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‘My Spirit Can Never Leave JHS’

Eating peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, trading baseball cards and playing Wiffle Ball were my earliest memories of my interactions with the McElraths in the 1960s. Separated by a half-dozen houses on Hallock Street on Jamestown’s west side, the Kindbergs and McElraths not only had ...

Inmate Charged In Assault On County Jail Officer

An inmate has been charged after an investigation into a physical altercation on an employee with the Chautauqua County Jail. The Criminal Investigation Division of Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department determined that Lawrence A. Gibbons, 48, of Jamestown, struck a correction officer in the ...

Minor Injuries In Two-Car Crash

Minor injuries were reported after a two-car motor vehicle accident before 10 a.m. Monday on Ellery-Centralia Road in Dewittville. Departments from Bemus Point and Ellery Center responded as did law enforcement. Photos by Dan Kohler

Kiantone Woman Charged After Scuffle, Spitting At Business

A Kiantone woman is facing charges after allegedly losing her temper at a Jamestown business. Jamestown police report Racheal L. Waldron, 32, was charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, DWI, two counts of felony aggravated DWI Leandra's Law and second-degree harassment ...

Missing Lawson Center Buoys Returned

A tip from a citizen led to the recovery of antique metal mooring buoys stolen in 2016 from the outdoor display of the Lawson Boating Heritage Center in Bemus Point. Mooring buoys are floating devices anchored to the seabed, allowing boats to tie up and remain stationary without using an ...

Video Released By Attorney General In Mina Shooting Death

New York Attorney General Letitia James today released body-worn camera footage that her office obtained as part of its ongoing investigation into the death of Mark Bemis, who died on June 18 following an encounter with members of the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office in the town of ...