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• Large house fire causes home to collapse on Pooley Place

  18-09-2024 12:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A large house fire caused a home on Pooley Place to collapse on Wednesday morning.The fire broke out in the area of 62 and 64 Pooley around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. As of just after 6 a.m., the fire has gone to a second alarm and firefighters are still working to get the blaze under control.At least six people in the house were evacuated, but a firefighter told a WIVB News 4 that all of the residents got out safe.This is a developing story, check back for updates.Latest
  
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• Early morning fire in Buffalo causes estimated $150K in damage

  09-11-2024 16:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A fire that occurred early Saturday morning caused an estimated $150,000 in damage to a vacant structure on Fargo Avenue, Buffalo fire officials announced.
  Fire crews responded to a call just before 6 a.m. reporting a 2 1/2-story vacant structure fire on the 300 block of Fargo Avenue.
  Officials said no damage was done to the building's contents, but due to the extent of the structural damage, a demolition was requested to ensure safety around the area.No injuries have bee
  
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• 103-year-old WWII prisoner of war still lives by one motto: 'Stay calm, you live'

  09-11-2024 04:49 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Less than one percent of the 16 million Americans who served in WWII are still alive today, and that includes a 103-year-old prisoner of war in the Town of Tonawanda."We were told growing up, never to question him," Donna Zwack said, Bill Dibble's daughter. "When he was ready to talk about it -- he would tell us."For many years, Bill Dibble didn't tell his story. But on a recent day in October, he was willing to share anything."It was amazing to hear what he went throug
  
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• Safety advocates voice concerns following fatal car-pedestrian collision

  09-11-2024 04:12 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) - A car-pedestrian crash in West Seneca has taken a man's life. As police work to piece together the details, safety advocates are continuing to sound the alarm as fatal collisions continue to happen. Thruway maintenance worker hit and killed on I-90Safety advocates are enraged after 37-year-old Darnell Collins was killed after being hit by a car. On Thursday, West Seneca Police were called to the 500 block of Mineral Springs. Upon arrival, officers found a man lying fac
  
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• Maryvale Intermediate honors veterans during 21st Veterans' Breakfast

  08-11-2024 23:56 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Maryvale Intermediate students had the chance to read the names of their loved ones who are our nation's heroes, and share gratitude for them, as a community."It really is a great opportunity for a teachable moment for these students, to understand, yes we're in school, but there's a reason why were here. We have brave men and women who are fighting for us," said Leigh Przepioria, a special education teacher at the school.It's been a tradition for 21 years to hold a V
  
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• Buffalo Public Schools responds to complaints on its free lunch program

  08-11-2024 23:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Leaders from Buffalo Public Schools are responding following complaints from many parents criticizing the quality of school lunches.Last month, WIVB News 4 reported on a complaint from a local parent about slimy, unrecognizable food being served to Buffalo Public School students.Those initial complaints resulted in hundreds of comments on social media pages with teachers and parents reaching out to WIVB News 4 with similar concerns. On Friday, WIVB News 4 had a chanc
  
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• Man sentenced for fatal arson that killed girlfriend's mother

  08-11-2024 22:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An Amherst man who intentionally set fire to his girlfriend's residence and killed her mother has been sentenced to five years in prison, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Friday.Daniel Martinez, 50, started a fire on the first floor of a multi-family home on Concord Avenue in Buffalo in the early morning hours of Sept. 30, 2020.Martinez's girlfriend, who authorities said was the intended target, was not home at the time. However, her mother, Maria Gala
  
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• City of Buffalo pushes back winter parking regulations start date

  08-11-2024 21:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The City of Buffalo has pushed back the start of its winter parking regulations start date, Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon said Friday.The start date, which was originally scheduled to be on Nov. 15, was pushed back to Nov. 22.The city said the postponement is due to the warmer weather conditions and to ensure that residents can transition into winter parking protocols. The city will review parking regulations on a weekly basis to determine any more adjustments.For more
  
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• Man killed after being hit by car in West Seneca

  08-11-2024 19:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man was killed when he was hit by a car on Mineral Springs Road in West Seneca on Thursday night, police said Friday.Police responded to the 500 block of Mineral Springs around 10:30 p.m. Thursday, where the man, identified as 37-year-old Darnell Collins, was hit. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police believe he was walking or standing in the road when he was hit.The driver of the vehicle, a 40-year-old Buffalo woman, remained on the scene and was no charges
  
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• Western New York woman killed in Budapest

  08-11-2024 18:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Western New York resident from Fredonia who went missing in Budapest was killed earlier this week, Hungarian police said.Mackenzie Michalski, 31, who had went to Hungary as a tourist, was last seen at a nightclub on Tuesday. She worked as a nurse practitioner.
  Investigators have arrested a 37-year-old man from Ireland that Michalski was seen with at several clubs that night. Police said the man confessed to the killing and showed police where he hid her body.This i
  
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• Western New York woman believed to have been killed in Budapest

  08-11-2024 18:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Western New York resident who went missing in Budapest is believed to have been killed, Hungarian police said.Mackenzie Michalski, 31, who had went to Hungary as a tourist, was last seen at a nightclub on Tuesday.
  Investigators have arrested a 37-year-old man from Ireland that Michalski has seen with at several clubs that night. Police said the man confessed to the killing and showed police where he hid her body.This is a developing story, check back for updates.La
  
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• Man pleads guilty in connection to fatal stabbing on Niagara Street

  08-11-2024 16:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man has pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge in connection to a fatal stabbing on Niagara Street in 2023, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Friday.Timothy Austin, 37, admitted to killing 49-year-old Tremaine Mayfield by stabbing him in the chest on the afternoon of June 11, 2023. Mayfield was taken to ECMC, where he died.Austin pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree manslaughter.He faces a maximum of 25 years in prison when he is sente
  
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• Silver Alert issued for Cheektowaga man last seen Thursday

  08-11-2024 16:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Silver Alert has been issued for a Cheektowaga man that was last seen on Thursday night.Paris A. Cotton, 62, was last seen on Eggert Road around 9 p.m. Thursday. He is a Black male standing at 5-foot-5, 190 pounds, bald with brown eyes. He should be wearing a brown suede jacket and black sweatpants. He may also be wearing a silver chain necklace and an Apple Watch.Cotton suffers from Alzheimer's disease, dementia or related cognitive disorders. He left on foot in a
  
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• Silver Alert cancelled for missing Cheektowaga man

  08-11-2024 16:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Silver Alert issued Friday morning has been cancelled for a Cheektowaga man that was last seen on Thursday night and has since been found.
  Paris A. Cotton, 62, was last seen on Eggert Road around 9 p.m. Thursday. He is a Black male standing at 5-foot-5, 190 pounds, bald with brown eyes who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, dementia or related cognitive disorders.Cotton was located and returned to his family by the Cheektowaga Police Department, officials announced
  
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• Silver Alert canceled for missing Cheektowaga man

  08-11-2024 16:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Silver Alert issued Friday morning has been canceled for a Cheektowaga man that was last seen on Thursday night and has since been found.Paris A. Cotton, 62, was last seen on Eggert Road around 9 p.m. Thursday. He is a Black male standing at 5-foot-5, 190 pounds, bald with brown eyes who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, dementia or related cognitive disorders.Cotton was located and returned to his family by the Cheektowaga Police Department, officials announced Fr
  
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• Bills' Christian Benford works to inspire kids beyond football

  08-11-2024 15:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Bills visit the Indianapolis Colts Sunday, when cornerback Christian Benford will look to continue his successful season on the field.
  Off the field, Benford is a man of faith. He spoke with WIVB's Scott Patterson at a Play 60 event, where he had a very important message for kids beyond football."It's a blessing, it's an honor -- as the man of God that I try to portray myself as, it's all about relationships and impact and the next person, whoever you encounter,"
  
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• Big Ditch to release non-alcoholic Hayburner

  08-11-2024 15:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Buffalo staple Big Ditch Brewing Company has announced it will be releasing a non-alcoholic version of its flagship IPA, the Hayburner, called the "NA Burner."The brewery said the NA Burner is the first non-alcoholic brew canned in Buffalo since Prohibition nearly a century ago.“Our goal was to produce a beer for a growing collection of customers that wanted
  to drink a hoppy and delicious IPA without the effects of alcohol," Big Ditch president and co-founder Matt K
  
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• Naval Park to host ceremonies, race, fund and food drives for Veterans Day

  08-11-2024 14:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Over Veterans Day weekend, the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park will be hosting a variety of events, including a race, a ceremony recognizing vets, a fundraiser and more, the park announced in a release.The weekend kicks off with the Veterans Race, a tradition that began in 2012. The race will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, and this year, over 650 runners will be competing. Proceeds from the race will benefit Veterans One-stop Center and the naval park. P
  
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• Loved ones gather to honor life of teen killed by a train in East Aurora

  08-11-2024 04:13 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Family and friends of 19-year-old Jett Hamann, the teen who was hit and killed by a train last week, gathered at 42 North in East Aurora to celebrate his life.
  “Jett was just the most joyous person you ever met. Every single day. He didn't let anything get him down," said Jett’s father Dejon Hamann. "He was just more than a best friend and a son. He was really a confidant and I learned so much from him, too."Last Wednesday, Jett was on his way to work
  
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• Sabres score big win in New York

  08-11-2024 03:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Sabres parlayed a dominant period on the road against one of the NHL's top teams to get their second winning streak of the season rolling.Getting goals from all four lines in the second period surge, Buffalo beat the New York Rangers 6-1 on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden for its second win in a row.After captain Rasmus Dahlin put the Sabres ahead 26 seconds into the first period, Dylan Cozens doubled up the advantage early in the second, and Tage Thompson, Jord
  
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• Bar-Bill tavern prepares for large crowds ahead of Bills' home games

  08-11-2024 00:51 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Customers may be greeted by a sea of Bills' attire, along with an array of wings, upon entering Bar-Bill Tavern on a weekend the team has a home game."We love the Buffalo Bills, obviously it's our hometown team and we like that we are able to be a part of the Buffalo Bills culture," said Kaileigh Falkner, the marketing manager at Bar-Bill.The family-owned business has been open in East Aurora for 57 years and has since expanded to include takeout and two other locatio
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder in connection with Buffalo shooting

  07-11-2024 23:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man has been charged with attempted murder among other charges in connection with a Monday night shooting on Tonawanda Street, the Buffalo Police Department announced.
  Officers responded to a shooting call on the 800 block of Tonawanda Street around 10:30 p.m. Monday. A 19-year-old North Tonawanda man was found with gunshot wounds to his leg, police said.
  An ambulance transported the man to ECMC for a life-threatening injury. A Security-9 pistol was recovered.
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• Prosecutors accuse strip club owner of exploiting vulnerable women to engage in commercial sex acts

  07-11-2024 23:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Prosecutors painted a Cheektowaga strip club owner as a “sexual predator” who groomed vulnerable exotic dancers with free drugs to coerce them into commercial sex acts with influential men who had deep pockets.U.S. Assistant Attorney Joseph Tripi said in his nearly two-hour-long opening statement Wednesday that Peter Gerace’s business model at Pharaoh’s Gentlemen’s Club was to push financially strapped exotic dancers deep in the throes o
  
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• What's in store for Buffalo's winter? The 4Warn Weather team offers predictions in our Winter Weather Special

  07-11-2024 22:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Our 4Warn Weather team hosted its annual Winter Weather Special on Thursday, giving insight to what's in store for Western New York this winter and answering other popular viewer questions.After doing their research, our meteorologists gave their predictions for this year's winter season. Buffalo's winter, measured from December through February at the airport in Cheektowaga, has an average temperature of 27.8 degrees with an average of 95.4 inches of snow.Todd Santo
  
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• Lockport man arrested on child pornography, gun charges

  07-11-2024 22:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Lockport man was arrested Thursday on multiple charges, including promoting and possessing a sexual performance by a child, New York State Police announced.A search warrant was executed on Beattie Avenue as a result of an Internet Crimes Against Children investigation, which found that 46-year-old Nathaniel Devries allegedly possessed child pornography and was disseminating it.Officials said Devries, who does not have a state pistol permit, was also in possession of a l
  
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• Swannie House closes after death of owner

  07-11-2024 22:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Swannie House, located at 170 Ohio St. in Buffalo, is closing after the death of its owner, Timothy Wiles.Timothy's family decided to close the long-standing bar following his death on Oct. 25, his daughter Maria told WIVB News 4.The Irish bar was first established in 1886 and was purchased by Timothy and his wife, Marlene, in 1983. The Swannie House was best known for its vast selection of pub food, including wings and its famous fish fry, which was voted as Buffalo
  
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• Buffalo community honors Black Veteran’s Day

  07-11-2024 22:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Acting mayor of Buffalo Chris Scanlon signed a proclamation that marks Thursday as Black Veteran’s Day, the second time this holiday is being celebrated in the city.According to the proclamation, the Black Veteran’s Day committee’s goal is to establish Nov. 7 as an international day of commemoration and honor for the sacrifice and bravery of the Black soldiers who fought as a means for freedom here in America and for their respective countries aroun
  
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• Police: Buffalo man dies in hunting accident

  07-11-2024 19:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Buffalo man died in a hunting accident in Cattaraugus County, State Police announced Thursday.Police responded Tuesday night to a call for a welfare check on a hunter who had not returned to his vehicle near Plato Road in East Otto.Their investigation determined that Mark P. Scanlon, 54, fell from a portable tree stand and died.
  There were no signs of foul play and the body was taken to Olean General Hospital for an autopsy.Latest Local News Police: Buffalo man die
  
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• Buffalo mayor's brother dies in hunting accident

  07-11-2024 19:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Acting Buffalo Mayor Chris Scanlon said the local man killed in a Cattaraugus County hunting accident this week was his older brother.State Police responded Wednesday night to a call for a welfare check on a hunter who had not returned to his vehicle near Plato Road in East Otto.Their investigation determined that 54-year-old Mark P. Scanlon fell from a portable tree stand and died. He was a Sergeant with the Erie County Sheriff's Office.Acting Mayor Scanlon released
  
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• Sumitomo Rubber announces Tonawanda plant closure, over 1,500 employees affected

  07-11-2024 15:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Sumotomo Rubber on Thursday announced via its website that it will be closing the facility in Tonawanda. The plant previously manufactured tires for cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles.According to a release on the company's website, the closure "follows an extended examination of the viability of the facility," including analysis of business complexities, costs, dated infrastructure, intermittent financial performance and changing market conditions.
  The release said the
  
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