A 23-year-old Angola woman with a previous alcohol-related conviction was charged with driving while intoxicated early Sunday after a Chautauqua County deputy spotted her car crossing the center line of the road.

A Chautauqua County man pleaded guilty to felony charges of possession and attempted receipt of child pornography images, the U. S. Attorney's office reported Friday.

Jason P. Wells, a tenant of the One Temple Square apartment complex in Fredonia, faces a charge of second-degree murder in the death of elderly resident Ruth Fisk.

No one was injured at 8:40 a.m. today when a Falconer Central School bus ended up in a deep culvert.

A Dunkirk, N.Y., man who was jailed Friday after a burglary on Webster Road remains in custody at the Chautauqua County Jail.

The YWCA Jamestown is beginning a new initiative coming to southern Chautauqua County.

Erie County has been designated a federal agriculture disaster area because of damage and losses caused by the heavy snow Dec.

The Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce and the Manufacturers Association of the Southern Tier are calling the governor's budget a step in the right direction but express concerns that it does little to protect rural communities that are taking a beating in local property taxes.

Chautauqua County Department of Planning and Economic Development is currently overseeing the development of a new Comprehensive Plan for Chautauqua County that is slated for completion in November 2010.

When fully inflated, it stands 11 feet high and 20 feet in diameter; from inside the domed tent-like structure, one can see the entire night sky from any place in the globe and all the stars like never before.

A Forestville man faces two counts of third-degree rape for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl last August, Chautauqua County sheriff's officials said Tuesday.

Daniel Hyers, 21, of South Dayton, entered a plea of guilty to Manslaughter in the First Degree for the shooting death of his step-father on September 9, 2008.

The Putnam Road water line replacement is nearing completion, the Cassadaga Village Board learned Wednesday.

A deer contributed to a head-on collision Sunday in Chautauqua County that sent two people to the hospital.

Northern Chautauqua County residents love pizza. Over the past two weeks, the OBSERVER included a pizza puzzle contest with eight slices that needed to be turned in by 5 p.m. Thursday.

New York state's unemployment rate rose to 9 percent in December, up from 8.6 percent in November and matching a 26-year-high. The state labor department says New York City's jobless rate was 10.6 percent in December, up from 10 percent a month before.

A 20-year-old man has been charged with having sexual contact with a 14-year-old New York girl.

A Brocton man was injured after an accident caused by slick roads in the town of Pomfret on Monday.

The state Department of Transportation is slow to address serious highway bridge defects, according to a report released recently by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

Congressman Brian Higgins reported his office held Congress on Your Corner satellite office events 116 times at locations throughout Chautauqua County in 2009.