Buffalo will receive an additional $25 million in state funds for the 2026-27 budget, Mayor Sean Ryan announced Thursday, in addition to $15 million in previously announced funds.A top Canadian official said this week that talks are underway with a foreign investment group interested in spending big bucks to help grow the economy on both sides of the border in Niagara Falls.An Elma man, 55 year old Matthew Steele, was sentenced to serve 30 years in prison after being convicted of production and possession of child pornography involving a minor. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz’s veto of a youth hunting bill was overridden by the county legislature on Thursday in an 8-3 vote. The bill allows 12- and 13-year-olds to hunt deer with guns with an experienced adult mentor. It first passed in the legislature with a 7-3 vote on April 30.The New York State Department of Transportation is advising motorists that there will be roving lane closures on Interstate 190 between the north Grand Island Bridge in Erie County and Upper Mountain Road in Niagara County from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday to facilitate bridge washing and sealing.