CICERO — Ty Harper knew Chenango Forks would provide the stiffest test his team had seen all season. On Saturday, the Blue Devils dominated Chautauqua Lake Westfield/Brocton and gave the Eagles a level to which they can aspire. The Section IV champions rushed for 400-plus yards, ...
Dunkirk fire and police were at the scene of Second and Plover streets where a tree went down early Friday. It took down wires around 12:15 a.m. but there were no injuries reported. During the course of the storm, wind gusts reached more than 50 mph in the north county. Snowfall rates, ...
A Jamestown man is facing charges after an assault on Thanksgiving morning. Alec C. Pentz, 30, was charged with second-degree assault and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. At around 9:41 a.m., officers from the Jamestown Police Department responded to a Northside address for a reported assault. A subsequent investigation determined that the suspect, Pentz, struck a victim at the scene with a baseball bat, causing the victim to sustain injuries. Pentz was taken into custody and transported to the Jamestown City Jail where he was being held pending arraignment.
The Fredonia Board of Trustees has hired former village trustee David Bird as new supervisor of the Department of Public Works. Bird was hired at Monday’s trustees meeting, at an annual salary of $57,000. His hiring is effective Dec. 8. Trustee Paul Wandel said that three people were ...
CHERRY CREEK --- A 75-year-old man has been charged with second-degree rape of a juvenile On Tuesday, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division announced it conducted an investigation regarding a report of sexual misconduct involving a youth on Nov. 4. Through the course of the investigation, it was determined that Robert K. Braymiller of Cherry Creek, allegedly engaged in inappropriate sexual contact with a juvenile victim. Braymiller was taken into custody and transported to the Chautauqua County Jail for Centralized Arraignment Program (CAP) ...
A lake-effect snow warning has been issued for Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and southern Erie counties starting early Thursday by the National Weather Service. Eerily similar to last year, the forecast calls for heavy lake effect snow with total accumulations at 12 to 20 inches in the most persistent areas. Winds gusting as high as 50 mph will produce blowing and drifting snow. The warning is in effect from 1 a.m. Thursday to 1 a.m. Saturday. Travel is expected to be very difficult with deep snow cover on roads and poor visibility. The hazardous conditions will impact holiday travel. Gusty ...
