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• Former Springville teacher sentenced to 10 years for child pornography

  13-02-2025 22:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A former fifth grade teacher in the Springville School District was sentenced to 10 years in prison for receipt of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.Frank E. Noeson III, 47, of Holland pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography in Feb. 2024. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Noeson engaged in sexual communications with a 16-year-old using Snapchat and persuaded the victim to create sexually explicit photos and videos. Noeson also had sexua
  
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• More than 30 dogs and puppies rescued from Hamburg residence

  13-02-2025 19:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- More than 30 dogs and puppies were rescued from deplorable conditions in a Hamburg residence Wednesday night, the SPCA Serving Erie County said in a social media post.According to the SPCA, the home was littered with garbage and feces in "some of the harshest circumstances our team has ever encountered." The rescue went long into the night, but 32 Newfoundland mixes in total were eventually saved.The owner has been charged with animal cruelty and is scheduled to be arraig
  
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• Man arrested in cold case now accused of murdering girlfriend

  13-02-2025 18:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The man charged with murder in a 2021 cold case is now facing charges in the murder of his girlfriend two decades ago, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Thursday.Authorities have accused Richard Fox, the 61-year-old man accused of killing 50-year-old Marquita Mull in 2021 and dumping her body off a trail in Chautauqua County, of killing a second woman, Cassandra Watson, who was last seen alive in Buffalo in 2003 or 2004 when she was around 40 years old.
  
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• Winning Powerball ticket worth $50K sold in Depew

  13-02-2025 15:35 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A lottery ticket worth a cool $50,000 was sold in Depew for Wednesday's Powerball drawing.The ticket was sold at the Tully's located on French Road in Depew.The Powerball drawing is done three times a week, at 10:59 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.Latest Local News Winning Powerball ticket worth $50K sold in Depew Calling hours for 10-year-old boy who died in Batavia fire Buffalo Sports Hall of Famer Danny DiLiberto dies at 89 Families gather for vigil to r
  
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• Calling hours for 10-year-old boy who died in Batavia fire

  13-02-2025 15:14 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Calling hours for the child killed in an apartment fire in Batavia last week will be on Thursday.Javarious-Gus Williams passed away at 10 years old in a two-alarm fire on Vine Street on Feb. 6. At the time of the fire, he was with his siblings, 4-year-old Damona and 12-year-old Devonte. 10-year-old dead, 2 in critical condition following fire in BataviaThe two other siblings were listed in critical condition at Strong Memorial Hospital, but Javarious passed away fr
  
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• Buffalo Sports Hall of Famer Danny DiLiberto dies at 89

  13-02-2025 13:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Sports Hall of Famer Danny DiLiberto, who had a successful boxing career before becoming a hall of fame pool player, has died at 89.DiLiberto was a pool legend, winning local, state, national and international titles over a four-decade career. He was the runner up at the 1982 World Straight Pool Championship, the top level international competition in pool.He was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame in 2011.
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• Families gather for vigil to remember loved ones 16 years after Flight 3407 crash

  13-02-2025 04:07 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE CENTER, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Wednesday marked 16 years since Flight 3407, which was heading from Newark, New Jersey, to Buffalo, crashed into a home in Clarence Center. 50 lives were lost.Friends and family members remembered their loved ones at the site of the crash during the vigil Wednesday night.Marilyn and John Kausner lost their daughter Elly in the Flight 3407 crash. Not a day goes by without them thinking of her."The way that she lived her life with so much passion — I believe t
  
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• Attorney General Pam Bondi rails against New York leaders as she announces immigration lawsuit

  13-02-2025 01:45 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's newly installed attorney general, Pam Bondi, went after New York leaders Wednesday over the state's immigration policies, announcing a lawsuit in the latest effort by the Republican administration to carry out the president's hardline immigration campaign pledges.In her first press conference since taking office last week, Bondi accused New York leaders of prioritizing “illegal aliens over American citizens." Standing in front of federal age
  
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• Jr. Sabres program to usher in new era for girls hockey in Buffalo

  13-02-2025 00:35 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Many are likely familiar with the Jr. Sabres organization, a developmental hockey program designed to help players aspiring to reach the NHL. The organization has always focused on boys hockey — until this year.The inaugural season of the Buffalo Jr. Sabres girls program is here.The program is designed to provide girls with equal opportunities, including access to top-tier coaches, state-of-the-art facilities, competitive games, and prestigious tournaments. It
  
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