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• Local refugee agencies launch Crisis Response Fund

  07-02-2025 23:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- In light of the Trump administration's funding freeze on refugee resettlement organizations across the country, local groups are looking for ways to bridge their funding gap.Local refugee organizations have announced the launch of a Crisis Response Fund to help care for 731 refugees who have come to the Buffalo area in the last 90 days.The goal is to raise $1.5 million over the next month. The money would go to basic needs such as housing, job placement and food, and gett
  
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• 6 arrested following seizure of over 300 lbs. of cannabis

  07-02-2025 23:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Six people were arrested and more than 300 pounds of cannabis, nearly $100,000 in cash, and multiple weapons were seized as part of a long-term investigation, the Erie County Sheriff's Office announced Friday.Jimmy Valentine, 36, of Cheektowaga, Karon McDuffie, 33, of Amherst, Shanaya Hill, 33, of Buffalo, LaAndrea Owens, 31, of Lackawanna, Darreionna Johnson, 22, of Buffalo and Kevin Carr, Jr.,30, of Buffalo are all facing multiple charges."This is great collaboration an
  
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• Adrian's Custard & Beef announces new ownership after 19 years

  07-02-2025 22:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Adrian's Custard & Beef in Grand Island will be under new ownership for the 2025 season.ToniMarie Amantia, owner of the sandwich shop, announced Thursday that Anderson's will be taking over following her retirement. She bought the restaurant back in 2006."I can't wait to see where this new journey takes them, and I can only hope it will be as fulfilling as these last 19 years have been for me, my son Patrick and the rest of the family," Amantia said in a post on socia
  
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• Trader Joe's sets purchase limit on eggs nationwide

  07-02-2025 19:33 via wivb.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Trader Joe’s patrons nationwide have taken to social media to comment on a new policy that limits the amount of eggs shoppers can buy.The company told Nexstar's KOIN that limits are currently in place at all of its U.S. locations. Waffle House adding 50-cent surcharge per egg“Due to ongoing issues with the supply of eggs, we are currently limiting egg purchases to one dozen per customer, per day, in all Trader Joe’s stores across the country,&rdquo
  
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• Legendary leap: Lancaster's Madison Francis, Mississippi State recruit, gets national attention for rare slam dunk in game

  07-02-2025 18:43 via wivb.com
  
  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) -- On the eve of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, a Lancaster Legend reached rarified air.Madison Francis, a four-star recruit for Mississippi State, punctuated her exceptional high school basketball career with a slam dunk during Lancaster's senior night game. Jamming on a fast-break Tuesday night, Francis is believed to be the first girls basketball player in the Buffalo area to dunk in a game, and among a select few in New York State history to achieve the feat."
  
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• Kelsea Ballerini show rescheduled after walking off stage mid-set

  07-02-2025 17:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Country singer Kelsea Ballerini's show at KeyBank Center has been rescheduled after she walked off stage early due to illness on Thursday night.The show has been rescheduled for April 11."I did not want to let anyone down tonight and I just got through the first few songs and I couldn't do it," the country singer said in a social media post late Thursday night.
  Friday's scheduled show in Pittsburgh and a show Saturday in Toronto were also postponed.KeyBank Center sai
  
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• Tonawanda moving forward in restoring Huntley Plant property

  07-02-2025 17:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After years of legal battles, the Town of Tonawanda is finally moving forward in restoring the Huntley Plant waterfront property.Town Supervisor Joe Emminger said Friday that the former owner of the land has exhausted all his legal options, and the town will be moving forward to acquire the property.Now, the town will spend the next 30 to 60 days sending out requests for proposals to developers who may have interest in buying the 93-acre riverfront property, cleaning
  
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• Lottery ticket worth more than $31K sold in Tonawanda

  07-02-2025 15:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A winning Take 5 lottery ticket worth more than $31,000 was sold in Tonawanda for Thursday evening's drawing.The ticket, worth a total of $31,409, was sold at the Speedway on Sheridan Drive.The Take 5 drawing is done twice a day, once at 2:30 p.m. and again at 10:30 p.m. To see winning numbers, click here.Latest Local News Lottery ticket worth more than $31K sold in Tonawanda Lackawanna judge resigns for second time Buffalo man sentenced for fatal University Heights
  
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• Josh Allen wins NFL MVP award

  07-02-2025 04:46 via wivb.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Josh Allen edged two-time winner Lamar Jackson for the AP NFL Most Valuable Player award in the closest race since Matt Ryan beat out Tom Brady in 2016.Buffalo's quarterback is the third Bills player in history to win MVP, following running backs O.J. Simpson in 1975 and Thurman Thomas in 1991. Allen was an MVP finalist in three of the previous four seasons, placing as the runner-up in 2020.Allen also received the Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award that was announced by form
  
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• Lackawanna judge resigns for second time

  07-02-2025 04:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Lackawanna judge resigned for the second time in the aftermath of a fraud proceeding to have a friend's traffic ticket dismissed.Louis Violanti resigned on Jan. 23, agreeing to never return. According to the state commission for judicial conduct, in January 2013 Violanti arranged and presided over a "sham proceeding." No prosecutors were present, and a police officer impersonated the defendant, who Violanti knew.Violanti dismissed the ticket against the defendant. He wa
  
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• NT Police declined to investigate 2022 complaint over Facebook post

  07-02-2025 04:21 via wivb.com
  
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Following the controversy surrounding the North Tonawanda Police Department's investigation into the mysterious creator of a Facebook page that lampooned the mayor, the police chief said all complaints are handled "with equal seriousness."But that was not the case in June 2022 when a city engineer felt threatened by a Facebook post, which stated someone "oughta drag the city engineer" down a new bike lane built off River Road.Emails obtained by News 4 Investigates
  
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• Daemen's men's basketball off to unprecedented start: '19-0 is crazy'

  07-02-2025 01:01 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Daemen men's basketball team had an idea they would be good this season. But historically good? "Honestly, to predict 19-0 would be pretty crazy," said Daemen graduate student guard Andrew Mason.Fellow graduate student Ryan Salzberg didn't believe that they could start the season 19-0. Daemen sophomore center and Hamburg native, Benjamin Bill echoed similar thoughts."Wow that is actually crazy," said Bill. "Like how is that possible?"Before the regular seaso
  
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• Georgia man found guilty in fatal Niagara Falls shooting

  07-02-2025 00:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Georgia man was convicted for fatally shooting a man in Niagara Falls in October 2023, the Niagara County District Attorney's Office said.Matthew Glass, 24, was convicted of second-degree murder, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and third-degree witness tampering. Glass fatally shot Robert Miller, 48, on Oct. 2, 2023 while Miller sat in his vehicle on Pine Avenue, officials said.“The defendant committed this brazen act of violence in the middle of a
  
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