Crews from numerous area fire departments, including Forestville, Cassadaga and Gowanda, battled a fire at 536 Route 83 in South Dayton. The call came in at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday as a chimney fire and ...

The Gowanda boys bowling team, which finished first in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 3 with a record of 45-3. In the front row, from left to right, are Gabe ...

Emergency crews responded to an accident involving a vehicle and school bus. According to scanner reports, the incident happened in the town of Pomfret on Route 20 east of the roundabout with seven ...

Falconer/Cassadaga Valley scored two pins, two major decisions and a technical fall en route to a 49-26 nonleague boys wrestling victory over Gowanda/Pine Valley on Tuesday night. The Golden Cougars ...

A Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), or bird flu, is still spreading among wild birds, poultry, and some mammals in the United States and Canada, including New York. Wildlife and health ...

Amanda Lefton, state DEC commissioner, was saved by the bell recently. Lefton was answering a question by state Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, during a joint legislative budget hearing when ...

GOWANDA — Seth Geiger and Trelin Warrior both scored 15 points and Gowanda held off Frewsburg for a 61-52 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 3 boys basketball victory on Tuesday.

On Christmas Eve, when most of us — including the news — were focused on wrapping presents and preparing to gather with family and friends, the United States Postal Service (USPS) finalized a policy ...

Everyone agrees that domestic violence is a scourge on our society. The question before New York state lawmakers this ...

Two former Fredonia trustees bashed Mayor Michael Ferguson over his stance on public comments at village meetings. Michelle Twichell and James Lynden are upset that Ferguson refuses to allow comments ...

Each year the Buffalo Cool School Polar Plunge is held to raise funds for Special Olympics New York, inviting area students to plunge into Lake Erie in frigid temperatures. The most recent plunge was ...

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