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Felony Charges Filed

Jamestown police officers helped resolve the case of a missing child allegedly taken from Sheffield Township, Pa., to Ohio on Sunday. License plate readers and a cell phone ping helped police locate a Sheffield girl who was taken from Sheffield to Ohio on Sunday. The State Police at Warren ...

Chautauqua Mall Challenges New Assessment

The owner of the Chautauqua Mall is looking for another break on its tax assessment. Chautauqua Mall Realty Holdings LLC has filed an Article 7 challenge to its assessment by the town of Busti, which is undergoing a property reassessment that has upset many town residents. It is also the ...

County Sues To Recoup Aircraft Company Loans

The Chautauqua County IDA is suing a small aircraft manufacturer that had been renting space at the Chautauqua County Airport in Jamestown. The IDA and the Southern Tier Enterprise Development Organization have filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court in Mayville against Luscombe Aircraft ...

Lakewood Woman Sues Village Over Fence Permit Denial

A Lakewood woman is suing the village of Lakewood and its Zoning Board of Appeals over a fence she wants to build on her property. Lynn Kinnear has filed an Article 78 lawsuit asking state Supreme Court Justice Grace Hanlon to determine the Zoning Board’s ruling to be arbitrary and ...

Lawsuit Against Silver Creek School Settled For $1M

A Silver Creek family has reached a settlement with Silver Creek Central School and its insurance carrier to settle a lawsuit originally filed in 2019. The original filing said the child, who was 5 years old when he turned, became disoriented, tripped over a bench and hit his head on a ...