Trini Ross, who became U.S. Attorney on Oct. 11, 2021 and was the first black woman to hold the position in the Western District of New York, has officially stepped down. “It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve in this position as the top law enforcement officer in the Western ...

DEWITTVILLE – A high end housing complex proposed at a former golf course will not be voted on this month. In January, the Chautauqua Town Zoning Board of Appeals opened a public hearing for Sunset View – a Chautauqua Lake Community, on Route 430 in the hamlet of Dewittville. Ellicott ...

COLLINS — Following an incident that led to a lockdown on Wednesday, workers at the Collins Correctional Facility went on strike Monday morning in protest of unsafe working conditions. Workers at the Elmira facility joined them in solidarity. Lockdown of the Collins facility was ...

MAYVILLE – Jurors who will determine the fate of a man who is accused of attempting to kill a world-renown author by stabbing him multiple times two and a half years ago were shown videos of the event. On Friday, the prosecution played four video clips recorded on Aug. 12, 2022 when Salman ...

A Buffalo man has been arraigned on a second murder tied to a rural northern Chautauqua County trail. Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announced that Richard J. Fox, 62, went before Erie County Court Judge Suzanne Maxwell Barnes on an indictment charging him with two counts of ...

MAYVILLE – While Salman Rushdie suffered nearly fatal wounds on Aug. 12, 2022, while at Chautauqua Institution, he was not the only person injured that day. On Thursday, Henry Reese took the stand and described both the attack and injuries he personally sustained. Reese said he and ...