Chautauqua County schools were reporting low voter turnout as budgets were passed with ease. But that was not the case in Fredonia. Its budget was defeated 472-414. Residents there may have taken their anger out on the schools for the 65% village hike. The 2025-26 Fredonia School Budget ...

IRVING — Saying sorry can never make up for the horrific acts committed against Native American children at boarding schools across our nation. But an apology is a start. Governor Kathy Hochul issued an official apology on behalf of the State of New York on Tuesday morning at the William ...

The distance from Jamestown to Atlanta is about 850 miles. Or, measured another way, it requires 12 hours, 30 minutes behind the wheel. For Blake Johnson, it’s a road trip in which he has become quite familiar over the course of the last year. “I put 35,000 miles on my car in four or ...

MAYVILLE – The man who brutally attacked a world-renowned author at Chautauqua Institution nearly three years ago has been officially sentenced. Friday morning, Chautauqua County Court Judge David Foley sentenced Hadi Matar to 25 years for the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie on Aug. 12, ...

A Buffalo man has been arrested for allegedly selling drugs in southern Chautauqua County. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo has announced a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jason Talley, 46, with narcotics conspiracy, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in ...

MAYVILLE – A Jamestown man has been found guilty of trying to kill a librarian following a jury trial. District Attorney Jason Schmidt announced that Xavier Guadarrama, 23, was found guilty Wednesday of second-degree attempted murder, two counts of second-degree assault, and two counts of ...