After an investigation into narcotics activity in the town of Ellicott resulted in the seizure of cocaine, a Jamestown man is facing charges. Matthew Bindics, 35, of Jamestown, was charged Jan. 5 with first-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, and second-degree criminally ...
A Jamestown man who had been arrested after raping and later murdering his former girlfriend has pleaded guilty. District Attorney Jason Schmidt announced late Wednesday that 37-year-old Michael Burham has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, arising from the shooting death of Kala Hodgkin ...
Students lined the hallway at WNY P-TECH in Dunkirk to recognize Penny Lane, a 1½-year-old Mini Goldendoodle Dachshund mix, who completed her training to become a certified therapy dog. Penny Lane, who belongs to WNY P-TECH social worker Melissa Pietrkiewicz, earned her certification through ...
Fredonia made a couple key moves in its water saga Monday, authorizing an engineer for its plan to link with the North County Water District — and hiring lawyers to defend a lawsuit over the plan. The Fredonia Board of Trustees approved LaBella, already the village’s “engineer of ...
A Jamestown man has pleaded guilty in the death of an infant. District Attorney Jason Schmidt announced Monday that 28-year-old Sean Thomas pleaded guilty last month in Chautauqua County Court to first-degree manslaughter in connection to the death of 8 month old Aniyah Turk that occurred in ...
Two hundred and fifty years ago, throughout 1775 and the early part of 1776, 56 men gathered in Philadelphia to discuss the unimaginable, a war for freedom against the largest and best military in the world, England, our mother country. It is difficult for us to even imagine the stress they ...