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Missing Ohio Swimmer’s Body Located In Chautauqua Lake

An Ohio man who was swimming and went missing on Chautauqua Lake was located Sunday. On Saturday, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call of a submerged swimmer on Chautauqua Lake north of Chautauqua Institution. The Chautauqua County Water Emergency Team and the department's marine division responded and were unable to locate the swimmer. The search was paused due to darkness and resumed on Sunday. Around noon, the subject was located by the New York State Police Underwater Recovery team utilizing side scan sonar. Divers from CCWET recovered the body who was ...

Search For Missing Swimmer To Resume Sunday

CHAUTAUQUA -- The search for a missing swimmer will resume Sunday morning. At around 4:40 p.m. Saturday, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call reporting a missing male swimmer on Chautauqua Lake near Chautauqua Institution. The Chautauqua County Water Emergency Team, Sheriff's Department Marine Patrol along with several fire departments responded to the area and began a search. The swimmer was not located, and crews paused the efforts due to darkness. The search will resume on Sunday. Additional information will be released at a later time.

Missing Cassadaga teen located

Troopers from the State Police at Fredonia have announced that the two teenagers that were reported missing Thursday have been located. Officials thank the community for their assistance.

Man Killed In Confrontation With Deputies

MINA - A man has been killed by a Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputy after an exchange of gunfire after officers responded to a domestic incident on Wednesday on French Creek-Mina Road. Sheriff Jim Quattrone said during a news conference Wednesday night that the initial call came in at ...

State Police Looking For Cassadaga Teens

Troopers from the State Police at Fredonia are asking for the public's help as they investigate two reported missing persons from the village of Cassadaga. Troopers are attempting to locate Liliana Payne, 16-years-old, and Luna Farmer, 15-years-old. They were last week in Cassadaga around 2 ...

Name released in Mina officer-involved shooting

A 66-year-old man has been killed by a Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputy after an exchange of gunfire after officers responded to a domestic incident on Wednesday in the town of Mina. According to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday the department received a call of a domestic incident at 2900 Mina French Creek Road. Initial response had two deputies who were both on scene by 3:55 p.m. Upon arrival at the residence deputies encountered an armed subject who was outside the residence with a shotgun who allegedly fired off one round from the gun at ...