around 12:15 a.m. on March 21, Devin Ford, 24, was driving at a high rate of speed without headlights on when he caused a collision on Main Street and Humboldt Parkway. Nasir Musazada, 27, of Buffalo, was driving three people from Ohio to an event at Riverworks at the t
  
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• Hamburg Fairgrounds agrees to share $5 million with local schools over 20 years

  31-01-2025 19:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Hamburg Central Schools will be receiving $5.5 million from the Hamburg Fairgrounds over a 20-year period under the Educational Assistance Program Agreement, officials announced Friday.
  Schools will receive $75,000 in the first year and then $300,000 a year for years four through 20, according to former Hamburg Central Schools Superintendent Mike Cornell. The Erie County Agricultural Society specifically will be providing the funds."This is what happens when leaders link
  
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• Watch Live: Behind the stories we uncovered for Black History Month

  31-01-2025 18:14 via wivb.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) -Nexstar Media - the parent company of this website - is launching a series of stories for Black History Month, highlighting significant historical sites and cultural contributions across the United States that honor Black history. To kick off our coverage, we are featuring three veteran reporters discussing the broader significance of their coverage on a live stream at the top of this article beginning at 1 p.m. ET, Friday, January 31st.
  Among the topics discussed is a deeper dive int
  
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• Special Report: Behind the stories we uncovered for Black History Month

  31-01-2025 18:14 via wivb.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) -Nexstar Media - the parent company of this website - is launching a series of stories for Black History Month, highlighting significant historical sites and cultural contributions across the United States that honor Black history. To kick off our coverage, three veteran reporters sat down to discuss the broader significance of their coverage for the special report at the top of this article.
  Among the topics discussed is a deeper dive into our coverage of a surge in black-owned busine
  
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• Serial burglar pleads guilty to nearly 20 counts

  31-01-2025 17:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A serial burglar pleaded guilty to nearly 20 charges in connection with over a dozen shoplifting incidents across North Buffalo in 2023 and 2024, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Friday.Corey Anthony, 36, pleaded guilty to 15 counts of third-degree burglary, two counts of first-degree robbery and one count of third-degree grand larceny earlier this week.The thefts took place at several locations across North Buffalo, including two stores on the 2100 bl
  
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• Amherst Town Supervisor Brian Kulpa touts low taxes, business development in State of the Town address

  31-01-2025 17:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Amherst Town Supervisor Brian Kulpa touted low tax rates and business investments in his final State of the Town address on Friday.Kulpa's term expires at the end of 2025. Town law bars him from seeking a third term. He has been supervisor since 2018.Turning Amherst into an area for medical campuses, such as Roswell Park and 716 Health, has allowed the town to lower tax rates to 2.4% per $1,000, the town's lowest rate in 17 years, he said during the address.Other med
  
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• Man gets 15 to life in fatal Masten Park shooting

  31-01-2025 15:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for a fatal shooting in the city's Masten Park neighborhood in 2022, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Friday.Martinko Jamel Caver, 45, shot and killed 33-year-old George McGee, III with an illegal gun on the 300 block of Glenwood Avenue in the early morning hours of Sept. 5, 2022.Caver pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Nov. 25, 2024.Latest Local News Man gets 15 to life in fatal Masten P
  
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• Man sentenced for injuring 3 in shooting outside Elmwood bar

  31-01-2025 15:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was sentenced to over a decade in prison for shooting and injuring three people outside of a bar on Elmwood Avenue last summer, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Friday.Dominique Singletary, 29, was sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison. He shot three people on the 1100 block of Elmwood, in the heart of the Elmwood Village, around 2:30 a.m. on June 1, 2024. Some want Buffalo bars to reconsider closing timesOne of the victims was seriously in
  
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• Are more changes in store for the Bills at WR?

  31-01-2025 12:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- It didn’t take very long for the Bills to pivot from the motto “everybody eats.” Are more changes in store for the team at wide receiver heading into the 2025 season?The subject of a No. 1 receiver -- or lack thereof -- has been a hot topic for the Bills ever since the team traded Stefon Diggs to Houston. And it was again a hot topic after the Bills came up short in the AFC championship game against Kansas City.“Yeah, I think No. 1’s are grea
  
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• Concerns mount over chemicals from Niagara Falls Goodyear plant

  31-01-2025 05:18 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Nervous neighbors in Niagara Falls are calling out the Department of Environmental Conservation and the Goodyear tire plant after years of cancer-causing pollution rained over their homes unchecked.People who live near the plant and local advocacy groups aired their concerns during a community meeting on Thursday.According to its EPA risk score, the Goodyear plant poses the biggest human health risk over any other factory in Niagara County.The problem stems fro
  
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• CBS News travel editor reacts to Washington D.C. plane crash

  31-01-2025 02:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- There has been concern about military traffic in the area of Ronald Reagan National Airport, according to CBS News travel editor Peter Greenberg.WIVB News 4 recently spoke with Greenberg following Wednesday night's crash in Washington, D.C. Reagan National Airport has the most restricted airspace in the U.S. because of how close it is to the White House and the Capitol, but concerns have persisted ahead of Wednesday's accident."In any accident investigation, the inve
  
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• Sean McDermott: 'What's left is to go win a world championship'

  31-01-2025 00:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- On the doorstep of the Super Bowl for the better part of a decade, the brain trust of the Bills still believe in their process on the path of glory."You keep doing the right thing, eventually that door will open," coach Sean McDermott said Thursday in assessing Buffalo's season after losing in the AFC championship game against the Kansas City Chiefs.With a 68-27 record since 2020 including postseason games, the Bills have put together the winningest five-year run of any N
  
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• Bills retain special teams coordinator Matthew Smiley, but 'have to be better'

  31-01-2025 00:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Bills coach Sean McDermott believes special teams coordinator Matthew Smiley will learn from mistakes this season and improve his unit going forward.McDermott, four days removed from a season-ending loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC championship game, said in a news conference Thursday that Smiley will be retained for a fourth season in the role."Matthew has done a nice job," McDermott said. "Listen, I know there are plays that have come up and I know he does
  
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