MAYVILLE — One of Chautauqua Lake’s own is in the running for a national teaching award. Katie Ryan, a music teacher at the Chautauqua Lake Central School District, is among the finalists in the Reader’s Digest contest to name America’s Favorite Teacher. She has already advanced ...

Mark Geise, who heads the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency and is the deputy county executive for economic development, stood in front of a crowd gathered inside the Robert H. Jackson Center. Behind him was a map that shows every county in the United States, and when they ...

Three Jamestown residents face charges after a probation check revealed drugs and a shotgun in a home that police later deemed uninhabitable for children. Police went to a home on Jamestown’s east side at 7:33 p.m. Tuesday to help probation officers at a home visit for Michael ...

BUFFALO – A Pennsylvania resident has pleaded guilty to transporting firearms in the Jamestown area. U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross has announced that Christian Arroyo Collazo, 28, of New Castle pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiracy to traffic in ...

Numerous structures were impacted late Monday after a garage fire on East Main Street in the village of Fredonia. At approximately 10:25 p.m., the Fredonia Fire Department, East Dunkirk Fire and Dunkirk Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at 417 E. Main St. Upon ...

FREWSBURG — The Martz-Kohl Observatory had a group of around 50 people and an extremely good viewing of totality for the April 8 eclipse. Tom Traub, observatory vice president, reported that due to anticipating large crowds in the area the Observatory closed to the public for the day and ...