GERRY — Two Gerry residents have been charged after a search warrant was served at their Wilson Street home at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. According to a police report, Richard Sendall, 34, of 3022 Wilson St., Gerry, was charged with third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, with additional ...
A 20-year-old has been indicted by a Chautauqua County grand jury on a second-degree murder charge for the November 2017 stabbing death of Dyllan Ownbey. Tavion L. Turner was taken into custody and arraigned in Chautauqua County Court for his involvement in the homicide, Jamestown police ...
SILVER CREEK — Two Silver Creek residents face drug sales charges after a search warrant was executed at their 276.5 Central Ave., Silver Creek, property at 11 a.m. Thursday. According to a police report, members of the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force, Federal Bureau of ...
Family members of a girl who has died from a Wednesday stabbing are asking community members who witnessed what happened on Wednesday to start talking to law-enforcement officials so that an arrest can be made in the tragic incident. In a phone conversation with the OBSERVER this afternoon, a ...
The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities will flush the village of Falconer water mains Thursday night and Friday. Water levels have lowered to permit the village flushing to occur. Village flushing will take place after 8 p.m. Thursday, overnight into Friday. Flushing is expected to be ...
A Chautauqua County sheriff's deputy who helped an infant girl choking on food last year was one of several recognized by the American Red Cross at its inaugural Western New York Real Heroes Breakfast. The recognition event took place at the Park Country Club in Williamsville. Deputy Adam ...
NEW YORK (AP) — I.M. Pei, the versatile, globe-trotting architect who designed many of the buildings at SUNY Fredonia and captured the spirit of rebellion at the multi-shaped Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has died at age 102. Pei's death was confirmed Thursday by Marc Diamond, a spokesman for ...
Concrete is being poured at Tracy Plaza in Jamestown as part of a renovation project to add more landscaping to make the structure more environmentally friendly, energy efficient and aesthetically pleasing. In December 2016, city officials received $1.48 million from the state through the Green ...
FINDLEY LAKE -- Three people were taken to an Erie, Pa., hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries following a crash that destroyed a sedan Wednesday morning. Firefighters from Findley Lake, Clymer and Sherman were called at 11:08 a.m. to the collision between a sedan and ...
DUNKIRK — A person was stabbed during a fight Wednesday in Dunkirk. Dunkirk police responded around 4 p.m. to the 100 block of Lincoln Avenue for the fight. “Upon further investigation it was learned that a subject was allegedly stabbed during the altercation and then transported to ...
DUNKIRK -- A medical emergency led to a frightening scene at CVS on Fourth Street in Dunkirk on Monday. The driver of this white pickup truck had an unknown medical emergency and was unresponsive. With his foot on the gas pedal, smoke rose from the burning rubber of the tires. According to ...
The Korematsu legacy of fighting for civil liberties and the Constitution carries on. Karen Korematsu, civil rights advocate, spoke Tuesday at the Robert H. Jackson Center to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision Korematsu vs. the United States. Fred Korematsu, ...
A longtime Chautauqua County employee pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing county funds over a six-year span, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli said. Debra Kelley, the assistant treasurer for the Chautauqua County Water and Soil District, was charged with petit larceny after the state ...
A stabbing that sent a man to the hospital late Saturday resulted in a felony assault charge against a Dunkirk man. Alec J. Stanley, 18, was taken into custody shortly after Ellicott police and Chautauqua County sheriff's deputies were called to a reported stabbing at a residence on Town Line ...
Chautauqua County has provided funding to the Chautauqua Lake and Watershed Management Alliance for contracting with Princeton Hydro to provide monitoring of herbicide treatments that will occur in May. Princeton Hydro, headquartered in Ringoes, N.J. was formed in 1998 with the specific ...
The Reg Lenna Center for The Arts will host a public Happy Hour on Friday and begin selling to tickets to An Evening with Paula Poundstone (Oct. 19 performance). Tickets to the first event of Reg Lenna Center for The Arts' 2019-20 season — An Evening with Paula Poundstone — will go on ...
FRENCH CREEK — A Clymer man was taken to the hospital after the SUV he was driving struck a utility pole Thursday morning. The New York State Police reported 18-year-old Jordan Wade was southbound on Route 426 in French Creek, near Harrington Hill Road, when his SUV went off the road and ...
Having a cookie from Ecklof Bakery could quite possibly help a child in need during the month of May. The bakery will be giving the proceeds from an ongoing heart-shaped cookie sale to help children in the GA Family Services foster and adoption care program. The local branch of GA ...
A Jamestown man has pleaded guilty to production and possession of child pornography. U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday announced that 37-year-old James A. Chapman had made the plea before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 ...
ASHVILLE — After waiting in anticipation form more than a week, Cody Willett, a U.S. Air Force veteran, and his family returned home. Volunteers, family and home renovations awaited them. Willett was selected as the subject of "Military Makeover With Montel," a home improvement show on ...