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Two die in separate crashes in Evans

EVANS --- The Evans Police Department handled two fatal accidents over a span of 48 hours. The first occurred on Friday afternoon at 3:20 when a Ford pickup towing a trailer was traveling westbound on Southwestern Boulevard at Pontiac Road. It rear-ended a pair of vehicles and then crossed ...

Mays’ day

WEBSTER — Coming into Sunday’s competition, Silver Creek/Forestville senior Nate Mays was overall leader in the pentathlon at the New York State Track & Field Championships and was in good position to secure the Class C public school title courtesy of first-place finishes in high jump ...

Card, Verbosky, Johnson win state titles

WEBSTER — When Tryniti Card crossed the finish line she thought she had lost the state title with two girls passing her in the end of the Class C 800-meter race. However, her emotions quickly changed once it was announced those competitors came from private schools and she in fact was the ...

Deadly shooting under investigation in city

The Dunkirk Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred in the 100 block of South Gazelle Street late Thursday. Officers responded to the area around 9:54 p.m. and located an adult male victim suffering from a single gunshot wound. The victim was transported to Brooks Memorial ...

Councilwoman critical of mayor’s meeting Friday

Dunkirk Councilwoman Natalie Luczkowiak is noting her displeasure with the city mayor's call for a meeting Friday at 1 p.m. Friction has been evident between Luczkowiak and Mayor Kate Wdowiasz for months. "It is not unusual for legislation of the federal, state, or any municipality to move a ...

Jamestown, Falconer recipients of state downtown funding

Two Chautauqua County municipalities are recipients of New York state funding on Friday. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that the city of Jamestown will receive $10 million in funding as the Western New York winner of the ninth round of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI), and the ...