HARTFIELD – It was the best outcome of the worst situation. Saturday evening the Hoitink family – mom Megan, dad Jeremiah, and their 11 children had just finished dinner and were watching television in their home on Route 430 in the town of Chautauqua. One of the children had ...
Casella Waste Management will remain party to a lawsuit filed by the estate of a man who was killed in 2020 at the Chautauqua County Landfill in Ellery. On Aug. 3, 2020, Scott Deming was standing behind a large pile of garbage and debris he had just dumped at the landfill in Ellery when he was hit by a bulldozer driven by a county employee. Deming was fatally injured. The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office stated the bulldozer operator had “no idea” Deming was behind the pile when the debris was pushed into a pit. The son of Scott Deming Sr. initially filed suit in state ...
Members of the Jamestown chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution are working on an ongoing project in celebration of America’s 250th birthday to help restore parts of Monument Hill in Lakeview Cemetery. On Saturday, the DAR members planted flowers on Monument Hill, the ...
A northern Chautauqua County resident's jury conviction non six counts of predatory sexual assault has been upheld by the Fourth Department Appellate Division Court of Appeals. In a ruling announced late Friday, the justices unanimously affirmed the jury verdict reached on April 10, ...
The owners of a failed venture to create an airplane manufacturing company at the Chautauqua County Airport in Jamestown have been ordered to repay more than $400,000 borrowed from the Chautauqua County IDA and Southern Tier Enterprise Development Organization. The IDA and STEDO had ...
MAYVILLE – A trial for an inmate of the Lakeview Correctional Facility who is accused of injuring multiple officers two years ago is under way. According to court officials, 36-year-old Windsor Coleman has been charged with three counts of second-degree assault, three counts of assault with intent to cause physical injury with a weapon and two counts of first-degree promoting prison contraband. It is alleged that in late February 2024, Coleman barricaded himself inside his cell, attacked and cut two officers with a sharp piece of plastic from a toilet brush. A news release ...
