After reports of a leave of absence and rumors about his fate, Troy Waffner is out as New York State Fair director. The state Department of Agriculture and Markets announced on Wednesday that Sean Hennessey, who previously served as an assistant commissioner for regional operations at the ...

Nearly two weeks after a racist gunman shot and killed 10 people in a Buffalo grocery store, two of Southern Chautauqua County’s largest funders have committed to supporting our Western New York neighbors in need. The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation and United Way of Southern ...

SILVER CREEK -- Chautauqua County sheriff's deputies charged a village resident late Wednesday after he was seen walking on Porter Street with a shotgun. At about 11:30 p.m., deputies located the suspect on Monroe Street who was identified as 49-year-old Francis, W Kiley III. Further ...

A town of Charlotte woman was being assisted by the Red Cross after fire destroyed her home early Thursday. Sinclairville firefighters were alerted to the blaze on Rood Road just before 5 a.m. First responders from surrounding departments provided assistance. Photographs posted to social ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat Antonio Delgado was sworn in as New York's lieutenant governor Wednesday, becoming the state's first person of Latino heritage to serve in statewide office. Delgado, who identifies as Afro-Latino, is taking on the largely ceremonial role in the administration of ...

LAKEWOOD — Efforts were ongoing to upright a large crane truck that toppled in the village Wednesday. Crews with a local towing company were on Pine Avenue in Lakewood to get the crane truck back on its wheels. It's not clear how the truck, operated by a tree service company, ended up on ...