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Rushdie plans memoir on attack at Chautauqua

NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie has a memoir coming out about the horrifying attack that left him blind in his right eye and with a damaged left hand. "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder" will be published April 16. "This was a necessary book for me to write: a way to take charge ...

Jamestown man facing federal charges after raid

A city man is facing federal charges after guns, drugs and cash were seized at a residence Wednesday morning. Local and federal agents raided 15 Myers St. just after 8 a.m. In a news release, the Jamestown Police Department said a child was located inside the residence. During a search, ...

UPDATE: Dunkirk man killed in Route 60 crash

A Dunkirk man was killed when his sport utility vehicle struck a fuel tanker truck head-on Monday morning in the town of Pomfret. The crash resulted in Route 60 being closed for several hours. Firefighters from Fredonia and Cassadaga, along with troopers with the New York State Police, were ...

Crash closes portion of Route 60

A crash involving a tanker truck has closed a portion of Route 60 this morning in the town of Pomfret. Firefighters from Fredonia and Cassadaga were alerted around 10:15 a.m. to the two-vehicle crash. Both vehicles involved appear to have sustained significant damage, with a van coming to ...

Mina wallaby captured, returned to owner

A team effort has led to the capture of the runaway wallaby from the town of Mina. In a Facebook post by Small Town Shelter Inc. in Sherman, it was announced the wallaby was "now safe at home, in his pen, with a newly fixed gate, and his family!" Credit for the capture was given to Beth ...

SUNY seeks to use Dunkirk as alternate source of water

SUNY Fredonia is calling on the village of Fredonia to work with the university on installing an alternate source of water from the city of Dunkirk. Frank Pagano, president of the university's College Council and a former mayor of Fredonia, laid out the request at the start of Wednesday's ...