MAYVILLE – In August of 2022, 24-year-old Hadi Matar traveled from New Jersey, entered Chautauqua Institution, and stabbed world-renowned author Salman Rushdie multiple times, nearly killing him. Now three years later, Matar still doesn’t seem to have any remorse about the attack. ...

Some Western New Yorkers have recently returned from North Carolina after spending some time helping a homeowner recover from hurricane damage last fall. Missions of Helping Hands traveled to Spruce Pines with a team of five people – Joe Siragusa of Fredonia, Paul Wandel of Fredonia, ...

MAYVILLE – The man who brutally attacked a world-renowned author at Chautauqua Institution nearly three years ago has been officially sentenced. Friday morning, Chautauqua County Court Judge David Foley sentenced Hadi Matar to 25 years for the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie on Aug. 12, ...

CLYMER — Edwards Chapel pastor, Warren VanDewark is officially moving away from his pastoral duties and going back to sitting as a part of the congregation after almost 11 years of service to the church. Located at 9227 Cherry Hill Road, VanDewark has been the pastor of Edwards Chapel since ...

MAYVILLE – A jury has found a Jamestown man guilty of trying to kill a librarian. District Attorney Jason Schmidt announced that Xavier Guadarrama, 23, was found guilty Wednesday of second-degree attempted murder, two counts of second-degree assault, and two counts of second-degree ...

An additional $50 million in capital funding for the Nassau University Medical Center is nothing more than a bandaid on the gaping financial wounds hospitals in New York state deal with each year, according to state Sen. George Borrello. The Sunset Bay Republican was highly critical of both ...