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• Sabres beat West-leading Jets to split road trip

  23-03-2025 23:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Ryan McLeod had a career-best four points and James Reimer made a season-high 33 saves for the Sabres in a 5-3 victory against the Western Conference-leading Winnipeg Jets on Sunday.Alex Tuch got the winning goal for Buffalo shorthanded with 6:39 left in the third period. JJ Peterka scored in the first period, his third game in a row with a goal. Rasmus Dahlin tallied his 13th of the season, and defenseman Jakob Bernard-Docker had two assists in his second game with
  
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• 'It is definitely a loss': Buffalo leaders react to YMCA closing Delaware Ave. branch

  23-03-2025 22:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- After being open for close to a century, YMCA's branch on Delaware Avenue in North Buffalo will be closing its doors.Buffalo's North District Council member Joe Golombek said he wasn't surprised by the closure."I sort of expected this long term," he said. "I didn't think it would happen as quickly as it did, though. There's been a lot of rumors. But you hear all sorts of rumors from developers, and in City Hall. Unfortunately, this rumor came to be true."Golombek said the
  
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• Map: Chance for some to see northern lights sparked by 'fast' coronal mass ejection

  23-03-2025 18:56 via wivb.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Some may have the chance to see the northern lights on Sunday thanks to an eruption of solar material colliding with Earth's atmosphere.
  A coronal hole high speed stream, or CH HSS, was spotted on the sun on Friday, NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center reported. A CH HSS can cause geomagnetic storms on Earth to reach G1 or G2 levels — which could, in turn, spark more northern lights.While the SWPC warned that lower-level geomagnetic storm conditions could appear on
  
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• Victim of fatal Niagara Falls stabbing identified

  23-03-2025 16:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Niagara Falls woman was arrested and charged after fatally stabbing her mother overnight Sunday in Niagara Falls, police announced.At 3:30 a.m., police responded to an apartment located at 1807 Main St. for a report of an assault with a weapon. Upon arrival, police found an unresponsive female, identified as Genevieve Blackwell by friends and family, lying on the floor and a possible suspect that was detained, officials said.According to police, an altercation between 2
  
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• Niagara Falls woman arrested, charged in fatal stabbing

  23-03-2025 16:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Niagara Falls woman was arrested and charged after fatally stabbing her mother overnight Sunday in Niagara Falls, police announced.At 3:30 a.m., police responded to an apartment located at 1807 Main St. for a report of an assault with a weapon. Upon arrival, police found an unresponsive female, identified as Genevieve Blackwell by friends and family, lying on the floor and a possible suspect that was detained, officials said.According to police, an altercation between 2
  
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• 1 arrested after fatal overnight stabbing in Niagara Falls

  23-03-2025 16:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- One person was arrested and charged after a woman was fatally stabbed overnight Sunday in Niagara Falls, police announced.At 3:30 a.m., police responded to an apartment located at 1807 Main St. for a report of an assault with a weapon. Upon arrival, police found an unresponsive female lying on the floor and a possible suspect that was detained, officials said.According to police, an altercation between family members occurred and escalated into the victim being stabbed.
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• Panama makes WNY history winning state titles in basketball and football in same year

  23-03-2025 02:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Panama has become the first school from Section VI to claim NYSPHSAA championships in boys basketball and football in the same academic year.The Panthers won the Class D hoops title with their 78-69 victory over Bridgehampton from Section XI on Saturday at Visions Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton. It's the first basketball state championship in school history, and follows the combined Clymer/Sherman/Panama football team winning it's third NYSPHSAA title in the f
  
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• Buffalo woman saves man's life following vehicle rollover

  23-03-2025 00:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- When a car crashed along a busy road in Cheektowaga, most drivers and bystanders kept moving. But one woman from Buffalo knew she had to stop -- and it likely saved a man's life.Last Friday started off as a typical afternoon for Buffalo resident Sarah Brown.
  "I was coming home from work," said Brown. "I was on my way to get my daughter from daycare. I was just taking my regular route home."
  Her normal drive takes her past the intersection of East Delavan Avenue and Pine R
  
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