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Cummins increases full-year revenue guidance

Cummins Inc. is reporting higher second quarter profits this year than it did in 2026 - though the profit was less than some stock market analysts had projected. Second-quarter 2026 revenues of $9.5 billion increased 9% from the same quarter in 2025. Sales in North America increased 8% while ...

Appeal in dismissed Silver Creek murder charge set

The Chautauqua County District Attorney’s office will soon be in a state court arguing to have a murder charge reinstated against a Silver Creek mother. The appeal for 37-year-old Ashley Bertino is scheduled for Sept. 16 in the Fourth Department Appellate Division Court of ...

Lakewood fireworks to undergo changes

The annual Fourth of July fireworks in Lakewood will see some changes in 2027 - including the possibility of using a barge to launch the fireworks. The issue was originally raised during the board's July 13 meeting, when Kurt Hallberg, Lakewood fire chief, said the fireworks show started a brush fire at the beach in Lakewood. During the board’s July 27 meeting, Matthew Bentley, Lakewood-Busti police chief, said he, Mayor Randy Holcomb and Shaunah Pilling, deputy village clerk, had taken part in a virtual meeting with representatives from Zambelli Fireworks. “We came to a ...

Evidence hearing to be held in 2024 city murder case

The trial of a Buffalo man who has been charged in a 2024 murder in Jamestown is slowly progressing. Two years ago, Darius Kadenhead was indicted by a grand jury and arraigned in Chautauqua County Court on a charge of second-degree murder arising from the shooting death of 28-year-old Marlon ...