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• Survivors of sexual abuse react to Buffalo Diocese's $150M settlement

  22-04-2025 22:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Survivors of the sexual abuse reportedly carried out by members of the Diocese of Buffalo reacted to the Diocese's agreement to pay $150 million to settle over 800 claims of sexual abuse.Their reactions followed a federal court hearing regarding the settlement that took place on Tuesday in downtown Buffalo and took years to reach.One survivor said he was disappointed and doesn't believe the church took enough accountability, while others said no amount of money will truly
  
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• Taste of Buffalo announces participating restaurants for 2025

  14-05-2025 12:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Taste of Buffalo on Tuesday announced the participants for this year's festival, the 42nd anniversary of the nation's largest two-day food festival, which will be held on July 12 and 13 on Delaware Avenue and in Niagara Square.A total of 40 restaurants and food trucks will be taking part in this year's festival, including 12 first-time participants. Additionally, four wineries will be present.This year's Taste will feature the return of the Best New Item Award, for wh
  
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• Nursing home workers at Ascension Living reach tentative 3-year agreement

  14-05-2025 03:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Nursing home workers at Ascension Living Our Lady of Peace in Lewiston reached a tentative three-year agreement with their employer on Tuesday night, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East announced.The workers withdrew their 10-day strike notice following the tentative agreement. Fourteen facilities are still set to strike next week if a new labor deal cannot be reached, which was announced Saturday.
  It comes after months of workers' requests for better pay, staffing le
  
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• Town supervisor, experts react to Hamburg home explosion

  14-05-2025 03:09 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — As the investigation into what caused a home explosion in Hamburg that left a wife dead and her husband fighting for his life remains ongoing, the Hamburg town supervisor spoke highly of the two residents and praised the emergency response.Authorities confirmed Tuesday that 78-year-old Joene Pease died in the explosion. Her husband, 78-year-old John Pease, was rescued from the rubble by a nearby police officer and remains in critical condition at ECMC.The officer, wh
  
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• Judge denies motion to dismiss hate crime count against Tops mass shooter

  14-05-2025 02:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A federal judge on Monday denied a motion to dismiss one of the hate crime counts the Tops mass shooter is facing.Payton Gendron's attorneys previously filed a motion to dismiss the charge tied to the people who were at the Tops on Jefferson Avenue during the racist attack on May 14, 2022, but not killed or injured.They argued that it was not directed at a specific, identifiable victim, and therefore should be dismissed.Judge Lawrence Vilardo ruled that the count does ref
  
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• Neighbors react to Hamburg house explosion

  14-05-2025 00:13 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Residents of West Lane in Hamburg are still in shock after a house on their street exploded on Monday night, killing one person and injuring another, who is now in critical condition.According to Hamburg police, 78-year-old Joene Pease died in the house explosion and 78-year-old John Pease was taken to ECMC. There were no other injuries reported.Police received calls about the explosion just before 9 p.m. One person said the explosion practically shook their house."I&rsqu
  
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• 5/14 Memorial Foundation secures 18 parcels for memorial project

  13-05-2025 23:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The 5/14 Memorial Foundation Inc. secured 18 parcels of land, both city-owned and privately owned, for the construction of a memorial project to remember the 10 lives of those who were killed in the racist mass shooting at a Tops on May 14, 2022, and serve as a place of healing for the community.The memorial will be located on the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Best Street, which has already been cleared, Rev. Mark Blue, the chair of the 5/14 Memorial Foundation, announce
  
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• Buffalo Niagara Airport shuttle bus drivers, cashiers on strike

  13-05-2025 23:34 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Shuttle bus drivers and cashiers at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport in Cheektowaga have been striking since 9 a.m. Monday."I'm hoping to see a lot of improvements, in terms of the safety of everyone and on top of that, I hope to see better wages for everyone," said Casey Voit, a cashier on the picket line."Everybody just wants a fair deal," said Travis Humphrey, who has been a bus driver at the airport for over 30 years. "Higher wages, better benefits, like
  
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• Buffalo woman admits to killing pedestrian while being drunk

  13-05-2025 21:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo woman pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of second-degree vehicular manslaughter after she killed a pedestrian while allegedly driving drunk last November, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced.Around 10 p.m. on Nov. 28, police responded to the crash at the intersection of Boehm Place and Bailey Avenue.
  Officials said Niyonna Cunningham, 23, was driving a Ford SUV while under the influence of alcohol with an infant inside of the vehicle when sh
  
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• Bills schedule updates: Buffalo not selected for international game

  13-05-2025 16:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Bills were not selected for an international game this year, meaning there will be nine home games in the final season at Highmark Stadium.The league's full schedule is set to be released Wednesday at 8 p.m., but television networks are announcing some primetime games ahead of time. All confirmed Bills games will be compiled on this page, and you can check back Wednesday night for the full schedule.The latest updates below.Confirmed Bills 2025 schedule(No games c
  
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• Crews responding to apparent house explosion in Hamburg

  13-05-2025 04:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Fire crews are attending to an alleged house explosion on West Lane in Hamburg.
  Crews are currently on the scene. WIVB News 4 received multiple reports from nearby viewers who said their houses shook -- even miles away from the scene.This is a developing story, and we will update as soon as more information becomes available.Latest Local News Crews responding to apparent house explosion in Hamburg Six Flags Darien Lake set to open on Friday Local leaders back nursing home
  
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• 1 dead in 'catastrophic' Hamburg house explosion

  13-05-2025 04:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- One person was killed in a 'catastrophic' home explosion on West Lane in Hamburg on Monday night, police said.A 78-year-old woman, identified as Joene Pease, was pronounced dead at the scene following the explosion. A 78-year-old man, identified as John Pease, was pulled from the rubble, taken to ECMC and is listed in critical condition. The two were the only people in the house. A dog survived the explosion.Police would not comment if the explosion is considered suspicio
  
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• Local leaders back nursing home workers ahead of week-long strike

  13-05-2025 00:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Nursing home workers and members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East across 15 nursing homes are planning to strike for a week on May 20 if a contract cannot be reached.During a press conference on Monday, local leaders showed their support for the workers."The hard-working members of 1199SEIU caring for our loved ones at nursing homes across the region, again at our most difficult times, as our families, our loved ones, our neighbors encounter, you're the ones the
  
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• Better Wi-Fi coming to New Highmark Stadium

  13-05-2025 00:23 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Buffalo Bills want fans to be more connected on game days -- which is why the team announced Verizon as the exclusive wireless telecom partner of the New Highmark Stadium. "Every day that goes by, more and more will come into focus around this amazing facility," said Bills and Sabres chief operating officer Pete Guelli. "Today, it's about technology. Verizon brings its 5G network to Highmark Stadium with the goal of making Bills Mafia the most connected fanb
  
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• Bandits broadcaster John Gurtler wins NLL's Tom Borrelli Award

  12-05-2025 23:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Buffalo Bandits’ John Gurtler won the National Lacrosse League’s Tom Borrelli Award for Media Person of the Year on Monday for the first time in his career.Gurtler has called more than 400 straight games as the voice of the Bandits, a position he has held since 2004, on WWKB-AM, ESPN and TSN broadcasts.Gurtler has also served as an adjunct professor at Canisius University and previously did play-by-play for the Buffalo Sabres. Bandits’ Dhane Smith, W
  
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• Buffalo man sentenced to over 2 years for starting fire on railroad tracks

  12-05-2025 23:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was sentenced to two years and three months in prison after he started a fire on train tracks in his backyard in Farnham almost two years ago, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
  Michael Benitez, 34, was convicted of attempt to wreck, derail, set fire to, or disable railroad on-track equipment.
  On the morning of June 14, 2023, Benitez poured gasoline on several tires, lit them on fire, and then left them on railroad tracks behind his then-Railroad Avenu
  
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• Craig Finn, singer of The Hold Steady, coming to Buffalo

  12-05-2025 22:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Singer Craig Finn of indie rock band The Hold Steady is coming to Buffalo.Following the release of his new solo album "Always Been," Finn will be performing at Asbury Hall on Oct. 21. He will be accompanied by his new group of backing musicians, The Band of Forgiveness.Finn is no stranger to the Western New York area. He's performed in Buffalo with The Hold Steady several times before, including a standout show at the Mohawk Place in 2006 and a headlining show at Canalsid
  
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• Asylum seeker found guilty of sexually abusing victim at Cheektowaga hotel

  12-05-2025 20:58 via wivb.com
  
  Content warning: This story contains details of sexual abuse.BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- An asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of the Congo was found guilty by a jury of sexual abuse and unlawful imprisonment charges on Monday after he sexually abused a victim in August 2023 at a Cheektowaga hotel, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced.Officials said around 4 p.m. on Aug. 11, Kindu Jeancy, 24, subjected the victim to sexual contact by forcible compulsion inside of a hotel room
  
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• Man sentenced to 19 years for fatal shooting on Buffalo's Lower West Side

  12-05-2025 20:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A 36-year-old man was sentenced to 19 years in prison and five years of post-release supervision after he fatally shot another man last September on Buffalo's Lower West Side, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced.Officials said Raymond Torres, of no permanent address, shot the victim, 35-year-old Travis Martin, with an illegal gun near Seventh and Jersey Street around 4:22 a.m. on Sept. 19. Martin was transported to ECMC by ambulance where was was pronounc
  
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• 'No actual threat' found after Sweet Home High School lockdown

  12-05-2025 19:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — No threats were found at Sweet Home High School following a lockdown that occurred Monday afternoon after a "reported incident," district superintendent Michael Ginestre said in a message sent to faculty and families.The school went on lockdown just after noon and several police vehicles were seen on the school's premises. Ginestre said calls made to the district office and Amherst police alleged there was a person with a gun inside of a bathroom at the high school,
  
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• $360K in damages estimated from fire in Clarence

  12-05-2025 19:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Around $360,000 in damages was estimated from a fire in Clarence on Monday morning, according to fire officials.Crews responded to 4355 Shimerville Rd., near Main Street, around 10:30 a.m. Monday. There were flames and smoke from the garage that has an extension to the house. Crews were able to put the fire out in around 20 minutes.The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. There were no injuries.Latest Local News Buffalo man sentenced to over 2 years fo
  
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• Legislation re-introduced by Kennedy to restrict body armor

  12-05-2025 16:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) re-introduced legislation Monday that would restrict the purchase and possession of "enhanced" body armor in the United States.Kennedy made the announcement at the site of the May 14, 2022, Tops mass shooting. Wednesday marks three years to the day since the shooting.The bill, officially called the Aaron Salter, Jr. Responsible Body Armor Possession Act, would establish a federal framework to "restrict the purchase, ownership, or posse
  
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• Outer Harbor concert season to begin this weekend

  12-05-2025 15:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The annual summer concert series at the Outer Harbor is set to begin this weekend.The first show of the season will be Warren Zeiders, who will perform at Terminal B at 8 p.m. on Saturday. He is the first of over a dozen shows at the venue. Some of the shows had previously been announced, including the Barenaked Ladies, Wallows, Megan Moroney and Gavin Adcock.There will also be a free show by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra on Aug. 2.A full schedule can be found b
  
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• Zelenskyy hopes for ceasefire with Russia and says he'll be 'waiting for Putin' in Turkey personally

  12-05-2025 05:28 via wivb.com
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksyy said he is hoping for a full and temporary ceasefire with Russia starting Monday, adding he would be in Turkey to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin “personally.”
  His comments came after U.S. President Donald Trump insisted Ukraine accept Russia’s latest offer of holding direct talks in Turkey on Thursday. Ukraine, along with European allies, had demanded Russia accept an unconditional 30-day ceasef
  
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• Zelenskyy hopes for ceasefire with Russia and challenges Putin to meet him in Turkey 'personally'

  11-05-2025 21:52 via wivb.com
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday challenged Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to meet him personally in Turkey on Thursday, the latest move in a weekend-long exchange of proposals from both sides on the next steps in the U.S.-led peace effort.
  Zelenskyy said that he still hopes for a ceasefire with Russia starting Monday, and that he will “be waiting for Putin” in Turkey “personally” after U.S. President Donald Trump insis
  
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• 'It's the best gift ever': Local NICU nurse spends Mother's Day in hospital after welcoming her baby girl

  11-05-2025 21:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- This Mother's Day looks a little different for one NICU nurse at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo. Instead of taking care of her patients, her team of nurses are taking care of her.Raphaella and her husband Chris welcomed their daughter Charlotte to the world on May 9."Some moms, we wait for this our whole lives and when we finally have a baby, it's the best gift ever," Raphaella said.
  The mom of now two usually works every Mother's Day, but baby Charlotte had different plans th
  
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• 'Expect the unexpected': Dunkirk DPW repairs enormous sinkhole

  11-05-2025 03:28 via wivb.com
  
  DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The unexpected happened on Monday in Dunkirk.Around noon, police received a call describing a scene where a cement truck almost fell through the road at the intersection of Central Avenue and Second Street due to a massive sinkhole."Any public works director across the country will say what you have to do is expect the unexpected," said Randy Woodbury, Dunkirk's department of public works chief.The city quickly went to work -- before it ran into its first problem."We dug
  
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• Enormous sinkhole in Dunkirk is repaired

  11-05-2025 03:28 via wivb.com
  
  DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The unexpected happened in Dunkirk on Monday.
  Around noon, police received a call describing a scene where a cement truck almost fell through the road at the intersection of Central Avenue and Second Street due to a massive sinkhole."Any public works director across the country will say what you have to do is expect the unexpected," said Randy Woodbury, Dunkirk Department of Public Works chief.The city quickly went to work -- before it ran into its first problem."We dug d
  
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• Buffalo Boat Tours sets sail for 16th season at Canalside

  11-05-2025 00:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Buffalo Boat Tours is setting sail for its 16th season at Canalside. With this weekend's sunny weather, it's a perfect time for the family-operated business to train its crew on how to have a fun and safe spring and summer."The excitement is actually through the roof, because the weather and the cold all winter long has got everybody in a frenzy," said Rich Hilliman, the owner and operator of Buffalo Boat Tours. "The crew's excited and the captains are excited."On Saturda
  
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• Niagara Thunderwolves baseball team unbeaten entering postseason: 'We've earned our mark nationally as an elite program'

  10-05-2025 18:28 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Niagara Thunderwolves have been storming through baseball seasons for the better part of two decades. This year it seems they have caught lightning in a bottle.Undefeated at 44-0 entering the postseason and stocked with Western New York and Southern Ontario locals being recruited by NCAA schools, the Thunderwolves are ranked No. 2 in the country among Division III junior colleges."It's been awesome," coach Matt Clingersmith said. "I'm more happy for the kid
  
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