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Woman charged after dog, cats found alone in Stockton

STOCKTON -- A woman is facing charges after leaving three animals abandoned at a location on Route 380. Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department reported Thursday it received an animal complaint on July 2. Through an investigation it was determined that Katherine Gonzalez, 42, who deputies reported as homeless, did abandon a dog and two cats at a residence with no means of care. Gonzalez was charged with overdriving, torturing and injuring animals; failure to provide proper sustenance and abandonment of animals. She will be in town court later.

UPDATE: Two killed in Route 430 accident

A two-vehicle accident on Route 430 at 3:40 p.m. Thursday killed a 23-year-old Meadville man and a 51-year-old Massena, N.Y., man. The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office, North Lake Fire Department, Sherman Fire Department, and Chautauqua County EMS responded to a personal injury motor ...

‘Slapped In The Face’

St. Susan Center’s freezer, a piece of equipment critical to their operations of helping to feed people in Jamestown, was vandalized over the weekend. St Susan Center reported the incident via Facebook on Monday, saying that around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday morning, individuals “completely ...

Senate Recognition

State Sen. George Borrello recently presented a state Senate proclamation to help celebrate the 200th anniversary of The Post-Journal’s first edition. The Post-Journal was first published on June 21, 1826, known then as the Jamestown Journal. The paper made its debut as a semi-weekly, ...

Tree removal rankles Lakewood board, resident

Lakewood Village Board members aren’t happy about the removal of trees in the village right of way on Gifford Avenue. There has been discussion of the trees during the board’s past two meetings. Code officer Jeff Swanson and John Certo, village public works supervisor, prepared a survey prior to the board’s July7 meeting that confirmed the property belonged to the village. A tenant of a nearby apartment had allegedly had the trees removed. Ellen Barnes, village trustee, said she had done research showing it is illegal to cut down trees on other people’s property, with the ...

Clymer school board hears about potential new building uses

CLYMER — As the process continues for the potential merger of the Clymer, Sherman and Panama school districts, each district has also been presented with a study that shows the possibility of future uses for each school building if the merger were to be approved. During the Clymer Board of ...