JAMESTOWN - Three people have been arrested on drug charges following a traffic stop Monday afternoon in Jamestown. Jamestown police say 22-year-old Kori D. Robinson, 25-year-old Bruce Page, 20-year-old Islandah Mitchell were taken into custody … [Read more...]
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DAs Office Reaches Plea Agreement with City Man in Shooting Incident, Days Before Going to Trial
MAYVILLE - A Jamestown man pleaded guilty in Chautauqua County Court on Tuesday for his role in a January 2019 shooting that left one person injured. The Post Journal says 32-year-old Rasul Bonds entered a plea of second-degree attempted assault … [Read more...]
Westfield Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charges Connected to Bilking $238,000 from Company Funds
BUFFALO - A Westfield woman pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to charges of wire fraud and filing a false tax return. The US Attorneys Office in Buffalo say 42-year-old Alicia Raynor entered the plea Tuesday. She was the business manager for … [Read more...]
State Legislature Approves Bill Requiring All Back Seat Passengers to Wear a Seat Belt
ALBANY - The State Assembly and Senate have both approved legislation that would require all adult passengers in a car to wear a seat belt. According to the Albany Times-Union, the legislation specifies that passengers 16 and older wear a seat … [Read more...]
City Zoning Board to Consider Variances for Dollar General, Credit Union Projects
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Zoning Board of Appeals will meet Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the Jamestown City Council Chambers on the 2nd floor of City Hall to review and act on two zoning variance requests. The first request involves allowing a variance … [Read more...]
Cuomo Calls for $40 Million in Emergency Funding to Deal with Coronavirus, Directs Health Insurers to Waive Testing Costs
ALBANY - State health officials had been preparing for the coronavirus in New York even before the first case was detected over the weekend. That's from Governor Andrew Cuomo, who said it wasn't a matter of "if" but "when" COVID-19 would appear in … [Read more...]
Falconer Mayor Appoints Reynolds to Fill Vacancy on Village Board
FALCONER - The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting that the Falconer Village board held a meeting Monday night and Mayor James Jaroszynski appointed village resident Kipp Reynolds to fill a vacancy on the board that had been open since … [Read more...]
Tickets for 2020 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival Headliners Go on Sale to General Public on Tuesday Afternoon
JAMESTOWN - Tickets for headliners of the 2020 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival go on sale to the public on Tuesday, March 3. The August event, presented by the National Comedy Center, will include performances by comedian Jeff Foxworthy, and Saturday … [Read more...]
First Case of Coronovarus Found in New York
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - New York has confirmed its first case of coronavirus. On Sunday Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced details of the case, saying the infected patient is a woman in her late 30s who contracted the virus while traveling in Iran. She … [Read more...]
National Comedy Center Wins USA Today’s ‘Best New Museum’ Award
JAMESTOWN - The National Comedy Center has been named the “Best New Museum” in the country by USA Today as part of the 2020 USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice Travel Awards. The NCC was one of 20 new museums nominated for the award by a panel of … [Read more...]
