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• Olean man pleads guilty to attempted receipt of child pornography

  11-03-2025 23:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- An Olean man pleaded guilty to attempted receipt of child pornography and admitted to engaging in sexual intercourse with a minor female victim, the United States Attorney's Office announced Tuesday.Officials said between September 2021 and July 2022, 48-year-old Greg Hirliman engaged in sexual communications through Facebook with the minor victim. Hirliman also made several requests for naked images and photos from the victim.On the one occasion he engaged in sexual inte
  
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• State to crack down on correction officers to pay fines for violating Taylor Law

  11-03-2025 22:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- After the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (NYSDOCCS) said Monday that the correction officer strike is over, the state now wants to crack down on officers who violated the Taylor Law and force individual officers to pay daily fines.
  The Taylor Law prohibits public employees from going on strike. The strike began on Feb. 17 with correction officers seeking changes to working conditions, including limits to overtime, a reversal of the Huma
  
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• Allegany County man sentenced for killing his parents in 2019

  11-03-2025 22:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- An Allegany County man was sentenced Monday for killing his parents in November 2019 in Clarksville, officials confirmed to WIVB News 4.William Larson Jr., who was 17 years old when he killed his mother and father — Lisa Larson and William Larson Sr. — was sentenced to 20 years with five years of post-release supervision for first-degree manslaughter and 15 years to life in prison on a murder charge.Officials said the sentences will run concurrent.After firefi
  
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• Suspects in Nordquist murder case plead not guilty

  11-03-2025 22:13 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Seven local individuals accused of torturing and killing Sam Nordquist, a transgender man from Minnesota, were arraigned in court Tuesday.The seven suspects — Precious Arzuaga, Thomas Eeaves, Kimberly Sochia, Jennifer Quijano, Kyle Sage, Patrick Goodwin, and Emily Motyka — all face charges, including first-degree murder, kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse, and endangering the welfare of a child.The seven suspects accused of killing Sam Nordquist (Mugsh
  
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• Remarkable Women: Cradle Beach CEO Ann-Marie Orlowski leads local camp with empathy

  11-03-2025 22:04 via wivb.com
  
  ANGOLA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Ann-Marie Orlowski leads Cradle Beach, a camp in Angola for a diverse group of children. Orlowski herself has lived a life of adversity, similar to some of the campers who attend.WIVB News 4 celebrates Women’s History Month by recognizing Remarkable Women in Western New York. Orlowski, Cradle Beach's CEO, is our latest nominee."There's nothing like it — that ringing of the bell with the opening of camp," Orlowski said. "We've been around since 1888, 137 years."
  
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• Trump halts doubling of tariffs on Canadian metals, after Ontario suspends electricity price hikes

  11-03-2025 21:54 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump 's threat on Tuesday to double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada led the provincial government of Ontario to suspend its planned surcharges on electricity sold to the United States.As a result, the White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said the U.S. president pulled back on his doubling of steel and aluminum tariffs, even as the federal government still plans to place a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum import
  
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• Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin: 'I've never said I want out of here'

  11-03-2025 20:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin on Tuesday refuted part of a report from a popular podcast that claimed the All-Star defenseman made it known to the front office that he wants out of Buffalo if the team doesn't improve quickly.Dahlin, 24, went as far as to say he gets "pissed off by that" type of comment.The question arose Tuesday after Paul Bissonnette, a former enforcer turned media personality, had this to say on an episode of Barstool Sports' "Spittin' Chiclets" pod
  
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• WNY native who worked on "Anora" shares journey behind the lens

  11-03-2025 19:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Sawyer Oubre spent his childhood creating movies. Now, he knows it's what he wants to do for the rest of his life."I'm doing exactly the job I want to be doing, and it feels really cool," said Oubre, a steady cam operator who now lives in New York City. "Growing up, I always loved making films and I've found that this is my favorite way to contribute to the process, is to be the person with the camera, moving it around and contributing in that way."As a steady cam operato
  
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• Road closures in Buffalo for St. Patrick's Day parades

  11-03-2025 18:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — There will be plenty of green on the streets for St. Patrick's Day festivities in Buffalo this weekend.The following road closures will be in effect at certain times on Saturday and Sunday.Saturday, March 15South Park Avenue, Smith Street, Elk Street, Hamburg Street and South Street will be closed from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. for the Old Neighborhood St. Patrick's Day Parade.
  Sunday, March 16Temporary delays along Allen Street, Chippewa Street, Delaware Avenue and Niagar
  
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• At Southwest Airlines, checked bags will no longer fly for free

  11-03-2025 17:10 via wivb.com
  
  Southwest Airlines will begin charging customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice that executives had described last fall as key to differentiating the budget carrier from its rivals.Southwest, which built years of advertising campaigns around its policy of letting passengers check up to two bags for free, said Tuesday that people who haven't either reached the upper tiers of its Rapid Rewards loyalty program, bought a business class ticket or hold the airline's credit car
  
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• Where and when will you be able to see the total lunar eclipse?

  11-03-2025 16:43 via wivb.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – A lunar eclipse will be visible for stargazers across the U.S. this March for the first time in roughly two years.The event is set to begin late at night on Thursday, March 13 or early in the morning on Friday, March 14 — depending on where you live — when the moon will pass into Earth’s shadow and appear to turn red.The good news for those of you who are hoping to catch the lunar phenomenon is that it will be visible to all of the U.S. and the majority of the
  
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• Southwest Airlines breaks with another tradition and checked bags will cost you now

  11-03-2025 16:39 via wivb.com
  
  Southwest Airlines said Tuesday that it will begin charging customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice that executives had described last fall as key to differentiating the budget carrier from its rivals.Southwest, which built years of advertising campaigns around its policy of letting passengers check up to two bags for free, said people who haven't either reached the upper tiers of its Rapid Rewards loyalty program, bought a business class ticket or hold the airline's cr
  
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• Southwest Airlines no longer will let checked bags fly for free

  11-03-2025 16:20 via wivb.com
  
  Southwest Airlines said Tuesday that it will begin charging customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice that executives had described last fall as key to differentiating the budget carrier from its rivals.Southwest, which built years of advertising campaigns around its policy of letting passengers check up to two bags for free, said people who haven't either reached the upper tiers of its Rapid Rewards loyalty program, bought a business class ticket or hold the airline's cr
  
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• Sister Sledge on family, legacy, new music, 'Sledgendary' Fallsview show

  11-03-2025 12:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Founded in the early 1970s by Debbie, Joni, Kathy and Kim Sledge, Sister Sledge has taken on new life in the group Sister Sledge featuring Sledgendary, a group consisting of Debbie Sledge and four members of the next generation of the family -- her children Camille and David Sledge, her nephew Thaddeus Sledge and longtime collaborator Tanya Ti-et. The group will be performing at 9 p.m. on March 28 at Fallsview Casino's Avalon Theater.’"I'm having a ball, I'm so very
  
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• Families of Flight 3407 oppose DOT nomination

  11-03-2025 03:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Families of Continental Flight 3407 announced that they "strongly oppose" the nomination of Steven Bradbury for Deputy Secretary of the Department of Transportation.Bradley was previously general counsel for the Department of Transportation in President Donald Trump's first administration. The family group said that Bradbury’s "past policy decisions demonstrate a failure to prioritize the safety of the flying public.""Under Bradbury’s leadership at the DOT
  
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• New York fires 2,000 prison guards who refuse to return to work after wildcat strike

  11-03-2025 03:10 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong wildcat strike that crippled the state's correctional system, but said enough officers had come back on the job to declare the illegal work stoppage over.
  “After 22 days of an illegal strike, the governor and I are happy to report it is now ended,” Commissioner Daniel Martuscello said during a virtual press briefing.
  The state and the guards’ union struc
  
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• Sabres halt skid with win against Oilers

  11-03-2025 02:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Sabres got two goals from Tage Thompson and 30 saves from Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to end their six-game skid with a 3-2 victory against the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night at KeyBank Center.Trade deadline acquisition Josh Norris set up Thompson's winning goal on a 2-on-1 rush at 3:20 into the third period. Thompson moved into the top six in the NHL with 33 goals this season. He also scored Buffalo's opening goal off a rebound in the first period.Alex Tuch had the ot
  
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