Amherst Town Supervisor Shawn Lavin released his proposed 2027 budget on Wednesday, and it comes with a 6.9% tax levy increase. That means an approximate increase of $11.91 per month for a $341,000 median home.Three Cheektowaga Police dispatchers have been suspended after the Cheektowaga Police Department found that they had been misusing Flock cameras to track a fellow employee's vehicle.Niagara Falls fire officials are looking for the cause of fire at vacant home on 9th Street early Wednesday morning.The Niagara County Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (NCDMH) today announced it has been awarded a $1.4 million suicide prevention grant.A man from Holland, New York, 23 year old Joseph Leone, was arrested and charged after conveying a false threat to use an explosive device on a power plant in Georgia, the U.S. District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.The Bills announced singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield will take the stage at halftime Sunday at the new Highmark Stadium during the team’s Crucial Catch home game, honoring cancer survivors.