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Latest News from Jamestown NY

The latest community news from the Jamestown, N.Y. and the Chautauqua County Region.

Lakewood-Busti Police Investigate Animal Cruelty Case Involving Dead Cow, Newborn Calf

May 21, 2019 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

LAKEWOOD - Lakewood-Busti Police are asking for the public's help in solving an animal cruelty investigation involving a cow being shot and its newborn calf also dying as a result. According to a report in the Jamestown Post-Journal, the black … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Animal Cruelty, Lakewood-Busti Police Department

Jamestown Public Schools Student Art Show is Tuesday Night

May 21, 2019 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - Jamestown Public Schools will hold its Annual District Art Show Opening Reception on Tuesday, May 21 from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Jefferson Middle School gymnasium. With hundreds of works of art from kindergarten through 12th grade, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown Public Schools, Jamie Berg

County Grand Jury Indicts City Man on Murder Charge Connected to 2017 Stabbing Death

May 20, 2019 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

MAYVILLE - A 20-year-old Jamestown man faces a charge of second degree murder following an indictment by a Chautauqua County Grand Jury. According to Jamestown Police, the charge comes a year-and-a-half after the November 2017 stabbing death of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chautauqua County Court, Chautauqua County Grand Jury, Dylan Ownbey, Jamestown Police Department, Tavion Turner

Jamestown Business Makes Plans to Relocate to Ellicott

May 20, 2019 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting a business in Jamestown plans to be relocating into a brand new location in the town of Ellicott within a year. The article says Stannard Group LLC has been operating out of its Jamestown … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency, Naco Truck Leasing, Stannard Group LLC, Weaver Materiel Service

Dunkirk Police Continue to Investigation Stabbing Incident

May 20, 2019 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

DUNKIRK - Dunkirk Police continue their investigation into a stabbing that occurred on the 100 block of Lincoln Avenue last Wednesday afternoon. Police responded to a report of a fight around 4 p.m. and learned that the victim, who has not been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Dunkirk Police Department, Stabbing Incident

City DPW Announces Upcoming Street Closings for North Main Street and Cherry Street

May 20, 2019 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

JAMESTOWN - Two sections of North Main Street in Jamestown will be closed to traffic this week along with a section of Cherry Street. According to Jamestown Public Works Director Jeff Lehman, milling and paving is scheduled to begin on North Main … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown Department of Public Works, Jeff Lehman

City Resident Continues to Voice Concerns Over Perceived Zoning Violation Involving Outdoor Entertainment

May 18, 2019 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

JAMESTOWN - In early April, downtown resident and former business owner Gary Templin voiced his concerns to the Jamestown City Council’s Public Safety Committee about what he believes is the city government ignoring and/or violating its own zoning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Andrew Liuzzo, Gary Templin, Jamestown City Council, Maria Jones, Peter Larson, Sam Teresi

Jackson Center to Host Continuing Legal Education Seminar Focusing on Buffalo Mob

May 17, 2019 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - Area residents and attorneys interested in learning more about organized crime in Western New York will want to attend a series of presentations focusing on "The Fall of the Buffalo Mob" - happening Tuesday, May 21 from 8:40 a.m. to 2 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Alan Bozer, Anthony Bruce, John Marino, Lee Coppola, Lynn Hartley, Matthew Robinson, Neil Robinson, Phillips Lytle, Robert H. Jackson Center, Salvatore Martoche, Tom Leonard

Eleanor Roosevelt Scholar to Share Connection Between Human Rights and Harry Potter with Local Students

May 17, 2019 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - A nationally recognized historian considered the foremost scholar on the political and social work of Eleanor Roosevelt is in Jamestown Thursday and Friday to participate in an event involving the Robert H. Jackson Center and several area … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Allida Black, Amnesty International, Eleanor Roosevelt, Greg Peterson, Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling, Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, Robert H. Jackson, Robert H. Jackson Center, United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, World War II, Young Readers Program

Herbicide Application on Chautauqua Lake Now Underway

May 16, 2019 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

CELORON - The effort to battle weeds in areas of Chautauqua Lake with herbicide is now underway. On Wednesday the firm SOLitude Lake Management began treating DEC-designated areas of the lake with the chemicals Aquathol K and Navigate, which are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Aquathol K, Chautauqua Lake Partnership, Herbicide, Navigate, SOLitude

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