CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – SINCLAIRVILLE – A morning fire has been labeled incendiary. On Tuesday around 10 a.m. the Sinclairville Fire Department and several mutual aid fire departments responded to East Avenue in the village of Sinclairville for a residential structure ...

Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane has announced that 41-year-old Anthony Rydzewski of Angola pleaded guilty Monday before State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller to one count of second-degree manslaughter, a Class C felony. The defendant pleaded guilty to the highest ...

Two people face charges in connection with a bomb threat that shook downtown Fredonia Thursday morning. Jayden Feaster, 20, and Melinda Jackson, 45, both reporting to be homeless, were charged with falsely reporting an incident. That's a Class D felony under state penal law. Fredonia Police ...

BUFFALO – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross has announced that Brandi M. Whitford, 28, of Jamestown, who was convicted of maintaining a drug-involved premise, was sentenced to time served and three years’ probation by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua A. ...

Five Cattaraugus County residents are facing multiple drug charges for allegedly selling crack cocaine to a minor. According to the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office, Naomi Lindgren, 45, of Gun Parker Road, Perrysburg; Vincent Thompson, 26, and Carolyn Kettle, 36, both of Burning Springs ...

SIX HURT IN ARKWRIGHT ATV ACCIDENT ARKWRIGHT -- An ATV accident injured six individuals and led to one victim being taken by helicopter to Buffalo. The Forestville Fire Department noted on its Facebook page the incident occurred around 9:25 p.m. Friday on Weaver Road. Upon arrival, crews ...