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• Auburn Ave. fire causes $500K in damages

  21-12-2024 22:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A fire on Auburn Avenue early Saturday afternoon caused an estimated $400,000 in damages and an additional $100,000 in damages to the home's contents, officials said.
  Fire crews responded to the fire at 675 Auburn Ave. around 1:30 p.m. The fire started in the attic, officials said, and spread throughout the 2 1/2-story wood-frame structure. There was also minor damage to two neighboring properties.The American Red Cross is assisting five adults and four children who were
  
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• Thad's Three Things: Bills vs. Patriots

  21-12-2024 18:37 via wivb.com
  
  Three things on my mind (the only three unrelated to all the Christmas shopping I have left) about Buffalo's first meeting with the Patriots this year...Hello, Mr. Ed!Ed Oliver was incredible last week. His best game of the year by far. Oliver was credited with 10 quarterback pressures per Next Gen Stats. That's the most in the league this season by a defensive tackle. It wasn't just the numbers. At one point, Oliver trucked center Frank Ragnow. He ran over one of the best snappers in the league
  
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• 'Super sweet' Lainey is looking for her forever home

  21-12-2024 14:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- On this Saturday's Wake Up Wags, we met Lainey, a 6-month-old puppywho is looking for her forever home.Hailing from Georgia, Lainey is described as being "super sweet" and a perfect addition to any family. She loves to play with other dogs, is great with children and is both crate and potty trained.To learn more about Lainey and how to adopt her, watch the video above or click here.Katie Skoog joined the News 4 team in April 2024. She is a graduate from the University at
  
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• Sabres continue their winless despair

  21-12-2024 03:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A single Sabres supporter wearing a Grinch mask surrounded by a section full of Maple Leafs fans wearing Santa beards and hats set a festive scene Friday night at KeyBank Center.If there was any saving grace for the Sabres in their 12th consecutive loss, the volume of cheers for the visitors drowned out the despair from the home crowd. And most of the paying customers went home happy.The Sabres extended the fifth-worst winless streak in franchise history to a depress
  
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• Neighbor recounts Aurora plane crash aftermath

  21-12-2024 02:07 via wivb.com
  
  AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Investigators are working to figure out how a single-engine plane fell from the sky, killing its pilot.
  The aircraft came down around 11:30 a.m. Thursday in the Town of Aurora. Minutes before, Michael Lester was inside his nearby home when he heard a loud noise. That's when he looked out his back window to see billowing black smoke and dialed 9-1-1."It looked like it was coming from above my neighbor's house," Lester said. "So I had run across the street and I was kind of
  
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• Local agencies await millions in federal funds before it disappears

  21-12-2024 00:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Dozens of organizations and community groups in Buffalo are awaiting their slice of the pie of millions of dollars in federal funds.Those funds need to be spent by the end of the year or else they go back to Washington, D.C.A special session has been set in Buffalo City Hall for Monday at 11 a.m. There is still no concrete timeframe for when that money could get out into the community.This has become a holiday headache for lawmakers, city officials and community groups. N
  
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• House passes bill to avert government shutdown after whirlwind funding fight

  21-12-2024 00:04 via wivb.com
  
  The House approved legislation to avert a government shutdown hours before the deadline Friday, sending the bill to the Senate for consideration after a whirlwind week on Capitol Hill.The chamber voted 366-34-1 in support of the legislation, clearing the two-thirds threshold needed for passage since GOP leadership brought the bill to the floor under the fast-track suspension of the rules process. All Democrats except one — Rep. Jasmine Crockett (Texas), who voted present — joined 170
  
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