GOWANDA — Behind every great leader is someone who inspired them, in one way or another. For Dave Smith, that person was his high school Spanish teacher, Sylvia Parrott Flynn. “She saved me,” Smith said. “She saved my life.” Smith lost his mother to cancer when he was in ...

A former Amherst resident has been sentenced to eight years in prison and five years of parole supervision for his role in a 2024 botched robbery attempt in the city of Jamestown. The incident resulted in the shooting death of a Dunkirk man, one of his accomplices, and gunshot injuries ...

It’s now called Dunkirk Middle and High School. The Dunkirk Board of Education rather quietly voted to change the name of the Sixth Street secondary school at its March meeting. No one from the board commented about it, and there were also no comments from the public. The board had tabled a ...

ARKWRIGHT — With an emphasis on saving taxpayer dollars through reevaluating services countywide, the Town of Arkwright is looking into a way to cut back on the town’s highest salaried position, its Highway Superintendent. After discussions between Highway Superintendent Lisa Waldron, ...

Two years after deciding against putting reduced board member terms to a public vote, the Fredonia Board of Education revisited the topic at its latest meeting. As it was two years ago, the Board was split on the matter. Board President Steve Johnston was among the group of members to favor a ...

A Jamestown man has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking conspiracy and drug charges. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced Friday that Kelvin Thomas, 43, entered the plea before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years and a maximum ...