Sandra Tan

If you have an infant or child under age of 5 in Erie County, he or she may be eligible to receive a free children's book mailed home each month.

Local government officials say they are hoping the departure of the frigid arctic air that has subjected the region to unrelenting cold temperatures and snowfall also means they will be able to shore up their depleted road salt supplies.

Erie County Public Works Commissioner William Geary talks about the factors that have made it so difficult for local governments to get the road salt they need to keep roadways

The Erie County Legislature voted unanimously Thursday to award contracts for the building of a new "multisport turf sports facility" at the North Campus, with fields for football, soccer and softball.

The three county-funded public art projects, including a giant Buffalo Convention Center mural, a second mural at the Erie County Health Mall and a sculpture at Ellicott Creek Park have all been commissioned this year.

"If you’re not going to travel, hold off," said Erie County Clerk Michael "Mickey" Kearns. "Right now, we are so busy, it would be better for you just to wait. You’ll still be able to get it after May 7."

The Erie County Legislature approved a $26 million budget surplus spending plan after Legislature Democrats redirected money back to themselves for the benefit of their districts.

The struggle to access information about the D.J. Granville case has been the source of news coverage for months in Western New York. But that struggle it is not a unique story.

The plan to create ErieNet, a $36 million countywide broadband network to deliver high-speed, fiber-optic internet services to all corners of the county, has been slow to get off the ground. A look at why only 18 miles has been hung so far.

Erie County's Southtowns sewage treatment plant is undergoing its first major expansion in 45 years at a potential cost of more than $200 million. That has implications for certain taxpayers.