LAONA — After four decades, the Laona Easter Egg Hunt will be celebrating its final year Saturday. The event will begin at 10 a.m. at the Laona Playground. The event has brought happiness to children and families in northern Chautauqua County for roughly 40 years, and this year’s event ...

Three pets perished and a family is displaced after an early morning fire at 122 Lake Shore Drive East in the city on Friday. Dunkirk firefighters report at 2:13 a.m., they were dispatched to the location. Prior to arrival, additional reports for a working fire were relayed and a second ...

Underdog candidate for New York state comptroller Joseph Hernandez was energized this week by a Siena Poll that was far from flattering to longtime incumbent Thomas DiNapoli. Though the Democrat has held the position since 2007, 65% of the voters surveyed indicated they had never heard of ...

WESTFIELD – Renold Inc. is expanding its Chautauqua County operations, modernizing its Westfield facility at 100 Bourne St. A local fixture since the early 1900s, the Renold Westfield plant will undergo a $2.975 million transformation to include a dedicated advanced manufacturing cell, ...

As the State University of New York at Fredonia prepares to publicly launch its Bicentennial celebration, a new gift from the Southern Chautauqua Federal Credit Union will help create a lasting public expression of that milestone. The credit union has donated $20,000 to support the development ...

A Dunkirk man involved in a more than seven-hour standoff with city police March 24 is now facing federal charges. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced Thursday that Christopher Marcinkowski, 39, was charged by criminal complaint with maintaining a drug involved premises and being a felon ...