Departments from Dunkirk, East Dunkirk, Chautauqua County Emergency Services and Fredonia are battled a shed fire at 4640 Willow Road in the town of Dunkirk on Sunday morning around 11. County investigators were at the scene during the afternoon. Photo by Gary Sutter

An accidental fire led to minor injuries over the weekend. Around 7:21 a.m. Saturday, the Fluvanna Fire Department and several mutual aid agencies responded to a residential structure fire on Willow Avenue. After extinguishing the fire, the Chautauqua County Fire Investigation Team was ...

As of Sunday afternoon, a boil water order for all village of Fredonia water customers and properties outside the village boundaries supplied by their water system remained in effect. Testing was taking place Saturday and Sunday with more information due either Monday or Tuesday. Additionally, ...

Mae Gustafson, eighth grade, has been chosen as Kiwanis Terrific Kid for November 2025. Mae enjoys being outdoors and her favorite hobbies include farming, fishing and sports. Her favorite subjects in school are math and physical education. Mae enjoys listening to Christian music and other ...

Senator George Borrello and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor sent a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul urging her to include enabling legislation establishing a state financial control board for the City of Dunkirk in her forthcoming 30-day budget amendments. The lawmakers said the recent arrest of ...

A Jamestown man has been sentenced on various drug and weapons charges. According to District Attorney Jason Schmidt, 24-year-old Nylix Thomas, age 24 was sentenced Thursday before Judge David W. Foley. Thomas pleaded guilty on Nov. 25, 2025 to two counts of third-degree criminal ...