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Hundreds of people expected to march in support of STEM programs this weekend
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- More than 700 people are expected to walk in support of STEM fields on Saturday. The Buffalo March for Science is an effort to push back against proposed cuts to funding for...
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Community leaders help young men turn their lives around
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Gun violence has taken the lives of at least 17 people in the City of Buffalo this year. Many of the victims are young men. A group of community leaders has been working to turn...
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First responders pack sandbags in Olcott to prepare for rising water
OLCOTT, N.Y. (WIVB)- It’s was team effort to fill 60,000 sandbags in Olcott on Saturday. More than 100 firefighters from Niagara County helped the Olcott Fire Company and other local agencies prepare...
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Man in custody after SWAT call in Buffalo
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A 35 year old man is in custody after police say he barricaded himself inside a home and was apparently firing shots out of a downstairs window. It happened on the first block of...
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County Legislator enters race for Buffalo mayor
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Erie County Legislator Betty Jean Grant hopes to be the first woman elected as mayor of Buffalo. Grant officially joined the race on Sunday. She faces incumbent Mayor Byron Brown...
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Town of Amherst to review where addiction treatment facilities can be located
AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB)- A heated debate is underway in Amherst over the location of an addiction treatment facility. “This needs to be separated from people, it’s too close to people,” said John...
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Why did Scajaquada Creek turn red?
DEPEW, N.Y. (WIVB) — Scajaquada Creek looked more like tomato soup than a waterway Tuesday afternoon. The mystery of how it got that way had people in Depew talking. “At first quick glace I was like...
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WNY leaders look to establish 24/7 center to help people battling addiction
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Parents and community leaders want a 24 hour center to open in Buffalo to help people battling addiction seek treatment. “As a community we don’t have a choice, we have to do...
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Red dye travels down Scajaquada Creek to Forest Lawn Cemetery
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The red mulch dye that transformed the color of Scajaquada Creek in Lancaster and Depew traveled downstream to Forest Lawn Cemetery by Wednesday morning. The DEC told News 4...
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Buffalo non-profit to hold benefit & progress update on school in Africa
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- News 4 has been following the progress of a school being built in the African country of Tanzania. A Buffalo non-profit is helping a group of nuns educate girls in the remote...
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More New Yorkers are signing up to become organ donors
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Five weeks after Macy Alexander-Childs was born, her parents got devastating news. She had developed bands which were cutting off circulation to her small intestine. A doctor...
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Families continue to wait months for autopsy results in Erie County
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- There are 138 families in mourning in Western New York. Twenty-four of those families know their loved one died of an opioid overdose this year. For the 114 other lives lost this...
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Buffalo Police moving forward with process to try body cameras
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Some Buffalo Police officers could have body cameras by the end of the summer as part of a pilot program. The department has been looking into adding them for about two years....
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Target on Walden Ave. evacuated after bomb threat called in
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB)- Cheektowaga Police responded to the Target on Walden Ave. Saturday evening after a someone called the store to report a bomb threat. Assistant Chief Jim Speyer tells News 4...
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School receives $10k grant from KIND Foundation for East Side playground
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A state of the art playground planned for Buffalo’s East Side is moving forward. The Universal School hopes to hold a ribbon cutting ceremony this summer. The Universal School,...
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Eight people die from suspected overdoses over the weekend in Erie County
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Erie county health officials urge people struggling with addiction to get help. At least 11 people have died from a suspected overdose in Western New York since Saturday...
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Congressman Collins defends himself over ethics concerns
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Republican Congressman Chris Collins is defending himself again over claims he acted unethically. The Office of Congressional Ethics has received a number of requests for an...
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Airbnb gaining popularity in WNY as regulations are discussed
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Airbnb continues to gain popularity in Western New York. The company says 42,000 people used an Airbnb last year when they visited the buffalo-Niagara region. In 2014, only 7,600...
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Work underway to create functional ecosystem at Silo City
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- In the shadow of the grain elevators, PUSH Blue crews work at a Silo City parking lot. Cars can leave behind gasoline and other waste and those pollutants travel when it rains....
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City crews spent the day filling in potholes in Buffalo
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo Public Works crews spent Saturday filling in potholes throughout the city. It was the second “pothole blitz”. City officials told News 4 there is less traffic on the main...
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