MAYVILLE — Due to the ongoing winter storm and hazardous travel conditions, Chautauqua County Government is issuing a Travel Advisory discouraging all non-essential travel until Tuesday at 5 a.m. As part of this advisory, the county will implement its Inclement Weather Policy today, January ...
At least one area state official is taking aim at Gov. Kathy Hochul after a former Dunkirk treasurer's arrest on Friday. In a statement to The Post-Journal and OBSERVER, Sen. George Borrello said a $13.7 million loan by New York state to the city of Dunkirk in June did lots more harm than ...
An 18-year-old Jamestown man is facing numerous charges for multiple sex crimes with children. On Friday, the Bureau of Criminal Investigation stationed at the State Police at Jamestown charged Benjamin A. Christ with felony predatory sexual assault against a child, felony first-degree rape, ...
A man city voters put in charge of enormous amounts of Dunkirk’s finances for more than two decades has been charged in the theft of more than $120,000. On Friday afternoon, state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt dropped the bombshell of ...
A State of Emergency has been issued by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul regarding the coming extreme cold and hazardous winter weather conditions. Extreme cold moves in Friday night, with statewide feels-like temperatures in the negatives Friday and Saturday night. Sunday morning, a large winter ...
A 77-year-old man died in the accident involving a train and motor vehicle on Tuesday on Middle Road. The Dunkirk Police Department said the victim has been identified as Adolf E. Herdzik Jr. The cause of the accident remains under investigation by the Dunkirk Police Department in ...