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• Rising temperatures; Weekend showers

  28-02-2025 21:48
  
  Readings rebound nicely toward the end of the week and into the weekend. It looks good for the Bisons' home opener right now, but some rain showers could arrive toward the end of the game, becoming more likely toward evening.There is a chance of a few rain showers Saturday with some dry time. Rain showers increase Sunday. Expect significant temperature differences from north to south getting into the weekend. Temperatures near Lake Ontario will top out in the 40s, while the PA Counties will be i
  
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• Ten Lives Club devastated after thieves steal thousands in donations

  14-02-2026 05:10
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Staff at Ten Lives Club said three people broke into their facility overnight, stealing thousands of dollars worth of donations and prizes they spent months gathering for their 25th Anniversary Gala, a critical fundraiser for the organization. Staff said they are left heartbroken as they try to pick up the pieces. [...]
  
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• Two charged in alleged stabbing at Walden Galleria

  14-02-2026 04:10
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Cheektowaga Police responded to a report of a fight at Walden Galleria that allegedly involved the use of knives, law enforcement announced Friday. Officers responded around 7:15 p.m. to the call for a fight in the mall's lower level. Police said 22-year-old Lakeya Richerson of Buffalo and 21-year-old Joshalyn Paul of [...]
  
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• Police presence at Walden Galleria

  14-02-2026 04:10
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- WIVB News 4 is working to learn more about an incident at the Walden Galleria Friday night. A heavy law enforcement presence was seen outside the mall with police vehicles and caution tape near the front entrance. News 4 reached out to Cheektowaga Police and is waiting to hear back. This [...]
  
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• Amherst girls basketball hosts girls and women in sports night

  14-02-2026 02:03
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) -- “It’s just really cool seeing all the different women that have made a positive impact on our lives,” Amherst captain Taryn Ashley said. “We just want to appreciate all that they’ve done for us.” As women’s sports continue to gain traction nationwide, the Amherst Tigers women’s basketball team took time to [...]
  
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• CNAs raise concerns over conditions inside Williamsville nursing home

  14-02-2026 01:18
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) employed at Comprehensive Rehab and Nursing Center at Williamsville are raising concerns over what they said are unsafe working conditions at the facility. This latest development comes on the heels of WIVB News 4's initial Call 4 Action report from Thursday, which highlighted a reaction from a [...]
  
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• Sweet Jenny's helps spread love throughout WNY

  13-02-2026 23:51
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) -- In the days leading up to Feb. 14 and on Valentine's Day itself, Howard Cadmus and his employees at Sweet Jenny's are dipping chocolate-covered strawberries, icing cakes and decorating chocolates, hoping to provide their customers with gifts their valentines will adore. "It's a lot of labor, but it's a lot of [...]
  
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• Attorneys for Tops shooter continue argument to move federal trial out of Buffalo

  13-02-2026 20:55
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Attorneys representing racist Tops mass shooter Payton Gendron continued their argument to move his federal trial outside of Buffalo. During a Friday court hearing Judge Lawrence Vilardo ruled that the trial will not happen in New York City amid a push from attorneys to move the trial out of town, citing [...]
  
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• Bills add former NFL head coach John Fox as senior assistant

  13-02-2026 20:27
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Former NFL head coach John Fox has joined the Buffalo Bills staff as a senior assistant coach, the team announced Friday. The 71-year-old Fox will be the most experienced member of first-year head coach Joe Brady’s staff in Buffalo. Fox has 16 seasons of head coaching experience with the Carolina Panthers [...]
  
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• North Tonawanda man admits to fatal 2021 shooting

  13-02-2026 20:18
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A North Tonawanda man admitted to manslaughter on Friday after he shot and killed a 19-year-old in 2021, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced. The man was 16 years old when the shooting occurred. Around 1 p.m. Oct. 5, 2021, the man shot 19-year-old Donovan Miller on the 100 block [...]
  
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• Elderly Brant couple facing over 200 counts of animal cruelty charges

  13-02-2026 18:23
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- An elderly couple has been charged with over 200 counts of overdriving, torturing and injuring animals after 216 animals were seized from their farm in Brant last fall, according to the Erie County District Attorney's office. On Nov. 19, 2025, SPCA investigators conducted an investigation on Brant Farnham Road following an [...]
  
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• 79-year-old dead after collision in Batavia

  13-02-2026 17:29
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A 79-year-old is dead after the vehicle he was driving crashed into another in Batavia Thursday afternoon, according to New York State Police. Police said Thomas Luby, 79, of Elba, was driving eastbound on West Main Street near Kelsey Road around 2:50 p.m. when his vehicle crossed the center line and [...]
  
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• Rasmus Dahlin tallies first Olympic goal in Sweden's second game

  13-02-2026 15:22
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin tallied his first Olympic goal in Sweden's second game of the tournament on Friday, Sweden's only goal in a 4-1 loss to rival Finland. Dahlin fired a one-timer from William Nylander into the net four and a half minutes into the second period. Dahlin had three assists [...]
  
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• Arrest made in dozens of tire slashings in November

  13-02-2026 15:08
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An arrest was made Wednesday for dozens of cars had their tires slashed in the area of Winspear Avenue in Buffalo in November, Buffalo police said Friday. Darrel Larkin, 43 and of Kenmore, is accused of slashing the tires of around 30 cars on Winspear in the late night hours of [...]
  
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• Chautauqua Co. found out of compliance on handling of license plates

  13-02-2026 14:40
  
  MAYVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) - Call 4 Action is sitting down with the recently-elected clerk in Chautauqua County on the steps his office is taking in response to concerns of license plate fraud in the county. For months, we've been helping numerous drivers get bogus toll bills tied to their old plates dropped. Our reporting has [...]
  
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• NYSP, Genesee County DA to hold press conference about fatal I-90 tour bus crash

  13-02-2026 14:20
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police said they will be holding a news conference Friday afternoon regarding the fatal I-90 tour bus crash in Pembroke that took place last August. Five people died and dozens of others were injured after a tour bus crashed on the I-90 in Pembroke on Aug. 22. Passengers [...]
  
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• Driver in I-90 tour bus crashed charged with manslaughter

  13-02-2026 14:20
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The driver in a tour bus crash on I-90 in August that killed five people and injured dozens more has been charged with manslaughter, New York State Police and the Genesee County District Attorney’s Office said Friday. Bin Shao, 56, was charged with five counts of second-degree manslaughter and five counts [...]
  
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• Driver in I-90 tour bus crash charged with manslaughter

  13-02-2026 14:20
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The driver in a tour bus crash on I-90 in August that killed five people and injured dozens more has been charged with manslaughter, New York State Police and the Genesee County District Attorney’s Office said Friday. Bin Shao, 56, was charged with five counts of second-degree manslaughter and five counts [...]
  
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• Man charged with DWI after crashing car, leaving scene

  13-02-2026 13:42
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man is facing several charges after he crashed his car while drunk, according to Lakewood-Busti Police. Officials said around 11:20 p.m. Friday, 45-year-old William Bognar was driving on Route 474 in Ashville when he crashed into snow bank. According to police, Bognar fled the scene leaving an injured passenger in [...]
  
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• Gendron defense team to appear in federal court Friday

  13-02-2026 04:22
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The case against the Tops mass shooter will be back in federal court Friday for oral arguments involving the motion to change the trial venue. The defense team representing Payton Gendron is calling for the trial to be moved from Buffalo to New York City, citing that their client would not [...]
  
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• Two men charged after alleged material order fraud

  13-02-2026 03:42
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Two Depew men are facing charges after North Tonawanda Police investigated a fraud report at a local business, police announced Thursday. Law enforcement discovered an order for more than $10,000 worth of construction materials placed with a local building material supplier. Officials said an individual was allegedly fraudulently using a contractor's [...]
  
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• Riverside recognizes Clifford Robinson's basketball legacy

  13-02-2026 02:34
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame decades ago for his distinguished hardwood achievements, the late Clifford Robinson has now taken his rightful place enshrined in the hallways at Riverside High School. A gallery of framed jerseys, photographs, memorabilia, news clippings and informational plaques commemorating Robinson's four years at [...]
  
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• Warsaw Central School District cancels basketball season amid ongoing student investigation

  13-02-2026 02:07
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Warsaw Central School District has canceled the remainder of its junior varsity and varsity basketball season amid an ongoing investigation involving multiple Middle and High School students. The district first announced the investigation on Feb. 5, saying it had received reports concerning several students and had engaged outside counsel to [...]
  
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• Tage Thompson scores as US opens the Milan Cortina Olympics by rolling over Latvia 5-1

  13-02-2026 00:46
  
  MILAN (AP) — The U.S. goal song — “Free Bird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd — blared seven times during over arena speakers on Thursday night. Twice, the celebration was only short-lived. Bouncing back from having a pair of goals wiped out by coach's challenges, the U.S. opened the Olympics by rolling past Latvia 5-1 on Thursday [...]
  
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• Visit Buffalo prepares local hospitality industry for March Madness

  12-02-2026 23:21
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Visit Buffalo is helping the local hospitality industry prepare for the NCAA to return to the Queen City next month. "When Buffalo hosts well, we all win," said Patrick Kaler, the president and CEO of Visit Buffalo and of the Buffalo Sports Commission. Visit Buffalo projects that the tournament will bring [...]
  
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• Water damage concerns inside Williamsville nursing home

  12-02-2026 22:11
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) - A family contacted Call 4 Action and is calling for accountability at a local nursing home. David Marshall and his family say conditions inside Comprehensive Rehab of Williamsville are appalling and are putting residents at risk. The concerns stem from water leaking into the nursing home. Complaints inside Comprehensive Rehab of [...]
  
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• Man arrested after victim stabbed over 12 times in South Buffalo

  12-02-2026 20:17
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was arrested on Wednesday after a victim was allegedly stabbed over a dozen times that morning, according to police. Officers were called to the 100 block of Trowbridge Street in South Buffalo around 10 a.m. Wednesday morning. Joseph Allgood, 61, allegedly stabbed a male who was known to [...]
  
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• Flight 3407 families remember loved ones who died in crash 17 years ago

  12-02-2026 20:07
  
  CLARENCE CENTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — February 12, 2009 remains a day that forever changed aviation safety in America. However, for the families of the 50 victims who died in Flight 3407, that tragedy changed a whole lot more. "It was just kinda shock," Ron Aughtmon said, remembering his uncle, Joe Fiore, who was one of [...]
  
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• Investigation of Buffalo Public Schools finds discipline discrimination against Black, Latino students, settlement reached

  12-02-2026 19:32
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A four-year settlement has been reached as Buffalo Public Schools are accused of disproportionately punishing students of color, disabled students and English language learners, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday. An extensive investigation by the Office of the Attorney General found that Black or Latino students were often suspended [...]
  
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• Tips to protect yourself from romance scams

  12-02-2026 17:46
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) --Around 59,000 Americans fell victim to romance scams in 2024, some giving thousands of dollars to people they think they are in relationships with online. Scammers convince victims that they are in love, then convince them that something is seriously wrong and that they need money. They may also convince victims to [...]
  
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