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• Mother speaks out after kids see alleged sexual activity at local trampoline park

  11-06-2025 23:10 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A disturbing alleged incident at a local trampoline park is raising concerns among parents. A mother said her 8-year-old son witnessed two older kids engaging in sexual activity during a birthday party at "Get Air" in the City of Tonawanda.The alleged incident unfolded on Sunday at the "Get Air" trampoline park location on Young Street. Kayla Virtuoso showed up with her son around 5 p.m. to celebrate his friend's ninth birthday.About an hour after arriving, Virtuoso's s
  
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• Hallmark wrapping up filming holiday movie in WNY

  11-06-2025 22:50 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Hallmark is spending its final days of filming in Western New York by capturing the charm of East Aurora, and finishing the last day at Bar Bill."All the locations have been wonderful hosts," said Andrew Gernhard, a producer of 'Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story.' "They love movies, people love movies here and it's been nothing buy a joy to be shooting in this area.""I think it's hard not to fall in love with an area that works, that's so proud of their culture an
  
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• 1 dead after tractor-trailer rollover in Elba

  11-06-2025 22:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- One person died after a tractor-trailer rollover occurred late Wednesday morning in Elba, the Genesee County Sheriff's Office announced.The rollover was reported at 11:18 a.m. on Arnold Road, where officers found the vehicle in a ditch with the victim, identified as 62-year-old Joseph Merica, of LeRoy, trapped inside.Merica was traveling southbound on Arnold Road and was driving along a left curve in the road when the tractor-trailer, which carried liquid manure, rolled o
  
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• New trial dates scheduled for men convicted of 1993 murder in Tonawanda

  11-06-2025 21:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — New trial dates have been scheduled for later this year for two men convicted of a 1993 murder in Tonawanda, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday.Jury selection for the new trial of Brian Scott Lorenzo will begin on Sept. 15, and jury selection will begin in the new trial of James Pugh on Dec. 1.Both Lorenzo and Pugh were convicted in the Feb. 17, 1993, murder of 33-year-old Deborah Meindl at her home on Franklin Street in Tonawanda. Documents sa
  
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• Appeals court rejects effort to re-open Niagara Falls eminent domain case

  11-06-2025 20:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A state appeals court has rejected an effort from a Niagara Falls development company to open back up an eminent domain case involving a piece of land on 10th Street and Falls Street.The piece of land is located at the corner of 10th and Falls, one block east of the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino. Courts have authorized the land to be dealt back to the city using eminent domain.The land was supposed to have been deeded in a 2003 deal with former mayor Irene Elia
  
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• Niagara Falls man receives 20 years for assault after teen shot and killed

  11-06-2025 20:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Niagara Falls man was sentenced to 20 years in prison on an assault charge after a teenager was shot and later died in the spring of 2023, according to officials.Two shot in Niagara Falls, 16-year-old killedOn the morning of April 24, 2023, 16-year-old Nakhii Williams of Buffalo was shot in the lower abdomen during a drug deal gone wrong. The incident occurred on the 1300 block of Ashland Avenue in Niagara Falls.
  A 41-year-old man was also shot during the incident. Will
  
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• Buffalo probationary police officer suspended after woman shot at residence of Lancaster police officer

  11-06-2025 19:19 via wivb.com
  
  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A probationary police officer with the Buffalo Police Department has been suspended with pay after a 22-year-old woman was shot at the home of a Lancaster police officer, according to Buffalo police.
  The woman was treated and released from the hospital following the shooting early Wednesday morning. The probationary police officer was present during the incident and was off duty when it occurred, police said.
  Lancaster police responded to a home on Enchanted Forest Nort
  
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• Bills sign LB Shaq Thompson coming off 2 shortened seasons with Panthers

  11-06-2025 04:28 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills signed Shaq Thompson to a one-year contract on Tuesday, in providing the veteran linebacker an opportunity to continue his career after two injury-shortened seasons.The 31-year-old Thompson was not re-signed by Carolina in March after spending his first 10 seasons with the Panthers. He joins the Bills, where he’s reunited with coach Sean McDermott, who was Carolina’s defensive coordinator during Thompson’s first two se
  
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• Tonawanda votes against 'road diet' for Colvin Boulevard

  11-06-2025 02:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Town of Tonawanda voted against the proposed "road diet" plan for Colvin Boulevard at its board meeting on Monday night.The project would have converted Colvin Boulevard from two driving lanes in each direction to a single driving lane in each direction between Kenmore Avenue and Sheridan Drive, along with a middle two-way turn lane and the creation of bike lanes on each side.The removal of no parking and no standing signs and installation of no parking signs in certa
  
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• Loved ones mourn loss of woman killed in Skyway crash

  11-06-2025 02:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) -- Family and friends of Shabrina Grant, the 28-year-old woman who was killed in a wrong-way accident on the Skyway last week, are mourning her loss and reflecting on the type of person she was.On the evening of June 5, Grant was in the passenger seat of a vehicle when it was struck head-on by another car traveling in the wrong direction.“She was bubbly, she was a lovely dresser," said Betty Jean Grant, Shabrina's aunt and former Erie County legislator. "She loved t
  
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• Two Buffalo Common Council members propose resolution to ban ATV sales

  11-06-2025 01:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Two Buffalo Common Council members proposed a resolution on Tuesday to ban the sale of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) in the City of Buffalo, citing public safety concerns of reckless driving, noise disturbances, and danger to pedestrians and drivers.The resolution, co-sponsored by Council Member Rasheed Wyatt and Majority Leader Leah Halton-Pope, would penalize businesses who sell ATVs within city limits with fines and potential suspensions or revocations of business licens
  
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• Families of 3407 express concerns about FAA administrator nomination

  11-06-2025 00:07 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE CENTER N.Y. (WIVB) -- Families brought together by the crash of flight 3407 have new concerns about the future of air travel.
  The Trump administration is nominating Bryan Bedford, CEO of Republic Airways, to lead the FAA. Families worry his oversight could threaten more than a decade of sacrifice.Marylin Kausner lost her 24-year-old daughter Ellyce in 2009 when Continental Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed in Clarence Center, killing 49 people on board and one on the ground. The crash was
  
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