Last week, Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel asked Pomfret officials to consider merging with the village of Fredonia, town of Dunkirk and city of Dunkirk. While that idea is still under consideration, Pomfret is looking to explore other smaller consolidations first. The Pomfret Town Board ...

A Jamestown man is asking the state Supreme Court to return firearms seized during a domestic violence investigation in 2025. Antonino Miceli Jr., who is representing himself in court, is asking the judge to have the Jamestown Police Department return weapons belonging to his son, Brock ...

With prices continuing to rise at the gas pumps — up to $3.60 per gallon in numerous locations in Chautauqua County — Gov. Kathy Hochul is starting to feel the heat when it comes to high energy prices. During a stop in Tonawanda on Monday, Hochul said she is ready to revisit another costly ...

A Jamestown woman has been charged with fourth-degree grand larceny. Kathryn S. Fisher, 47, of Jamestown was charged by Lakewood-Busti police at 7:17 p.m. Sunday after allegedly taking $1,071 worth of merchandise from the Lakewood Walmart store. She was released with an appearance ticket ...

Less than one month after a brutal attack on a counselor and officer at the Lakeview Correctional Facility in Brocton, state Assembly Republicans this week offered legislation advancing 10 proposals developed by the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement (HALT) Committee to ...

A Jamestown man faces charges after a drug seizure Tuesday. According to officials, at about 12:09 p.m., Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Narcotics Investigators executed a search warrant at 313 Prather St., upper apartment. Devonte Green, 26, was charged with third-degree criminal possession ...