JAMESTOWN – An 11-year-old Jamestown youth died at Oishei Children's Hospital in Buffalo after being hit by a pickup truck at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Jamestown. Jamestown police officers, members of the Jamestown Fire Department and ALSTAR Ambulance crews responded to the accident on Willard ...

An arrest has been made regarding numerous whip cream cans that were being left on south county roads and some near the Pennsylvania state border. On Wednesday, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office conducted an investigation into the ongoing unlawful disposal of the items on multiple ...

BEMUS POINT – The Bemus Point Central School District's Board of Education has been presented three options for replacing or repairing its aging water treatment plant. The Board of Education was briefed at Monday night's meeting by Matt Zarbo from Buffalo-based Square Engineering at Bemus ...

OBSERVER Staff Report Dunkirk Mayor Kate Wdowiasz has proclaimed Saturday and Sunday as “Juneteenth Weekend” in the city. Wdowiasz began her proclamation by noting the 29th Annual Juneteenth Celebration this weekend at Memorial Park, with this year’s theme of “We Won’t Go Back… ...

UPDATE: The teenagers have been located. Troopers from the State Police at Fredonia are asking for the public’s help as they investigate two reported missing persons from the village of Cassadaga. Troopers are attempting to locate Liliana Payne, 16-years-old, and Luna Farmer, 15-years-old. ...

Fredonia resident LeeAnn Lazarony has formally announced her candidacy for Village Trustee. A Democrat, Lazarony relocated to the village in 2017 and resides with her husband, John and son, Thomas. Previously, she lived in Cassadaga, where she served on the Village Board both as a Trustee and ...