Thursday kicks off the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, four days of comedy and celebration of Lucille Ball. This year’s festival couldn’t come at a better time. Our national politics are depressing, particularly with the violence of an attempted assassination attempt on former President ...

We regularly see rosy economic news locally. Orders are coming in quickly for New Flyer. Cummins is investing hundred of millions of dollars to install a new line to make new engines. Electrovaya is working to open a new lithium ion battery plant in West Ellicott. Hiring signs are hung outside ...

Two steps taken last week by the Chautauqua County Legislature could benefit Chautauqua Lake for years to come. Approval of ARPA funding to study sewers around the east side of Chautauqua Lake. Studies have shown that a majority of the phosphorus that enters Chautauqua Lake is from internal ...

Imagine the shock of Cattaraugus County residents earlier this week when convicted murderer Edward Kindt fled his halfway house in Dutchess County and made his way back to Cattaraugus County. State Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, said it is the second time Kindt has violated his parole ...

For a brief moment on Sunday following President Joe Biden’s announcement that he would not seek re-election in November, Sen. Joe Manchin considered switching parties back to Democrat to explore running for office. That changed a short while later as support coalesced around Vice President ...

A bike path and walkway along the Veterans Memorial Bridge across Chautauqua Lake would be a nice addition - but only if it was part of the current construction project. We’re a little surprised a bike path and pedestrian walkway wasn’t part of the current $472 million bridge repair ...