On the first day of his freshman year at Jamestown Community College in 1965, Bob Schmitt arrived for French class and sat down next to a guy by the name of Joe DiMaio. The connection between the teenagers — one from suburban Buffalo (Schmitt) and the other from Jamestown (DiMaio) — was ...
A Buffalo man connected to the deaths of two women whose bodies were found in Chautauqua County has been sentenced. Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announces that Richard J. Fox, 62, was sentenced Thursday morning before Erie County Court Judge Suzanne Maxwell Barnes to 40 ...
WESTFIELD -- A major redevelopment project involving the C.E. Welch Building in the Village of Westfield is ready to move forward. During its meeting on Tuesday, the County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency (CCIDA) Board of Directors approved amendments to the project description ...
A child has been killed near Fletcher Elementary School after being struck by a school bus. The area around Fletcher Elementary School was closed while parents were dropping children off Monday morning while Jamestown police officers investigated an accident involving a school bus. Cole Avenue near Fletcher Elementary School is expected to be closed for several hours while police continue their investigation, Jamestown police said earlier today. The New York State Police were still on the scene of the accident as of noon. Amanda Sischo, Fletcher Elementary School principal, notified ...
SINCLAIRVILLE --- A village man is facing charges after discharging a shotgun during an altercation. Around 11:34 p.m. Saturday, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office and New York State Police responded to an address on Main Street. Upon arrival, units learned that the male was identified as 28-year-old William F. Borkowski Jr. and had fled the scene. After a thorough investigation units had located Borkowski a short time later and took him into custody without issue. He was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, second-degree criminal use of a firearm, ...
A winter weather advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service for Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties until 1 p.m. Monday. Forecasters say that lake effect snows are expected with total snow accumulations 4 to 7 inches in the most persistent lake snows across the higher terrain inland from Lake Erie. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph will produce blowing and drifting snow. The greatest accumulations will be across the higher terrain inland from the Lake Erie shore. Accumulations close to the lake including along the New York State Thruway will be less than an inch. During ...
