The Lake County Board of Commissioners held a special meeting Sunday to declare a state of emergency due to the severe winter storm. Emergency Management Director Joseph Busher said this now gives them the ability to work with the county and local communities to share resources,

Lake County offices are closed Monday and drivers are asked to stay off the roads after a state of emergency was declared in response to heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures from a winter storm. The decision was made late Sunday by Lake County commissioners after lake-effect snow blanketed parts of county.

The Lake County Commissioners declared a State of Emergency in the response to the winter storm affecting the area.

Chautauqua County has been placed under a state of emergency, along with several other counties in Western New York following a tempest of snowfall across the region. On Friday evening, New York Gov.

Several lake effect snow and winter storm warnings have been in effect in the area over the past few days. Four lifelong friends from the UK recreated their favorite vacation photo over half a century later.