JAMESTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT — A house fire at 71 Allen St. that injured a city firefighter is being blamed on carelessly discarded matches. Jamestown Fire Department responded to smoke and the smell of smoke in the basement apartment around 10:30 a.m. Sunday and found light smoke ...

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT — CHAUTAUQUA --- Deputies attempted to stop a vehicle on Friday morning. The operator failed to comply and fled the area. A short time later the vehicle was found inoperable and abandoned. At about 8:15 a.m. Deputies were dispatched to Route 430 ...

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT — CHAUTAUQUA — At around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office conducted a vehicle and traffic stop on Route 430 in the town. Through an investigation, the operator of the vehicle, David R Ralph II, 35, of Westfield, was ...

Reckless driving complaints on rise in city Over the course of the past week, the Dunkirk Police Department has received several complaints regarding motorcycles operating recklessly in the area of Wright Park, Lake Front Boulevard and Lake Shore Drive East. Several vehicle and traffic ...

A Dunkirk man is facing a number of charges after a domestic dispute and a traffic stop that allegedly turned up 7.7 grams of crack cocaine. On May 15 at approximately 5:26 p.m., Dunkirk Police Officers responded to an unknown disturbance in the area of West Fifth and Dove streets. Upon ...

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CHERRY CREEK – Nicholas Gross, 38, of Forestville was charged Sunday with driving while intoxicated, DWI per se, and moving from lane unsafely. Deputies said they pulled Gross over around 11 p.m. for an alleged traffic violation and was allegedly ...