A Dunkirk man is going to spend decades behind bars for transporting migrants to the local area and raping a teenager. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced Friday that 34-year-old Augusto Mateo Francisco, who was convicted of two counts of forced labor, and one count of transportation ...

Another boil-water order is in effect for the village of Fredonia. On Friday afternoon, the Chautauqua County Health Department and the village issued the order for all Fredonia water customers and properties outside the village boundaries supplied by the Fredonia water system. During the day, ...

Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane said that Richard J. Fox, 62, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty Friday morning before Erie County Court Judge Suzanne Maxwell Barnes to two counts of second-degree murder. Fox pleaded guilty, as charged, to all counts in the indictment. Between on or ...

JAMESTOWN – Jamestown police are investigating a homicide on East Fourth Street. One person has been detained, according to a police report. The investigation began at 4:54 a.m. Friday at 314 W. Fourth St., Apt. 5, according to scanner reports. As of noon Friday, city police are still ...

Fredonia will seek to buy water from the North County Water District, decommission its treatment plant and reservoir, and share a new tank with the town of Pomfret, after a 4-1 vote by the Board of Trustees Wednesday. The voting on the plan went along the expected lines: Trustees Ben ...

A Jamestown man has been sentenced for selling drugs that nearly killed a person. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Bradley D. Knapp, 46, of Jamestown, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, fentanyl, and ...