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• 2 dead identified after head-on collision leads to stolen car on fire near Warsaw

  02-05-2025 23:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Three people involved in a crash were identified Monday after a driver in a stolen car allegedly fled from police, hit another vehicle head-on, and died following a fire, according to the Wyoming County Sheriff's Office.According to officials, Sanny Dewan, 19, from Buffalo, was driving a vehicle previously reported stolen out of Nassau County and fleeing from police around 8:20 a.m. Friday following a failed traffic stop. The fleeing vehicle then collided head-on with ano
  
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• 2 dead identified after head-on collision leads to alleged stolen car on fire near Warsaw

  02-05-2025 23:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Three people involved in a crash were identified Monday after a driver in a previously reported stolen car allegedly fled from police, hit another vehicle head-on, and died following a fire, according to the Wyoming County Sheriff's Office.According to officials, Sanny Dewan, 19, from Buffalo, was allegedly driving a vehicle previously reported stolen out of Nassau County and fleeing from police around 8:20 a.m. Friday following a failed traffic stop. The fleeing vehicle
  
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• 2 dead after head-on collision leads to stolen car on fire near Warsaw

  02-05-2025 23:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Two people are dead after a driver in a stolen car allegedly fled from police and hit another vehicle head-on near the Town of Warsaw, according to the Wyoming County Sheriff's Office.According to officials, a person driving a car previously reported stolen out of Nassau County was fleeing from police around 8:20 a.m. Friday following a failed traffic stop. The fleeing vehicle then collided head-on with another vehicle on State Route 20A at the border of Warsaw and Orange
  
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• Narcotics chief Granville placed on leave over string of late-night crashes

  02-05-2025 22:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The chief of the Erie County Sheriff Office's Narcotics and Intelligence Unit, D.J. Granville, has been placed on paid administrative leave, the Sheriff's Office told WIVB News 4.This is the latest development in an ongoing story after it was revealed in March that Granville allegedly smashed into six vehicles, damaging a total of seven, on Buffalo’s West Side while on duty in April 2024, causing nearly $60,000 in damage.The move to put Granville on l
  
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• Free Comic Book Day brings growth, new titles for local comic publisher

  02-05-2025 21:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- This weekend marks the 23rd annual Free Comic Book Day, with over 2,000 stores participating worldwide. This includes six Western New York-based shops: Gutter Pop Comics, Empire Comics, Halley's Comics & Games, Kingpin Comics & Gaming, Freakshow Comics, and Queen City Bookstore.For the fourth straight year, local comic publisher Tivo Rodriguez and his company, Erie County Comics, will be joining the artist's alley at Queen City Bookstore, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. bo
  
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• Part of Route 5 closed due to fire at Batavia business

  02-05-2025 20:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Part of Route 5 in Batavia is closed due to a significant ongoing fire ata business in Batavia on Friday afternoon, according to the Genesee County Sheriff's Office.The fire started at Hodgins Engraving, located at 3817 West Main Street Rd. in Batavia around 11:30 a.m. All county buildings including Batavia Town Hall and the Genesee County Jail are currently in a shelter-in-place.Route 5 is currently closed between Kelsey Road and Lewiston Road and could be closed fo
  
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• How you can become a volunteer extra in the Bills Hallmark movie

  02-05-2025 17:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- As the holiday season inches closer and closer, so too does the upcoming Hallmark movie "Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story."
  Minor roles have already been announced. Here's how you can register to possibly be an extra.Five days for filming are currently listed but are subject to change. Extras are asked to work for at least five hours on May 22, May 23, June 3, or June 6. Actors can also specify that they are able to work on all days.
  Additional dates include nearly 2
  
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• Levi, Amerks sweep past Syracuse

  02-05-2025 12:39 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Devon Levi did it again. And so did the team in front of him.The Amerks posted a second consecutive 4-0 win in game three of their North Division semifinal series to finish a sweep of the Syracuse Crunch and advance to the division finals.Levi stopped all 30 shots he faced for his second straight shutout. He has saved the last 78 shots he's faced and has a scoreless streak of 156 minutes and 31 seconds. A streak he will take into round two.
  "We have the best goalie
  
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• 'Talk of the town' in men's volleyball: Daemen hosts Penn State in NCAA tourney opener

  02-05-2025 06:06 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The first match of Zach Schneider's college volleyball career was an eye-opening experience. "A little intimidating," he recalled, to be across the net from a UCLA team ranked No. 2 in the country and stocked with Olympic hopefuls.
  Billy Wieberg was an incoming recruit, awed by the enormity of the opponent bouncing balls to the roof of Daemen University's Lumdsden Gymnasium. "We were all in shock," he said, watching a powerhouse play at a local school that was just starti
  
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