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Rushing waters spur concerns in county

A flash flood warning was in effect for portions of Chautauqua County on Sunday. The warning came after a period of thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the area. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain fell in some locations. According to weather service spotters, Fredonia received the most ...

Mixed Marks: Performance on state ELA tests drops, math results increase

Local district data for state third through eighth grade testing won’t be available until November, but statewide data released recently shows mixed marks. State Education Department officials recently released preliminary data from the 2026 third through eighth grade English language ...

Court-ordered evaluation costs jump for county

Chautauqua County is considering a request to use hundreds of thousands of dollars from its reserves to help pay for required psychological evaluations of individuals who have been arrested. Trish McClennan, the Deputy Director of Mental Hygiene and Social Services, appeared at some county ...

Electrovaya, Cummins find different ways into data center market

Two companies with local ties want to be part of data centers’ power supply solutions - one with battery storage technology and the other with generators that can power data centers when needed. Electrovaya recently announced its ElvaPulse battery energy storage system that will be made ...

Retired Warren County judge to hear testimony in Sandusky case Sept. 8

 BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Fourteen years after testifying against Jerry Sandusky, one of his accusers is expected to return to a Centre County courtroom Sept. 8 and take back the allegations he made at trial. Ryan Rittmeyer was known to the public only as “Victim 10” when Sandusky, a former ...

Route 20 crash claims life of Silver Creek man

SHERIDAN --- A Silver Creek man has died after an accident Saturday afternoon on Route 20. Chautauqua County sheriff's deputies report at 2:52 p.m., they located a vehicle that had been involved in a motor vehicle accident. An investigation determined that the vehicle was traveling westbound ...