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District Preserves Accident Video; Court Request Withdrawn

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. The insurance company filed the motion in court on Monday. Leanna Herrera, a 4-year-old, was killed after she was struck by a Panama Central School bus making an out-of-district drop-off Nov. 17 outside Fletcher Elementary School. The company’s Order to Show Cause was withdrawn on Tuesday ...

Proposed Pond Concerns Carroll Officials

FREWSBURG – A private company in Carroll is seeking DEC approval for a 10-acre recreational pond - but the location could create an issue as Carroll looks to find a new well for town residents’ drinking water. Though the company has sought out approval from the Department of ...

Founder’s Day

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, ...

Murky Water Hinders Search Of Vehicle

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 ...

Westfield Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Shooting

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 Lose Contract With Large Processor

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 ...