GOWANDA – A nine-run second inning led No. 5 Brocton/Cassadaga Valley to a 12-1 win over No. 12 Wilson in a Section VI Class C baseball prequarterfinal Sunday. Trailing 1-0, the Bulldogs’ Nick Sweet, Chris Furman and Tanner Olmstead walked to load the bases with no outs in the second. ...

High winds were the culprit of downed trees and wires throughout Saturday. National Weather Service spotters said the highest wind gust reported in Chautauqua County was in Fredonia before 6 p.m. at 52 mph. Other high wind gusts included: Forestville, 41; Dunkirk Airport, 40; Ripley, 37; ...

BUFFALO — “They are the standard.” It was easy for Nick Bertrando to evaluate the Pioneer Panthers after the defending state champions beat his Fredonia Hillbillies 45-6 in the Section VI Class C flag football championship game Saturday at Sweet Home High School. Pioneer, led by ...

STOW – The body of a Lakewood man who has been missing for months appears to have been recovered. According to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, Saturday around 8:45 a.m. deputies received a call of a possible body on the shoreline near the Stow Ferry in North Harmony. Deputies, ...

Dunkirk Common Council is “surprised” and “disappointed” at Mayor Kate Wdowiasz’s recent decision to skip its meetings. Councilman-at-large Nick Weiser issued a statement Friday on behalf of “the united city council.” He also addressed Wdowiasz’s declaration that she might hold ...

Fredonia Trustee Jon Espersen has resigned. “The real question is, why did it take me that long,” he cracked when the OBSERVER asked him Thursday why he did it. “It’s not just one thing, it’s a culmination of many things. The constant negativity— I dreaded going to meetings. I ...