The home team's ability to make big plays was the difference in Saturday's high school football clash between Class C South rivals Fredonia and Clymer-Sherman-Panama. In a game broadcast on WDOE, the Wolfpack tallied five touchdowns of longer than 30 yards as they routed the Hillbillies by a 40-8 score at Sherman's Harry W. Brosius Field. Two of those scoring plays came in the game's opening qu...read more

Jamestown Community College has welcomed four new full-time faculty members for the 2026-2027 academic year. They are Katherine Brand, a biology and chemistry instructor; Ken Loomis, a computer science instructor; Krista Przybelinski, a nursing instructor; and Laura Turnbull, a human services assistant professor. Brand joins JCC's Cattaraugus County Campus after serving as a teaching assistant at...read more

A Brocton man lost his life in a one-vehicle crash in the Town of Chautauqua Saturday morning. The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office responded to Burdick Road shortly before 7:30 AM and determined that a northbound vehicle driven by 44-year-old Ryan Evans left the roadway into an embankment and struck a tree. The Sheriff's Office says Evans succumbed to his injuries. The Sheriff's Office Accide...read more

A Jamestown woman was arrested early Saturday morning following a reported domestic dispute. Jamestown Police Officers responded to a west side address around 3:00AM for a domestic dispute. Upon arrival, officers learned that 25-year-old Tayshia Berg had allegedly assaulted a victim causing injury. Berg was placed into custody and charged with 3rd-degree assault. She was transported to the James...read more

Two arrests were made Friday evening for separate altercations that occurred in Westfield and Silver Creek. Deputies with the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office responded to a reported past tense altercation in the Town of Westfield around 8:00 PM, and found that 41-year-old Larry Houser had allegedly subjected another person to unwanted physical contact, as well as preventing them from contacti...read more

For the second week in a row, the Dunkirk High School football team was beleaguered by early turnovers and an offense that could not move the ball downfield. In a game broadcast on WDOE Friday night, the Marauders' woes continued as they got shut out by Pioneer by a 35-0 score in a Class B-2 matchup in Yorkshire. It did not take long for Dunkirk (0-2, 0-2) to fall behind. On the game's first pl...read more

A commercial building in Falconer that houses a concrete plant is believed to be a total loss following a Friday afternoon blaze. That's the word from the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office, which reports that Falconer firefighters were initially called to Jamestown Macadam's JMI site at 1946 New York Avenue shortly before 1:30 PM. Falconer's First Assistant Fire Chief, Avery Faulkner, says crew...read more

As the investigation continues into a hit-and-run that occurred earlier this week on I-90 in the Town of Sheridan, an arrest has been made in connection with that incident. According to State Police in Jamestown, 34-year-old Devante Jones of Euclid, Ohio was arrested Wednesday afternoon in the Town of Ripley on a Class D felony charge of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. ...read more

Remembering September 11, 2001 is "no longer an option" when it comes to keeping the memory of that day alive. That was an overriding theme of Chautauqua County's annual 9/11 Day of Remembrance in Mayville on this 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks at the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and Pennsylvania. People who were alive remember that day, but Christine Rinaldi from Congressman Nick Langw...read more

New York State is honoring those whose lives were lost in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. Governor Kathy Hochul has directed flags, including the 9/11 Memorial Flag at the State Capitol and Empire State Plaza in Albany, to be flown at half-staff until sunset. Shown here are flags flying at half-staff during a ceremony in remembrance of four New York State Police Troop T members who los...read more