Buffalo Public Schools could have an extra set of eyes on its decisions. Ahead of Wednesday’s board meeting with a packed agenda, state Assemblyman Jon Rivera is proposing a state monitor for the district.Brian Scott Lorenzo, the man who was found guilty again in his third trial for the killing of a young mother in Tonawanda in 1993, was sentenced to 37 1/2 years to life in prison, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.The Allegany County Department of Health has confirmed a third positive case of measles, this time in the Town of Independence.The number two official in the state’s Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) came to Niagara Falls Monday to tout millions of dollars in crime-fighting investments in the city. But his visit coincides with a continuing uptick in gun crime in the city, highlighted by a pair of incidents over the weekend.The Golisano Institute for Business and Entrepreneurship is preparing to open its doors in downtown Buffalo in just a few weeks. The multimillion-dollar project was first announced in October 2025