Snow and blowing snow cause tricky travel in Dunkirk-Fredonia area...
At last word... a Travel Advisory remains in effect in parts of the north county due to several inches of snow being blown around... and, it forced the closing of two schools. Dunkirk officials issued the advisory late Monday... and, the city has now received about 6 to 7 inches of new snow the 24 hours prior to Noon Tuesday. Both the Dunkirk City Schools... and Northern Chautauqua Catholic School closed for the day. Fredonia is on a one-hour delay. The most snow in the area was reported in Perrysburg... which had 8 inches of snow by this morning. The immedate Jamestown-area got 1 to 2 inches overnight. Our "cold weather advisory" continued until 10 a.m. Tuesday for most of Western New York... including Chautauqua County... with minus double-digit wind chills.
Nine newest inductees honored at Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame Induction Dinner in Lakewood Monday night...
There are now nine new members of the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame following last night's annual Induction Dinner at the Lakewood Rod-and-Gun Club. Several sports were represented... including Tennis. Lakewood native Tom Anderson was a stand-out at Southwestern High School... and SUNY at Brockport. He also headed up the Lakewood YMCA for three-decades... and, says being inducted... means a lot. Anderson says he knows most of the people, and all they're accomplished in their areas, and called it a "great, great honor." High School girls and women's college sports was represented by Mayville native Jessica Anderson... who now lives in Orchard Park... and, teaches in the North Tonawanda School District. She says it's great to be honored by the hometown area.... because she remembers visting the Hall of Fame when it was located in the Chautauqua Mall in Lakewood when she was still in high school. Baseball was represented by Jamestown native Anthony Barone... who coached at Jamestown Community College... and, later the Tarp Skunks. He's now with the Milwaukee Milkmen. Two of the inductees came from professional football. One is Jamestown native Stephen Carlson... who plays for the Chicago Bears. Head Coach Nick Sirianni of the Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles was unable to attend... so his acceptance speech was pre-recorded. The other inductees included former local coach and softball stand-out Ron Frederes... national champion heavy athlete Nick Kahanic... former JHS and University of Buffalo football stand-out Aaron Leeper... and, 1960s and 70s JHS football and basketball stand-out Mark Edstrom.
Ohio woman arrested after snowmoblie accident for allegedly riding while intoxicated...
A woman from Ohio is accused of operating her snowmobile while intoxicated after she was stopped on a trail in the town of Chautauqua late weekend for riding without a helmet. Sheriff's deputies say their Snowmobile Patrol stopped 50 year-old Cynthia Wasson of Fairlawn, Ohio on the trail off West Lake Road about 8:30 p.m. last Saturday. During the investigation... officers say they found that Wasson was operating the snowmobile while drunk. In addition... they say Wasson's snow machine was uninsured and unregistered. She was arrested on charges including: operating a snowmobile while intoxicated... operating a snowmobile without proper safety equipment... and, operating without insurance.
City woman arrested following northside domestic incident...
A Jamestown woman has been arrested following a domestic incident in which she damaged another person's property... and, refused to comply with officers several times. City police say they were called to a northside residence just after 6:30 last Friday night for a physical domestic incident. Officers say they found the suspect... 50 year-old Danielle Middaugh... had damaged the victim's property. They add she failed multiple times to comply with their commands during the investigation. Middaugh was arrested for fourth-degree criminal mischief... and, second-degree obstructing governmental administration. She was jailed pending arraignment.
Ross out at U.S. Attorney in Western New York; Violanti in as Acting U.S. Attorney...
There is a new, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York... with SUNY Fredonia graduate Trini Ross leaving the position. The U.S. Attorney's Office has announced that Joel Violanti is now Acting U.S. Attorney. Ross was nominated to head up the regional office by former President Joe Biden in July of 2021... and, confirmed by the U.S. Senate in September of that year. The Buffalo native is the first black woman to hold the position. She says "it's been the honor of a lifetime to serve in this position as the top law enforcement officer in the Western District of New York, my home, where I was born and raised and have spent the majority of my life." Ross adds that -- "serving in this particular office was also special because I started my career as a federal prosecutor here in 1995." Ross is credited with heading up the prosecutions of people such as David Jakubonis... the man who attacked current EPA Secretary... and, former Gubernatorial candidate... Lee Zeldin. She also led the federal investigations into the Top's Market mass shooting in Buffalo involving Peyton Gendron... and, locally the attack by Hadi Matar on Author Salman Rushdie at Chautauqua Institution in Aug. of 2022.
