ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge halted key provisions Thursday of New York’s latest attempt to restrict who can carry a handgun in public and where firearms can be brought, saying multiple parts of a law the state passed this year are unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Glenn Suddaby ...

A new Siena College Research Institute poll released Wednesday shows Democrats losing support from New York independent and third-party voters. There are some issues on which those likely voters still find common ground with Democrats, including 63% who oppose the Supreme Court’s decision ...

BEMUS POINT — Local high school runners descended on Long Point State Park for the Red Dragon Invitational on Saturday morning, and the predominant color displayed by a few of the teams was orange. As they have before, area student-athletes came together to support a cause — this time that ...

Richard Worth Alcorn, 90, of Owensville, Mo., formerly of Jamestown, N.Y., passed away Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, at his residence. He was born Aug. 23, 1932, to Worth and Jessie (Kerr) Alcorn in Titusville, Penn. He was united in marriage to Dolores Drake July 1956 in Titusville, Penn. She ...

The world was stunned — and I was left numb — when author Salman Rushdie was attacked and nearly killed as he prepared to speak to an audience in the Amphitheater at New York’s renowned Chautauqua Institution. Fortunately, he survived. But I was repulsed anew when I read a column ...

Lois I. “Hammond” Swanson, 88, of Jamestown, passed away Sunday (Sept. 4, 2022) in Heritage Green Rehab and Skilled Nursing. She was born on Aug. 26, 1934, in Jamestown, the son of the late Bert and Ruth Hollister Saxton. Lois was employed for many years as a cashier at Quality Markets ...