Chautauqua County’s attorneys want a mother’s lawsuit over the death of her son in the Chautauqua County Jail to be heard in federal court. Antoinette Scott of Gowanda filed a wrongful death lawsuit in state Supreme Court in Erie County in December against Chautauqua County and up to 20 ...
An agreement may be near in the dispute over health insurance premium increases for Jamestown police officers and firefighters. City Council members will vote Monday on a new contract with the Kendall Club Police Benevolent Association. City and union approval of the new contract will bring ...
A year of uncertainty when it comes to Chautauqua Lake and its wetlands finally has its first bit of certainty. The state DEC has approved more acreage for treatment of curly leaf pondweed on Chautauqua Lake than it has in the past. The treatment was somewhat in doubt in late March when ...
Five area residents face charges while two more were arrested for outstanding court warrants after a drug raid on Ninth Street on Monday. According to a police report, members of the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force and Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at 26 W. ...
A control board provides an ability for Dunkirk’s city government to continue to operate as it works to reorganize - but the experience may not be pleasant. Legislation introduced by state Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, earlier this week will make some stringent requirements of the ...
Three area high schools are among the nominees for Shea’s Wonder Awards. Jamestown High School, Randolph Junior-Senior High School and Southwestern High School were announced as nominees for Shea’s high school musical theatre awards program during an event for high school students ...