A pair of state lawmakers are asking their colleagues to rewrite state laws to allow children more independence - within reason. Rep. Jeanne McNeill, D-Whitehall, and Rep. Rick Krajewski, D-Philadelphia, are circulating a co-sponsorship memorandum for legislation that would allow ...

Winifred Crawford Dibert Boys & Girls Club of Jamestown officials recently announced the club’s July Youth of the Month. Youth are chosen based on attendance, participation and positive attitude. The Winifred Crawford Dibert Boys and Girls Club is a United Way partner agency. Youth of ...

This September, residents of Chautauqua County are invited to walk in unity, raise awareness, and show up for one another during the first-ever United for HOPE Walk Series — a collaborative, tri-county effort to bring attention to suicide prevention and promote mental wellness across the ...

Eight high school graduates recently received scholarship awards from funds managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation for students pursuing a degree in business. Connor Young of Southwestern High School, Elora Watkins of Maple Grove High School, Madelia Griffith of Randolph ...

DUNKIRK — A fire early Sunday heavily damaged a Deer Street home and displaced four residents in the city. At 3:43 a.m., the Dunkirk Fire Department was dispatched to a report of a house fire in the area of Deer Street and East Fifth Street. Upon arrival, crews found fire engulfing the rear ...

The world is ever-changing. Mental health is spiraling downward at a velocity that defies equilibrium. What happened to “Choose life”? Is it the unrelenting pace of modern life, the digital tide, the disconnection — text over touch, screens over souls? Is it the absence of stillness, ...