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District Attorney Not Filing Charges In 2024 City Shooting Death

There will be no charges placed in the gunshot death of a Buffalo man in August 2024 in the city of Jamestown. District Attorney Jason Schmidt, in a news release issued Tuesday, said during the early morning hours of Aug. 16, 2024, 25-year-old Corey Johnson sustained a fatal gunshot wound to ...

Bill Seeks Upstate Exemption To All-Electric Construction

A Buffalo-area Republican wants Upstate New York to be exempt from the state’s All-Electric Building Act. Assemblyman Paul Bologna, R-Clarence, has introduced legislation (A.9189) that would amend the state’s Energy Law and the Executive Law to limit the prohibition on the installation of ...

Maple Grove Wastewater Decommission Moving Forward

BEMUS POINT — Maple Grove Jr./Sr. High School will move forward with long-discussed plans to decommission the Maple Grove Water Treatment Plant. A municipal agreement was signed at the Nov. 17 Bemus Point Central School Board of Education meeting with the South and Center Chautauqua Lake ...

Stores Keep Prices Down In Tough Year For Turkeys

CHELSEA, Mich. (AP) — Old Brick Farm, where Larry Doll raises chickens, turkeys and ducks, was fortunate this Thanksgiving season. Doll’s small farm west of Detroit had no cases of bird flu, despite an ongoing outbreak that killed more than 2 million U.S. turkeys in the last three months ...

Feeding Friends: Thanksgiving Dinner Held At Mental Health Association

The Chautauqua County Mental Health Association recently hosted a Thanksgiving Dinner for residents to enjoy. While the association hosts luncheons for the community each month, this dinner was a special event to ensure that everyone is able to have a good meal during the holiday season. The ...

JCC Total Fitness To Close To Public In February

Effective Feb 1, 2026, JCC Total Fitness will no longer be open to the general public. JCC President Dr. Daniel DeMarte said the fitness center instead will serve only JCC students, faculty, staff, and select partners such as the local police and fire departments. “The decision follows a ...