JAMESTOWN – The Jamestown Police Department has arrested a suspect in the animal cruelty case involving a dog found dead, hanging from a tree on the city’s west side. City police say 47 year-old Robert Overton Jr. was arrested on Wednesday and … [Read more...]
Democrats in State Senate Agree to Reconcile
ALBANY - The upper and lower chambers of the New York State Legislature could soon be unified. The two feuding factions of Democrats within the State Senate announced Wednesday they have agreed to reconcile ahead of November’s election, reuniting … [Read more...]
Police Announce They have Suspect in Grisly Death of Dog
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Police Department has identified a suspect in the animal cruelty case involving a dog found dead, hanging from a tree on the city's west side. Jamestown Police say investigators have developed information on a suspect and … [Read more...]
Police Seek Help in Investigation Involving Animal Cruelty that Led to Dog’s Death
JAMESTOWN - Jamestown Police are asking the public to help with an investigation into an animal cruelty incident that took place on the city’s west side. According to city police, a pit bull dog was found hanging by a tree Monday night in a wooded … [Read more...]
Jamestown Man Charged Following Baker St. Drug Raid
JAMESTOWN - A city man was arrested Tuesday following a police raid where drugs and several guns were found inside his home. According to Jamestown Police, the Jamestown Metro Drug Task force executed a search warrant around 2:25 p.m. at 25 Baker … [Read more...]
Education Funding Boost in Final State Budget Means an Additional $362,000 for Jamestown
ALBANY - School officials in Chautauqua County now have final state aid numbers in place to help them craft their school budgets for next year. The $168.3 billion 2018-19 State Budget that was approved over the weekend adds $1 billion in education … [Read more...]
Two Seats Up for a Vote in 2018 Jamestown School Board Elections, Candidate Petitions Now Available
JAMESTOWN - Petitions for the Jamestown Board of Education election on May 15, 2018 are now available. There will be two Jamestown School board seats on the May 15th ballot, each for a three-year term, beginning July 1, 2018. Those two seats … [Read more...]
Residents in New York Convicted of Domestic Abuse-Related Charges No Longer Allowed to Own Firearms
ALBANY - Domestic abusers in New York who are convicted on either felony or many misdemeanor charges will have all their firearms - not just handguns - taken from them. The provision sailed through the state Assembly and Senate before being signed … [Read more...]
Section of Buffalo St. in Jamestown to Close for next Several Months
JAMESTOWN - Another street in the city of Jamestown will be temporarily closed for much of the Spring and on into the Summer. The Jamestown Department of Public Works is announcing that Buffalo Street from Blackstone Avenue to Allen Street will be … [Read more...]
Reed Responds to Chinese Tariffs
WASHINGTON - Congressman Tom Reed (R-Corning, NY 23) said that he’s not overly concerned with a trade war brewing between the United States and China. During Monday’s conference call with regional media, WRFA ask the congressman his reaction to … [Read more...]
