Dunkirk Mayor Kate Wdowiasz has gone on record noting she is in favor of an additional $13.7 million loan from the state. Council members are not as giddy. In a news release issued Wednesday morning, state Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, announced that three Dunkirk Common Council members ...

A Dunkirk man has been found guilty following a two-week trial involving possessing a loaded handgun. He could face decades to life in prison due to his criminal history. District Attorney Jason Schmidt announced that 34-year-old Nathaniel Hollins was found guilty of second-degree criminal ...

WESTFIELD -- A search for a missing kayaker continued throughout Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. At around 6:50 p.m. Tuesday, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office received a report of a missing kayaker in the area of Barcelona Harbor near Lake Erie. Members of the Navigation Division ...

John Tenamore, 44, of Dunkirk, was sentenced Monday in Chautauqua County Court by Judge David W. Foley to an indeterminate state prison sentence of 3-6 years after being convicted of third-degree burglary. Tenamore was arraigned in March 2024 on charges of second-degree burglary for an incident ...

Rescue crews from the North East Fire Department, Chautauqua County Emergency Services and Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department were at the Barcelona Harbor Pier on Tuesday evening searching for a possible missing kayaker on Lake Erie. Officials say the call came in after 5:30 p.m. ...

The war of words between state Sen. George Borrello and Dunkirk Mayor Kate Wdowiaz is continuing. On Monday, Borrello issued a statement criticizing Wdowiasz after Wdowiasz criticized him over the weekend, after Borrello was critical of Dunkirk not getting a control board. Borrello’s ...