New York state legislators are some of the luckiest in the nation already, earning the highest salary in comparison to any other state. Therefore it comes as no surprise that concerns would be had over the idea of raising that salary even further. Assembly Andrew Molitor, R-Westfield, and ...

State DEC officials have filed an action in state Supreme Court trying to force the owner of a long-closed Second Street gas station to clean up the property and properly close the station’s gas tanks. The Department of Environmental Conservation filed the action Thursday in state Supreme ...

Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel proposed a merger of the city and town of Dunkirk with the village of Fredonia and the town of Pomfret at a Pomfret Town Board meeting this week. Wendel and other north county officials have talked about consolidating services for months. However, the ...

Jamestown police officers are investigating a shooting Thursday that caused a lockdown at two city schools. According to a police report, at 1:24 p.m. officers responded to Crescent and Buffalo streets for a report of shots fired and found that a person forced their way into an occupied ...

A former Amherst resident has been sentenced to eight years in prison and five years of parole supervision for his role in a 2024 botched robbery attempt in the city of Jamestown. The incident resulted in the shooting death of one of his accomplices and gunshot injuries sustained by two other ...

The city of Jamestown is preparing to allow residents to show their Irish side for a weekend again this Saturday with the annual Turn the River Green event. Collaborative Children’s Solutions in collaboration with the city is hosting the event once again, set to begin with vendors at 10 ...