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Teen charged after striking another with brick

A teenager has been charged in second-degree assault after a fight in Dunkirk. City police said Monday that at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, they received a report of a fight near the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Courtney Street. After an investigation it was determined the fight involved ...

City firefighters douse shrub, brush fire near building

Dunkirk firefighters extinguished a bush and shrub fire on Saturday morning near a building. At 6:24 a.m., the Dunkirk Fire Department was dispatched to 60-62 Franklin Ave. Upon arrival, crews found bushes and shrubs burning on the southwest corner of the building. Crews used 1¾ hand line, ...

UPDATE: Woman dies after fire in Westfield

WESTFIELD --- Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department says a Wednesday fire on McKinley Road led to the death of a Ripley woman. Alice Waters, 43, died in the blaze that took place in a camper and small structure located near 7984 McKinley Road around 12:45 p.m. The fire is still being ...

Two arrested in Dunkirk drug bust

An investigation into narcotics activity in the City of Dunkirk ended Thursday night with execution of two search warrants. At around 8 p.m. narcotics investigators from the Dunkirk Police Department, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office, the Jamestown Police Department and Dunkirk Police ...

Juvenile injured after driving vehicle

STOCKTON – An unidentified juvenile has been hurt while operating a motor vehicle. According to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, on Friday around 11 p.m. deputies responded to a reported vehicle off the roadway on Stockton-Hartfield Road in the town of Stockton. As a result of the ...

Guns, drugs seized in Brocton

An assault rifle and a handgun were seized as a result of a narcotics investigation in the village of Brocton. Multiple search warrants were executed on Wednesday in the City of Dunkirk and the Village of Brocton by Narcotics Investigators from Dunkirk Police Department, Chautauqua County ...