A small property tax cut highlights the proposed 2026 budget in Erie County, county executive Mark Poloncarz said Wednesday. If the proposed budget goes through the rate will be $3.09 per thousand dollars on the assessed value of the house, a decrease from $3.29 in the 2025 budget.
A man is dead after being shot in the head Tuesday night in Buffalo’s Riverside neighborhood. Police say it happened around 9 p.m. Tuesday on Isabelle Street near Laird Avenue.
A Buffalo man, 48 year old Moises Cortijo, Jr has been charged for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting 35 year old David Ortiz Ramos on Busti Avenue this past July.
Boaters were rescued from the Niagara River Wednesday after a sailboat partially capsized. The United States Coast Guard and Buffalo Fire had to bring in a raft because of shallow waters. The boaters were taken to shore at the Erie Basin Marina.
Water levels described as “critically low” in the Ripley Reservoir in Chautauqua County has prompted a State of Emergency, the Chautauqua County Health Department said Wednesday.