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• Fire causes estimated $300K in damage to Bogie's Tavern

  08-02-2025 19:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A small kitchen fire that occurred late Saturday morning caused an estimated total of $300,000 in damage to Bogie's Tavern on Bailey Avenue, Amherst police announced.Police received a report of the fire at 11:20 a.m. at 4414 Bailey Ave. Crews had the fire under control just after noon, according to officials. Five different fire companies responded to the scene.Srdjan Sikirica, a second assistant fire chief of the Eggertsville Hose Company, said the fire started in the fr
  
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• Former Bills coach Dick Jauron dies at 74

  08-02-2025 18:31 via wivb.com
  
  Longtime NFL player and coach Dick Jauron, who led the Chicago Bears to the playoffs and was voted AP coach of the year in 2001, died Saturday. He was 74.
  The Bears confirmed his death, which came one day before Philadelphia — where Jauron briefly served as an assistant to current Chiefs coach Andy Reid — played Kansas City in the Super Bowl in New Orleans.
  Jauron was a two-sport star at Yale in the early 1970s, and he was drafted by both the Detroit Lions in the NFL draft and the St
  
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• 2-year-old Abby is looking for her forever home

  08-02-2025 14:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- On this weekend's Wake Up Wags, we met Abby, a 2 1/2-year-old lab mix who is looking for her forever home.Abby is both house and crate trained, gets along well with other dogs, cats and children, and is described as being a great fit for any family.Click here or watch the video above to learn more about Abby and how to adopt her. Click here to fill out an adoption form.Katie Skoog joined the News 4 team in April 2024. She is a graduate from the University at Buffalo. You
  
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• Town of Lancaster cuts funding for Boys and Girls Clubs

  08-02-2025 03:31 via wivb.com
  
  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A major funding decision in the Town of Lancaster is impacting two Boys and Girls Club locations.The Town of Lancaster has pulled funding for its Broadway Street and Preston Street locations.For the last few years, the two Boys and Girls Club locations have consistently received $245,000 directly from the Town of Lancaster. But in the adopted budget for 2025, that number is replaced with dashes -- meaning as of now, no money has been allocated to the organization.
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• Kensington Expressway Project on hold after judge's ruling

  08-02-2025 00:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A State Supreme Court Judge ruled on Friday that the $1.2 billion Kensington Expressway Project cannot move forward until it completes an environmental study.Judge Emilio Colaiacovo said “no rational person” can conclude that the project would not have adverse effects on the community based on the evidence shown thus far.“In light of the undisputed potential adverse health effects that will occur from the greenhouse emissions, traffic, blasting, and othe
  
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• Tonawanda man sentenced to 2 years for possessing 600 images of child pornography

  08-02-2025 00:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Tonawanda man was sentenced to two years in prison after he was found to be in possession of around 600 images of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.
  Officials seized two computers from the home of 62-year-old Neil Stuckey on April 19, 2023 after he uploaded a file containing child pornography to Microsoft Bing. Around 600 images and 200 videos of child pornography were found on the computers, some containing images of violence against infants.
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