A court order won’t be necessary for video of a fatal accident outside Fletcher Elementary School to be preserved. Earlier in March, the Progressive Casualty Insurance Company filed a pre-action discovery motion in state Supreme Court in Mayville seeking the video from the school district. ...

BEMUS POINT – In 1806 William Bemus and family would set out on a journey that’s significance would still be noted over two centuries later. Upon journeying down the Chautauqua Ridge, Bemus would settle at a location on the eastern portion of Chautauqua Lake. Now, 220 years later, the ...

A truck belonging to a missing Lakewood man has been found in Chautauqua Lake near the Veterans Memorial Bridge. Lakewood-Busti Police Chief Matthew Bentley said that the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department dive team located the vehicle around 9 a.m. Monday, but weather made it ...

A Westfield man is being held on $1 million bail after allegedly trying to murder a woman earlier this month in the village. District Attorney Jason Schmidt has announced that an eight-count indictment issued by a Chautauqua County Grand Jury was unsealed Tuesday charging Jahmaul W. Johnson ...

Grape growers across the Lake Erie region are being left in a bind as Refresco, a major processor for many farmers, announced through letters this week that they are cancelling all of their contracts with grape growers. Refresco is one of the processors for many in the local Lake Erie region, ...

Enrollment at SUNY Jamestown Community College continues to climb this spring semester. Total headcount rose in spring 2026 by 5.6 percent over spring 2025. College leaders reported that 1,912 students enrolled for the spring semester, 60 percent of which are enrolled full-time and 40 ...