The people of Fredonia lost their ability to speak at village trustee meetings Monday, though only some familiar critics bothered to complain. Mayor Michael Ferguson broke a 2-2 Board of Trustees tie on a measure that “suspends the public portion of the meeting until further notice effective ...

GOWANDA --- A Gowanda man is facing public lewdness charges after a reported fight on Saturday in the village. On Saturday, Troopers out of the State Police at Collins charged Benjamin M. Cole, 32 with first-degree public lewdness and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. At 8:36 ...

RIPLEY --- A town resident escaped serious injury after being struck by a train Saturday evening. Chautauqua County Sheriff's deputies responded with the Ripley Fire Department and New York State Police to a reported train-versus-pedestrian incident around 9:20 p.m. It was reported the ...

COLLINS --- Erie County Sheriff's Department is investigating a fatal motorcycle crash in the town, Sheriff John Garcia said Sunday. At 5:01 p.m. Saturday, dispatchers received a 911 call from the area of 4320 Gowanda Zoar Road. The caller stated there was a great deal of motorcycle debris in ...

Fredonia Fire Department responded with the Sheriff’s Department and Fredonia Police Department to a rollover accident near Walmart around 7 p.m. Thursday on Route 60.

A Forestville resident is facing charges after an altercation from last month. At roughly 09:30 a.m. Thursday, deputies of the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office and members of the Chautauqua County District Attorney's Office conducted an ongoing investigation in Forestville, regarding a ...