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SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) — A former Fairview Township tax collector has been sentenced to federal prison after admitting to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funds. Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, was sentenced March 17 to 20 months behind bars by a federal judge in...

As the temperature rises, so does activity in the skies above Presque Isle, with birds making their annual journey north for the spring. With the calendar in mid-march, Environmental Education Specialists like Ray Bierbower say now is the time for the first wave of birds to start flying north again. “So initially...

Mercyhurst University has received and secured several funds to support initiatives that will benefit the student body.

The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division includes 11 investigators and one crime analyst. The division handles cases such as property crimes, juvenile offenses, homicides, sexual assaults, and crime scene processing. Investigators work with patrol deputies and other law enforcement...

(WNY News Now) – POMFRET, N.Y. — A Dunkirk woman is facing multiple charges after deputies conducted a traffic stop early Sunday morning in the Town of Pomfret. According to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, the incident occurred around 2:40 a.m. on March 15, 2026, on Route 60. Deputies on routine patrol...

On March 17 the Jamestown Police Department along with the Chautauqua County Sheriff Office, were given a search warrant to enter 28 Euclid Ave. Apt. 203. Within the residence investigators found Jaqwan Martin, Russell Rae, Anthony Wallace Jr, William Gardner, Tiffany Mahoney, Alicia Alexander and Vanessa Figueredo....

Several Erie streets will be closed for maintenance Monday through Thursday from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. each day. Roads will remain open to local and emergency traffic only during work hours.

Former Corrections Officer at SCI Forest, Garrett Smead has pleaded guilty to two counts each of indecent assault, indecent exposure, unlawful restraints, and related offenses. The charges come following the reported hazing and assault of two correctional officers. On May 21, 2025, during two separate instances,...

A Dunkirk man was taken into custody on drug charges following a raid of an apartment in the city's Fourth Ward early Wednesday afternoon. The Dunkirk Police Department and Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office narcotics investigators executed a search warrant at the lower apartment of 209 Lincoln Avenue shortly after...

Chautauqua County DA's Office says Jahmaul W. Johnson has been charged with second-degree attempted murder, multiple weapons charges, and multiple counts of endangering the welfare of a child.