The CHQ Professionals Group will be hosting its sixth coffee meetup of the year the first week of August. These meetups provide a free and inclusive space for area professionals to connect, exchange ideas, and strengthen community ties in a relaxed, casual setting, while also highlighting and supporting local business. The next coffee meetup will be held on Thursday, August 6th from 8:00-9:30 AM a...read more

A sex offender who relocated from Pennsylvania to Jamestown in 2021 has been taken into custody for a violation of New York State Corrections Law requiring registration for change of address from another state. Jamestown Police say they were made aware on Friday that 33-year-old Robert Jones allegedly failed to register with the state's Sex Offender Registry. Jones was supposed to register withi...read more

An acclaimed documentary filmmaker with dozens of major awards to his credit will be at Chautauqua Institution for two days to kick off its Week 6 theme of "America at 250." Institution spokesperson Jill McCormick, who was a call-in guest on WDOE's "Viewpoint" program on Friday, says Ken Burns will be joined by Jeffrey Rosen, CEO Emeritus of the National Constitution Center, on Monday and Tuesda...read more

The City of Dunkirk's Assessor is suing the city. The lawsuit by Erica Munson, which was filed this week in Chautauqua County Supreme Court, alleges that the city unlawfully denied her election to receive a cash payout in lieu of her health insurance coverage for the 2026 calendar year, as authorized under a local law enacted in 1992. Munson says the city's determination should be annulled becau...read more

Three people were arrested after an unattended toddler was found by police near a busy roadway. On Friday around 6:37 PM, Jamestown Police officers were patrolling the area on the city's south side when they located an unattended toddler exiting a building into a busy roadway. Officers made contact with the child, who was found only wearing a diaper. Officers conducted an investigation and were ...read more

A woman from the Town of Chautauqua was arrested Friday evening and charged with criminal mischief. Deputies with the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office responded to an address in the Town of Chautauqua around 9:00 PM for a reported past tense complaint. Through investigation, it was found that 37-year-old Stephanie Textor had allegedly damaged property of another person exceeding an a...read more

Festivals Fredonia's "8 Great Wednesdays in the Park" has been well-received since the organization took charge of the weekly summer event this year. That's according to Festivals Fredonia Co-President Larry Fiorella. He is "completely and pleasantly surprised" by the attendance, saying he has "never seen so many people" in Barker Common on a Wednesday night. He adds that the presence of food tr...read more

A slow-moving storm system combined with a moist atmosphere could produce locally heavy rainfall this weekend across Western New York. The National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center has placed the region under a slight risk of excessive rainfall from Saturday night to Sunday night, meaning there's a 15-40% probability of excessive rainfall leading to flash flooding within 25 miles of a...read more

New York sued Kalshi on Friday, alleging its prediction market is nothing more than illegal, unlicensed gambling, in large part because outcomes depend more on chance than skill. The lawsuit does not seek to close down Kalshi, but, if successful, it could dent its ability to operate. Kalshi insists its event contracts are federally regulated derivatives outside the scope of state gaming la...read more

A pursuit of an e-bike in Jamestown on Thursday ended with the arrest of a city man on several charges. Jamestown Police patrolling the downtown area saw a male operating the e-bike on a sidewalk in violation of the Jamestown City Code shortly after 12:00 PM. Officers tried to stop the operator -- later identified as 20-year-old Samuel Arrington, Jr. -- but he continued traveling south on Main S...read more