Man dies in fatal house fire in Brocton...
A fire that began in the basement area of a home in the village of Brocton early Christmas morning has resulted in the death of a man living there.  County fire dispatchers say Brocton firefighters were called to the scene at 94 Old Mill Rd. shortly after 5 a.m.  It was during the course of putting out the blaze that the deceased man's body was found inside.  He has not been identified.  Multiple mutual aid companies were called in to assist.  Once the fire was out... the county's Fire Investigation Team was called in... and, determined the fire began in the ceiling area of the basement.  The exact cause is still being determined.

Man arrested after allegedly hitting another person with shotgun during domestic incident...
A 56 year-old man has been arrested following a domestic dispute on Jamestown's northside in which he's accused of hitting another man with a shotgun.  City police say they were called to the unidentified location about 12:30 p.m. this past Monday for the domestic incident.  Officers say their investigation found that Daric Harris had struck the other male in the household with the gun... resulting in a broken forearm, and a laceration.  Police arrested Harris for first-degree assault causing physical injury with a weapon.  In addition... officers found he had a criminal history... and, he was not allowed to possess the shotgun.  Harris was also charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.  He was jailed pending arraignment.  The victim received medical attention and was transported to a local hospital.

Monitoring of main water wells in Sinclairvile to continue as water use resumes after accident...
With the conserve water advisory lifted in Sinclairville... the village's two main water wells will be monitored more often the next few months to ensure there's no gasoline contamination.  That from Chautauqua County Health officials after lifting the advisory on Christmas Eve.  It was put in place following an accident last weekend on Route 60 in the town of Stockton that resulted in a tractor-trailer hauling gasoline to begin leaking.  Clean-up of the gas spill in that area is complete... and, the wells are back in production.  The health department and village thanks everyone for their cooperation and help.  For more information... call the village offices at 962-9455... or the county Health Department at 753-4481.  You can also go to the Health Department's website at HealthyCHQ.com for updates when available.  

Wdowaisz says 2025 will be a year of "rebuilding and restructuring" Dunkirk city government following budget approval...
It will be a "rebuilding and restructuring year" in 2025 for the city of Dunkirk following the passage of a budget that raises property taxes by 84%.  That from Mayor Kate Wdowiasz... who made her first public comments on the spending plan during a recent Common Council meeting.  Wdowiasz says decisions on that spending plan were not made lightly.  She said that tax increase is a result of decades of mismanagement of funds... and, that there should have been smaller tax increases over the past few years to avoid this huge increase.  As for 2025... Wdowiasz says the city will be looking into the possibility of consolidating services with the Village of Fredonia in order to provide some cost relief for the city's police and fire departments.  However, she says that will take some time... taking at least a solid year to review and then begin to work in that direction. 

Gasoline prices in the Jamestown-area fall another 11-cents this week...
The average price for a gallon of regular, unleaded gasoline nationwide is up again this week by 2-cents.  However... the price in the Jamestown-area continues to drop locally.  Heading into the Christmas and New Year's period... AAA East Central says the price locally fell 11-cents to just under $3.40 a gallon.  The increase nationallly to $3.04 a gallon comes as a record 119-million people are forecast to travel this holiday season... and, 107-million are traveling by car.  This week’s national average is a penny less than a month ago and 8-cents less than a year ago.  The Energy Information Administration reports that gasoline demand rose slightly from 8.81-million barrels per day last week to 8.92-million.  Meanwhile, total domestic gasoline stocks rose from 219.7-million barrels to 222-million.  AAA says gas production decreased last week, averaging 9.9-million barrels daily.

South Dayton native Bill Bergey, former linebacker for the NFL's Bengals and Eagles, passes away at 79...
A South Dayton native who played 12 seasons as a linebacker in the National Football League has passed away.  Bill Bergey died after a three-year battle with cancer, according to his son, Jake, who announced his father's passing on Twitter Wednesday morning.  Bill Bergey graduated from Pine Valley High School in 1964 and played collegiately at Arkansas State.  He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in 1969 and played five seasons there before being traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 1974.  Bergey's career in Philadelphia lasted seven seasons, culminating with an appearance in Super Bowl-15 following the 1980 season.  Bergey was inducted into the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame in 1989 and is also part of the Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame and Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame.  Bergey was 79 years old.