A state Supreme Court judge has temporarily halted payments from the region’s Catholic churches to the Buffalo diocese to help pay for child sex abuse lawsuits. State Supreme Court Justice John DelMonte issued his order last week in a lawsuit brought by several Buffalo-area Catholic Church ...

MAYVILLE – A Jamestown man who was found guilty of attempting to kill a librarian will be getting a further mental evaluation before he is sentenced. In May a jury found Guadarrama, 23, guilty of second-degree attempted murder, second-degree assault, and two counts of second-degree ...

Fredonia should have an answer on sharing a new water tank with Pomfret by September, Pomfret Town Supervisor Dan Pacos said last week. Pacos told the Pomfret Town Board he met recently with Fredonia village officials “and discussed shared services.” Regarding a team-up with the town on a ...

Tensions continue to rise regarding the boil-order water in the village of Fredonia. After a fourth round of water distribution, Fredonia Fire Chief Josh Myers noted in a Facebook post that some residents are becoming upset and taking it out on those who are working to keep the village ...

Village of Fredonia officials announced this morning that turbidity levels in the water system have leveled and that testing is taking place. "While this is a positive development, the boil water order remains in effect until all testing is completed and confirmed safe," the village said. In ...

SHERIDAN — Solar energy projects have been proposed quite often at municipalities across Chautauqua County in recent years. Not many of them have been proposed without asking for any special treatment. The latest proposal in Sheridan, however, got all its ducks in a row before even presenting ...