The second Fredonia Literary Festival, to celebrate all things literary, is slated for Friday, April 26th, at the State University of New York at Fredonia. The event will run from 12pm to 4:30 pm in the Williams Center Blue Lounge and Multipurpose Room. The festival is free and the public is invited to attend. Three panels will feature the importance of student creative publications, promote th...read more

A woman from Jamestown has been arrested after a traffic stop leads to a possession charge. On Friday around 1:40 AM, Jamestown Police officers conducted a traffic stop in the area of North Main Street and West 7th Street. They observed one of the passengers to be 36-year-old Vanessa Figueredo, who was known to have a warrant for 1st-degree assault, along with multiple other charges. Upon being ...read more

The Governor's Traffic Safety Committee and the Department of Motor Vehicles, in partnership with Students Against Destructive Decisions, marked the beginning of the "No Empty Chair" campaign, which aims to eradicate teen driving deaths so there will be "no empty chairs during prom and graduation season". The teen driving education and enforcement campaign begins on Monday, April 22 and runs thr...read more

With an agreement now in place for a New York State budget, Governor Kathy Hochul has begun rolling out the details of what's included in the 2024-2025 spending plan. On Thursday, Hochul announced a five-point plan designed to combat organized retail theft and protect frontline retail workers. She says that plan includes bolstering criminal penalties for those who assault retail workers by makin...read more

A Westfield man who was found to have 29 suspensions on his driver's license was charged with felony aggravated unlicensed operation after a traffic stop in the Town of Chautauqua late Friday morning. Chautauqua County Sheriff's deputies pulled over a vehicle on Route 394 driven by 27-year-old Andrew Harris shortly after 11:00 AM, knowing that he had a suspended license. In addition to the litan...read more

The Luca S. Calanni Foundation is currently accepting applications for the second quarter of the Live Like Luca Youth Sports Grants Program. Sports organizations that are registered 501(c)(3) and directly serve youth between the ages of 3 and 18 in Western New York are invited to apply for funding to subsidize costs that may prevent youth from fully participating. The Luca S. Calanni Foundation...read more

An early morning drug raid at an apartment on Jamestown's south side on Friday has led to a handful of charges against a city man. Members of the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force, with assistance from the Jamestown Police SWAT Team, executed a search warrant at the lower apartment of 388 South Main Street shortly after 5:45 AM. SWAT Team members located 56-year-old Salvatore Russo and two childre...read more

There are still plenty of challenges facing Chautauqua County, but county government is in a "solid position" to deal with them, especially financially. That from County Executive P.J. Wendel, who addressed several issues during the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce's annual County Executive Breakfast at the Chautauqua Harbor Hotel in Celoron on Friday. Wendel highlighted this week's announc...read more

A boil water order continues for all Fredonia water customers until further notice. Mayor Mike Ferguson says crews will wrap up their scheduled maintenance of the tank at the village's water treatment plant on Friday, and the order could be lifted as early as Saturday. Ferguson says the Chautauqua County Health Department has not received any samples to test at this time, with turbidity levels i...read more

New York's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate saw a slight drop during the month of March. According to preliminary figures from the State Labor Department, the jobless rate for the month was 4.3%, which is down by one-tenth of a percent from February. Meanwhile, the number of private sector jobs in the state rose by 19,300 (0.2%) over the month, matching the nationwide private sector job gro...read more