A woman from Long Island who used fake IDs to obtain and attempt to obtain money from various banks in the Western District of New York, including one in northern Chautauqua County, will serve three years in federal prison. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo says the sentence for 44-year-old Jennifer Poliandro of Wyandanch followed her conviction on charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and ag...read more

Two Jamestown residents have been taken into custody as the result of an early morning drug bust on the city's north side on Tuesday. Narcotics investigators from the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office and Jamestown Police Department executed a search warrant at 1087 North Main Street shortly before 6:15 AM, with the Jamestown Police SWAT Team making entry into the house. 44-year-old Angel MacDo...read more

A former Chautauqua County Legislator from Fredonia believes he's the right person to send to Albany as a member of the New York State Assembly. Democrat Tom Carle announced earlier this year that he's running for the 150th District seat, which is currently held by Westfield Republican Andrew Molitor. Carle, who previously ran for Congress and County Executive, feels he's also on the right side ...read more

An official with Erie County, Pennsylvania has released the identities of seven of the nine people who died in Friday's shooting in the City of Erie. Coroner Lyell Cook announced Monday that the shooter was 45-year-old Matthew Stone, Sr., who took his own life at the home in the 700 block of Perry Street. The adult victims were 44-year-old Michelle Stone, 24-year-old Angelina Stone, 19-year-old ...read more

We're currently in a warm weather pattern, but that's going to change later this week with the possibility of the first snowfall of the season. The National Weather Service in Buffalo says an area of high pressure will settle over Western New York by the middle of the week before a deepening area of low pressure brings rain and wind by Thursday night. Meteorologist Liz Logan says cold air behind...read more

A Monday night clash on the West Coast between the high-powered Buffalo Bills and Los Angeles Rams was relatively low scoring for three quarters before turning into a virtual track meet. The two teams needed more than four quarters to settle the score, and in the end, the Bills overcame a critical overtime miscue to edge the Rams 37-34 at SoFi Stadium. The Bills (4-1) led 19-14 after three quar...read more

SUNY Fredonia will reopen the Willard F. Stanley Museum during its homecoming weekend. The university has announced a grand reopening for Saturday at 5:00 PM at its new location on the second floor of Houghton Hall. Fredonia officials say the project was a true scientific community effort involving students, faculty and alumni volunteers. Since the closing of Jewett Hall on campus for renovation ...read more

The Chautauqua County Equestrian Trail System (CCETS) recently celebrated the completion of its "Protect the Wetlands" Trail Project in North Harmony State Forest. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the project was held last Tuesday in North Harmony State Forest. The project involved rerouting approximately 1,300 feet of existing multi-use trail away from a designated wetland to higher and drier grou...read more

One person was transported to an Erie hospital after a vehicle went into a ditch in the Town of Westfield on Sunday. Sherman firefighters and a Chautauqua County medic responded to Sherman-Westfield Road shortly before 7:15 PM. According to the Stanley Hose Company, fire personnel worked to safely extricate the victim from the deep ditch. He was taken to the Hamot Medical Center for injuries tha...read more

A motorist traveling in Western New York apparently did not have the right prescription for a legitimate registration sticker on their vehicle's windshield. In a Facebook post on Monday, State Police shared a photo of a fake sticker located by Troop A Interstate Patrol during a traffic stop. The sticker contains instructions for a medication called permethrin, which is used to treat scabies and ...read more