State and area representatives are responding to the capture of the Venezuelan president and the U.S. takeover of the South American country. On Saturday, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said the Trump ...

SHERMAN — Sherman Central School District Board of Education members learned at their meeting in December, that the district is currently the only one in the area without either a School Resource Officer or a School Safety Adviser. District Superintendent Carrie Yohe told the board that ...

United Way of Chautauqua County (UWCHQ) recently received its annual contribution from IBEW Local 106 and the Western New York Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), continuing a long-standing partnership which has generated tens of thousands of dollars over the ...

The Dunkirk Common Council welcomed three new members as it held its 2026 reorganization meeting Thursday. Michael Civiletto, Gary Frederickson and Frank Torain all took oaths of office along with returning councilors Natalie Luczkowiak and Nick Weiser. City Judge John Kuzdale also swore ...

Newly elected Fredonia Trustees Christine Cruz Keefe and Leeann Lazarony took their oaths of office in a Thursday ceremony at Village Hall. “Both ladies have served this community in so many different ways… we’re pleased and honored to have them join our ranks,” said Fredonia Mayor ...

A Friday morning fire damaged a home at 501 Dove St. in the city of Dunkirk. At 8:26, the Dunkirk Fire Department was dispatched to a report of a structure fire. Upon arrival, crews found smoke coming from the second floor of the one and a half story house. Firefighters assisted a resident ...