Cattaraugus County News

The Buffalo Niagara region continued to lose jobs during October at the fastest pace in nearly eight years, the state Labor Department reported Thursday.

The Chautauqua County Department of Social Services has been given the Donna Chubon Award for Distinguished and Dedicated Service by the Center for Family Unity.

During the first eight weeks since the introduction of the Cattaraugus County free prescription drug discount program, county residents filled 110 prescriptions with the cards at discounts averaging 32 percent and $19 for each prescription, Cherianne Wold announced this week.

A Town of Farmersville law banning landfills was vacated Thursday by acting State Supreme Court Justice Larry M. Himelein.

Melissa Fierke, an assistant professor at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, holds a section of bark from an ash tree showing beetle larva markings from an emerald ash borer.

November 13, 2009, 6:46 AM / LITTLE VALLEY - Indictments reported Thursday by a Cattaraugus County grand jury to Judge Larry M. Himelein name three people charged with driving while intoxicated: Robert E. Besok, 43, ofOlean - also was charged with obstructing a driveway, May 14 in the City of Olean.

Facing the prospect of a grand jury investigation into his financial dealings, Ellicott Common Council Member Brian C. Davis pleaded guilty at around 11:15 this morning to criminal charges that he used campaign contributions for personal use.

This week's recipient of the Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau's Youth Citizenship Award is Chelsea Connor, a senior at Randolph High School.

A convicted sex offender recently indicted on charges of kidnapping pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Cattaraugus County Court and was jailed in lieu of $100,000 bail.

November 09, 2009, 9:20 AM / A Springville man has been charged with felony driving while intoxicated after his vehicle was stopped for failure to keep right early Sunday morning, Cattaraugus County sheriff's officials reported today.

It's funny how things line up sometimes. Recently, a story was reported about another Western New York municipality, which is refusing to allow rezoning for the construction of 43 affordable apartments for senior citizens.

A Portville man charged with kidnapping, who was released from jail recently because his case was not prosecuted within the time limit, has been indicted on the charge by a Cattaraugus County grand jury.

Gowanda middle and high school students visited the Cattaraugus County Building on Oct.

The former employee bested the employer in the race for Cattaraugus County District Attorney.

A Little Valley man committed suicide Saturday after Cattaraugus County sheriff's deputies contacted him in a burglary probe.

In this small Cattaraugus County town, Dalton and Wyatt Eisenhardt are known simply as "the boys." Over the years, the rural community has looked out for Dalton, 10, and Wyatt, 8, raising money to help their parents, Vicki and Webb, meet the needs of the two boys battling a rare genetic disorder that causes severe problems breathing and swallowing.

Eleven people charged in sealed grand jury indictments with selling and possessing drugs in Olean were arrested early Wednesday through a coordinated effort of 25 police officers from the area.

Gov. David Paterson says the federal goverment is agreeing to pay for 90 percent of the clean up of the Western New York Nuclear Service Center known as the West Valley Site, ending a decade-long dispute.

Somewhere there's a person who holds the key to unlocking the mystery surrounding human skeletal remains that were recently found along the edge of the Allegheny Reservoir in upstate New York.

Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Deputies are looking for your help in identifying skeletal remains found on the Allegheny Reservoir shoreline last month.