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• Bills OT Tommy Doyle announces retirement due to injuries

  14-02-2025 23:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Buffalo Bills reserve offensive tackle Tommy Doyle announced his retirement Friday.Doyle, 26, entered the league as a fifth-round pick of the Bills in 2021 but dealt with a series of serious injuries during his time as a Bill. In his second season, he suffered a torn ACL in his right knee against the Miami Dolphins in Week 3. The following preseason, he suffered a torn ACL in his left knee. He was placed on the reserve/PUP list in June 2024, which prematurely ended his 20
  
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• U.S. Attorney Trini Ross announces resignation after nearly four years

  14-02-2025 21:54 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — United States Attorney Trini Ross announced she has submitted her resignation, effective Friday.Ross announced she was preparing to leave the position back in January after roughly four years.U.S. Attorney Ross became the United States Attorney in October 2021. She was nominated by President Joe Biden in July 2021. She was confirmed unanimously by the Senate in September 2021, when she became the first black woman to hold the position in the Western District of New
  
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• Buffalo man sentenced for fatal stabbing in 2023

  14-02-2025 21:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was sentenced Friday morning for stabbing another man to death in 2023, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced.
  Eric Hawkins, 59, received the maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison. He stabbed Glenn Ervin Drue, Jr., 39, multiple times around 9:30 p.m. on June 11. The incident occurred outside of a home on the first block of Connelly Avenue. Drue was taken to the hospital where he later died.Hawkins was arrested in Rochester over eight
  
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• Buffalo man arrested, charged with rape

  14-02-2025 21:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was arrested and charged with two counts of rape Tuesday following an alleged assault on Donovan Drive last year, the Buffalo Police Department announced.
  Officers responded to a rape call on the 200 block of Donovan Drive on March 1, 2024. It is alleged that 29-year-old Laquan Freeman raped and choked a female victim while two children were in the apartment.Freeman is also being investigated in connection with other sexual assault allegations.
  He was charge
  
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• Buffalo man faces slew of charges after stealing $7K worth of items

  14-02-2025 21:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was arrested Tuesday and is facing nearly a dozen charges after around $7,000 worth of items were stolen in burglaries over the past month, the Buffalo Police Department announced.Ricardo Ayala, 54, is accused of burglarizing establishments on Delaware Avenue on Jan. 14 and Jan. 17, establishments on North Street on Feb. 6 and Feb. 11, and an establishment on Summer Street on Feb. 10, police said.
  Approximately $7,000 worth of stolen items were recovered.Aya
  
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• 22-year-old pleads guilty to killing girlfriend in 2021

  14-02-2025 20:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man has pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend when they were both 18 in 2021, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Friday.Mushagdusa Nankumba, 22, admitted to killing his girlfriend, 18-year-old Larrinsha Johnson, by strangling and beating her in a car parked at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park near West Parade Avenue on April 17, 2021. Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene.Nankumba has remained in custody since his arrest. He was found not com
  
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• National Comedy Center offering free admission for kids through April

  14-02-2025 20:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The National Comedy Center is offering free admission for kids and teens starting Saturday and lasting until April 19.With every adult, two kids 17 and under can get into Jamestown's National Comedy Center Museum and the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum for free. Purchased tickets are still required for adults.The National Comedy Center, which includes over 50 exhibits, was established in comedian Lucille Ball's hometown in August 2018. Some of its newest exhibits include "
  
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• Sale of former Christ the King Seminary now complete

  14-02-2025 19:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The sale and transfer of the former Christ the King Seminary in East Aurora is now complete, the Diocese of Buffalo said Friday.The 117-acre property was sold to World Mission Society of God for a total of $4.2 million in a public auction last October.The seminary had been closed since 2020 after budget deficits of $500,000 per year. The Knox Road campus was originally listed for $5.3 million. The sprawling campus includes renovated classroom and office space, a 460-
  
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• Serial shoplifter sentenced for 3 incidents at Walden Galleria

  14-02-2025 18:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A serial shoplifter has been sentenced in connection with three incidents at the Walden Galleria in 2023, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Friday.Buffalo resident Gary White, 60, was sentenced to 3 1/2 to seven years in prison.
  All three incidents happened at the Galleria between January and April 2023. Much of what White stole was clothing, with one of the incidents resulting in over $5,000 in product being stolen.Courtesy: Erie County District Attorn
  
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• Man found guilty of rape after assaulting child less than 13

  14-02-2025 18:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Mississippi man formerly of Tonawanda was found guilty by a jury of rape after he assaulted a child under 13 years old in Tonawanda and Williamsville, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced.
  Robert Roy, 42, allegedly engaged in sexual intercourse with a child multiple times between on or about January 2012 and August 2019. The victim was known to the defendant.Roy was found guilty of second-degree rape, two counts of predatory sexual assault against a chil
  
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• Niagara County man sentenced for setting deputy's car on fire

  14-02-2025 17:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Niagara County man has been sentenced to four years in prison for setting a sheriff's office patrol car on fire in 2023, the Niagara County District Attorney's Office said Friday.Schuyler Johnson, 53, and of Sanborn, pleaded guilty to one count of menacing a police officer.Authorities said that Johnson was involved in a car accident on Mapleton Road in Wheatfield Dec. 23, 2023 that resulted in his vehicle overturning. When sheriff's deputies responded, he allegedly
  
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• How to watch Buffalo Bandits back-to-back weekend games vs. Toronto Rock & San Diego Seals | National Lacrosse League on CW23

  14-02-2025 13:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The unbeaten Bandits play their first back-to-back set of the season this weekend, visiting the Toronto Rock at 7 p.m. Friday before facing the San Diego Seals at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at KeyBank Center. Here’s how to watch, stream, and listen.TelevisionBoth games will be broadcast on The CW-23 (WNLO-TV) in the Western New York market, among 17 regular season contests scheduled to air on the network this season. Canadian fans can watch the game on TSN.StreamingNLL
  
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• Sabres D Henri Jokiharju scores for Finland in 6-1 loss vs. U.S. at 4 Nations Face-Off

  14-02-2025 05:12 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Henri Jokiharju has scored one goal in 39 games for the Sabres this season. The defenseman matched that tally within eight minutes playing for his home country in the 4 Nations Face-Off.Jokiharju's snap shot from the right circle on the rush gave Finland an early lead, but it was hardly enough to keep up with the star-studded United States team in a 6-1 loss Thursday night in Montreal.Brothers Matthew and Brady Tkachuck each scored twice for Team USA, Matt Boldy and
  
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• Sirianni family reflects on Eagles' Super Bowl victory

  14-02-2025 04:13 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Nick Sirianni was born in Jamestown and led the Philadelphia Eagles to victory -- but behind his success is a family who's been rooting for him throughout his entire journey.And in Western New York, there's plenty of hometown pride."Even when he started coaching, did we ever think this was going to happen?" said Jay Sirianni, Nick's older brother. "I'm not going to sit here and tell you we knew this was going to happen."Jay Sirianni said the last few days have been a wh
  
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• Tonawanda restaurant makes Yelp's 'Top 100 Places to Eat' list

  14-02-2025 00:00 via wivb.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Yelp has once again released its annual rankings of the "Top 100 Places to Eat" in America, and Prescott's Provisions in Tonawanda has made the list.
  The rankings, which were determined by Yelp with input from its community of online reviewers, highlight a curated selection of eateries from coast to coast — in 23 states and D.C.! — including everything from fine-dining establishments to food trucks. Yelp’s list also recognizes all kinds of cuisines, from Mexic
  
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