Silver Creek News

Cathy Ryan has directed enough high school plays to know that the productions are family affairs.

Dennis J. Snyder, 24, of North Main Street, Cattaraugus was charged Saturday with felony driving while intoxicated, felony first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation and refusing to submit to a pre-screening test.

November 09, 2009, 7:08 AM / Three Chautauqua County residents were arrested Saturday by state police assigned to Operation Impact in Buffalo after they stopped a vehicle at Niagara and Hampshire streets and found a small amount of heroin and hypodermic needles.

WHEATFIELD Pharmacy site of burglary Niagara County Sheriff's deputies were called to a pharmacy on the 2500 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard for a reported burglary early Monday morning.

Family and friends are trying to come to grips with the deaths of four western New York teenagers killed in a horrific crash.

Viktor Shapiro had a speeding conviction, two license suspensions and a slew of pending tickets, but his license to drive was in good standing when he raced past a stop sign Sunday night in Clarence, killing himself and three other teenagers.

Two Silver Creek men were taken to Chautauqua County Jail Monday after an alleged sale of a rented television that one of the men then reported stolen, Chautauqua County sheriff's officials reported.

Schools across the region have had H1N1 on their radar since last spring when the New York State Health Department established an on-line service for districts to report absenteeism due to illness.

Homes in Silver Creek are still being repaired after the devastating floods hit in August.

Would you have liked to help out with the relief efforts in Silver Creek or Gowanda but felt unprepared or didn't know how to get involved? The American Red Cross is always recruiting volunteers to respond to loan and national disasters.

Two public hearings were held Monday at the Hanover Town Board meeting, prompting one local law to be passed and another put on hold for further discussion by the board.

EDITOR'S NOTE - This is the first in a series of four articles written out of a private debate held between the two candidates for county executive.

October 23, 2009, 7:15 AM / Before Latvian Laura Feldberg arrived at Griffis Sculpture Park to spend a month as artist in residence this summer, she had no idea what sort of work she would create for the venue, spread over two picturesque hilltops near Ashford Hollow.

Al Valentin has announced his candidacy for the position of tax collector for the town of Portland.

A Fredonia woman faces four charges Friday after police pulled her vehicle over and allegedly found nine hypodermic needles inside.

Ronald A. McCoy, 50, of Hanover was charged Sunday with felony driving while intoxicated and failure to yield the right of way.

Nov. 3 is an important day for many in Chautauqua County and Western New York. For starters, it is election day - a day all registered voters should be participating in.

Niagara Falls * DUI: Penny E. Watts, 39, 339 71st., Apt E-4, was charged with driving while under the influence of drugs and following too closely at 10:53 a.m. Saturday.

Dunkirk Mayor Richard Frey had some good news and some bad news for the Common Council Tuesday in its workshop session.

Here are the top stories that Eyewitness News will follow throughout the day. Silver Creek EM-T's may strike this weekend after learning that the Silver Creek Village Board has not released funds for a new ambulance.