Category Archives: Western New York
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Cab drivers on high alert after armed robbery caught on camera
Cab drivers on high alert after armed robbery caught on camera BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It’s not often that an armed robbery inside a taxi cab is caught on camera, but earlier this month cameras inside a Liberty Cab captured the scary moments when a man pulled out a…
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Parents in Utah can no longer be prosecuted for ‘free range’ kids
Parents in Utah can no longer be prosecuted for ‘free range’ kids (CNN) – Gov. Gary Herbert signed a bill earlier this month that makes it OK for parents to let their children “free range.” It’s believed to be the first state in the nation to pass such a law. The measure…
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Erie County Clerk wants to make it easier to opt out of having information sold by state DMV
Erie County Clerk wants to make it easier to opt out of having information sold by state DMV ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB) – Erie County Clerk Mickey Kearns wants to make it easier for people to opt out of having their information sold by the Department of Motor Vehicles.…
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Darien Lake to expand operating season to six months
Darien Lake to expand operating season to six months DARIEN CENTER, N.Y. (WIVB) – Darien Lake will extend its operating season to six months starting this year, the theme park announced Wednesday. The park will be open from May 5 to the end of its new fall event, the…
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Jim Kelly out of surgery, headed into recovery
Jim Kelly out of surgery, headed into recovery BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Jim Kelly’s wife Jill has confirmed that the Bills great is out of surgery and headed into recovery. “During pre-op the computer in our section wasn’t working so they had to get a new one. Then Jim…
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30 in 30: Baker Mayfield
30 in 30: Baker Mayfield BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Baker Mayfield talks a big game, “I don’t think I’m cocky, it’s not cocky it’s just confident,” but to his credit he was able to back it up at Oklahoma. Mayfield started 40 games for the Sooners, throwing for over 12,000…
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Feds launch manhunt for prisoner who escaped airport just before deportation
Feds launch manhunt for prisoner who escaped airport just before deportation NEW YORK — Federal agents are hunting a prisoner who slipped through their fingers in New York Tuesday. Mohamadou Mbacke, 31, was last seen at terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport. He escaped from immigration officials just before they…
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Sheriff: 6 kids believed to be in SUV that plunged off cliff in Northern California
Sheriff: 6 kids believed to be in SUV that plunged off cliff in Northern California (KOIN) – Authorities have identified the children who were killed when their vehicle plunged off a cliff in Northern California. County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Brent Waddell told KOIN they have been informed by the Mendocino County…
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Thousands rally in Paris to protest slaying of Holocaust survivor
Thousands rally in Paris to protest slaying of Holocaust survivor Paris (CNN) – Two people have been arrested over the murder of an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor in Paris that is being investigated as a suspected anti-Semitic attack, a French judicial source told CNN on Tuesday. Mireille Knoll was stabbed 11…
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VIDEO: Easter Weekend at the Broadway Market preview
VIDEO: Easter Weekend at the Broadway Market preview BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Broadway Market is booming this week- heading into Good Friday and Easter weekend. Hundreds of people will pack into the market getting goodies before Easter Sunday and Dyngus Day. Kathy Peterson, manager of the Broadway Market,…